Some of the Worst Non-Fiction Ever Written
Discover the most poorly written non-fiction books of all time. This list highlights the worst offenders in bad writing, cringe-worthy content, and terrible storytelling. Avoid these literary disasters!
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The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
Mansfield's translation of this classic work, in combination with the new material added for this edition, makes it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable …
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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history. The Communist Manifesto, as it was called, rapidly …
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Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler
In 1922, just four years after the war to end all wars, an unknown Austrian then living in Bavaria planned a pamphlet to be called …
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One-Dimensional Man
by Herbert Marcuse
Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, …
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Le Deuxième Sexe
by Simone de Beauvoir
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
by John Maynard Keynes
Originally published: New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1936.
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The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins
Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up …
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The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC, Myths and Cult Images
by Marija Gimbutas
Through study of sculpture, vases, and other cult objects from southeastern Europe, Gimbutas sketches the village culture that evolved there before it was overwhelmed by …
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An American Dilemma, Volume 2
by Gunnar Myrdal
In this landmark effort to understand African American people in the New World, Gunnar Myrdal provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as …
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Why Christianity Must Change or Die
by John Shelby Spong
An important and respected voice for liberal American Christianity for the past twenty years, Bishop John Shelby Spong integrates his often controversial stands on the …
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Hitler's Pope
by John Cornwell
Draws on secret archives to present a record of the career of Pope Pius XII, showing his collaboration with the Nazis and his anti-Semitism, and …
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A Darwinian Left
by Peter Singer
A renowned bioethicist argues that the political left must radically revise its outdated view of human nature and shows how the insights of modern evolutionary …
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A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
Presents the history of the United States from the point of view of those who were exploited in the name of American progress
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Earth in the Balance
by Albert Gore
Re-released on the heels of Al Gores #1 New York Times bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth, comes the paperback edition of his classic bestseller, Earth in …