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Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Nonfiction Books

Politics and war, science and sports, memoir and biography — there's a great big world of nonfiction books out there just waiting to be read. We picked the 100 best and most influential written in English since 1923, the beginning of TIME ... magazine.
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
1
Gertrude Stein
Black Boy
Black Boy
2
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
3
Barack Obama
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
4
Dave Eggers
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5
Maya Angelou
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
6
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
7
Art Spiegelman
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
8
Ernest Hemingway
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
9
James Baldwin
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
10
Stephen King
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
11
Vladimir Nabokov
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
12
Bill Bryson
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X
13
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
14
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
15
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom
16
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
17
Eric Schlosser
THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY by John Maynard
THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY by John Maynard
18
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
19
Dale Carnegie
No Logo by Naomi Klein
No Logo by Naomi Klein
20
Unsafe at Any Speed
Unsafe at Any Speed
21
What Color Is Your Parachute?
What Color Is Your Parachute?
22
The American Cinema (Andrew Sarris)
The American Cinema
23
Andrew Sarris
A Child of the Century (Ben Hecht)
A Child of the Century
24
Ben Hecht
Within the Context of No Context (George W.S. Trow)
Within the Context of No Context
25
George W.S. Trow
Mystery Train
Mystery Train
26
The Story of Art
The Story of Art
27
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
28
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
29
Virginia Woolf
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
30
Joan Didion
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
31
David Foster Wallace
How to Cook a Wolf (M.F.K. Fisher)
How to Cook a Wolf
32
M.F.K. Fisher
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
33
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
34
Michael Pollan
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
35
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
36
Dr. Benjamin Spock
The Joy of Sex (Alex Comfort)
The Joy of Sex
37
Alex Comfort
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
38
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Our Bodies, Ourselves
39
Bloom Closing of the American Mind
Bloom Closing of the American Mind
40
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