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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 "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (1928) and follow publication order through all 11 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
1928
Tell My Horse
1938
Dust Tracks on a Road
1942
Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings
1995
Bottle Up and Go
1995
Complete Essays
1997
Collected Essays
1998
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters (With: Carla Kaplan)
2002
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
2022
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
2022
The Last Slave Ship
2023
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