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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 "If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home" (1973) and follow publication order through all 17 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
1973
The Things They Carried - Levels of Understanding
2012
Dick Kinzel
2015
Inner Story
2015
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities & Trivia - Ball Two!
2016
Buzz Stories at Thirty Thousand Feet (With: David Price)
2018
Dad's Maybe Book
2019
Tim O'Brien's Roadside Pics & Picks
2020
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Amusement Park Oddities & Trivia
2020
Ploughshares Spring 1976 Guest-Edited by Tim O'Brien with DeWitt Henry and Henry Bromell
1976
The Literary Ghost: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories
1991
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
The Putt at the End of the World
2000
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
2004
Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives
2007
On War: The Best Military Histories
2013
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