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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 "Cases and Materials On Law of Contracts" (1960) and follow publication order through all 50 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Cases and Materials On Law of Contracts
1960
Reflections of a Jacobite
1961
Ellen Glasgow
1964
The World of Henry James
1964
Pioneers and Caretakers
1965
Motiveless Malignity
1970
Richelieu
1972
Reading Henry James
1975
Introduction to Anglo-American law
1977
A Writer's Capital
1979
Persons of Consequence
1979
Life, Law and Letters
1979
Three Perfect Novels
1981
Maverick in Mauve
1983
A Writer's Use of Fact in Fiction
1984
False Dawn
1984
The Vanderbilt Era
1989
The Hone and Strong Diaries of Old Manhattan
1989
J.P. Morgan
1990
Love Without Wings
1991
The Style's the Man
1994
Newport Remembered
1994
La Gloire
1996
The Man Behind the Book
1996
Theodore Roosevelt
2002
Forging a New Nation
2002
Hawthorne Revisited
2004
Writers and Personality
2005
Woodrow Wilson: A Life
2009
A Voice from Old New York
2010
The Injustice Collectors
1951
The Romantic Egotists
1954
The Unholy Three
1955
Powers of Attorney
1963
Tales of Manhattan
1967
Second Chance
1970
The Partners
1974
The Winthrop Covenant
1976
Narcissa and Other Fables
1983
Skinny Island
1987
False Gods
1992
Three Lives
1993
Tales of Yesteryear
1994
The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss
1994
The Atonement
1997
Civil Wars
1999
The Anniversary
1999
Manhattan Monologues
2002
The Young Apollo
2006
The Friend of Women
2007
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