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The Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time (November 2016)

After compiling their 100 Best Fiction Books of All Time, The Guardian have finally started a list of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time. This is the list as of November 2016. I will update it regularly to keep it as up-to-date as possible. How many have you read?
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The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
1
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
2
Joan Didion
No Logo by Naomi Klein
No Logo by Naomi Klein
3
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters
4
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
5
Barack Obama
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
6
Stephen Hawking
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
7
Tom Wolfe
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
8
Edward W. Said
Dispatches
Dispatches
9
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
10
Richard Dawkins
North (Seamus Heaney)
North
11
Seamus Heaney
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings
12
Oliver Sacks
The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
The Female Eunuch
13
Germaine Greer
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
14
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
15
Against Interpretation
Against Interpretation
16
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
17
Sylvia Plath
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
18
Betty Friedan
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
19
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
20
Rachel Carson
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
21
A Grief Observed (C.S. Lewis)
A Grief Observed
22
C.S. Lewis
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
23
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
24
The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life (Richard Hoggart)
The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life
25
Richard Hoggart
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
26
James Baldwin
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art (Kenneth Clark)
The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art
27
Kenneth Clark
The Hedgehog and the Fox (Isaiah Berlin)
The Hedgehog and the Fox
28
Isaiah Berlin
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
29
Samuel Beckett
A Book of Mediterranean Food (Elizabeth David)
A Book of Mediterranean Food
30
Elizabeth David
The Great Tradition (FR Leavis)
The Great Tradition
31
FR Leavis
The Last Days of Hitler (Hugh Trevor-Roper)
The Last Days of Hitler
32
Hugh Trevor-Roper
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
33
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
34
John Hersey
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
35
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
36
How to Cook a Wolf (M.F.K. Fisher)
How to Cook a Wolf
37
M.F.K. Fisher
Enemies of Promise (Cyril Connolly)
Enemies of Promise
38
Cyril Connolly
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier
39
George Orwell
The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana
40
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