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The100greatestnonfictionbooksbyGuardian
The100greatestnon-fictionbooks
AfterkeendebateattheGuardian'sbooksdesk,thisisourlistoftheverybestfactualwriting,organisedbycategory,andthenbydate.
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Ourcriticsandexpertspickthebestbooks,andgivethedefinitivesubjectlists
Thegreatestnon-fictionbookslivehere...theBritishMuseumReadingRoom.
Art
TheShockoftheNewbyRobertHughes(1980)
Hugheschartsthestoryofmodernart,fromcubismtotheavantgarde
TheStoryofArtbyErnstGombrich(1950)
Themostpopularartbookinhistory.Gombrichexaminesthetechnicalandaestheticproblemsconfrontedbyartistssincethedawnoftime
WaysofSeeingbyJohnBerger(1972)
Astudyofthewaysinwhichwelookatart,whichchangedthetermsofageneration'sengagementwithvisualculture
Biography
LivesoftheMostExcellentPainters,Sculptors,andArchitectsbyGiorgioVasari(1550)
BiographymixeswithanecdoteinthisFlorentine-inflectedportraitofthepaintersandsculptorswhoshapedtheRenaissance
TheLifeofSamuelJohnsonbyJamesBoswell(1791)
Boswelldrawsonhisjournalstocreateanaffectionateportraitofthegreatlexicographer
TheDiariesofSamuelPepysbySamuelPepys(1825)
"BlessedbeGod,attheendofthelastyearIwasinverygoodhealth,"beginsthisextraordinarilyvividdiaryoftheRestorationperiod
EminentVictoriansbyLyttonStrachey(1918)
Stracheysetthetemplateformodernbiography,withthiswittyandirreverentaccountoffourVictorianheroes
GoodbyetoAllThatbyRobertGraves(1929)
Graves'autobiographytellsthestoryofhischildhoodandtheearlyyearsofhismarriage,butthecoreofthebookishisaccountofthebrutalitiesandbanalitiesofthefirstworldwar
TheAutobiographyofAliceBToklasbyGertrudeStein(1933)
Stein'sgroundbreakingbiography,writtenintheguiseofanautobiography,ofherlover
Culture
NotesonCampbySusanSontag(1964)
Sontag'spropositionthatthemodernsensibilityhasbeenshapedbyJewishethicsandhomosexualaesthetics
MythologiesbyRolandBarthes(1972)
Barthesgetsunderthesurfaceofthemeaningsofthethingswhichsurroundusinthesewittystudiesofcontemporarymyth-making
OrientalismbyEdwardSaid(1978)
SaidarguesthatromanticisedwesternrepresentationsofArabculturearepoliticalandcondescending
Environment
SilentSpringbyRachelCarson(1962)
ThisaccountoftheeffectsofpesticidesontheenvironmentlaunchedtheenvironmentalmovementintheUS
TheRevengeofGaiabyJamesLovelock(1979)
Lovelock'sargumentthatoncelifeisestablishedonaplanet,itengineersconditionsforitscontinuedsurvival,revolutionisedourperceptionofourplaceintheschemeofthings
History
TheHistoriesbyHerodotus(c400BC)
HistorybeginswithHerodotus'saccountoftheGreco-Persianwar
TheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpirebyEdwardGibbon(1776)
ThefirstmodernhistorianoftheRomanEmpirewentbacktoancientsourcestoarguethatmoraldecaymadedownfallinevitable
TheHistoryofEnglandbyThomasBabingtonMacaulay(1848)
Alandmarkstudyfromthepre-eminentWhighistorian
EichmanninJerusalembyHannahArendt(1963)
Arendt'sreportsonthetrialofAdolfEichmann,andexploresthepsychologicalandsociologicalmechanismsoftheHolocaust
TheMakingoftheEnglishWorkingClassbyEPThompson(1963)
Thompsonturnedhistoryonitsheadbyfocusingonthepoliticalagencyofthepeople,whommosthistorianshadtreatedasanonymousmasses
BuryMyHeartatWoundedKneebyDeeBrown(1970)
AmovingaccountofthetreatmentofNativeAmericansbytheUSgovernment
HardTimes:
anOralHistoryoftheGreatDepressionbyStudsTerkel(1970)
TerkelweavesoralaccountsoftheGreatDepressionintoapowerfultapestry
ShahofShahsbyRyszardKapuściński(1982)
ThegreatPolishreportertellsthestoryofthelastShahofIran
TheAgeofExtremes:
AHistoryoftheWorld,1914-1991byEricHobsbawm(1994)
Hobsbawmchartsthefailureofcapitalistsandcommunistsalikeinthisaccountofthe20thcentury
WeWishtoInformYouThatTomorrowWeWillBeKilledwithOurFamilesbyPhilipGourevitch(1999)
GourevitchcapturestheterroroftheRwandanmassacre,andthefailuresoftheinternationalcommunity
PostwarbyTonyJudt(2005)
AmagisterialaccountofthegrandsweepofEuropeanhistorysince1945
Journalism
TheJournalistandtheMurdererbyJanetMalcolm(1990)
Anexaminationofthemoraldilemmasattheheartofthejournalist'strade
TheElectricKool-AidAcidTestbyTomWolfe(1968)
ThemaninthewhitesuitfollowsKenKeseyandhisbandofMerryPrankstersastheydriveacrosstheUSinahazeofLSD
DispatchesbyMichaelHerr(1977)
AvividaccountofHerr'sexperiencesoftheVietnamwar
Literature
