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Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson, the American maestro of travel, science, and language literature, has been zigzagging between the United States and England since 1973, chronicling his adventures in both countries and beyond—think Australia, Europe, and Africa. He burst onto the literary scene in 1985 with his debut, "The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries." Below is a delightful list of Bryson's books, arranged in the order of their original release.

Bill Bryson became a published novelist in 1984 with the novel Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words. Below is a list of Bill Bryson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of History Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Icons of England (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One Summer: America, 1927 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Language Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mother Tongue (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Made in America (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Best American Travel Writing 2000 (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shakespeare (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret History of Christmas (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Science Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Seeing Further (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Body (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Travel Books

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

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Eminent Lives Books

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

Publication Order of Marina Warner Travel Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (With: Marina Warner,Christopher Lloyd,Jennifer Jenkins,David Bellamy,Robin Hanbury-Tenbison,Anna Parord) (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Myth and Landscape (By: Marina Warner,Ibrahim al-Koni,DavidParker) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Best American: Travel Writing Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Best American Travel Writing 2000 (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2011 (By: Sloane Crosley) (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 (By: Jason Wilson) (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2013 (By: Jason Wilson) (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2014 (By: Jason Wilson) (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2015 (By: Jason Wilson) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2017 (By: Jason Wilson,Lauren Collins) (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (By: Cheryl Strayed) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (By: Jason Wilson) (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2020 (By: Jason Wilson) (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Travel Writing 2021 (By: Padma Lakshmi) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Great Baseball Stories (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Astronomy Book (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dear NHS (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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