Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books

1.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating β€” 86,241 ratings
2.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating β€” 710,371 ratings
6.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating β€” 310,130 ratings
9.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating β€” 445,040 ratings
10.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating β€” 86,439 ratings
11.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating β€” 53,317 ratings
12.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,183 ratings
14.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating β€” 246,471 ratings
15.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating β€” 194,442 ratings
17.
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time 4.21 avg rating β€” 467,020 ratings
18.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 3.69 avg rating β€” 182,716 ratings
19.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating β€” 46,908 ratings
20.
All the President’s Men
All the President’s Men 4.18 avg rating β€” 56,974 ratings
21.
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Our Bodies, Ourselves 4.37 avg rating β€” 7,461 ratings
23.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating β€” 55,306 ratings
24.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating β€” 189,060 ratings
26.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating β€” 30,217 ratings
28.
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces 4.13 avg rating β€” 44,163 ratings
30.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating β€” 162,861 ratings
31.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating β€” 229,613 ratings
32.
The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex 3.62 avg rating β€” 3,006 ratings
33.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating β€” 78,159 ratings
34.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking 4.25 avg rating β€” 75,793 ratings
35.
The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels 3.94 avg rating β€” 19,345 ratings
36.
The Beauty Myth
The Beauty Myth 3.91 avg rating β€” 30,479 ratings
37.
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,110,790 ratings
38.
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding 4.09 avg rating β€” 10,199 ratings
39.
Baby and Child Care
Baby and Child Care 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,212 ratings
40.
The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating β€” 19,753 ratings
41.
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating β€” 68,323 ratings
42.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating β€” 22,788 ratings
43.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous 4.49 avg rating β€” 11,593 ratings
44.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,750 ratings
45.
No Logo
No Logo 3.89 avg rating β€” 32,436 ratings
46.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,971 ratings
47.
The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 4.15 avg rating β€” 7,922 ratings
49.
The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,900 ratings
50.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating β€” 23,282 ratings
52.
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.14 avg rating β€” 10,344 ratings
53.
Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory 4.08 avg rating β€” 17,396 ratings
54.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating β€” 13,203 ratings
55.
The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest 4.27 avg rating β€” 12,645 ratings
56.
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative 4.53 avg rating β€” 8,028 ratings
57.
GΓΆdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
GΓΆdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating β€” 51,681 ratings
59.
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom 3.90 avg rating β€” 14,798 ratings
60.
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land 4.28 avg rating β€” 9,113 ratings
61.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating β€” 111,145 ratings
62.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating β€” 29,126 ratings
63.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 4.36 avg rating β€” 36,106 ratings
64.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating β€” 8,975 ratings
66.
Ball Four
Ball Four 4.05 avg rating β€” 20,737 ratings
67.
Unsafe at Any Speed
Unsafe at Any Speed 3.69 avg rating β€” 259 ratings
68.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating β€” 28,509 ratings
69.
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Against Interpretation and Other Essays 4.14 avg rating β€” 9,996 ratings
70.
The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind 3.76 avg rating β€” 5,868 ratings
73.
The Other America: Poverty in the United States
The Other America: Poverty in the United States 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,184 ratings
74.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating β€” 13,914 ratings
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Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating β€” 21,214 ratings
76.
The American Way of Death Revisited
The American Way of Death Revisited 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,582 ratings
79.
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation 4.30 avg rating β€” 11,079 ratings
79.
The End of History and the Last Man
The End of History and the Last Man 3.61 avg rating β€” 7,615 ratings
81.
Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures 3.83 avg rating β€” 885 ratings
82.
On Human Nature
On Human Nature 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,567 ratings
84.
The Conscience of a Conservative
The Conscience of a Conservative 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,632 ratings
85.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating β€” 19,189 ratings
87.
The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vol 1
The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vol 1 4.16 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
88.
The Story of Art
The Story of Art 3.96 avg rating β€” 448,924 ratings
89.
How to Cook a Wolf
How to Cook a Wolf 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,993 ratings
90.
A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice 3.95 avg rating β€” 13,399 ratings
91.
A Child of the Century
A Child of the Century
by: Ben Hecht
4.24 avg rating β€” 93 ratings
93.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male 3.62 avg rating β€” 285 ratings
94.
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
What It Takes: The Way to the White House 4.41 avg rating β€” 3,144 ratings
95.
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man 4.10 avg rating β€” 4,051 ratings
96.
Within the Context of No Context
Within the Context of No Context 3.75 avg rating β€” 488 ratings
97.
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,544 ratings
98.
The Sweet Science
The Sweet Science 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,502 ratings
99.
The Great War and Modern Memory
The Great War and Modern Memory 4.13 avg rating β€” 6,077 ratings