MODERN LIBRARY'S
100 BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The Modern Library announced this list of the 100 best nonfiction books written in English and published in the Twentieth Century on April 29, 1999. The voting members of the Modern Library editorial board were: A.S. Byatt, Caleb Carr, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Stephen Jay Gould, Vartan Gregorian, Charles Johnson, Jon Krakauer, Edmund Morris, Elaine Pagels, John Richardson, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Carolyn See. The books were chosen for their literary and intellectual merit. The list was compiled during an eight-month process with voting conducted from a master ballot of over 900 titles that had been assembled by Modern Library and Random House staff and then added to by the board members. Six of the titles on this list were written by authors who also had works listed in the "Modern Library's 100 Best English Language Novels of the Twentieth Century:" Virginia Woolf, William Styron, Ralph Ellison, Vladimir Nabokov, Richard Wright, and E. M. Forster.
美国兰登书屋的《当代文库》编辑小组於1998年7月间选出了本世纪一百大最佳英文非小说(100 best nonfiction)。这份排名书单一公布,即引起举世回响和评论。
另外,蓝灯书屋也在网络上开放供读者票选百大书单,名单亦列在委员会所选之书单旁,以供对照参考。读者票选百大书单中,以贺伯特(L.Ron Hubbard)的《现代心理健康科学》(Dianetics : the Modern Science of Mentel Health)一书获得5,806票,排第一名。
The Board's List
- THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS《亨利·亚当斯的教育》 by Henry Adams [PDF格式下载]
- THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE《宗教经验种种》 by William James [PDF格式下载]
- UP FROM SLAVERY《超越奴役》 by Booker T. Washington [PDF格式下载]
- A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN《一间自己的房间》 by Virginia Woolf [PDF格式下载]
- SILENT SPRING《寂静的春天》 by Rachel Carson [PDF格式下载]
- SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932《T.S.艾略特散文集》 by T. S. Eliot [PDF影印版下载]
- THE DOUBLE HELIX《双螺旋》 by James D. Watson [PDF格式下载]
- SPEAK, MEMORY by Vladimir Nabokov
- THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE《美国语言》 by H. L. Mencken []
- THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY《就业、利息和货币通论》 by John Maynard Keynes [PDF格式下载]
- THE LIVES OF A CELL《细胞生命的礼赞》 by Lewis Thomas [PDF格式下载]
- THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY《美国历史上边疆的重要性》 by Frederick Jackson Turner [PDF格式下载]
- BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
- ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL《小说面面观》 by E. M. Forster [PDF格式下载]
- THE CIVIL WAR by Shelby Foote
- THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barbara Tuchman [PDF格式下载]
- THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND by Isaiah Berlin
- THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN by Reinhold Niebuhr
- NOTES OF A NATIVE SON by James Baldwin
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS by Gertrude Stein
- THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE《风格的要素》 by William Strunk and E. B. White [PDF格式下载]
- AN AMERICAN DILEMMA by Gunnar Myrdal
- PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA《数学原理》 by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell [Djvu格式下载]
- THE MISMEASURE OF MAN《人的误测》 by Stephen Jay Gould [PDF格式下载]
- THE MIRROR AND THE LAMP by Meyer Howard Abrams
- THE ART OF THE SOLUBLE by Peter B. Medawar
- THE ANTS by Bert Hoelldobler and Edward O. Wilson
- A THEORY OF JUSTICE《正义论》 by John Rawls [PDF影印版下载]
- ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
- THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
- THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK《黑人的灵魂》 by W.E.B. Du Bois [PDF格式下载]
- PRINCIPIA ETHICA《伦理学原理》 by G. E. Moore [PDF+HTML格式下载]
- PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION by John Dewey
- ON GROWTH AND FORM《生长和形态》 by D'Arcy Thompson
- IDEAS AND OPINIONS《想法和观点》 by Albert Einstein [PDF影印版下载]
- THE AGE OF JACKSON, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
- THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB by Richard Rhodes
- BLACK LAMB and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES by W. B. Yeats
- SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA by Joseph Needham
- GOODBYE TO ALL THAT by Robert Graves
- HOMAGE TO CATALONIA《向加泰罗尼亚致敬》 by George Orwell [PDF格式下载]
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN《马克·吐温自传》 by Mark Twain [PDF+HTML格式下载]
- CHILDREN OF CRISIS by Robert Coles
- A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee
- THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
- PRESENT AT THE CREATION by Dean Acheson
- THE GREAT BRIDGE by David McCullough
- PATRIOTIC GORE by Edmund Wilson
- SAMUEL JOHNSON by Walter Jackson Bate
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X《马尔科姆X自传》 by Alex Haley and Malcolm X [PDF格式下载]
- THE RIGHT STUFF《太空英雄》 by Tom Wolfe [PDF格式下载]
- EMINENT VICTORIANS《维多利亚名人传》 by Lytton Strachey [PDF格式下载]
- WORKING by Studs Terkel
- DARKNESS VISIBLE《黑暗视觉》 by William Styron [PDF格式下载]
- THE LIBERAL IMAGINATION by Lionel Trilling
- THE SECOND WORLD WAR《第二次世界大战回忆录》 by Winston Churchill [PDF格式下载]
- OUT OF AFRICA《走出非洲》 by Isak Dinesen [PDF格式下载]
- JEFFERSON AND HIS TIME by Dumas Malone
- IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN by William Carlos Williams
- CADILLAC DESERT by Marc Reisner
- THE HOUSE OF MORGAN by Ron Chernow
- THE SWEET SCIENCE by A. J. Liebling
- THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES《开放社会及其敌人》 by Karl Popper [PDF格式下载]
- THE ART OF MEMORY by Frances A. Yates
- RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM《宗教与资本主义的兴起》 by R. H. Tawney
- A PREFACE TO MORALS by Walter Lippmann
- THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE by Jonathan D. Spence
- THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS《科学革命的结构》by Thomas S. Kuhn [PDF格式下载]
- THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW by C. Vann Woodward
- THE RISE OF THE WEST by William H. McNeill
- THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS《诺斯替教的福音》 by Elaine Pagels [PDF格式下载]
- JAMES JOYCE by Richard Ellmann
- FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by Cecil Woodham-Smith
- THE GREAT WAR AND MODERN MEMORY by Paul Fussell
- THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
- BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
- WHY WE CAN'T WAIT by Martin Luther King by Jr.
- THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT by Edmund Morris
- STUDIES IN ICONOLOGY by Erwin Panofsky
- THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan
- THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield
- VERMEER by Lawrence Gowing
- A BRIGHT SHINING LIE by Neil Sheehan
- WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham
- THIS BOY'S LIFE by Tobias Wolff
- A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY《一个数学家的辩白》 by G. H. Hardy [PDF格式下载]
- SIX EASY PIECES by Richard P. Feynman
- PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK《汀克溪的朝圣者》 by Annie Dillard [PDF格式下载]
- THE GOLDEN BOUGH《金枝》 by James George Frazer [PDF格式下载]
- SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
- THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
- THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION by Richard Hofstadter
- THE CONTOURS OF AMERICAN HISTORY by William Appleman Williams
- THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE《美国生活的希望》 by Herbert Croly [PDF格式下载]
- IN COLD BLOOD《冷血》 by Truman Capote [PDF格式下载]
- THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER by Janet Malcolm
- THE TAMING OF CHANCE by Ian Hacking
- OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS《操作指导:吾儿第一年的日志》 by Anne Lamott [HTML格式下载]
- MELBOURNE by Lord David Cecil
The Reader's List
- THE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS by AYN RAND
- DIANETICS:THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH by L. RON HUBBARD
- OBJECTIVISM: THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND by LEONARD PEIKOFF
- 101 THINGS TO DO TIL THE REVOLUTION by CLAIRE WOLFE
- THE GOD OF THE MACHINE by ISABEL PATERSON
- AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE by MICHAEL PAXTON
- THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE by JULIAN SIMON
- ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON by HENRY HAZLITT
- SEND IN THE WACO KILLERS by VIN SUPRYNOWICZ
- MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME by JOHN R. LOTT
- PSYCHIATRY: THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL by BRUCE WISEMAN
- FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS by G. HANCOCK
- CLASSICAL INDIVIDUALISM: THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF EACH HUMAN BEING by TIBOR MACHAN
- FREE TO CHOOSE by MILTON AND ROSE FRIEDMAN
- AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF YOU DO by PETER MCWILLIAMS
- THE ROAD TO SERFDOM by F. A. HAYEK
