Best Nonfiction Book.

  • Lovely Bones
    18 years ago

    I haven't read it yet but I hear that "Night" by Ellie Wiessel (sp?) is very good.

  • Heather
    18 years ago

    Daughters of the Moon series by Lynn Ewing are good.

    Demon in My View and other Amelia Atwater-Rhodes are also good...

    Um... I just finished a good one... it was called Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

    Emma and Me by Elizabeth Flock

    My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

  • melly xx
    18 years ago

    nonfiction..........hmmmmmmmm
    i can't think of any right now, oh acutally yes i can

    -The Diary of Anne Frank

    but heres 200 others that i haven't read, but found on the internet:

    1. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by Henry Adams*
    1. THE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS by AYN RAND
    2. THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by William James*
    2. DIANETICS:THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH by L. RON HUBBARD
    3. UP FROM SLAVERY by Booker T. Washington*
    3. OBJECTIVISM: THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND by LEONARD PEIKOFF
    4. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf
    4. 101 THINGS TO DO TIL THE REVOLUTION by CLAIRE WOLFE
    5. SILENT SPRING by Rachel Carson
    5. THE GOD OF THE MACHINE by ISABEL PATERSON
    6. SELECTED ESSAYS, 1917-1932 by T. S. Eliot
    6. AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE by MICHAEL PAXTON
    7. THE DOUBLE HELIX by James D. Watson
    7. THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE by JULIAN SIMON
    8. SPEAK, MEMORY by Vladimir Nabokov
    8. ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON by HENRY HAZLITT
    9. THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
    9. SEND IN THE WACO KILLERS by VIN SUPRYNOWICZ
    10. THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY by John Maynard Keynes 10. MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME by JOHN R. LOTT
    11. THE LIVES OF A CELL by Lewis Thomas
    11. PSYCHIATRY: THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL by BRUCE WISEMAN
    12. THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY by Frederick Jackson Turner
    12. FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS by G. HANCOCK
    13. BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
    13. CLASSICAL INDIVIDUALISM: THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF EACH HUMAN BEING by TIBOR MACHAN
    14. ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
    14. FREE TO CHOOSE by MILTON AND ROSE FRIEDMAN
    15. THE CIVIL WAR by Shelby Foote*
    15. AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF YOU DO by PETER MCWILLIAMS
    16. THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barbara Tuchman 16. THE ROAD TO SERFDOM by F. A. HAYEK
    17. THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND by Isaiah Berlin
    17. FREEDOM IN CHAINS by JAMES BOVARD
    18. THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN by Reinhold Niebuhr
    18. AMERICA'S GREAT DEPRESSION by MURRAY N. ROTHBARD
    19. NOTES OF A NATIVE SON by James Baldwin 19. THE ROOSEVELT MYTH by JOHN T. FLYNN
    20. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS by Gertrude Stein*
    20. THE TRUE BELIEVER by ERIC HOFFER
    21. THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by William Strunk and E. B. White
    21. VINDICATING THE FOUNDERS by THOMAS WEST
    22. AN AMERICAN DILEMMA by Gunnar Myrdal
    22. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE by CARL L. BECKER
    23. PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell 23. COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE EMOTIONAL DISORDERS by AARON T. BECK
    24. THE MISMEASURE OF MAN by Stephen Jay Gould
    24. DEATH BY GOVERNMENT by R. J. RUMMEL
    25. THE MIRROR AND THE LAMP by Meyer Howard Abrams
    25. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by VIRGINIA WOOLF
    26. THE ART OF THE SOLUBLE by Peter B. Medawar
    26. LONGITUDE by DAVA SOBEL
    27. THE ANTS by Bert Hoelldobler and Edward O. Wilson
    27. ORDINARILY SACRED by LYNDA SEXSON
    28. A THEORY OF JUSTICE by John Rawls
    28. SPEAK, MEMORY by VLADIMIR NABOKOV
