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Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Works

Here they are--Modern Library's top 100 Nonfiction works in order, starting with Number 1 (Henry Adams) and moving on down to 100 (Lord David Cecil). This list runs the gamut from history to economic theory to social philosophy to science treatise to the murder of a family in Kansas. You know you like to read fiction--but do you balance your reading by feeding your mind as often as your emotions?
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The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
1
The Varieties of Religious Experience (William James)
The Varieties of Religious Experience
2
William James
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
3
Booker T. Washington
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
4
Virginia Woolf
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
5
Rachel Carson
SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932 by T. S. Eliot
SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932 by T. S. Eliot
6
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
7
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
8
Vladimir Nabokov
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
9
THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY by John Maynard
THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY by John Maynard
10
The Lives of a Cell (Lewis Thomas)
The Lives of a Cell
11
Lewis Thomas
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
12
Black Boy
Black Boy
13
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
14
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
15
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
16
Barbara W. Tuchman
THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND by Isaiah Berlin
THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND by Isaiah Berlin
17
The Nature and Destiny of Man by Reinhold Niebuhr
The Nature and Destiny of Man by Reinhold Niebuhr
18
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
19
James Baldwin
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
20
Gertrude Stein
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
21
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
AN AMERICAN DILEMMA by Gunnar Myrdal
AN AMERICAN DILEMMA by Gunnar Myrdal
22
PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
23
THE MISMEASURE OF MAN by Stephen Jay Gould
THE MISMEASURE OF MAN by Stephen Jay Gould
24
THE MIRROR AND THE LAMP by Meyer Howard Abrams
THE MIRROR AND THE LAMP by Meyer Howard Abrams
25
THE ART OF THE SOLUBLE by Peter B. Medawar
THE ART OF THE SOLUBLE by Peter B. Medawar
26
THE ANTS by Bert Hoelldobler and Edward O. Wilson
THE ANTS by Bert Hoelldobler and Edward O. Wilson
27
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
28
ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
29
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
30
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Dubois)
The Souls of Black Folk
31
W. E. B. Dubois
PRINCIPIA ETHICA by G. E. Moore
PRINCIPIA ETHICA by G. E. Moore
32
PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION by John Dewey
PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION by John Dewey
33
ON GROWTH AND FORM by D'Arcy Thompson
ON GROWTH AND FORM by D'Arcy Thompson
34
Ideas and Opinions
Ideas and Opinions
35
THE AGE OF JACKSON , Arthur Schlesinger by Jr.
THE AGE OF JACKSON , Arthur Schlesinger by Jr.
36
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
37
Richard Rhodes
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
38
Rebecca West
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
39
SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA by Joseph Needham
SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA by Joseph Needham
40
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