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Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction (Readers' Choice) - Page 2

"The goal of the "100 Best" project was to get people talking about great books. We succeeded beyond our wildest imaginings -- more than 400,000 avid readers rushed online to cast votes for their favorite books.
The reader's poll for the best nonfiction published in the English language since 1900 opened on April 29, 1999 and closed on September 30, 1999 with a total of 194,829 votes cast. It appears to have been heavily affected by a strong turnout from fans of Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard."
-- The Modern Library
Note: There are only 99 books listed because I couldn't find a link for "The Texan" by C.S. Barrios (#41), and if you should click on the link to the list that I have included, you will see that this book is not included there, either. Weird. As an aside, Modern Library's official website no longer shows the readers' picks for either fiction or nonfiction. Disappointing.
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Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience
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How to Lie With Statistics (Darrell Huff)
How to Lie With Statistics (Darrell Huff)
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But Is It True?: A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues (Aaron Wildavsky)
But Is It True?: A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues (Aaron Wildavsky)
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A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (John Allen Paulos)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (John Allen Paulos)
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Anatomy of Criticism (Northrop Frye)
Anatomy of Criticism (Northrop Frye)
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The Mainspring of Human Progress (Henry Grady Weaver)
The Mainspring of Human Progress (Henry Grady Weaver)
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Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties (Paul Johnson)
Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties (Paul Johnson)
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Men to Match My Mountains (Irving Stone)
Men to Match My Mountains (Irving Stone)
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The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
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The Great Bridge (David McCullough)
The Great Bridge (David McCullough)
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American Gay (Stephen O. Murray)
American Gay (Stephen O. Murray)
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure
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The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (Frank Kermode)
The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (Frank Kermode)
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The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels
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Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
57
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (Harold Bloom)
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (Harold Bloom)
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The White Goddess (Robert Graves)
The White Goddess (Robert Graves)
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Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression (Mary Ruwart)
Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression (Mary Ruwart)
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence From Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence From Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
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Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill)
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A Life of One's Own: Individual Right and the Welfare State (David Kelley)
A Life of One's Own: Individual Right and the Welfare State (David Kelley)
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The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell
The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell
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The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority (Rose Wilder Lane)
The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority (Rose Wilder Lane)
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More Liberty Means Less Government (Walter Williams)
More Liberty Means Less Government (Walter Williams)
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Libertarianism: A Primer (David Boaz)
Libertarianism: A Primer (David Boaz)
69
Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Reassessing the Political Spectrum (William Maddox and Stuart Lilie)
Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Reassessing the Political Spectrum (William Maddox and Stuart Lilie)
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A Conflict of Visions (Thomas Sowell)
A Conflict of Visions (Thomas Sowell)
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Parliament of Whores (P.J. O'Rourke)
Parliament of Whores (P.J. O'Rourke)
72
Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families (Sheldon Richman)
Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families (Sheldon Richman)
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The Future and Its Enemies (Virginia Postrel)
The Future and Its Enemies (Virginia Postrel)
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White
The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White
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Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
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Ecoterror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature: The World of the Unabomber (Ron Arnold)
Ecoterror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature: The World of the Unabomber (Ron Arnold)
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Why Government Doesn't Work (Harry Browne)
Why Government Doesn't Work (Harry Browne)
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Out of the Crisis (W Edwards Deming)
Out of the Crisis (W Edwards Deming)
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Not Out of Africa: How "Afrocentrism" Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History (Mary Lefkowitz)
Not Out of Africa: How "Afrocentrism" Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History (Mary Lefkowitz)
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The End of Racism (Dinesh D'souza)
The End of Racism (Dinesh D'souza)
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