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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 "Biographical Stories" (1842) and follow publication order through all 15 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Biographical Stories
1842
The New Adam and Eve
0
Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny by Papa
0
Life of Franklin Pierce
0
Passages from the English notebooks of Nathaniel Hawthorne
0
The American Notebooks
1932
Love Letters Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1839 1863
1972
Letters of Hawthorne to William D. Ticknor, 1851-1864
1972
Hawthorne's Lost Notebook
1978
Hawthorne's American Travel Sketches
1990
The French and Italian Note-Books
2013
True Stories from New England History, 1620-1803
2016
Hawthorne's First Diary
2018
Chiefly About War Matters
2019
True Stories from History and Biography
2019
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