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100 Major Works of Modern Creative Nonfiction

Eschewing nonfiction lists from Modern Library, TIME Magazine, and The Guardian, taken from thoughtco.com
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire
1
Edward Abbey
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
2
Agee
Experience (Martin Amis)
Experience
3
Martin Amis
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4
Maya Angelou
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
Growing Up
5
Russell Baker
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
6
James Baldwin
Nothing to Be Frightened of (Julian Barnes)
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
7
Julian Barnes
Untold Stories (Alan Bennett)
Untold Stories
8
Alan Bennett
Recollected Essays (Wendell Berry)
Recollected Essays
9
Wendell Berry
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
10
Bill Bryson
Little Wilson and Big God (Anthony Burgess)
Little Wilson and Big God
11
Anthony Burgess
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
12
Joseph Campbell
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
13
Truman Capote
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
14
Rachel Carson
The Water Is Wide (Pat Conroy)
The Water Is Wide
15
Pat Conroy
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
16
Harry Crews
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (Joan Didion)
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live
17
Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
18
Joan Didion
An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
An American Childhood
19
Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
20
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
21
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
The Solace of Open Spaces
22
Gretel Ehrlich
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu (Loren Eiseley)
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu
23
Loren Eiseley
SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
24
Crazy Salad
Crazy Salad
25
Snobbery: The American Version (Joseph Epstein)
Snobbery: The American Version
26
Joseph Epstein
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
27
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
28
Great Plains
Great Plains
29
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
30
Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin
31
Good-Bye to All That
Good-Bye to All That
32
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
33
Malcolm X
A Drinking Life: A Memoir (Peter Hamill)
A Drinking Life: A Memoir
34
Peter Hamill
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
35
Ernest Hemingway
Dispatches
Dispatches
36
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
37
John Hersey
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
38
Laura Hillenbrand
The Edward Hoagland Reader (Edward Hoagland)
The Edward Hoagland Reader
39
Edward Hoagland
The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)
The True Believer
40
Eric Hoffer
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