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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 "Business Rules of Thumb (With: Chip Conley)" (1987) and follow publication order through all 80 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Business Rules of Thumb (With: Chip Conley)
1987
Ultra Secrets of Game Boy Secrets
1991
Guerrilla Marketing for the Home-Based Business (With: Jay Conrad Levinson)
1991
Quick Lit
1992
The 1996 Information Please Business Almanac & Sourcebook
1993
Smiley Dictionary: Cool Things to Do with Your Keyboard
1993
Video Renter's Bible: What to Rent Tonight
1993
Foolproof Lotus 123
1993
Foolproof DOS
1993
Foolproof Wordperfect
1993
Foolproof Windows
1993
Point and Click Investor
1994
E-mail Addresses of the Rich & Famous
1994
The Executive's Yellow Pages
1995
Best of the Net
1995
Emarketing
1995
Wisdom, Inc.: 30 Business Virtues That Turn Ordinary People into Extraordinary Leaders
1995
Point and Click Jobfinder: How to Get a Great Job Online
1996
The Traveler's Yellow Pages
1996
Presenting Digital Cash
1996
Official Rules of Life
1996
Point & Click Business Builder
1996
If You're Clueless About Retirement Planning and Want to Know More
1997
If You're Clueless about Mutual Funds
1997
If You're Clueless about Insurance and Want to Know More
1997
Bartender's Guide
1997
If You're Clueless About Saving Money and Want to Know More
1997
The Best of New York
1997
Rules of the Game of Football
1997
Technophobe: The Unabomber Years (With: Jack Levin)
1997
The America Online Insider's Guide to Finding Information Online
1997
Poker: Over 25 Games and Variations, Plus Tips, Strategy, and More
1997
Emergency!
1997
If You're Clueless about Accounting and Finance (With: Paul Lim)
1998
You've Got Pictures!: AOL's Guide To Digital Imaging
1998
If You're Clueless About Getting a Great Job and Want to Know More (With: Beth Burns)
1998
The Totally-Terrific $10,000 Trivia Challenge
1998
The Bootstrapper's Bible: How to Start and Build a Business with a Great Idea andNo Money
1998
If You're Clueless about Selling: And Want to Know More
1998
New Moon: Sports
1999
Online Auctions for Yahoos Making Money and Having Fun on Yahoo! Auctions
1999
The Fat-Calorie-Sodium Counter
2000
The Kitchen Counter
2000
Getting Around New York
2000
The Essential Traveler
2000
The Pocket Almanac
2000
Internet Road Map
2000
The Glove Compartment Guide
2000
The Backyard Gardener
2000
The Wine Guide
2000
Rules of the Game of Golf
2000
Eating in New York
2000
The Desk Almanac
2000
Windows 95
2000
The Big Red Fez: How to Make Any Web Site Better
2002
Survival Is Not Enough: Why Smart Companies Abandon Worry and Embrace Change
2002
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
2003
Free Prize Inside!: The Next Big Marketing Idea
2004
Everyone's an Expert
2005
The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
2005
Small Is the New Big: And 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
2006
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
2007
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing Out of Sync?
2007
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
2008
Making Money On The Web
2009
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
2010
Graceful
2010
We Are All Weird: The Myth of Mass and The End of Compliance
2011
Poke the Box
2011
The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
2012
This Might Work: Collected Writings
2012
V is for Vulnerable: An Alphabet for People Who Want to Make a Difference
2012
Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012
2012
Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers
2014
What To Do When It's Your Turn
2014
Leap First: Creating Work That Matters
2015
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
2018
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
2020
The Song of Significance
2023
This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans
2024
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