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==Bibliography== Bryson has written the following books: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left" |- ! Title !! style=white-space:nowrap|Publication date !! Genre !! Notes |- |''[[Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words|The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words]]''|| {{dts|format=dmy|1984|4|26}} || Language || Republished, in 2002, as ''Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words'' |- |''The Palace under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries''<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2015 |title=Bill Bryson interview: 'I enjoy the preposterousness of life' |url=https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/bill-bryson-interview-author |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Wanderlust.co.uk |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405163816/https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/bill-bryson-interview-author |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| {{dts|format=dmy|1985|1}} || Travel || |- |''[[The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America]]''||{{dts|format=dmy|1989|8}} || Travel || |- |''[[The Mother Tongue|The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way]]'' (US) / ''Mother Tongue: The English Language'' (UK) || {{dts|format=dmy|1990|6|1}}|| Language || Adapted for ''Journeys in English'' in 2004 for [[BBC Radio 4]]. |- |''The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors'' || {{dts|format=dmy|1991|8|29}} || Language || Republished, in 2009, as ''Bryson's Dictionary: for Writers and Editors'' |- |''[[Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|1992|2|1}} || Travel ||Featuring Stephen Katz |- |''[[Made in America (book)|Made in America]]'' (UK) / [[Made in America (book)|''Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States'']] (U.S.) || {{dts|format=dmy|1994|7|4}} || Language || |- |''[[Notes from a Small Island]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|1995|4|4}} || Travel || Adapted for television by [[Carlton Television]] in 1998 |- |''[[A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|1997|11|1}} || Travel || Featuring Stephen Katz and adapted into [[A Walk in the Woods (film)|a feature film]] in 2015 |- |''[[Notes from a Big Country]]'' (UK) / ''[[Notes from a Big Country|I'm a Stranger Here Myself]]'' (U.S.) || {{dts|format=dmy|1999|1|1}} || Travel || |- |''[[Down Under (book)|Down Under]]'' (UK) / ''[[In a Sunburned Country]]'' (U.S.) || {{dts|format=dmy|2000|6|6}} || Travel || Republished, in 2002, as an [[omnibus edition|omnibus]] with ''A Walk in the Woods'' titled ''Walkabout'' |- |''[[Bill Bryson's African Diary]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2002|12|3}} || Travel || Travels in Africa for [[CARE International]] |- |''[[A Short History of Nearly Everything]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2003|5|6}} || Science || Adapted, in 2009, as an illustrated children's edition titled ''A Really Short History of Nearly Everything'' |- |''[[The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid|The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through My Childhood]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2006|10|17}} || Memoir || |- |''[[Shakespeare: The World as Stage]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2007|1|1}} || Biography || |- |''[[At Home: A Short History of Private Life]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2010|5|27}} || History || |- |''[[One Summer: America, 1927]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2013|10|1}} || History || |- |''[[The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island]]'' || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|10|8}} || Travel || |- |''[[The Body: A Guide for Occupants]]''<ref name="thebody">{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company/news/2019/january/bill-bryson-the-body-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything.html|title=Bill Bryson Returns with The Body: A Guide for Occupants|date=15 January 2019 |website=penguin.co.uk |publisher=Penguin Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pignataro |first=Juliana Rose |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2019/10/18/fall-recommended-books-reading-list-1462735.html |title=21 Books to Curl Up With This Fall |date=3 October 2019 |work=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|10|3}}<ref name="thebody" />|| Science || Illustrated edition published in 2022; children's edition ''A Really Short Journey Through the Body'' published in 2023 |- |''The Secret History of Christmas''<ref name="theguardian.com"/>|| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|11|22}} || History || Released as an audiobook |}
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