    29. ART AND ILLUSION by Ernest H. Gombrich
    29. THE ART OF MEMORY by FRANCES YATES
    30. THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS by E. P. Thompson
    30. DUMBING US DOWN by JOHN TAYLOR GATTO
    31. THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. Du Bois*
    31. THE GOLDEN BOUGH by JAMES FRAZER
    32. PRINCIPIA ETHICA by G. E. Moore
    32. UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST by STEPHEN E. AMBROSE
    33. PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION by John Dewey
    33. A MODERN PROPHET by HAROLD KLEMP
    34. ON GROWTH AND FORM by D'Arcy Thompson* 34. THE FLUTE OF GOD by PAUL TWITCHELL
    35. IDEAS AND OPINIONS by Albert Einstein*
    35. REAL PRESENCES by GEORGE STEINER
    36. THE AGE OF JACKSON, Arthur Schlesinger by Jr.
    36. OUT OF AFRICA by ISAK DINESEN
    37. THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB by Richard Rhodes
    37. WAYS OF SEEING by JOHN BERGER
    38. BLACK LAMB and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
    38. THE SHADOW UNIVERSITY: THE BETRAYAL OF LIBERTY ON AMERICA'S CAMPUSES by ALAN CHARLES KORS
    39. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES by W. B. Yeats
    39. PROPERTY MATTERS: HOW PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE UNDER ASSAULT AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE by JAMES V. DE LONG
    40. SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION IN CHINA by Joseph Needham
    40. STORMING HEAVEN by JAY STEVENS
    41. GOODBYE TO ALL THAT by Robert Graves
    41. THE TEXAN by C. S. BARRIOS
    42. HOMAGE TO CATALONIA by George Orwell
    42. HOMAGE TO CATALONIA by GEORGE ORWELL
    43. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN by Mark Twain
    43. THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM JAMES
    44. CHILDREN OF CRISIS by Robert Coles
    44. HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS by DARRELL HUFF
    45. A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee 45. BUT IS IT TRUE? by AARON WILDAVSKY
    46. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by John Kenneth Galbraith
    46. A MATHEMATICIAN READS THE NEWSPAPER by JOHN ALLEN PAULOS
    47. PRESENT AT THE CREATION by Dean Acheson 47. ANATOMY OF CRITICISM by NORTHROP FRYE
    48. THE GREAT BRIDGE by David McCullough
    48. THE MAINSPRING OF HUMAN PROGRESS by HENRY GRADY WEAVER
    49. PATRIOTIC GORE by Edmund Wilson
    49. MODERN TIMES by PAUL JOHNSON
    50. SAMUEL JOHNSON by Walter Jackson Bate
    50. MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS by IRVING STONE
    51. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X
    51. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by HENRY ADAMS
    52. THE RIGHT STUFF by Tom Wolfe
    52. THE GREAT BRIDGE by DAVID MCCULLOUGH
    53. EMINENT VICTORIANS by Lytton Strachey*
    53. AMERICAN GAY by STEPHEN O. MURRAY
    54. WORKING by Studs Terkel
    54. THE DOUBLE HELIX by JAMES D. WATSON
    55. DARKNESS VISIBLE by William Styron 55. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by FRANK KERMODE
    56. THE LIBERAL IMAGINATION by Lionel Trilling 56. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS by ELAINE PAGELS
    57. THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill
    57. EROS THE BITTERSWEET by ANNE CARSON
    58. OUT OF AFRICA by Isak Dinesen*
    58. THE WESTERN CANON by HAROLD BLOOM
    59. JEFFERSON AND HIS TIME by Dumas Malone 59. THE WHITE GODDESS by ROBERT GRAVES
    60. IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN by William Carlos Williams
    60. HEALING OUR WORLD by MARY RUWART
    61. CADILLAC DESERT by Marc Reisner
    61. SILENT SPRING by RACHEL CARSON
    62. THE HOUSE OF MORGAN by Ron Chernow
    62. PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK by ANNIE DILLARD
    63. THE SWEET SCIENCE by A. J. Liebling
    63. SEXUAL PERSONAE by CAMILLE PAGLIA
    64. THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
    64. THINK AND GROW RICH by NAPOLEON HILL
    65. THE ART OF MEMORY by Frances A. Yates
    65. A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN by DAVID KELLEY
    66. RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM by R. H. Tawney 66. DOORS OF PERCEPTION by ALDOUS HUXLEY
