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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 highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.
Here’s our guide to the must-read non-fiction of 2024. Even if you normally prefer to curl up with a novel or memoir, you might find yourself pleasantly surprised. The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale
BOOKS: From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile
Aristotle (Shields book) Aristotle for Everybody; Aristotle's Masterpiece; Armageddon in Waco; The Arms of Krupp; Art Deco of the 20s and 30s; The Art of Computer Programming; The Art of Cooking with Cannabis; The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers; The Art of Seduction; The Art of Sexual Ecstasy; The Art of the Con; Artificial ...
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. [1] For the second consecutive year, the most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 7 weeks at the top of the list.
20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction; Best-selling books; Big Read; Bokklubben World Library; Children's classic books; Great Books of the Western World; Harvard Classics; Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century; Literary Taste: How to Form It; Major English dictionaries; Modern Library's 100 Best Novels; Most ...
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...