Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers | 1904 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 2 | The Child’s Book of the Seasons | 1906 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 3 | The Things in our Garden | 1906 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 4 | Pond and Stream | 1906 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 5 | Bohemia In London | 1907 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 6 | The Book of Friendship | 1909 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 7 | The Hoofmarks of the Faun | 1911 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 8 | The Book of Love | 1911 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 9 | Oscar Wilde - A Critical Study | 1912 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 10 | Portraits and Speculations | 1913 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 11 | Open Letter to America | 1918 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 12 | Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 | 1919 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 13 | The Crisis In Russia | 1920 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 14 | The Soldier and Death | 1922 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 15 | The Chinese Puzzle | 1927 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 16 | Mainly about Fishing | 1959 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 17 | Edgar Allan Poe | 1972 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 18 | A History of Story-Telling | 1973 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 19 | The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome | 1976 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 20 | Rod And Line | 1980 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 21 | Signalling From Mars: The Letters of Arthur Ransome | 1997 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
| 22 | Arthur Ransome’s Long-Lost Study of Robert Louis Stevenson | 2011 | Arthur Ransome | Buy |
Arthur Ransome’s non-fiction output is substantial, with over twenty titles covering literary criticism, political journalism, fishing, and autobiography. His earliest works, like The Souls of the Streets (1904) and Bohemia In London (1907), document literary and artistic life in Edwardian England. His study of Oscar Wilde (1912) and other critical works established him in literary circles before his career took a different direction.
Ransome’s time as a foreign correspondent in Russia produced some of his most historically significant writing. Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 and The Crisis In Russia (1920) offered Western readers direct accounts of revolutionary upheaval. Later in life, he turned to gentler subjects with Mainly about Fishing (1959) and Rod And Line (1980). His autobiography, published posthumously in 1976, and the collected letters Signalling From Mars (1997) round out a remarkably varied body of non-fiction work.