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100 Major Works of Modern Creative Nonfiction - Page 2

Eschewing nonfiction lists from Modern Library, TIME Magazine, and The Guardian, taken from thoughtco.com
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
41
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
42
The Big Sea
The Big Sea
43
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
44
Collected Essays
Collected Essays
45
Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James (Clive James)
Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James
46
Clive James
A Walker in the City (Alfred Kazin)
A Walker in the City
47
Alfred Kazin
House (Tracy Kidder)
House
48
Tracy Kidder
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
49
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
50
Blue Highways
Blue Highways
51
Enthusiasms (Bernard Levin)
Enthusiasms
52
Bernard Levin
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams
53
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
54
David McCullough
Against the American Grain (Dwight MacDonald)
Against the American Grain
55
Dwight MacDonald
In the Country of Country
In the Country of Country
56
Whoredom in Kimmage:Irish Women Coming of Age (Rosemary Mahoney)
Whoredom in Kimmage:Irish Women Coming of Age
57
Rosemary Mahoney
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
58
The Snow Leopard (Peter Matthiessen)
The Snow Leopard
59
Peter Matthiessen
Mencken's Chrestomathy
Mencken's Chrestomathy
60
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
61
The American Way of Death
The American Way of Death
62
Names (N. Scott Momaday,)
Names
63
N. Scott Momaday,
THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
64
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
65
Vladimir Nabokov
Parliament of Whores (P.J. O'Rourke)
Parliament of Whores
66
P.J. O'Rourke
My Kind of Place (Susan Orlean)
My Kind of Place
67
Susan Orlean
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
68
George Orwell
Essays (George Orwell)
Essays
69
George Orwell
Metaphor and Memory (Cynthia Ozick)
Metaphor and Memory
70
Cynthia Ozick
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
71
Robert M Pirsig
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
72
Picture (Lillian Cross)
Picture
73
Lillian Cross
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
74
David Sedaris
Taking the World in for Repairs (Richard Selzer)
Taking the World in for Repairs
75
Richard Selzer
Changing My Mind (Zadie Smith)
Changing My Mind
76
Zadie Smith
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
77
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
78
John Steinbeck
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (Studs Terkel)
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
79
Studs Terkel
THE LIVES OF a CELL by Lewis Thomas
THE LIVES OF a CELL by Lewis Thomas
80
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