Bill Bryson is an American author of travel, science and language books with a humourous spin. Bryson has been moving back and forth between the United States and England since 1973 and been writing all about both countries, as well as other countries and continents such as Austalia, Europe and Africa.

Bill Bryson made his debut as a published author in 1985 with The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries. Below is a list of Bill Bryson’s books in order of when they were originally released:

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Publication Order of History Books

Icons of England (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One Summer: America, 1927 (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Language Books

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mother Tongue (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Made in America (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shakespeare (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret History of Christmas (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Science Books

A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seeing Further (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Body (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Travel Books

(with Christopher Lloyd, Jennifer Jenkins, David Bellamy, Robin Hanbury-Tenbison, Anna Parord)

The Palace Under the Alps (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lost Continent (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Neither Here nor There (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Notes from a Small Island (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Walk in the Woods (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I'm a Stranger Here Myself / Notes from a Big Country (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (With: Marina Warner,Christopher Lloyd,Jennifer Jenkins,David Bellamy,Robin Hanbury-Tenbison,Anna Parord) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In a Sunburned Country / Down Under (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Road to Little Dribbling (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Eminent Lives Books

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (By: Karen Armstrong) (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero (By: Michael Korda) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
George Balanchine (By: Robert Gottlieb) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beethoven (By: Edmund Morris) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thomas Jefferson (By: Christopher Hitchens) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Caravaggio (By: Francine Prose) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alexander the Great (By: Norman F. Cantor) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Freud (By: Peter D. Kramer) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Francis Crick (By: Matt Ridley) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alexis de Tocqueville (By: Joseph Epstein) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shakespeare (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Machiavelli (By: Ross King) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
George Washington (By: Paul Johnson) (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Marina Warner Travel Books

The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (With: Marina Warner,Christopher Lloyd,Jennifer Jenkins,David Bellamy,Robin Hanbury-Tenbison,Anna Parord) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Myth and Landscape (By: Marina Warner,Ibrahim al-Koni,DavidParker) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Best American: Travel Writing Books

The Best American Travel Writing 2011 (By: Sloane Crosley) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 (By: Jason Wilson) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2013 (By: Jason Wilson) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2014 (By: Jason Wilson) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2015 (By: Jason Wilson) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2017 (By: Jason Wilson,Lauren Collins) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (By: Cheryl Strayed) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (By: Jason Wilson) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2020 (By: Robert Macfarlane) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Travel Writing 2021 (By: Padma Lakshmi) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Great Baseball Stories(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Astronomy Book(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dear NHS(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: I’m a Stranger Here Myself was published as Notes from a Big Country in the United Kingdom. In a Sunburned Country was published as Down Under in the UK.

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2 Responses to “Order of Bill Bryson Books”

  1. T Lambert: 10 years ago

    Notes from a big country ??????

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    • Brandon: 10 years ago

      Listed as I’m a Stranger Here Myself.

      Reply

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