Top 20 Non-Fiction Books of All Time

	1	TODO copy How the Mind Works
	How the Mind Works
	Steven Pinker
	1997
	Evolutionary Psychology



	2	TODO copy The Outsider
	The Outsider
	Colin Wilson
	1956
	Comparative Literature



	3	TODO copy The Language Instinct
	The Language Instinct
	Steven Pinker
	1994
	Linguistics



	4	TODO copy The Evolution of Cooperation
	The Evolution of Cooperation
	Robert Axelrod
	1984
	Evolutionary Psychology



	5	TODO copy The Arrow of Time
	The Arrow of Time
	Roger Highfield
	1992
	Physics



	6	TODO copy The Illusion of Conscious Will
	The Illusion of Conscious Will
	Daniel Wegner
	2002
	Science of Consciousness



	7	TODO copy Darwin's Dangerous Idea
	Darwin's Dangerous Idea
	Daniel Dennett
	1995
	Philosophy of Evolution



	8	TODO copy The Power of Babel
	The Power of Babel
	John McWhorter
	2003
	Linguistics



	9	TODO copy The Third Chimpanzee
	The Third Chimpanzee
	Jared Diamond
	1993
	Sociobiology/Ev Psych



	10	TODO copy Guns, Germs, and Steel
	Guns, Germs, and Steel
	Jared Diamond
	1997
	History/Antropology



	11	TODO copy Metamagical Themas
	Metamagical Themas
	Douglas R. Hofstadter
	1985
	Philosophy



	12	TODO copy The Fabric of the Cosmos
	The Fabric of the Cosmos
	Brian Greene
	2004
	Physics



	13	TODO copy Philosophy in the Flesh
	Philosophy in the Flesh
	Lakoff and Johnson
	1999
	Cognitive Science



	14	TODO copy Consciousness Explained
	Consciousness Explained
	Daniel Dennett
	1991
	Science of Consciousness



	15	TODO copy Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
	Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
	Charles Mackey
	1841
	History



	16	TODO copy The Mask of Nostradamus
	The Mask of Nostradamus
	James Randi
	1993
	Biography



	17	TODO copy The Origins of Virtue
	The Origins of Virtue
	Matt Ridley
	1996
	Sociobiology/Ev Psych



	18	TODO copy Bloodline of the Holy Grail
	Bloodline of the Holy Grail
	Laurence Gardner
	1996
	Speculative History



	19	TODO copy Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey (the fact that this barely trumped Ayn Rand The Voice of Reason for this slot says alot, at least to me, which makes it worthwhile to do this stuff)
	Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey
	Henry Charlton Beck
	1936
	History



	20	TODO copy The Emperor's New Mind (yes I am aware of the error, at least in the edition I read, and this certainly hurts its rank, but it belongs in the list).
	The Emperor's New Mind
	Roger Penrose
	1989
	Cognitive Science