Lloyd Jones Non-Fiction books in order

Lloyd Jones Non-Fiction collects three nonfiction works by the New Zealand author, including Biografi, an account of his search for an Albanian man who impersonated a dictator, and A History of Silence, a memoir about family secrets.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Biografi 1993 Lloyd Jones Buy
2 Last Saturday 1994 Lloyd Jones Buy
3 A History of Silence 2013 Lloyd Jones Buy

Lloyd Jones has published three nonfiction books alongside his fiction, each of which reflects his interest in identity, history, and the stories people live inside. Biografi (1993) is the most unusual of the three: a journey to Albania in search of a man whose existence raised questions about performance, power, and survival under a totalitarian regime.

Last Saturday (1994) is a shorter work, while A History of Silence (2013) is a memoir about his family and the silences that shaped it. The title refers to the way certain truths were never spoken across generations, and the book reads as much as a meditation on memory and inheritance as it does a personal history.

These three nonfiction works complement his fiction in showing Jones as a writer drawn to stories with gaps in them, stories where something important has been obscured, forgotten, or deliberately hidden.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Lloyd Jones Non-Fiction series?

There are three books in the Lloyd Jones Non-Fiction series, published between 1993 and 2013.

What is the first book in the Lloyd Jones Non-Fiction series?

The first book in the Lloyd Jones Non-Fiction series is Biografi, published in 1993.

What is Biografi about?

Biografi (1993) is Lloyd Jones’s account of travelling to Albania after the fall of communism to track down a man who had spent years impersonating dictator Enver Hoxha. The book mixes travel writing, biography, and investigation into what it means to live under an identity that is not your own.

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