Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction

1.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,126 ratings
2.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,241 ratings
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The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community 4.11 avg rating — 568 ratings
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In the American Grain
In the American Grain 3.95 avg rating — 870 ratings
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The Contours of American History
The Contours of American History 4.23 avg rating — 121 ratings
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A Preface to Morals
A Preface to Morals really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson 4.22 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Autobiographies (The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Volume 3)
Autobiographies (The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Volume 3) 3.93 avg rating — 275 ratings
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A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,524 ratings
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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
by: Tom Wolfe
4.23 avg rating — 54,862 ratings
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Selected Essays: 1917-1932
Selected Essays: 1917-1932 4.12 avg rating — 453 ratings
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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do 4.24 avg rating — 5,742 ratings
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The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man 4.05 avg rating — 9,212 ratings
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The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative 4.53 avg rating — 8,028 ratings
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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance 3.96 avg rating — 12,218 ratings
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Children of Crisis: Selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume Children of Crisis series
Children of Crisis: Selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume Children of Crisis series 4.02 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating — 23,890 ratings
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher 4.21 avg rating — 30,075 ratings
19.
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It 4.04 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
20.
James Joyce
James Joyce 4.34 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
21.
The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vols 1-2
The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vols 1-2 4.13 avg rating — 379 ratings
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon 4.22 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
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Shadow and Act
Shadow and Act 4.11 avg rating — 628 ratings
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism 3.78 avg rating — 309 ratings
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The Art of the Soluble: Creativity and Originality in Science
The Art of the Soluble: Creativity and Originality in Science 3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings
26.
The Great War and Modern Memory
The Great War and Modern Memory 4.13 avg rating — 6,077 ratings
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam 4.24 avg rating — 12,399 ratings
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The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition
The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition 4.14 avg rating — 866 ratings
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Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water 4.28 avg rating — 11,662 ratings
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Melbourne
Melbourne 4.07 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society
The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society 4.01 avg rating — 473 ratings
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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.14 avg rating — 10,344 ratings
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects 4.10 avg rating — 1,454 ratings
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Vermeer
Vermeer 3.87 avg rating — 98 ratings
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies 4.22 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
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Science and Civilization in China
Science and Civilization in China 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
38.
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution 4.02 avg rating — 543 ratings
39.
A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice 3.95 avg rating — 13,399 ratings
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme 4.13 avg rating — 8,521 ratings
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Philosophy and Civilization
Philosophy and Civilization 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Journalist and the Murderer
The Journalist and the Murderer 3.80 avg rating — 5,579 ratings
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,178 ratings
44.
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough 4.02 avg rating — 8,610 ratings
45.
The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating — 19,755 ratings
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The Proper Study of Mankind
The Proper Study of Mankind 4.27 avg rating — 730 ratings
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The Taming Of Chance
The Taming Of Chance 3.90 avg rating — 252 ratings
48.
The Promise of American Life
The Promise of American Life 3.54 avg rating — 112 ratings
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The American Language
The American Language 4.12 avg rating — 545 ratings
50.
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
51.
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating — 68,335 ratings
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The Strange Death of Liberal England
The Strange Death of Liberal England 4.11 avg rating — 453 ratings
53.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology 3.92 avg rating — 7,546 ratings
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Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica 3.79 avg rating — 984 ratings
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The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History 3.74 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
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The Art of Memory
The Art of Memory 4.17 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
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Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance
Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance 4.22 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
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Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation 4.04 avg rating — 6,024 ratings
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The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels 3.94 avg rating — 19,349 ratings
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Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War 4.09 avg rating — 282 ratings
61.
The Making of the English Working Class
The Making of the English Working Class 4.21 avg rating — 3,644 ratings
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Aspects of the Novel
Aspects of the Novel 3.80 avg rating — 4,858 ratings
63.
Jefferson And His Time
Jefferson And His Time 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department 4.02 avg rating — 404 ratings
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge 4.25 avg rating — 18,115 ratings
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On Growth and Form
On Growth and Form 4.14 avg rating — 879 ratings
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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale 3.92 avg rating — 366 ratings
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow 4.14 avg rating — 3,184 ratings
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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
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The Ants
The Ants 4.60 avg rating — 834 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,615 ratings
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The Age of Jackson
The Age of Jackson 3.97 avg rating — 2,234 ratings
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A Study of History, abridged
A Study of History, abridged really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating — 29,054 ratings
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year 4.18 avg rating — 25,917 ratings
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Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica 3.98 avg rating — 213 ratings
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Ideas and Opinions
Ideas and Opinions 4.12 avg rating — 3,290 ratings
78.
The Sweet Science
The Sweet Science 4.10 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,770 ratings
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The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,288 ratings
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Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That 3.93 avg rating — 15,319 ratings
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Eminent Victorians
Eminent Victorians 3.75 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
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The Second World War
The Second World War 4.48 avg rating — 1,716 ratings
84.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 3.85 avg rating — 5,679 ratings
85.
The Affluent Society
The Affluent Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
86.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating — 4,868 ratings
87.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,204 ratings
88.
The Autobiography of Mark Twain
The Autobiography of Mark Twain 3.94 avg rating — 5,198 ratings
89.
Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory 4.08 avg rating — 17,399 ratings
90.
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life 3.97 avg rating — 30,192 ratings
91.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating — 23,285 ratings
92.
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness 3.99 avg rating — 30,927 ratings
93.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,235 ratings
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Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,310 ratings
95.
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York 4.52 avg rating — 27,085 ratings
96.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,206 ratings
97.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,326 ratings
98.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,910 ratings
99.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,459 ratings
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 59,134 ratings