Modern Library 100 Best 20th Century Non-fiction Books: Readers’ Choices

 


1. Dianetics:The Modern Science Of Mental Health. L. Ron Hubbard5749
2. The Virtue Of Selfishness. Ayn Rand4864
3. Objectivism: The Philosophy Of Ayn Rand. Leonard Peikoff3427
4. 101 Things To Do Til The Revolution. Claire Wolfe2973
5. The True Believer. Eric Hoffer2065
6. Ayn Rand: A Sense Of Life. Michael Paxton1971
7. Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do. Peter McWilliams1738
8. The Ultimate Resource. Julian Simon1722
9. The God Of The Machine. Isabel Paterson1712
10. Human Action. Ludwig Von Mises1708
11. Economics In One Lesson. Henry Hazlitt1694
12. Slide Rule. Nevil Shute1497
13. A Room Of One's Own. Virginia Woolf1425
14. Storming Heaven. Jay Stevens1290
15. Ordinarily Sacred. Lynda Sexson1282
16. The Art Of Memory. Frances Yates1163
17. Speak, Memory. Vladimir Nabokov1155
18. The Road To Serfdom. F. A. Hayek1146
19. The Texan. C. S. Barrios1122
20. A Modern Prophet. Harold Klemp1102
21. Psychiatry: The Ultimate Betrayal. Bruce Wiseman1089
22. The Flute Of God. Paul Twitchell1060
23. The Golden Bough. James Frazer1051
24. Real Presences. George Steiner1013
25. Vindicating The Founders. Thomas West1000
26. Cognitive Therapy And The Emotional Disorders. Aaron T. Beck 981
27. More Guns, Less Crime. John R. Lott 958
28. Free To Choose. Milton And Rose Friedman 956
29. Classical Individualism: The Supreme Importance Of Each Human Being. Tibor Machan 956
30. The Declaration Of Independence. Carl L. Becker 953
31. Fingerprints Of The Gods. G. Hancock 942
32. The Varieties Of Religious Experience. William James 925
33. Longitude. Dava Sobel 924
34. Doors Of Perception. Aldous Huxley 882
35. Ways Of Seeing. John Berger 878
36. Anatomy Of Criticism. Northrop Frye 871
37. Eros The Bittersweet. Anne Carson 869
38. The White Goddess. Robert Graves 865
39. The Western Canon. Harold Bloom 826
40. The Telephone Book. Avital Ronell 816
41. Out Of Africa. Isak Dinesen 777
42. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, And The Opening Of The American West. Stephen E. Ambrose 776
43. Private Parts. Howard Stern 775
44. The Gnostic Gospels. Elaine Pagels 774
45. The Sense Of An Ending. Frank Kermode 774
46. Homage To Catalonia. George Orwell 768
47. The Education Of Henry Adams. Henry Adams 749
48. Freedom In Chains. James Bovard 738
49. Property Matters: How Property Rights Are Under Assault And Why You Should Care. James V. De Long 734
50. The Shadow University: The Betrayal Of Liberty On America's Campuses. Alan Charles Kors 724
51. The Greatest Story Never Told. Lana Cantrell 690
52. The Double Helix. James D. Watson 684
53. A Mathematician Reads The Newspaper. John Allen Paulos 680
54. Modern Times. Paul Johnson 654
55. But Is It True?. Aaron Wildavsky 653
56. How To Lie With Statistics. Darrell Huff 647
57. Think And Grow Rich. Napoleon Hill 645
58. Waking And Dreaming. Joseph Hart 644
59. The Job. William Burroughs 633
60. Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. Ayn Rand And Alan Greenspan 633
61. Silent Interviews. Samuel R. Delany 624
62. Healing Our World. Mary Ruwart 607
63. The Mainspring Of Human Progress. Henry Grady Weaver 605
64. American Gay. Stephen O. Murray 588
65. The Great Bridge. David Mccullough 580
66. Men To Match My Mountains. Irving Stone 580
67. Silent Spring. Rachel Carson 578
68. The Autobiography Of Malcolm X. Alex Haley And Malcolm X 523
69. Slats Grobnik And Some Other Friends. Mike Royko 517
70. Orientalism. Edward Said 516
71. The Discovery Of Freedom. Rose Wilder Lane 512
72. Why Government Is The Problem. Milton Friedman 511
73. More Liberty Means Less Government. Walter Williams 511
74. Libertarianism: A Primer. David Boaz 509
75. Beyond Liberal And Conservative. William Maddox And Stuart Lilie 507
76. A Conflict Of Visions: Ideological Origins Of Political Struggles. Thomas Sowell 506
77. America's Great Depression. Murray N. Rothbard 504
78. The Roosevelt Myth. John T. Flynn 504
79. The Elements Of Style. William Strunk And E. B. White 500
80. Under The Sign Of Saturn. Susan Sontag 492
81. Reverse Angle. John Simon 489
82. Placing Movies. Jonathon Rosenbaum 483
83. The Hero Of A Thousand Faces. Joseph Campbell 480
84. Prodigal Son. David Horowitz 476
85. The Hitler Of History. John Lukacs 472
86. Mystery Train. Greil Marcus 470
87. Pilgrim At Tinker Creek. Annie Dillard 470
88. Not Out Of Africa. Mary Lefkowitz 469
89. Parliament Of Whores. P. J. O'rourke 468
90. Sexual Personae. Camille Paglia 465
91. The Diary Of A Young Girl. Anne Frank 464
92. Right From The Beginning. Patrick J Buchanan 464
93. Rise Of The Unmeltable Ethnics. Michael Novack 457
94. I Lost It At The Movies. Pauline Kael 455
95. Behind The Mask. Ian Buruma 438
96. In Defense Of Elitism. William A. Henry Iii 432
97. Why Government Doesn't Work. Harry Browne 429
98. Psychiatry The Ultimate Betrayal. Bruce Wiseman 428
99. The End Of Racism. Dinesh D'souza 422
100. You Have To Stand For Something Or You'll Fall For Anything. Star Jones 408

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