Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Portable Cervantes | 1976 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 2 | The Portable Nietzsche | 1977 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 3 | The Portable Roman Reader | 1977 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 4 | The Portable Medieval Reader | 1977 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 5 | The Portable Chaucer: Revised Edition | 1977 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 6 | The Portable Thomas Jefferson | 1977 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 7 | The Portable Machiavelli | 1979 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 8 | The Portable Emerson: New Edition | 1981 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 9 | The Portable American Realism Reader | 1997 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
| 10 | The Portable Edmund Burke | 1999 | Freidrich Nietzsche | Buy |
The Portable Library series publishes accessible, compact editions of classic authors and literary traditions. The series includes The Portable Nietzsche, The Portable Cervantes, The Portable Machiavelli, and themed collections like The Portable Roman Reader and The Portable Medieval Reader.
Originally published by Viking/Penguin, the series has been a standard entry point for readers seeking accessible introductions to major writers and literary traditions.