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Tommood's Nonfiction List

200 works of nonfiction I've read, one per author. Perhaps too much philosophy but it's what I do, or did, for a living. (It could have been worse, given how much philosophy I read in 40 years as a professor.)
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The First Philosophers (Presocratics and Sophists)
The First Philosophers
1
Presocratics and Sophists
Ancient Philosophy (A Very Short Introduction) (Julia Annas)
Ancient Philosophy (A Very Short Introduction)
2
Julia Annas
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
3
Plato's Republic: A Biography (Simon Blackburn)
Plato's Republic: A Biography
4
Simon Blackburn
Plato at the Googleplex (Rebecca Goldstein)
Plato at the Googleplex
5
Rebecca Goldstein
Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher (Gregory Vlastos)
Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher
6
Gregory Vlastos
Nichomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nichomachean Ethics
7
Aristotle
Ethics (Spinoza)
Ethics
8
Spinoza
Greek Political Thought (Ryan Balot)
Greek Political Thought
9
Ryan Balot
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Michael Woods)
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
10
Michael Woods
The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca (Emily Wilson)
The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca
11
Emily Wilson
Discourse on Method (René Descartes)
Discourse on Method
12
René Descartes
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
13
Saint Augustine
A Discourse on Inequality (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
A Discourse on Inequality
14
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
15
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes and Republican Liberty (Quentin Skinner)
Hobbes and Republican Liberty
16
Quentin Skinner
A History of Western Philosophy V3: Hobbes to Hume (W. T. Jones)
A History of Western Philosophy V3: Hobbes to Hume
17
W. T. Jones
The English Civil Wars (Blair Worden)
The English Civil Wars
18
Blair Worden
The Second Treatise on Civil Government (John Locke)
The Second Treatise on Civil Government
19
John Locke
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Immanuel Kant)
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
20
Immanuel Kant
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
21
Adam Smith
David Hume Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David Hume Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
22
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
23
Karl Marx
The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State (Friedrich Engels)
The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State
24
Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx (Alan Wood)
Karl Marx
25
Alan Wood
Karl Marx (Isaiah Berlin)
Karl Marx
26
Isaiah Berlin
Karl Marx's Theory of History (G. A. Cohen)
Karl Marx's Theory of History
27
G. A. Cohen
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
28
John Stuart Mill
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
29
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Peter Kropotkin)
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
30
Peter Kropotkin
Anarchism (Colin Ward)
Anarchism
31
Colin Ward
Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)
Anarchism and Other Essays
32
Emma Goldman
A Theory of Justice (John Rawls)
A Theory of Justice
33
John Rawls
On Politics: A History of Political Thought (Alan Ryan)
On Politics: A History of Political Thought
34
Alan Ryan
Women in Western Political Thought (Susan Mollin Okin)
Women in Western Political Thought
35
Susan Mollin Okin
The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy (Colin McGinn)
The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
36
Colin McGinn
Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (A.J. Ayer)
Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
37
A.J. Ayer
'The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Vol. 1: The Renaissance' (Quentin Skinner)
'The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Vol. 1: The Renaissance'
38
Quentin Skinner
Democracy Incorporated (Sheldon Wolin)
Democracy Incorporated
39
Sheldon Wolin
Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism (Ellen Meiksins Wood)
Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism
40
Ellen Meiksins Wood
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