Это вторая часть лучших nofiction-книг от "The Guardian". Первую можно посмотреть
здесь. Третья часть - заключительная - будет в конце декабря - начале января. Напоминаю, что под катом можно найти дополнительный список книг, которые предлагаются для сравнения с произведениями из основного списка.
Карнеги когда-то прочел. И только.
35.
Карл Раймунд Поппер. "Открытое общество и его враги" (1945)
36.
Ричард Райт. "Черный" (1945)
37. MFK Fisher. "How to Cook a Wolf" (1942)
38. Cyril Connolly. "Enemies of Promise" (1938)
39.
Джордж Оруэлл. "Дорога на Уиган-Пирс" (1937)
40. Robert Byron. "The Road to Oxiana" (1937)
41.
Дейл Карнеги. "Как завоевывать друзей и оказывать влияние на людей" (1936)
42. Vera Brittain. "Testament of Youth" (1933)
43.
Уинстон Спенсер Черчилль. "Мои ранние годы. 1874-1904" (1930)
44. Robert Graves. "Goodbye to All That" (1929)
45.
Вирджиния Вульф. "Своя комната" (1929)
46.
Томас Стернз Элиот. "Бесплодная земля" (1922)
47.
Джон Рид. "Десять дней, которые потрясли мир" (1919)
48.
Джон Мейнард Кейнс. "Экономические последствия Версальского мирного договора" (1919)
49. HL Mencken. "The American Language" (1919)
50. Lytton Strachey. "Eminent Victorians" (1918)
51. WEB Du Bois. "The Souls of Black Folk" (1903)
52.
Оскар Уайльд. "De profundis. Тюремная исповедь" (1905)
53.
Уильям Джеймс. "Многообразие религиозного опыта" (1902)
54. John Aubrey (edited by Andrew Clark). "Brief Lives" (1898)
55. Ulysses S Grant. "Personal Memoirs" (1885)
56.
Марк Твен. "Жизнь на Миссисипи" (1883)
57. Robert Louis Stevenson. "Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes" (1879)
58. Edward Lear. "Nonsense Songs" (1871)
59. Matthew Arnold. "Culture and Anarchy" (1869)
60.
Чарльз Роберт Дарвин. "Происхождение видов путем естественного отбора" (1859)
61.
Джон Стюарт Милл. "О свободе" (1859)
62. Mary Seacole. "The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands" (1857)
63.
Элизабет Гаскелл. "Жизнь Шарлотты Бронте" (1857)
64.
Генри Торо. "Уолден, или жизнь в лесу" (1854)
65. Dr Peter Mark Roget. "Thesaurus" (1852)
66. Henry Mayhew. "London Labour and the London Poor" (1851)
35. Gilbert Ryle. "The Concept of Mind" (1949)
35. Willard Van Orman Quine. "From a Logical Point of View" (1953)
35. Thomas Kuhn. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" (1962)
36. Ralph Ellison. "Invisible Man" (1952)
36. James Baldwin. "Notes of a Native Son" (1955)
36. Malcolm X (with Alex Haley). "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965)
37. Julia Child. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" (1961)
37. Marcella Hazan. "The Classic Italian Cookbook" (1973)
37. Anthony Bourdain. "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" (2000)
38. EM Forster. "Aspects of the Novel" (1927)
38. TS Eliot. "Selected Essays 1917-32" (1932)
38. FR Leavis. "The Common Pursuit" (1952)
39. JB Priestley. "English Journey" (1934)
39. Robert Byron. "The Road to Oxiana" (1937)
39. Richard Hoggart. "The Uses of Literacy" (1957)
40. Eric Newby. "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" (1958)
40. Bruce Chatwin. "In Patagonia" (1977)
40. Rory Stewart. "The Places in Between" (2004)
41. Norman Vincent Peale. "The Power of Positive Thinking" (1952)
41. Donald Trump. "The Art of the Deal" (1987)
41. Malcolm Gladwell. "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (2005)
42. Beatrice Webb. "My Apprenticeship" (1926)
42. Siegfried Sassoon. "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man" (1928)
42. Irene Rathbone. "We That Were Young" (1932)
43. Siegfried Sassoon. "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man" (1928)
43. George Orwell. "Down and Out in Paris and London" (1933)
43. Winston Churchill. "Their Finest Hour" (1949)
44. Siegfried Sassoon. "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man" (1928)
44. Winston Churchill. "My Early Life" (1930)
44. Vera Brittain. "Testament of Youth" (1933)
