Book Lists

Modern Library 100 best nonfiction books - Modern Library panelists have selected the following as the 20th century's 100 best nonfiction books written in English.

San Francisco Chronicle's 100 best nonfiction books - The San Francisco Chronicle's 100 best nonfiction books of the 20th century written in English about -- or by an author from -- the Western United States

Great Books Lists - "Matthew Arnold called the Great Books, or the classics, 'the best that has been thought and known in the world.' Ezra Pound called them 'news that stays news.' These are the books that continue to be read in times, places, and cultures far removed from those in which they were written. Since these works of literature, history, philosophy, etc. have had so much to say to so many different people, they probably have something to say to our generation as well."

101 Great Books - Recommended for College-Bound Readers.