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The Modern Library's Top 100 Nonfiction Books of the Century

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This list of 100 nonfiction books was drawn up by the editorial board of Modern Library. Where possible, book titles have been linked to either the original New York Times review or a later article about the book. 2. "THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE," William James.* 3. "UP FROM SLAVERY," Booker T. Washington* 4. "A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN," Virginia Woolf 5. "SILENT SPRING," Rachel Carson 6. "SELECTED ESSAYS," 1917-1932, T. S. Eliot 7. "THE DOUBLE HELIX," James D. Watson 8. "SPEAK, MEMORY," Vladimir Nabokov 9. "THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE," H. L. Mencken 10. "THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY," John Maynard Keynes 11. "THE LIVES OF A CELL," Lewis Thomas 12. "THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY," Frederick Jackson Turner 13. "BLACK BOY," Richard Wright 14. "ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL," E. M. Forster 15. "THE CIVIL WAR," Shelby Foote* 16. "THE GUNS OF AUGUST," Barbara W. Tuchman 17. "THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND," Isaiah Berlin 18. "THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN," Reinhold Niebuhr 1

The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century? This list of 100 nonfiction books was drawn up by the editorial board of Modern Library. Where possible, book titles have been linked to either the original New York Times review or a later article about the book. The Modern Library edition of 'The Education of Henry Adams.' 1. "THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS," Henry Adams.* 2. "THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE," William James.* 3. "UP FROM SLAVERY," Booker T. Washington* 4. "A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN," Virginia Woolf 5. "SILENT SPRING," Rachel Carson 6. "SELECTED ESSAYS," 1917-1932, T. S.…

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