Lists of Bests: Intercollegiate Studies Institute's &quot;50 Best Books of the 20th Century&quot; (Non-fiction) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/91 Earlier this year, the Modern Library published a list styled The Hundred Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century. A list of significant books can make a compelling statement about how we are to understand an age. In judging the quality of a book, one necessarily judges the perception and the profundity which the book displays, as well as the character of the book's influence. Yet many were dissatisfied with the several "Best" lists published in the past year, finding them biased, too contemporary, or simply careless. So the Intercollegiate Review (IR) set out to assemble its own critically serious roster of the Best—and the Worst—Books of the Century. To assist us in this task, we relied on the advice of a group of exceptional academics from a variety of disciplines. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:53 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 The Education of Henry Adams (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4240 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4240"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0192823698.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Adams</div> The Origins of Totalitarianism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4147 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4147"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156701537.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422707_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hannah Arendt</div> Teacher in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66620 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66620"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0913966797.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Barzun</div> Samuel Johnson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33833 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33833"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1887178767.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Jackson Bate</div> Understanding Poetry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66621 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66621"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0030769809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cleanth Brooks</div> Whig Interpretation of History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66622 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66622"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393003183.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbert Butterfield</div> Witness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66623 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66623"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0895267896.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Whittaker Chambers</div> Orthodoxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27750 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27750"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0898705525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. 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MacIntyre</div> Jefferson & His Time (History United States) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64988 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dumas Malone</div> Prejudices http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66632 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66632"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1932109374.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. L. 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Watson</div> Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64985 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64985"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393312569.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edmund Wilson</div> Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66638 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Pitcher</div> The Right Stuff http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15918 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15918"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553381350.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> Autobiography of Malcolm X http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64986 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64986"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345379756.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm X</div>