The Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction was created in 1998 by the

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. The list is what it considers to be the 100 best non-fiction books published since 1900. The list includes memoirs, textbooks,

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, 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:

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