The 50 Best Books of the Century
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 50 Books
ISI defined "best" as "volumes of extraordinary reflection and creativity in a traditional form, which heartens us with the knowledge that fine writing and clear-mindedness are perennially possible."
All the books are non-fiction.
The first 5 are ranked, the rest are alphabetical.
This list was originally published in 2014 and was added to this site over 12 years ago.
