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National Review's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century

"The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century" appeared in the May 3, 1999, issue of National Review.
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18. Centissimus Annus, by Pope John Paul II
55. Systematic Theology, by Wolfhart Pannenberg
56. The Campaign of the Marne, by Sewell Tyng
58. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding, by Bernard Lonergan
69. The Making of Homeric Verse, by Milman Parry
70. The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling, by Angus Wilson
71. Scrutiny, by F. R. Leavis
73. Robert E. Lee , by Douglas Southall Freeman
79. The Christian Tradition, by Jaroslav Pelikan
81. Looking Back, by Norman Douglas
86. Wealth and Poverty, by George Gilder
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The Second World War (Churchill)
The Second World War
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Churchill
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
2
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
3
George Orwell
The Road to Serfdom (F.A. Hayek)
The Road to Serfdom
4
F.A. Hayek
Collected Essays (George Orwell)
Collected Essays
5
George Orwell
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
6
The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
7
C.S. Lewis
The Revolt of the Masses (José Ortega Y Gasset)
The Revolt of the Masses
8
José Ortega Y Gasset
The Constitution of Liberty (F. A. Hayek)
The Constitution of Liberty
9
F. A. Hayek
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom
10
Modern Times
Modern Times
11
Rationalism in Politics (Michael Oakeshott)
Rationalism in Politics
12
Michael Oakeshott
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (Joseph A. Schumpeter)
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
13
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Economy and Society (Max Weber)
Economy and Society
14
Max Weber
The Origins of Totalitarianism (Hannah Arendt)
The Origins of Totalitarianism
15
Hannah Arendt
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
16
Rebecca West
Sociobiology (E O Wilson)
Sociobiology
17
E O Wilson
The Pursuit of the Millennium (Norman Cohn)
The Pursuit of the Millennium
18
Norman Cohn
Anne Frank:  the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
19
Anne Frank
The Great Terror: A Reassessment (Robert Conquest)
The Great Terror: A Reassessment
20
Robert Conquest
Chronicles of Wasted Time (Malcolm Muggerdige)
Chronicles of Wasted Time
21
Malcolm Muggerdige
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
22
Witness (Whittaker Chambers)
Witness
23
Whittaker Chambers
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
24
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
25
C.S. Lewis
The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom (Robert Nisbet)
The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom
26
Robert Nisbet
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica
27
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
Up in the Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
28
The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man
29
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy
30
The Liberal Imagination (Lionel Trilling)
The Liberal Imagination
31
Lionel Trilling
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
32
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
33
Radical Chic and Mau Mauing the Flak Catchers (Tom Wolfe)
Radical Chic and Mau Mauing the Flak Catchers
34
Tom Wolfe
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
35
Albert Camus
The Unheavenly City (Edward C. Banfield)
The Unheavenly City
36
Edward C. Banfield
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
37
Sigmund Freud
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
38
Jane Jacobs
The End of History and the Last Man (Francis Fukuyama)
The End of History and the Last Man
39
Francis Fukuyama
The Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker)
The Joy of Cooking
40
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker
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