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Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Works - Page 3

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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THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan
THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan
81
THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield
THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield
82
VERMEER by Lawrence Gowing
VERMEER by Lawrence Gowing
83
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
84
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night
85
Beryl Markham
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life
86
A MATHEMATICIAN's APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy
A MATHEMATICIAN's APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy
87
Six Easy Pieces (Richard Feynman)
Six Easy Pieces
88
Richard Feynman
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
89
Annie Dillard
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
90
Shadow and Act (Ralph Ellison)
Shadow and Act
91
Ralph Ellison
The Power Broker
The Power Broker
92
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION by Richard Hofstadter
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION by Richard Hofstadter
93
THE CONTOURS OF AMERICAN HISTORY by William Appleman Williams
THE CONTOURS OF AMERICAN HISTORY by William Appleman Williams
94
THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE by Herbert Croly
THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE by Herbert Croly
95
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
96
Truman Capote
THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER by Janet Malcolm
THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER by Janet Malcolm
97
THE TAMING OF CHANCE by Ian Hacking
THE TAMING OF CHANCE by Ian Hacking
98
Operating Instructions (Anne Lamott)
Operating Instructions
99
Anne Lamott
MELBOURNE by Lord David Cecil
MELBOURNE by Lord David Cecil
100
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