TheLivesofthePoetsbySamuelJohnson(1781)
Biographicalandcriticalstudiesof18th-centurypoets,whichcastascepticaleyeontheirlivesandworks
AnImageofAfricabyChinuaAchebe(1975)
AchebechallengeswesternculturalimperialisminhisargumentthatHeartofDarknessisaracistnovel,whichdeprivesitsAfricancharactersofhumanity
TheUsesofEnchantmentbyBrunoBettelheim(1976)
Bettelheimarguesthatthedarknessoffairytalesoffersameansforchildrentograpplewiththeirfears
Mathematics
Godel,Escher,Bach:
AnEternalGoldenBraidbyDouglasHofstadter(1979)
Awhimsicalmeditationonmusic,mindandmathematicsthatexploresformalcomplexityandself-reference
Memoir
ConfessionsbyJean-JacquesRousseau(1782)
Rousseauestablishesthetemplateformodernautobiographywiththisintimateaccountofhisownlife
NarrativeoftheLifeofFrederickDouglass,anAmericanSlavebyFrederickDouglass(1845)
Thisvividfirstpersonaccountwasoneofthefirsttimesthevoiceoftheslavewasheardinmainstreamsociety
DeProfundisbyOscarWilde(1905)
ImprisonedinReadingGaol,WildetellsthestoryofhisaffairwithAlfredDouglasandhisspiritualdevelopment
TheSevenPillarsofWisdombyTELawrence(1922)
AdashingaccountofLawrence'sexploitsduringtherevoltagainsttheOttomanempire
TheStoryofMyExperimentswithTruthbyMahatmaGandhi(1927)
Aclassicoftheconfessionalgenre,Gandhirecountsearlystrugglesandhispassionatequestforself-knowledge
HomagetoCataloniabyGeorgeOrwell(1938)
Orwell'sclear-eyedaccountofhisexperiencesinSpainoffersaportraitofconfusionandbetrayalduringthecivilwar
TheDiaryofaYoungGirlbyAnneFrank(1947)
Publishedbyherfatherafterthewar,thisaccountofthefamily'shiddenlifehelpedtoshapethepost-warnarrativeoftheHolocaust
Speak,MemorybyVladimirNabokov(1951)
NabokovreflectsonhislifebeforemovingtotheUSin1940
TheManDiedbyWoleSoyinka(1971)
ApowerfulautobiographicalaccountofSoyinka'sexperiencesinprisonduringtheNigeriancivilwar
ThePeriodicTablebyPrimoLevi(1975)
Avisionoftheauthor'slife,includinghislifeintheconcentrationcamps,asseenthroughthekaleidoscopeofchemistry
BadBloodbyLornaSage(2000)
Sagedemolishesthefantasyoffamilyasshetellshowherrelativespassedrage,griefandfrustrateddesiredownthegenerations
Mind
TheInterpretationofDreamsbySigmundFreud(1899)
Freud'sargumentthatourexperienceswhiledreamingholdthekeytoourpsychologicalliveslaunchedthedisciplineofpsychoanalysisandtransformedwesternculture
Music
TheRomanticGenerationbyCharlesRosen(1998)
Rosenexamineshow19th-centurycomposersextendedtheboundariesofmusic,andtheirengagementwithliterature,landscapeandthedivine
Philosophy
TheSymposiumbyPlato(c380BC)
Alivelydinner-partydebateonthenatureoflove
MeditationsbyMarcusAurelius(c180)
Aseriesofpersonalreflections,advocatingthepreservationofcalminthefaceofconflict,andthecultivationofacosmicperspective
EssaysbyMicheldeMontaigne(1580)
Montaigne'swise,amusingexaminationofhimself,andofhumannature,launchedtheessayasaliteraryform
TheAnatomyofMelancholybyRobertBurton(1621)
Burtonexaminesallhumanculturethroughthelensofmelancholy
MeditationsonFirstPhilosophybyRenéDescartes(1641)
Doubtingeverythingbuthisownexistence,DescartestriestoconstructGodandtheuniverse
DialoguesConcerningNaturalReligionbyDavidHume(1779)
HumeputshisfaithtothetestwithaconversationexaminingargumentsfortheexistenceofGod
CritiqueofPureReasonbyImmanuelKant(1781)
IfwesternphilosophyismerelyafootnotetoPlato,thenKant'sattempttounitereasonwithexperienceprovidesmanyofthesubjectheadings
PhenomenologyofMindbyGWFHegel(1807)
Hegeltakesthereaderthroughtheevolutionofconsciousness
WaldenbyHDThoreau(1854)
Anaccountoftwoyearsspentlivinginalogcabin,whichexaminesideasofindependenceandsociety
OnLibertybyJohnStuartMill(1859)
Millarguesthat"theonlypurposeforwhichpowercanberightfullyexercisedoveranymemberofacivilisedcommunity,againsthiswill,istopreventharmtoothers"
ThusSpakeZarathustrabyFriedrichNietzsche(1883)
TheinvalidNietzscheproclaimsthedeathofGodandthetriumphoftheUbermensch
TheStructureofScientificRevolutionsbyThomasKuhn(1962)
Arevolutionarytheoryaboutthenatureofscientificprogress
Politics
TheArtofWarbySunTzu(c500BC)
Astudyofwarfarethatstressestheimportanceofpositioningandtheabilitytoreacttochangingcircumstances
ThePrincebyNiccolòMachiavelli(1532)
Machiavelliinjectsrealismintothestudyofpower,arguingthatrulersshouldbepreparedtoabandonvirtuetodefendstability
LeviathanbyThomasHobbes(1651)
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