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The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time - The Guardian 2017

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"After two years of careful reading, moving backwards through time, Robert McCrum has concluded his selection of the 100 greatest nonfiction books. Take a quick look at five centuries of great writing"
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THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
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Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
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An American Dictionary of the English Language (Noah Webster)
An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Noah Webster
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
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The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
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Robert Burton
Areopagitica
Areopagitica
6
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
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Sylvia Plath
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings
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Oliver Sacks
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
9
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
10
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters
11
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
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Richard Wright
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
13
Stephen Hawking
The Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer
14
A Book of Mediterranean Food (Elizabeth David)
A Book of Mediterranean Food
15
Elizabeth David
Brief Lives
Brief Lives
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Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
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Thomas Paine
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
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Dr. Benjamin Spock
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Thomas De Quincey
Culture and Anarchy (Matthew Arnold)
Culture and Anarchy
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Matthew Arnold
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
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Oscar Wilde
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
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The Diary of Fanny Burney (Fanny Burney)
The Diary of Fanny Burney
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Fanny Burney
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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A Dictionary of the English Language
A Dictionary of the English Language
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Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
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Michael Herr
Domestic Manners of the Americans (Fanny Trollope)
Domestic Manners of the Americans
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Fanny Trollope
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
28
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
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Barack Obama
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (John Maynard Keynes)
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
30
John Maynard Keynes
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
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William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
32
Enemies of Promise (Cyril Connolly)
Enemies of Promise
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Cyril Connolly
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (John Locke)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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John Locke
Essays
Essays
35
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
37
Germaine Greer
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
38
Betty Friedan
First Folio
First Folio
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GOODBYE TO ALL THAT by Robert Graves
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT by Robert Graves
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