Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Language Made Plain | 1964 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 2 | Here Comes Everybody | 1965 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 3 | Coaching Days of England | 1966 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 4 | The Age of the Grand Tour | 1967 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 5 | The Novel Now | 1967 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 6 | Shakespeare | 1970 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 7 | Joysprick | 1973 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 8 | New York | 1976 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 9 | Ernest Hemingway and His World | 1978 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 10 | This Man & Music | 1982 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 11 | On Going to Bed | 1982 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 12 | The Heritage of British Literature | 1983 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 13 | 99 Novels | 1984 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 14 | Flame into Being | 1985 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 15 | Homage To Qwert Yuiop | 1986 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 16 | Little Wilson and Big God | 1987 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 17 | You’ve Had Your Time | 1990 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 18 | On Mozart | 1991 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
| 19 | A Mouthful of Air | 1992 | Anthony Burgess | Buy |
Anthony Burgess’s non-fiction output is nearly as large as his fiction, with nineteen books covering language, literature, music, and autobiography. Language Made Plain (1964) and A Mouthful of Air (1992) reflect his lifelong interest in linguistics. His literary criticism includes Here Comes Everybody (1965) and Joysprick (1973), both on James Joyce, and Shakespeare (1970), a biography of the playwright.
His two autobiographies, Little Wilson and Big God (1987) and You’ve Had Your Time (1990), are frank and often very funny accounts of his life. 99 Novels (1984) offers his personal canon of the best English-language novels since 1939. Other non-fiction works cover subjects as diverse as New York, Ernest Hemingway, Mozart, and the history of the grand tour of Europe.