    67. A PREFACE TO MORALS by Walter Lippmann 67. THE DISCOVERY OF FREEDOM by ROSE WILDER LANE
    68. THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE by Jonathan D. Spence
    68. MORE LIBERTY MEANS LESS GOVERNMENT by WALTER WILLIAMS
    69. THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS by Thomas S. Kuhn
    69. LIBERTARIANISM: A PRIMER by DAVID BOAZ
    70. THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW by C. Vann Woodward
    70. BEYOND LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE by WILLIAM MADDOX AND STUART LILIE
    71. THE RISE OF THE WEST by William H. McNeill 71. A CONFLICT OF VISIONS: IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF POLITICAL STRUGGLES by THOMAS SOWELL
    72. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS by Elaine Pagels
    72. PARLIAMENT OF WHORES by P. J. O'ROURKE
    73. JAMES JOYCE by Richard Ellmann
    73. SEPARATING SCHOOL AND STATE: HOW TO LIBERATE AMERICA'S FAMILIES by SHELDON RICHMAN
    74. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by Cecil Woodham-Smith
    74. THE FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES by VIRGINIA POSTREL
    75. THE GREAT WAR AND MODERN MEMORY by Paul Fussell
    75. THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by WILLIAM STRUNK AND E. B. WHITE
    76. THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford
    76. ORIENTALISM by EDWARD SAID
    77. BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
    77. ECOTERROR by RON ARNOLD
    78. WHY WE CAN'T WAIT by Martin Luther King by Jr.
    78. WHY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WORK by HARRY BROWNE
    79. THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT by Edmund Morris
    79. OUT OF THE CRISIS by W. EDWARDS DEMING
    80. STUDIES IN ICONOLOGY by Erwin Panofsky 80. NOT OUT OF AFRICA by MARY LEFKOWITZ
    81. THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan
    81. THE END OF RACISM by DINESH D'SOUZA
    82. THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND by George Dangerfield
    82. BEHIND THE MASK by IAN BURUMA
    83. VERMEER by Lawrence Gowing
    83. IN A DARK WOOD by ALSTON CHASE
    84. A BRIGHT SHINING LIE by Neil Sheehan
    84. PRIVATE PARTS by HOWARD STERN
    85. WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham
    85. THE TELEPHONE BOOK by AVITAL RONELL
    86. THIS BOY'S LIFE by Tobias Wolff
    86. THE MINUTEMAN: RESTORING AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE by GARY HART
    87. A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy 87. WAKING AND DREAMING by JOSEPH HART
    88. SIX EASY PIECES by Richard P. Feynman
    88. THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD by LANA CANTRELL
    89. PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK by Annie Dillard 89. RADICAL SON by DAVID HOROWITZ
    90. THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer 90. UNDER THE SIGN OF SATURN by SUSAN SONTAG
    91. SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
    91. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X by ALEX HALEY AND MALCOLM X
    92. THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
    92. A FEELING FOR BOOKS by JANICE RADWAY
    93. THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION by Richard Hofstadter
    93. THE HERO OF A THOUSAND FACES by JOSEPH CAMPBELL
    94. THE CONTOURS OF AMERICAN HISTORY by William Appleman Williams
    94. THE JOB by WILLIAM BURROUGHS
    95. THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE by Herbert Croly
    95. SILENT INTERVIEWS by SAMUEL R. DELANY
    96. IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote*
    96. SLATS GROBNIK AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS by MIKE ROYKO
    97. THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER by Janet Malcolm
    97. RISE OF THE UNMELTABLE ETHNICS by MICHAEL NOVACK
    98. THE TAMING OF CHANCE by Ian Hacking
    98. REVERSE ANGLE by JOHN SIMON
    99. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS by Anne Lamott 99. PLACING MOVIES by JONATHON ROSENBAUM
    100. MELBOURNE by Lord David Cecil
    100. RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING by PATRICK J BUCHANAN

  • Normal is the Watchword
    18 years ago

    That is a long list!