I find it best to match them up with the history as given in Kings and Chronicles. 

J N Darby has a helpful chronological table in the preface to his translation of the bible :

Zechariah . . . . . .  King Uzziah of Judah . . . . . . .Zachariah/Shalum of Israel

Isaiah/Micah . . . . . King Jotham/Ahaz of Judah . . . . King Hoshea of Israel

Nahum . . . . . . . .. King Hezekiah of Judah . . . . .  (Captivity of Israel)

Joel . . . . . . . . . King Manasseh of Judah   
            
Jeremiah . . . . . . . King Josiah of Judah

Captivity of Judah

Habakkuk . . . . . . . King Jehoahaz of Judah

Zephaniah . . . . . . .King Jehoiakim of Judah

Ezekiel . . . . . . .. King Jehoiachin/'Jeconiah'

Daniel . . . . . . ... Nebuchadnezzar/Cyrus/Carius

Obadiah . . . . . . . .Zedekiah

Governors in Jerusalem after Return from Captivity

Haggai . . . . . . . . Zerubbabel

Zechariah . . . . . . .Ezra

Malachi . . . . . . . . Nehemiah