Top 100 Nonfiction Books of All Time (Reader’s List)

This is the top 100 Nonfiction Books of All Time, as chosen by Reader’s Vote and published by the board of the Modern Library. As of the beginning of this blog, I have read 2 of 100 (2%.) Books I have read will appear in bold. Books I have read and remarked on will appear as links.

1. THE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS by AYN RAND
2. DIANETICS:THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH by L. RON HUBBARD
3. OBJECTIVISM: THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND by LEONARD PEIKOFF
4. 101 THINGS TO DO TIL THE REVOLUTION by CLAIRE WOLFE
5. THE GOD OF THE MACHINE by ISABEL PATERSON
6. AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE by MICHAEL PAXTON
7. THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE by JULIAN SIMON
8. ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON by HENRY HAZLITT
9. SEND IN THE WACO KILLERS by VIN SUPRYNOWICZ
10. MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME by JOHN R. LOTT
11. PSYCHIATRY: THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL by BRUCE WISEMAN
12. FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS by G. HANCOCK
13. CLASSICAL INDIVIDUALISM: THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF EACH HUMAN BEING by TIBOR MACHAN
14. FREE TO CHOOSE by MILTON AND ROSE FRIEDMAN
15. AIN’T NOBODY’S BUSINESS IF YOU DO by PETER MCWILLIAMS
16. THE ROAD TO SERFDOM by F. A. HAYEK
17. FREEDOM IN CHAINS by JAMES BOVARD
18. AMERICA’S GREAT DEPRESSION by MURRAY N. ROTHBARD
19. THE ROOSEVELT MYTH by JOHN T. FLYNN
20. THE TRUE BELIEVER by ERIC HOFFER
21. VINDICATING THE FOUNDERS by THOMAS WEST
22. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE by CARL L. BECKER
23. COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE EMOTIONAL DISORDERS by AARON T. BECK
24. DEATH by GOVERNMENT by R. J. RUMMEL
25. A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN by VIRGINIA WOOLF
26. LONGITUDE by DAVA SOBEL
27. ORDINARILY SACRED by LYNDA SEXSON
28. SPEAK, MEMORY by VLADIMIR NABOKOV
29. THE ART OF MEMORY by FRANCES YATES
30. DUMBING US DOWN by JOHN TAYLOR GATTO
31. THE GOLDEN BOUGH by JAMES FRAZER
32. UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST by STEPHEN E. AMBROSE
33. A MODERN PROPHET by HAROLD KLEMP
34. THE FLUTE OF GOD by PAUL TWITCHELL
35. REAL PRESENCES by GEORGE STEINER
36. OUT OF AFRICA by ISAK DINESEN
37. WAYS OF SEEING by JOHN BERGER
38. THE SHADOW UNIVERSITY: THE BETRAYAL OF LIBERTY ON AMERICA’S CAMPUSES by ALAN CHARLES KORS
39. PROPERTY MATTERS: HOW PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE UNDER ASSAULT AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE by JAMES V. DE LONG
40. STORMING HEAVEN by JAY STEVENS
41. THE TEXAN by C. S. BARRIOS
42. HOMAGE TO CATALONIA by GEORGE ORWELL
43. THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM JAMES
44. HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS by DARRELL HUFF
45. BUT IS IT TRUE? by AARON WILDAVSKY
46. A MATHEMATICIAN READS THE NEWSPAPER by JOHN ALLEN PAULOS
47. ANATOMY OF CRITICISM by NORTHROP FRYE
48. THE MAINSPRING OF HUMAN PROGRESS by HENRY GRADY WEAVER
49. MODERN TIMES by PAUL JOHNSON
50. MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS by IRVING STONE
51. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by HENRY ADAMS
52. THE GREAT BRIDGE by DAVID MCCULLOUGH
53. AMERICAN GAY by STEPHEN O. MURRAY
54. THE DOUBLE HELIX by JAMES D. WATSON
55. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by FRANK KERMODE
56. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS by ELAINE PAGELS
57. EROS THE BITTERSWEET by ANNE CARSON
58. THE WESTERN CANON by HAROLD BLOOM
59. THE WHITE GODDESS by ROBERT GRAVES
60. HEALING OUR WORLD by MARY RUWART
61. SILENT SPRING by RACHEL CARSON
62. PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK by ANNIE DILLARD
63. SEXUAL PERSONAE by CAMILLE PAGLIA
64. THINK AND GROW RICH by NAPOLEON HILL
65. A LIFE OF ONE’S OWN by DAVID KELLEY
66. DOORS OF PERCEPTION by ALDOUS HUXLEY
67. THE DISCOVERY OF FREEDOM by ROSE WILDER LANE
68. MORE LIBERTY MEANS LESS GOVERNMENT by WALTER WILLIAMS
69. LIBERTARIANISM: A PRIMER by DAVID BOAZ
70. BEYOND LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE by WILLIAM MADDOX AND STUART LILIE
71. A CONFLICT OF VISIONS: IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF POLITICAL STRUGGLES by THOMAS SOWELL
72. PARLIAMENT OF WHORES by P. J. O’ROURKE
73. SEPARATING SCHOOL AND STATE: HOW TO LIBERATE AMERICA’S FAMILIES by SHELDON RICHMAN
74. THE FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES by VIRGINIA POSTREL
75. THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by WILLIAM STRUNK AND E. B. WHITE
76. ORIENTALISM by EDWARD SAID
77. ECOTERROR by RON ARNOLD
78. WHY GOVERNMENT DOESN’T WORK by HARRY BROWNE
79. OUT OF THE CRISIS by W. EDWARDS DEMING
80. NOT OUT OF AFRICA by MARY LEFKOWITZ
81. THE END OF RACISM by DINESH D’SOUZA
82. BEHIND THE MASK by IAN BURUMA
83. IN A DARK WOOD by ALSTON CHASE
84. PRIVATE PARTS by HOWARD STERN
85. THE TELEPHONE BOOK by AVITAL RONELL
86. THE MINUTEMAN: RESTORING AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE by GARY HART
87. WAKING AND DREAMING by JOSEPH HART
88. THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD by LANA CANTRELL
89. RADICAL SON by DAVID HOROWITZ
90. UNDER THE SIGN OF SATURN by SUSAN SONTAG
91. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X by ALEX HALEY AND MALCOLM X
92. A FEELING FOR BOOKS by JANICE RADWAY
93. THE HERO OF A THOUSAND FACES by JOSEPH CAMPBELL
94. THE JOB by WILLIAM BURROUGHS
95. SILENT INTERVIEWS by SAMUEL R. DELANY
96. SLATS GROBNIK AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS by MIKE ROYKO
97. RISE OF THE UNMELTABLE ETHNICS by MICHAEL NOVACK
98. REVERSE ANGLE by JOHN SIMON
99. PLACING MOVIES by JONATHON ROSENBAUM
100. RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING by PATRICK J BUCHANAN