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Saja's List of 100 Best Nonfiction (Modern Library)

In 1999, Modern Library Publishing asked readers to vote for the best nonfiction books published in English in the 20th century. This is a list of the results, listed by popularity. Snooze. Read these when you have a lot of time on your hands...……..such as these days of sheltering in place.
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The Education of Henry Adams (Henry Adams)
The Education of Henry Adams
1
Henry Adams
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
2
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 (T. S. Eliot)
Selected Essays
6
T. S. Eliot
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
7
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
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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
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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
11
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
12
Black Boy
Black Boy
13
Aspects of the Novel (E.M. Forster)
Aspects of the Novel
14
E.M. Forster
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. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
20
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
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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
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The Ants (Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson)
The Ants
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Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
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
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The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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
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Ideas and Opinions
Ideas and Opinions
35
THE AGE OF JACKSON , Arthur Schlesinger by Jr.
THE AGE OF JACKSON , Arthur Schlesinger by Jr.
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Richard Rhodes
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
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Rebecca West
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
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SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA by Joseph Needham
SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA by Joseph Needham
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