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The Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction was created in 1998 by the Modern Library. The list is what it considers to be the 100 best non-fiction books published since 1900. The list includes memoirs, textbooks, polemics, and collections of essays. A separate list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century was created the same year. [1]
The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging authors. [ 1 ] The following are a few of the individuals who contributed to the list.
Considered one of the most influential books of the past 20 years, legal scholar Michelle Alexander's staggering interrogation of the ways in which modern America's criminal justice system—as a ...
This is a list of lists by year of The New York Times number-one books. The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on October 12, 1931. [1] [2] It consisted of five fiction and four nonfiction for the New York City region only. [2] The following month the list was expanded to eight cities, with a separate list for ...
Looking to read something enlightening, educational, and utterly compelling? These beloved, best-selling nonfiction books will do the trick. The post 50 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time appeared ...
These 15 nonfiction books will please every reader on your list this holiday season, whether they prefer memoirs, histories or essay collections. The 15 best nonfiction books for fans of advice ...
General nonfiction for adult readers is a National Book Award category continuous only from 1984, when the general award was restored after two decades of awards in several nonfiction categories. From 1935 to 1941 there were six annual awards for general nonfiction, two for biography, and the Bookseller Discovery or Most Original Book was ...
Some of the lists of print bestsellers have combined the different formats of books into one list. Books that are not novels will be excluded when possible, especially nonfiction books. According to Nielsen BookScan data, the Fifty Shades series the top three best selling books of the decade, with the first novel selling 15.2 million copies ...