Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running with Scissors | 2002 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 2 | Dry | 2003 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 3 | Magical Thinking: True Stories | 2004 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 4 | Possible Side Effects | 2006 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 5 | A Wolf at the Table | 2008 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 6 | This Is How | 2012 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 7 | Lust & Wonder | 2016 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
| 8 | Toil & Trouble | 2019 | Augusten Burroughs | Buy |
Augusten Burroughs published eight non-fiction books between 2002 and 2019, opening with Running with Scissors in 2002 and following it with Dry in 2003 and Magical Thinking: True Stories in 2004. The middle of his career brought A Wolf at the Table (2008) and This Is How (2012), while Lust & Wonder (2016) and Toil & Trouble (2019) round out the later years.
Each title stands on its own, so readers can pick up any of the eight books without having read the others. That said, reading them in publication order gives a clear sense of how Burroughs’s focus shifted over nearly two decades of writing.