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Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Works - Page 2

Here they are--Modern Library's top 100 Nonfiction works in order, starting with Number 1 (Henry Adams) and moving on down to 100 (Lord David Cecil). This list runs the gamut from history to economic theory to social philosophy to science treatise to the murder of a family in Kansas. You know you like to read fiction--but do you balance your reading by feeding your mind as often as your emotions?
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Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
41
Robert Graves
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
42
George Orwell
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN by Mark Twain
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN by Mark Twain
43
CHILDREN OF CRISIS by Robert Coles
CHILDREN OF CRISIS by Robert Coles
44
A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee
A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee
45
The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
The Affluent Society
46
John Kenneth Galbraith
PRESENT AT THE CREATION by Dean Acheson
PRESENT AT THE CREATION by Dean Acheson
47
THE GREAT BRIDGE by David McCullough
THE GREAT BRIDGE by David McCullough
48
PATRIOTIC GORE by Edmund Wilson
PATRIOTIC GORE by Edmund Wilson
49
SAMUEL JOHNSON by Walter Jackson Bate
SAMUEL JOHNSON by Walter Jackson Bate
50
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X
51
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
52
Tom Wolfe
Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
53
Working by Studs Terkel
Working by Studs Terkel
54
Darkness Visible (William Styron)
Darkness Visible
55
William Styron
THE LIBERAL IMAGINATION by Lionel Trilling
THE LIBERAL IMAGINATION by Lionel Trilling
56
THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill
THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill
57
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
58
Isak Dinesen
JEFFERSON AND HIS TIME by Dumas Malone
JEFFERSON AND HIS TIME by Dumas Malone
59
IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN by William Carlos Williams
IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN by William Carlos Williams
60
Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
Cadillac Desert
61
Marc Reisner
THE HOUSE OF MORGAN by Ron Chernow
THE HOUSE OF MORGAN by Ron Chernow
62
The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling
The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling
63
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
64
THE ART OF MEMORY by Frances A. Yates
THE ART OF MEMORY by Frances A. Yates
65
RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM by R. H. Tawney
RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM by R. H. Tawney
66
A PREFACE TO MORALS by Walter Lippmann
A PREFACE TO MORALS by Walter Lippmann
67
THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE by Jonathan D. Spence
THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE by Jonathan D. Spence
68
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
69
THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW by C. Vann Woodward
THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW by C. Vann Woodward
70
THE RISE OF THE WEST by William H. McNeill
THE RISE OF THE WEST by William H. McNeill
71
The Gnostic Gospels (Elaine Pagels)
The Gnostic Gospels
72
Elaine Pagels
JAMES JOYCE by Richard Ellmann
JAMES JOYCE by Richard Ellmann
73
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by Cecil Woodham-Smith
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by Cecil Woodham-Smith
74
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
75
THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
76
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
77
James M. McPherson
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
78
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
79
Edmund Morris
STUDIES IN ICONOLOGY by Erwin Panofsky
STUDIES IN ICONOLOGY by Erwin Panofsky
80
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