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The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time - The Guardian 2017 - Page 2

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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 Great Tradition (FR Leavis)
The Great Tradition
41
FR Leavis
A Grief Observed (C.S. Lewis)
A Grief Observed
42
C.S. Lewis
The Hedgehog and the Fox (Isaiah Berlin)
The Hedgehog and the Fox
43
Isaiah Berlin
Hiroshima, John Hersey
Hiroshima, John Hersey
44
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
45
Edward Gibbon
The History of the World (Sir Walter Raleigh)
The History of the World
46
Sir Walter Raleigh
Household Education (Harriet Martineau)
Household Education
47
Harriet Martineau
How to Cook a Wolf (M.F.K. Fisher)
How to Cook a Wolf
48
M.F.K. Fisher
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
49
Dale Carnegie
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
50
Olaudah Equiano
King James Bible
King James Bible
51
The Last Days of Hitler (Hugh Trevor-Roper)
The Last Days of Hitler
52
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
53
Thomas Hobbes
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
54
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson
55
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
56
Mark Twain
London Labour and the London Poor (Henry Mayhew)
London Labour and the London Poor
57
Henry Mayhew
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
58
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
59
Jonathan Swift
My Early Life (Winston Churchill)
My Early Life
60
Winston Churchill
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
61
Frederick Douglass
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (Gilbert White)
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
62
Gilbert White
No Logo (Naomi Klein)
No Logo
63
Naomi Klein
Nonsense (Edward Lear)
Nonsense
64
Edward Lear
North (Seamus Heaney)
North
65
Seamus Heaney
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
66
James Baldwin
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art (Kenneth Clark)
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art
67
Kenneth Clark
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
68
John Stuart Mill
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
69
Charles Darwin
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
70
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
71
Edward W. Said
Personal Memoirs (Ulysses S. Grant)
Personal Memoirs
72
Ulysses S. Grant
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Edmund Burke)
Reflections on the Revolution in France
73
Edmund Burke
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
74
Tom Wolfe
The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana
75
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier
76
George Orwell
Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus
77
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
78
Virginia Woolf
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
79
Richard Dawkins
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
80
Rachel Carson
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