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The Guardian - The 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books - Page 2

After keen debate at the Guardian's books desk, this is our list of the very best factual writing, organised by category, and then by date.
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The Man Died (Wole Soyinka)
The Man Died
41
Wole Soyinka
The Periodic Table - Primo Levi (Primo Levi)
The Periodic Table - Primo Levi
42
Primo Levi
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)
Bad Blood
43
Lorna Sage
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
44
Sigmund Freud
The Romantic Generation (Charles Rosen)
The Romantic Generation
45
Charles Rosen
The Symposium
The Symposium
46
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
47
Marcus Aurelius
Essays (Montaigne)
Essays
48
Montaigne
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
49
Robert Burton
Meditations on First Philosophy (Descartes)
Meditations on First Philosophy
50
Descartes
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (David Hume)
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
51
David Hume
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
52
Immanuel Kant
Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind
53
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
54
Henry David Thoreau
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
55
John Stuart Mill
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
56
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
57
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
58
Sun Tzu
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
59
Niccolò Machiavelli
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
60
Thomas Hobbes
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
61
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
62
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
63
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
64
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
65
Simone De Beauvoir
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
66
Franz Fanon
The Medium Is the Massage
The Medium Is the Massage
67
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
68
Germaine Greer
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
69
Here Comes Everybody (Clay Shirky)
Here Comes Everybody
70
Clay Shirky
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
71
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience
72
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
73
Charles Darwin
The Character of Physical Law (Richard Feynman)
The Character of Physical Law
74
Richard Feynman
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
75
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
76
Richard Dawkins
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
77
Stephen Hawking
Christine De Pisan--The Book of the City of Ladies
Christine De Pisan--The Book of the City of Ladies
78
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
79
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Letters Concerning the English Nation
80
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