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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 "The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush" (1837) and follow publication order through all 27 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
1837

The Paris Sketch Book
0

George Cruikshank
0

The Irish Sketch-Book
0

Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
0

Eastern Sketches
0

The Book of Snobs
0

Ballads
0

The English Humourists
0

Roundabout Papers
0

Some Roundabout Papers
0

Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
0

Contributions to the Morning Chronicle
1955

Thackerayana
1970

The Hitherto Unpublished Contributions of W.M. Thackeray to Punch
1971

The Letters And Private Papers Of William Makepeace Thackeray
1980

Selected Letters Of William Makepeace Thackeray
1996

Mr. Brown's Letters to a Young Man about Town
2002

Letters to an American Family
2003

Novels By Eminent Hands
2004

Loose Sketches
2007

Miscellanies
2015

Stories of Comedy
2017

Sketches and Travels in London
2018

Early and Late Papers
2019

The English Humorists Of The Eighteenth Century
2019

The Four Georges
2019
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