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Creative Nonfiction: Bill Bryson

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All books by Bill Bryson

All Books by: 

Language, Dictionaries, and Writing: The Facts on File Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984, rev. 1988); Reissued as The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984, rev. 1988); Reissued as Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (2002), The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors (1992); Reissued as Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2008), The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (1990), Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1994)

Travel Writing: The Palace under the Alps (1985, as William Bryson), The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989), Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (1991/1992), Notes from a Small Island (1995), A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998), I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away (1999), In a Sunburned Country (2000) → Published as Down Under (UK, 2000), Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002), The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain (2016)

Science and History: A Short History of Nearly Everything (2004), A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition (2005), A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (2009, for younger readers), Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (Editor, 2010), At Home: A Short History of Private Life (2010, illustrated edition in 2013), One Summer: America, 1927 (2013), The Body: A Guide for Occupants (2019)

Memoir and Biographical Works: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006), Shakespeare: The World as Stage (2007)

Edited/Contributed Works: The Best American Travel Writing, 2000 (Editor, with Jason Wilson), Barns of the Yorkshire Dales (2008, Foreword), World’s Best Travel Experiences: 400 Extraordinary Places (Contributor, 2012)

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This research guide was created by Emma Cowan, English Department Intern, Gumberg Library, March 2025. 

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