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.
The following table shows the top ten books from the editors' list:
#YearTitleAuthor11918The Education of Henry Adams21902The Varieties of Religious Experience31901Up from Slavery41929A Room of One's Own51962Silent Spring61932Selected Essays, 1917–193271968The Double Helix81951Speak, Memory91919The American Language101936The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
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