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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 "Syntactic Structures" (1957) and follow publication order through all 110 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Syntactic Structures
1957
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
1964
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
1965
Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar
1966
Cartesian Linguistics
1966
Knowledge of Language
1966
American Power and the New Mandarins
1967
Language and Mind
1968
At War With Asia
1971
Problems of Knowledge and Freedom
1972
The Pentagon Papers: Critical Essays (With: Howard Zinn)
1972
For Reasons of State
1973
The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature (With: Michel Foucault)
1974
Reflections on Language
1975
The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory
1975
Language and Responsibility
1977
The Sound Pattern of English (With: Morris Halle)
1979
Rules and Representations
1980
Radical Priorities (With: C.P. Otero)
1981
Lectures on Government & Binding
1981
Toward a New Cold War
1982
Fateful Triangle
1982
Turning the Tide
1985
Pirates and Emperors, Old and New
1986
Barriers
1986
Language and Problems of Knowledge
1987
The Chomsky Reader
1987
The Culture of Terrorism
1988
Language and Politics
1988
Necessary Illusions
1989
Modular Approaches Study Mind
1990
Deterring Democracy
1991
Terrorizing the Neighborhood
1991
What Uncle Sam Really Wants
1991
Year 501: The Conquest Continues
1992
Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian
1992
Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda
1993
Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War and US Political Culture
1993
TheProsperous Few and the Restless Many
1993
World Orders, Old and New
1994
Keeping the Rabble in Line (With: David Barsamian)
1994
Secrets, Lies and Democracy
1994
Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
1995
The Minimalist Program
1995
Class Warfare (With: David Barsamian)
1995
Prospects for Democracy
1995
The Common Good
1996
Powers and Prospects
1996
For a Free Humanity: For Anarchy
1997
Perspectives on Power
1997
On Language
1998
Propaganda and the Public Mind (With: David Barsamian)
1998
Profit Over People
1998
On Power and Ideology
1999
The New Military Humanism
1999
Rogue States
1999
Acts of Aggression: Policing Rogue States (With: Edward W. Said,Ramsey Clark)
1999
Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization (With: Heinz Dieterich)
1999
On MisEducation
2000
The Architecture of Language (With: Nirmalangshu Mukherjee,B.N. Patnaik)
2000
Case Studies in Hypocrisy: U.S. Human Rights Policy
2000
A New Generation Draws the Line
2000
War Against People
2001
An American Addiction
2001
Monkeywrenching the New World Order
2001
Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
2002
On Democracy & Education (With: C.P. Otero)
2002
Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews
2003
Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship
2003
Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror?
2003
Masters of Mankind
2003
The Generative Enterprise Revisited
2004
Getting Haiti Right This Time (With: Amy Goodman,Paul Farmer)
2004
On Anarchism
2005
Doctrines and Visions
2005
The Imperial Presidency
2005
Perilous Power (With: Gilbert Achcar)
2006
Targeting Iran (With: David Barsamian,Ervand Abrahamian,Nahid Mozaffari)
2007
The Essential Chomsky
2008
Chomsky On Anarchism
2010
New World of Indigenous Resistance
2010
Gaza in Crisis (With: Ilan Pappé)
2010
Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours
2010
Iraq: The Forever War
2010
Hopes and Prospects
2010
Out of the Frame: The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel (By: Ilan Pappé)
2010
Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force
2011
The Mafia Principle of Global Hegemony
2011
How the World Works (With: David Barsamian)
2011
Occupy
2012
Chomsky's Linguistics
2012
The Science of Language: Interviews with James McGilvray (With: James A. McGilvray)
2012
Demand the Impossible
2012
Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe (With: Laray Polk)
2013
On Western Terrorism (With: André Vltchek)
2013
Democracy and Power: The Delhi Lectures (With: Jean Drèze)
2014
On Palestine (With: Ilan Pappé)
2015
Because We Say So
2015
What Kind of Creatures Are We?
2015
Anarchism, Marxism and Hope for the Future
2016
Prophetic Voices on Middle East Peace (By: Ilan Pappé)
2016
Optimism over Despair (With: C.J.Polychroniou)
2017
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
2017
The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal
2020
Consequences of Capitalism (With: Marv Waterstone)
2021
Why Ideas Matter (With: James Kelman)
2021
The Secrets of Words (With: Andrea Moro)
2022
The Withdrawal (With: Vijay Prashad)
2022
Notes on Resistance (With: David Barsamian)
2022
The Myth of American Idealism (With: Nathan J. Robinson)
2024
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