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Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Non-Fiction series? Start with "A Sense of Where You Are" (1965) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
A Sense of Where You Are
1965
The Headmaster
1966
Oranges
1967
The Pine Barrens
1967
A Roomful of Hovings
1968
Levels of the Game
1969
The Crofter and the Laird
1970
Encounters with the Archdruid
1971
Giving Good Weight
1972
Wimbledon
1972
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed
1973
The Curve of Binding Energy
1974
Pieces of the Frame
1975
The Survival of the Bark Canoe
1975
Coming into the Country
1977
La Place de la Concorde Suisse
1983
Riding the Boom Extension
1983
Table of Contents
1985
In The Highlands And The Islands
1986
Heirs of General Practice
1986
Outcroppings
1988
The Control of Nature
1989
Looking for a Ship
1990
Cargo
1993
The Ransom of Russian Art
1994
Turning the World Upside Down
1995
Irons in the Fire
1997
Instructor's Manual to Accompany Worldly Wisdom by Daniel Bonevac
2001
The Princeton Anthology of Writing
2001
The Founding Fish
2002
The American Shad
2004
Uncommon Carriers
2006
Silk Parachute
2010
The Princeton Reader
2010
Draft No. 4
2013
The Patch
2018
Tabula Rasa: Volume 1
2023
The Great Bear
1992
Life Stories
2000
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
2007
Secret Ingredients
2007
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