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New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 1979

Here is a list of New York Times' notable nonfiction of the year 1979. How many of these have you read?
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African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan (Edward Hoagland)
African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan
1
Edward Hoagland
Albert Camus: A Biography (Herbert R. Lottman)
Albert Camus: A Biography
2
Herbert R. Lottman
Albert Einstein: The Human Side (Helen Dukas)
Albert Einstein: The Human Side
3
Helen Dukas
Alexander Hamilton (Forrest Mcdonald)
Alexander Hamilton
4
Forrest Mcdonald
America Revised (Frances Fitzgerald)
America Revised
5
Frances Fitzgerald
Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory City (Tamara K. Hareven)
Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory City
6
Tamara K. Hareven
Annals of an Abiding Liberal (John Kenneth Galbraith)
Annals of an Abiding Liberal
7
John Kenneth Galbraith
Arabia: A Journey Through the Labyrinth (Jonathan Raban)
Arabia: A Journey Through the Labyrinth
8
Jonathan Raban
Art in Its Own Terms (Fairfield Porter)
Art in Its Own Terms
9
Fairfield Porter
The Avoidance of Literature (C. H. Sisson)
The Avoidance of Literature
10
C. H. Sisson
Badge of the Assassin (Robert Tannenbaum)
Badge of the Assassin
11
Robert Tannenbaum
Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story (Peter Wyden)
Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story
12
Peter Wyden
Been in the Storm So Long (Leon F. Litwack)
Been in the Storm So Long
13
Leon F. Litwack
Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur (Ernest Samuels)
Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur
14
Ernest Samuels
Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness (Marshall Frady)
Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness
15
Marshall Frady
Bitter Glory: Poland and Its Fate 1918‐1939 (Richard M. Watt)
Bitter Glory: Poland and Its Fate 1918‐1939
16
Richard M. Watt
Black Consciousness in South Africa (Steve Biko)
Black Consciousness in South Africa
17
Steve Biko
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Michele Wallace)
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
18
Michele Wallace
Blood of Spain: An Oral History of the Spanish Civil War (Ronald Fraser)
Blood of Spain: An Oral History of the Spanish Civil War
19
Ronald Fraser
Bloomsbury: House of Lions (Leon Edel)
Bloomsbury: House of Lions
20
Leon Edel
The Body in Question (Jonathan Miller)
The Body in Question
21
Jonathan Miller
The Boer War (Thomas Pakenham)
The Boer War
22
Thomas Pakenham
Books Are Not Life but Then What Is? (Marvin Mudrick)
Books Are Not Life but Then What Is?
23
Marvin Mudrick
Breaking Ranks (Norman Podhoretz)
Breaking Ranks
24
Norman Podhoretz
Britain and the Jews of Europe 1939‐1545 (Bernard Wasserstein)
Britain and the Jews of Europe 1939‐1545
25
Bernard Wasserstein
Broca's Brain (Carl Sagan)
Broca's Brain
26
Carl Sagan
The Broken Connection (Robert Jay Lifton)
The Broken Connection
27
Robert Jay Lifton
The Brothers Mann: The Lives of Heinrich and Thomas Mann (Nigel Hamilton)
The Brothers Mann: The Lives of Heinrich and Thomas Mann
28
Nigel Hamilton
Bumblebee Economics (Bernd Heinrich)
Bumblebee Economics
29
Bernd Heinrich
By Myself (Lauren Bacall)
By Myself
30
Lauren Bacall
Carnival in Romans (Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie)
Carnival in Romans
31
Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie
Celebrations and Attacks (Irving Howe)
Celebrations and Attacks
32
Irving Howe
Cervantes: A Biography (William Byron)
Cervantes: A Biography
33
William Byron
Charmed Lives (Michael Korda)
Charmed Lives
34
Michael Korda
Children of the Holocaust (Helen Epstein)
Children of the Holocaust
35
Helen Epstein
Christopher Isherwood: A Critical Biography (Brian Finney)
Christopher Isherwood: A Critical Biography
36
Brian Finney
The City Observed: New York (Paul Goldberger)
The City Observed: New York
37
Paul Goldberger
Confessions of a Conservative (Garry Wills)
Confessions of a Conservative
38
Garry Wills
Confessions of a Knife (Richard Selzer)
Confessions of a Knife
39
Richard Selzer
The Correspondence of W.E.B. Du Bois, Vol. 3 (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Correspondence of W.E.B. Du Bois, Vol. 3
40
W.E.B. Du Bois
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