Counterpunch: 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (and Beyond) in English (Part Two)

1.
Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 (Abridged, no footnotes)
Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 (Abridged, no footnotes) 3.68 avg rating — 212 ratings
2.
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct 3.77 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
3.
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England 4.17 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
4.
The Making of the English Working Class
The Making of the English Working Class 4.21 avg rating — 3,644 ratings
5.
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated 4.23 avg rating — 713 ratings
5.
The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam
The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam 4.01 avg rating — 368 ratings
7.
Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby
Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby 3.91 avg rating — 581 ratings
8.
Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That 3.93 avg rating — 15,316 ratings
9.
The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology
The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology 4.36 avg rating — 210 ratings
10.
Technics and Civilization
Technics and Civilization 4.30 avg rating — 601 ratings
11.
Blues Fell this Morning: Meaning in the Blues (Canto original series)
Blues Fell this Morning: Meaning in the Blues (Canto original series) 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings
12.
The Oxford English Dictionary: 20 Volume Set
The Oxford English Dictionary: 20 Volume Set it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
13.
Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution 4.12 avg rating — 965 ratings
14.
Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness 4.17 avg rating — 1,775 ratings
15.
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America 4.55 avg rating — 414 ratings
16.
My Silent War: The Autobiography of a Spy
My Silent War: The Autobiography of a Spy 3.52 avg rating — 762 ratings
17.
The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time 4.20 avg rating — 5,132 ratings
18.
ABC of Reading
ABC of Reading 3.91 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
19.
Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI's Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists
Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI's Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
20.
Architectural Graphic Standards
Architectural Graphic Standards 4.43 avg rating — 267 ratings
21.
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1881-1906
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1881-1906 4.28 avg rating — 1,993 ratings
22.
Autobiography
Autobiography 4.07 avg rating — 1,399 ratings
23.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,509 ratings
24.
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World: From the Archaic Age to the Arab Conquests
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World: From the Archaic Age to the Arab Conquests 4.53 avg rating — 135 ratings
25.
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary 3.81 avg rating — 216 ratings
26.
Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil
Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil 4.21 avg rating — 1,146 ratings
27.
Gothic Politics in the Deep South
Gothic Politics in the Deep South 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
28.
The Shame of the Cities (American Century Series)
The Shame of the Cities (American Century Series) 3.77 avg rating — 93 ratings
29.
The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version
The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version 3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings
30.
Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha
Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha 3.74 avg rating — 394 ratings
31.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,589 ratings
32.
The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.31 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
33.
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality 4.11 avg rating — 99 ratings
34.
To the Finland Station
To the Finland Station 4.11 avg rating — 1,473 ratings
35.
Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West
Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West 3.85 avg rating — 396 ratings
36.
The Art of Memory
The Art of Memory 4.17 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
37.
Spinster
Spinster 3.41 avg rating — 61 ratings
38.
A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore
A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
39.
Western Garden Book: More than 8,000 Plants - The Right Plants for Your Climate - Tips from Western Garden Experts (Sunset Western Garden Book)
Western Garden Book: More than 8,000 Plants - The Right Plants for Your Climate - Tips from Western Garden Experts (Sunset Western Garden Book) 4.45 avg rating — 969 ratings
40.
Home and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both
Home and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
41.
Potter's Work
Potter's Work it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
42.
We the Jury: The Impact of Jurors on Our Basic Freedoms : Great Jury Trials of History
We the Jury: The Impact of Jurors on Our Basic Freedoms : Great Jury Trials of History 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
43.
The Decoration Of Houses
The Decoration Of Houses 3.97 avg rating — 275 ratings
44.
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place 4.18 avg rating — 10,618 ratings
45.
Forbidden sands: A search in the Sahara
Forbidden sands: A search in the Sahara 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings