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Classic Non-Fiction - Page 2

A compilation I made of some of the greatest, most influential classic non-fiction books (i.e. published before 1990).
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The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
41
Tove Ditlevsen
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
42
Frederick Douglass
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
43
W.E.B. Du Bois
Discourses and Selected Writings (Epictetus)
Discourses and Selected Writings
44
Epictetus
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
45
Olaudah Equiano
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
46
Frantz Fanon
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
47
Franz Fanon
How to Cook a Wolf (M.F.K. Fisher)
How to Cook a Wolf
48
M.F.K. Fisher
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
49
Anne Frank
Mahatma Gandhi: A Biography for Young People (Catherine Owens Peare)
Mahatma Gandhi: A Biography for Young People
50
Catherine Owens Peare
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
51
The Face of War (Martha Gellhorn)
The Face of War
52
Martha Gellhorn
Nations and Nationalism (Ernest Gellner)
Nations and Nationalism
53
Ernest Gellner
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
54
Robert Graves
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
55
Germaine Greer
Stalingrad (Vassily Grossman)
Stalingrad
56
Vassily Grossman
Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman, Trans. Robert Chandler)
Life and Fate
57
Vasily Grossman, Trans. Robert Chandler
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries
58
The Best and the Brigthest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brigthest
59
David Halberstam
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
60
Stephen Hawking
North (Seamus Heaney)
North
61
Seamus Heaney
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
62
Herodotus
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
63
Michael Herr
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
64
John Hersey
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
65
Thomas Hobbes
Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday)
Lady Sings the Blues
66
Billie Holiday
Life Among the Piutes (Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins)
Life Among the Piutes
67
Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
A Treatise of Human Nature (David Hume)
A Treatise of Human Nature
68
David Hume
Dust Tracks on a Road (Zora Neale Hurston)
Dust Tracks on a Road
69
Zora Neale Hurston
Blood in My Eye
Blood in My Eye
70
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
71
Harriet Jacobs
The Black Jacobins (C.L.R. James)
The Black Jacobins
72
C.L.R. James
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience
73
Storm of Steel (Ernst Jünger and Michael Hofmann)
Storm of Steel
74
Ernst Jünger and Michael Hofmann
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
75
Immanuel Kant
Another Day of Life (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
Another Day of Life
76
Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Emperor
The Emperor
77
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (John Maynard Keynes)
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
78
John Maynard Keynes
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
79
Soren Kierkegaard
A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid)
A Small Place
80
Jamaica Kincaid
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