Canon of the Old Testament

See the article on the canon for the general idea of how the "official list of books in the Old Testament" developed from TNK and LXX.

Exile: The time of the Babylonian Captivity (587-520 BC).

Bible order	Chronological	Date	Name	Genre
1	1	6th BC	Genesis	Torah
2	2	6th BC	Exodus	Torah
3	3	6th BC	Leviticus	Torah
4	4	?	Numbers	Torah
5	5	3rd BC?	Deuteronomy	Torah
6	6	Exile	Joshua	History
7	7	Exile	Judges	History
8	39	10th or 5th BC?	Ruth	History
9	8	Post-exilic	1 Samuel	History
10	9	Post-exilic	2 Samuel	History
11	10	Exile	1 Kings	History
12	11	Exile	2 Kings	History
13	24	3rd BC?	1 Chronicles	History
14	25	3rd BC?	2 Chronicles	History
15	26	3rd BC?	Ezra	History
16	27	3rd BC?	Nehemiah	History
17	42	2nd BC	Tobit	History
18	44	1st BC	Judith	History
19	45	5th-3rd BC	Esther	History
20	31	63 BC	1 Maccabees	History
21	32	63 BC	2 Maccabees	History
22	35	Post-exilic?	Job	Wisdom
23	38	12th-5th BC	Psalms	Wisdom
24	33	Post-exilic	Proverbs	Wisdom
25	36	3rd BC	Ecclesiastes	Wisdom
26	34	Post-exilic	Song of Songs	Wisdom
27	37	1st BC	Wisdom	Wisdom
28	43	2nd BC	Sirach	Wisdom
29	14	8th & 6th-5th BC	Isaiah	Prophecy
30	19	Pre-exilic	Jeremiah	Prophecy
31	40	587 BC	Lamentations	Prophecy
32	41	587 BC	Baruch	Prophecy
33	20	Pre-exilic	Ezekiel	Prophecy
34	30	2nd BC	Daniel	Prophecy
35	13	8th BC	Hosea	Prophecy
36	28	5th-4th BC	Joel	Prophecy
37	12	8th BC	Amos	Prophecy
38	29	5th-4th BC	Obadiah	Prophecy
39	46	5th BC	Jonah	Prophecy
40	15	8th BC	Micah	Prophecy
41	17	7th BC	Nahum	Prophecy
42	18	7th BC	Habakkuk	Prophecy
43	16	7th BC	Zephaniah	Prophecy
44	21	6th BC	Haggai	Prophecy
45	22	6th BC	Zechariah	Prophecy
46	23	6th BC	Malachi	Prophecy