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Top 100 Non-Fiction Books of All-Time - Page 2

From Whitbywhit: These are the best non-fiction books of all-time, according to an aggregate of more than 30 lists focused specifically on non-fiction books and another 60+ general book lists.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
41
Thomas S. Kuhn
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
42
Thomas Hobbes
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
43
Confucius
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
44
Howard Zinn
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
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
46
Frederick Douglass
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
47
Robert Graves
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
48
Alexis De Tocqueville
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
49
Mary Wollstonecraft
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
50
Karl Marx
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
51
Frank McCourt
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
52
Thomas Paine
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
53
Edward W. Said
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
54
Tom Wolfe
The Varieties of Religious Experience (William James)
The Varieties of Religious Experience
55
William James
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
56
Viktor Frankl
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
57
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Thus Spake Zarathusa (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spake Zarathusa
58
Friedrich Nietzsche
Pragmatism (William James)
Pragmatism
59
William James
The Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary
60
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
61
Merriam-Webster
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
62
Vladimir Nabokov
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
63
Lao-Tzu
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
64
Jean-Paul Sartre
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
65
John Stuart Mill
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
66
Stephen Covey
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
67
Richard Dawkins
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
68
Primo Levi
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
Think and Grow Rich
69
Napoleon Hill
Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel
70
Jared Diamond
The Guinness Book of World Records
The Guinness Book of World Records
71
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
72
John Hersey
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
73
Michael Herr
The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
The Affluent Society
74
John Kenneth Galbraith
The Life of Samuel Johnson (James Boswell)
The Life of Samuel Johnson
75
James Boswell
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
76
James Agee
Discourse on Method (René Descartes)
Discourse on Method
77
René Descartes
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
78
Joan Didion
Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
Civil Disobedience
79
Henry David Thoreau
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
80
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