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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 "Nathan Hale: Espionage Agent" (1960) and follow publication order through all 51 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Nathan Hale: Espionage Agent
1960
Neither Sin Nor Shame (As: Michael Burgess)
1961
Food
1962
Lady of France: A Biography of Gabrielle D'estrees, Mistress of Henry the Great
1963
The Girl Market (As: Anne Marie Burgess, With: Michael Burgess)
1963
Belgium
1964
Queen of the Plaza: A Biography of Adah Isaacs Menken
1964
Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man
1964
Sex and the Mature Man
1964
Rock of Freedom: The Story of the Plymouth Colony
1964
The Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie (As: Philip Vail)
1965
Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee
1966
The Last Wilderness
1966
The Great Rogue / The Glorious Scoundrel
1966
Survival: Jamestown
1967
Barbary General: The Life of William H. Eaton
1968
Franklin: America's Lost State
1968
Yankee Admiral: A Biography of David Dixon Porter
1968
The Fantastic Breed (As: Leon Phillips)
1968
Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson
1968
The Edict of Nantes
1969
P.J., My Friend
1969
James Monroe: Hero of America Diplomacy
1969
Free and Independent: The Confederation of the United States, 1781-1791
1970
Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry
1971
Victor Hugo: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry (As: Samuel Edwards)
1971
George Sand: A Biography of the First Modern, Liberated Woman
1972
The Sunday Heroes
1972
The Prodigal Genius: The Life and Times of Honore De Balzac
1972
Daughter of Earth And Water: A Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1973
First Lady of America: A Romanticized Biography of Pocahontas (As: Leon Phillips)
1973
The Grand Incendiary: A Biography of Samuel Adams
1973
The Great American Rascal: The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr (As: Philip Vail)
1973
The Double Lives of Francisco de Goya (As: Samuel Edwards)
1973
The Man Who Lost America: A Biography of Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne
1973
Peter Paul Rubens: A Biography of a Giant
1973
That Eaton Woman: In Defense of Peggy O'Neale Eaton
1974
Sex and the Adult Woman (With: Ellen F. Birchall)
1974
The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion
1974
Rebel!: A Biography of Tom Paine (As: Samuel Edwards)
1974
I Love You, I Hate You (As: Leon Phillips)
1975
The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolly Madison
1975
Sad Swashbuckler: The Life of William Walker
1976
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Biography
1976
Trelawny's World: A Biography of Edward John Trelawny
1977
The Vidocq Dossier: The Story of the World's First Detective / Vidocq: Biography of the World’s First Detective (As: Samuel Edwards)
1977
The Trial of Andrew Johnson
1977
Statue in Search of a Pedestal: A Biography of the Marquis De Lafayette
1986
The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith
2015
Lillie Langtry: A Biography of Her Life and Loves
2021
Queen of Caprice: A Biography of Kristina of Sweden
2022
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