What are the 25 most important works of non fiction that I should read? Religious books not included.....?

Question

I'm not fussed about the order and I would like a wide spread i.e not 10 philosophy books etc. Thanks very much!

Answer 1

Darwin: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Watson: Double Helix

Dawkins: The Selfish Gene

Kuhn: Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

Hawking: Brief History of Time

Feynman: Lectures on Physics

DaVinci: Notebooks

Hooke: Micrographia

Harney: Exercitatio anatomica de moto cordis et sanguinis

Newton: Principia Mathematica

Hitler: Mein Kampf (no, I'm not advocating the ideas, but understanding WWII is important to understanding current events) -- pair it with Churchill's Second World War

Hershey: Hiroshima

Marx: Das Kapital

Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

Carson: Silent Spring

White: Natural History of Selbourne

Clark: Civilization

Abbey: Desert Solitaire

Thoreau: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Merton: Seven Story Mountain

Wilson: Sociobiology

Polo: Travels

Ghandi: Non-violent Resistance

Sun-tzu: Art of War

Hamilton: Federalist papers

Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Women

Thackeray: History of China

Goldschmidt: A Concise History of the Middle East

Answer 2

1. The Second World War, Winston S. Churchill

Vol. 1, The Gathering Storm

Vol. 2, Their Finest Hour

Vol. 3, The Grand Alliance

Vol. 4, The Hinge of Fate

Vol. 5, Closing the Ring

Vol. 6, Triumph and Tragedy

2. The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

3. Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell

4. The Road to Serfdom, F. A. von Hayek

5. Collected Essays, George Orwell

6. The Open Society and Its Enemies, Karl Popper

7. The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis

8. Revolt of the Masses, José Ortega y Gasset

9. The Constitution of Liberty, F. A. von Hayek

10. Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman

11. Modern Times, Paul Johnson

12. Rationalism in Politics, Michael Oakeshott

13. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, Joseph A. Schumpeter

14. Economy and Society, Max Weber

15. The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

16. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Rebecca West

17. Sociobiology, Edward O. Wilson

18. Centissimus Annus, Pope John Paul II

19. The Pursuit of the Millennium, Norman Cohn

20. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

21. The Great Terror, Robert Conquest

22. Chronicles of Wasted Time, Malcolm Muggeridge

23. Relativity, Albert Einstein

24. Witness, Whittaker Chambers

25. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn



Edit: Check out this link for another great list of non-fiction works that you should enjoy: http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnonfiction.html

Answer 3

Rule by Secrecy- The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids - Author Jim Marrs

Answer 4

1. The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand

2. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. ron Hubbard

3. Objectivism : The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff

4. 101 Things To Do Til the Revolution by claire wolf

5. The God of the Machine by Isabel Paterson

6. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life by Michael Pacton

7. The Ultimate Resource by Julian Simon

8. Economics in one lesson by Henry Hazlitt

9. Send in the waco killers by Vin Suprynowicz

10. more guns, less crime by John R. Lott

11. Psychiatry: The ultimate Betrayal by Bruce Wiseman

12. Fingerprints of the gods by G. Hancock

13. Classical Individualism: the supreme importance of each human being by Tibor Machan

14. Free the choose by Milton and Rose friedman

15. Ain't nobody's business if you do by Peter McWilliams

16. The road to serfdom by F.A. Hayek

17. Freedom in Chains by James Bovard

18. America's great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard

19. The Roosevelt myth by John T. Flynn

20. the true believer by eric hoffer

21. Vindicating the founders by Thomas West

22. The declaration of independence by Carl L. Becker

23. congnitive therapy and the emotional disorders by aaron t. beck

24. death by government by r.j. rummel

25. a room of one's own by Virginia woolf



Religious or not those are the top 25 readers choice nonfiction novels. Enjoy



http://www.powells.com/100nonfiction.html



http://www.amazon.com/My-Top-Nonfiction-Book-List/lm/2NX8V5PLUBVK4



http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnonfiction.html (the link i used)



Hope this helped and happy reading!

Answer 5

The Sealed Nectar

By Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Answer 6

fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter thompson



the great shark hunt by hunter thompson



all the president's men by woodword and bernstein



unlimited access by gary aldritch



the haliburton agenda by Dan Briody



the origin of satan by elaine pagels



then gnostic gospels by elaine pagels



sane investing in an insane world and watch tv and grow rich by jim cramer



the little red sox book by bill lee



her way the hopes and ambitions of hillary rodham clinton



good start! peace! i generally recommend ALL the hunter thompson books.

Answer 7

Freakonommics (may be mispelled; about economics, but FABULOUS and interesting)





GREAT EXPECTATIONS - the story of the Baby boom and how it impacts society world wide



The HOT ZONE - the scariest nonfiction book you will ever read, about the Ebola virus

Answer 8

this may be stupid but i love the book: Marley and Me. i don't remember the name of the writer but its a true story. it's about a newlywed couple who gets a dog and the impact it has on their lives throughout the years. it teaches some really good life lessons. it made me laugh and cry.

Answer 9

The Holy Bible

Answer 10

"how to argue and win everytime"



i forget the author, but it changed my life

Answer 11

the dr seuss catalogue...

Answer 12

cheers!