45. Beatrice Webb. "My Apprenticeship" (1926)
45. EM Forster. "Aspects of the Novel" (1927)
45. Germaine Greer. "The Madwoman’s Underclothes" (1986)
46. JG Frazer. "The Golden Bough" (1890)
46. Jessie Weston. "From Ritual to Romance" (1920)
46. Robert Graves. "The White Goddess" (1948)
47. Louise Bryant. "Six Red Months in Russia" (1918)
47. Arthur Ransome. "Six Weeks in Russia" (1919)
47. George Orwell. "Animal Farm" (1945)
48. Harold Nicolson. "Peacemaking, 1919" (1933)
48. JM Keynes. "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" (1936)
48. Robert Skidelsky. "John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman" (2004)
49. Noah Webster. "American Dictionary of the English Language" (1828)
49. HW Fowler. "The King’s English" (1908)
49. AC Baugh and Thomas Cable. "A History of the English Language" (1935)
50. TE Lawrence. "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" (1922)
50. Virginia Woolf. "To the Lighthouse" (1927)
50. Michael Holroyd. "Lytton Strachey - A Critical Biography", 2 vols (1967-1968)
51. Ralph Ellison. "Invisible Man" (1952)
51. James Baldwin. "The Fire Next Time" (1963)
51. Barack Obama. "Dreams from My Father" (1995)
52. Cardinal Newman. "Apologia Pro Vita Sua" (1864)
52. John Stuart Mill. "Autobiography" (1873)
52. Oscar Wilde. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891)
53. William James. "The Principles of Psychology" (1890)
53. William James. "Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking" (1907)
53. Louis Menand. "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America" (2001)
54. Patrick Garland. "Brief Lives by John Aubrey: A Play in Two Acts for One Player" (1967)
54. Ruth Scurr. "John Aubrey: My Own Life" (2015)
54. John Aubrey. "Brief Lives (ed Kate Bennett" (2015)
55. Abraham Lincoln. "Speeches and Writings 18" (-185)
55. Omar Bradley. "A General’s Story" (1951)
55. Bill Clinton. "My Life" (2004)
56. Mark Twain. "The Innocents Abroad" (1869)
56. Mark Twain. "Roughing It" (1872)
56. Mark Twain. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884)
57. Graham Greene. "Journey Without Maps" (1936)
57. Robert Byron. "The Road to Oxiana" (1937)
57. Bruce Chatwin. "In Patagonia" (1977)
58. Lewis Carroll. "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876)
58. Harry Graham. "Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes" (1898)
58. Julia Donaldson. "The Gruffalo" (1999)
59. John Henry Newman. "The Idea of a University" (1852/1858)
59. Charles Darwin. "The Origin of Species" (1859)
59. John Stuart Mill. "On Liberty" (1859)
60. Gilbert White. "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne" (1789)
60. Thomas Malthus. "An Essay on the Principle of Population" (1798)
60. Charles Darwin. "The Voyage of the Beagle" (1839)
61. John Locke. "A Letter Concerning Toleration" (1689)
61. Jeremy Bentham. "Chrestomathia" (1816)
61. John Stuart Mill. "Autobiography" (1873)
62. WEB Du Bois. "The Souls of Black Folk" (1903)
62. Richard Wright. "Black Boy" (1945)
62. Malcolm X (with Alex Haley). "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965)
63. James Boswell. "The Life of Samuel Johnson" (1791)
63. John Forster. "The Life of Charles Dickens" (1874)
63. Jenny Uglow. "Elizabeth Gaskell - A Habit of Stories" (1993)
64. Edward Abbey. "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" (1968)
64. Annie Dillard. "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek" (1974)
64. Peter Matthiessen. "The Snow Leopard" (1978)
65. Dr Samuel Johnson. "A Dictionary of the English Language" (1755)
65. James Murray (ed). "A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles" (1884)
65. HW Fowler. "A Dictionary of Modern English Usage" (1926)
66. Friedrich Engels. "The Condition of the Working Class in England" (1845)
66. Jack London. "The People of the Abyss" (1903)
66. George Orwell. "Down and Out in Paris and London" (1933)