Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Boer War | 1900 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 2 | The War in South Africa, Its Cause & Conduct; | 1902 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 3 | Through the Magic Door | 1907 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 4 | The Crime of the Congo | 1909 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 5 | The Case Of Oscar Slater | 1912 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 6 | The New Revelation | 1917 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 7 | The Vital Message | 1919 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 8 | The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915 | 1920 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 9 | The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | 1921 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 10 | The Coming of the Fairies | 1921 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 11 | Memories and Adventures and Western Wanderings | 1924 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 12 | The History of Spiritualism | 1926 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 13 | The Edge of the Unknown | 1930 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 14 | Dangerous Work | 2012 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
Doyle’s non-fiction career began with The Great Boer War (1900), a detailed account of the conflict in South Africa that drew on his time as a volunteer doctor in a field hospital. The book, along with a shorter pamphlet defending British conduct, helped earn him his knighthood in 1902. He followed it with The Crime of the Congo (1909), an expose of Belgian atrocities in the Congo Free State, and later wrote a multi-volume history of the British campaign in France during World War I.
His later non-fiction was dominated by spiritualism. The New Revelation (1917) announced his conversion, and he spent the rest of his life writing and lecturing on the subject. The Coming of the Fairies (1921) defended the Cottingley Fairies photographs, which were later revealed to be fakes. The History of Spiritualism (1926) was his attempt at a comprehensive account of the movement. Through the Magic Door, a more personal work, discusses his favorite books and reading habits. Dangerous Work (2012) collects his diary from an 1880 Arctic whaling voyage, published more than a century after it was written.