- FREEDOM IN CHAINS by JAMES BOVARD
- AMERICA'S GREAT DEPRESSION by MURRAY N. ROTHBARD
- THE ROOSEVELT MYTH by JOHN T. FLYNN
- THE TRUE BELIEVER by ERIC HOFFER
- VINDICATING THE FOUNDERS by THOMAS WEST
- THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE by CARL L. BECKER
- COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE EMOTIONAL DISORDERS by AARON T. BECK
- DEATH by GOVERNMENT by R. J. RUMMEL
- A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by VIRGINIA WOOLF
- LONGITUDE by DAVA SOBEL
- ORDINARILY SACRED by LYNDA SEXSON
- SPEAK, MEMORY by VLADIMIR NABOKOV
- THE ART OF MEMORY by FRANCES YATES
- DUMBING US DOWN by JOHN TAYLOR GATTO
- THE GOLDEN BOUGH by JAMES FRAZER
- UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST by STEPHEN E. AMBROSE
- A MODERN PROPHET by HAROLD KLEMP
- THE FLUTE OF GOD by PAUL TWITCHELL
- REAL PRESENCES by GEORGE STEINER
- OUT OF AFRICA by ISAK DINESEN
- WAYS OF SEEING by JOHN BERGER
- THE SHADOW UNIVERSITY: THE BETRAYAL OF LIBERTY ON AMERICA'S CAMPUSES by ALAN CHARLES KORS
- PROPERTY MATTERS: HOW PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE UNDER ASSAULT AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE by JAMES V. DE LONG
- STORMING HEAVEN by JAY STEVENS
- THE TEXAN by C. S. BARRIOS
- HOMAGE TO CATALONIA by GEORGE ORWELL
- THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM JAMES
- HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS by DARRELL HUFF
- BUT IS IT TRUE? by AARON WILDAVSKY
- A MATHEMATICIAN READS THE NEWSPAPER by JOHN ALLEN PAULOS
- ANATOMY OF CRITICISM by NORTHROP FRYE
- THE MAINSPRING OF HUMAN PROGRESS by HENRY GRADY WEAVER
- MODERN TIMES by PAUL JOHNSON
- MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS by IRVING STONE
- THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by HENRY ADAMS
- THE GREAT BRIDGE by DAVID MCCULLOUGH
- AMERICAN GAY by STEPHEN O. MURRAY
- THE DOUBLE HELIX by JAMES D. WATSON
- THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by FRANK KERMODE
- THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS by ELAINE PAGELS
- EROS THE BITTERSWEET by ANNE CARSON
- THE WESTERN CANON by HAROLD BLOOM
- THE WHITE GODDESS by ROBERT GRAVES
- HEALING OUR WORLD by MARY RUWART
- SILENT SPRING by RACHEL CARSON
- PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK by ANNIE DILLARD
- SEXUAL PERSONAE by CAMILLE PAGLIA
- THINK AND GROW RICH by NAPOLEON HILL
- A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN by DAVID KELLEY
- DOORS OF PERCEPTION by ALDOUS HUXLEY
- THE DISCOVERY OF FREEDOM by ROSE WILDER LANE
- MORE LIBERTY MEANS LESS GOVERNMENT by WALTER WILLIAMS
- LIBERTARIANISM: A PRIMER by DAVID BOAZ
- BEYOND LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE by WILLIAM MADDOX AND STUART LILIE
- A CONFLICT OF VISIONS: IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF POLITICAL STRUGGLES by THOMAS SOWELL
- PARLIAMENT OF WHORES by P. J. O'ROURKE
- SEPARATING SCHOOL AND STATE: HOW TO LIBERATE AMERICA'S FAMILIES by SHELDON RICHMAN
- THE FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES by VIRGINIA POSTREL
- THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by WILLIAM STRUNK AND E. B. WHITE
- ORIENTALISM by EDWARD SAID
- ECOTERROR by RON ARNOLD
- WHY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WORK by HARRY BROWNE
- OUT OF THE CRISIS by W. EDWARDS DEMING
- NOT OUT OF AFRICA by MARY LEFKOWITZ
- THE END OF RACISM by DINESH D'SOUZA
- BEHIND THE MASK by IAN BURUMA
- IN A DARK WOOD by ALSTON CHASE
- PRIVATE PARTS by HOWARD STERN
- THE TELEPHONE BOOK by AVITAL RONELL
- THE MINUTEMAN: RESTORING AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE by GARY HART
- WAKING AND DREAMING by JOSEPH HART
- THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD by LANA CANTRELL
- RADICAL SON by DAVID HOROWITZ
- UNDER THE SIGN OF SATURN by SUSAN SONTAG
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X by ALEX HALEY AND MALCOLM X
- A FEELING FOR BOOKS by JANICE RADWAY
- THE HERO OF A THOUSAND FACES by JOSEPH CAMPBELL
- THE JOB by WILLIAM BURROUGHS
- SILENT INTERVIEWS by SAMUEL R. DELANY
- SLATS GROBNIK AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS by MIKE ROYKO
- RISE OF THE UNMELTABLE ETHNICS by MICHAEL NOVACK
- REVERSE ANGLE by JOHN SIMON
- PLACING MOVIES by JONATHON ROSENBAUM
- RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING by PATRICK J BUCHANAN