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New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 1981

Here is a list of New York Times' notable nonfiction of the year 1981. How many of these have you read?
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1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Ray Huang)
1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
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Ray Huang
The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420 (Georges Duby)
The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420
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Georges Duby
The Alcotts (Madelon Bedell)
The Alcotts
3
Madelon Bedell
Alice James (Jean Strouse)
Alice James
4
Jean Strouse
Ambition: The Secret Passion (Joseph Epstein)
Ambition: The Secret Passion
5
Joseph Epstein
America, Lost and Found (Anthony Bailey)
America, Lost and Found
6
Anthony Bailey
American Catholics (James Hennesey)
American Catholics
7
James Hennesey
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony (Samuel P. Huntington)
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
8
Samuel P. Huntington
Among the Believers
Among the Believers
9
An Imagined World (June Goodfield)
An Imagined World
10
June Goodfield
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, Vol. II (Robert Rimini)
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, Vol. II
11
Robert Rimini
The Art of Biblical Narrative (Robert Alter)
The Art of Biblical Narrative
12
Robert Alter
Asking for Trouble (Donald Woods)
Asking for Trouble
13
Donald Woods
At Dawn We Slept (Gordon W. Prange)
At Dawn We Slept
14
Gordon W. Prange
Autobiography Vol. I: Journey East, Journey West (Mircea Eliade)
Autobiography Vol. I: Journey East, Journey West
15
Mircea Eliade
Bachelorhood: Tales of the Metropolis (Phillip Lopate)
Bachelorhood: Tales of the Metropolis
16
Phillip Lopate
Basin and Range (John McPhee)
Basin and Range
17
John McPhee
The Battle for Peace (Ezer Weizman)
The Battle for Peace
18
Ezer Weizman
Bauhaus to Our House (Wolfe)
Bauhaus to Our House
19
Wolfe
The Beechers: An American Family in the Nineteenth Century (Milton Rugoff)
The Beechers: An American Family in the Nineteenth Century
20
Milton Rugoff
Beginning to See the Light (Ellen Willis)
Beginning to See the Light
21
Ellen Willis
Bertolt Brecht in America (James K. Lyon)
Bertolt Brecht in America
22
James K. Lyon
A Better Class of Person (John Osborne)
A Better Class of Person
23
John Osborne
The Biggest Company on Earth: A Profile of AT&T (Sonny Kleinfield)
The Biggest Company on Earth: A Profile of AT&T
24
Sonny Kleinfield
Blooming: A Small-Town Girlhood (Susan Allen Toth)
Blooming: A Small-Town Girlhood
25
Susan Allen Toth
Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations (Moshe Dayan)
Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations
26
Moshe Dayan
Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs (Bronislava Nijinska)
Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs
27
Bronislava Nijinska
Camera Lucida
Camera Lucida
28
Catherine the Great (Henri Troyat)
Catherine the Great
29
Henri Troyat
Civil Wars (June Jordan)
Civil Wars
30
June Jordan
Clifford Odets: American Playwright 1906-1940 (Margaret Brenman-Gibson)
Clifford Odets: American Playwright 1906-1940
31
Margaret Brenman-Gibson
Coming Alive: China After Mao (Roger Garside)
Coming Alive: China After Mao
32
Roger Garside
Cosima Wagner's Diaries, Vol. 2: 1878-1883 (Cosima Wagner)
Cosima Wagner's Diaries, Vol. 2: 1878-1883
33
Cosima Wagner
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
34
Carl Sagan
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams (Lynne Withey)
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
35
Lynne Withey
The Declassified Eisenhower (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
The Declassified Eisenhower
36
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Deep Blues (Robert Palmer)
Deep Blues
37
Robert Palmer
Does God Exist? an Answer for Today (Hans Kung)
Does God Exist? an Answer for Today
38
Hans Kung
Early Auden (Edward Mendelson)
Early Auden
39
Edward Mendelson
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony: Correspondence, Writings & Speeches (Stanton, Anthony)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony: Correspondence, Writings & Speeches
40
Stanton, Anthony
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