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100 Non-Fiction Books to Read Before You Die

How many of these non-fiction books have you read?
Any single author only appears on this list once, so give yourself a point if you've read a different major work by the same author. (For example: Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky instead of Syntactic Structures.)
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
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Philosophical Papers (G. E. Moore)
Philosophical Papers (G. E. Moore)
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A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy
A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy
4
A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States
5
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
6
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
7
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
8
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
9
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
10
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
11
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
12
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
13
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation
14
ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
15
Malcom X Autobiography
Malcom X Autobiography
16
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
17
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness
18
Being and Time
Being and Time
19
Beyond Freedom and Dignity by BF Skinner
Beyond Freedom and Dignity by BF Skinner
20
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
21
Capital in the 21st Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the 21st Century (Thomas Piketty)
22
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom
23
Chaos
Chaos
24
Cognitive Psychology (Ulrich Neisser)
Cognitive Psychology (Ulrich Neisser)
25
Cosmos
Cosmos
26
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason
27
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
28
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
29
Discipline and Punish
Discipline and Punish
30
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
31
Economy and Society (Max Weber)
Economy and Society (Max Weber)
32
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling
33
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
34
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
35
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
36
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Letters Concerning the English Nation
37
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
38
Mythologies
Mythologies
39
Naming and Necessity (Saul Kripke)
Naming and Necessity (Saul Kripke)
40
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
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