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100 Non-Fiction Books to Read Before You Die - Page 2

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Aristotle--Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle--Nicomachean Ethics
41
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
42
James Baldwin
Novum Organum (Francis Bacon)
Novum Organum
43
Francis Bacon
Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology
44
On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson
On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson
45
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
46
John Stuart Mill
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
47
Edward W. Said
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
48
Charles Darwin
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations
49
PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
50
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
51
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
52
Rachel Carson
Six Easy Pieces (Richard Feynman)
Six Easy Pieces
53
Richard Feynman
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
54
Joan Didion
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
55
Mary Roach
Suicide (Emile Durkheim)
Suicide
56
Emile Durkheim
Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures
57
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
58
Lao-Tzu
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
59
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
60
Gertrude Stein
The Beauty Myth (Naomi Wolf)
The Beauty Myth
61
Naomi Wolf
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
62
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
63
Jane Jacobs
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
64
Edward Gibbon
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
65
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
66
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
67
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
68
Betty Friedan
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (John Maynard Keynes)
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
69
John Maynard Keynes
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
70
Steven Johnson
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
71
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
72
Joseph Campbell
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
73
Herodotus
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Peloponnesian War
74
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
75
Sigmund Freud
THE LIVES OF a CELL by Lewis Thomas
THE LIVES OF a CELL by Lewis Thomas
76
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
77
Oliver Sacks
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
78
Albert Camus
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
79
Michael Pollan
The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1
The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 1
80
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