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Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century

(NYU Journalism Department)



Earl of Louisiana
by A. J. Liebling

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Call Number:
F376.L6 L5 2008
Publication Date:
1961

Rank:
77




Nobody Knows My Name
by Baldwin, James

"Letters from the South" is on the award winning list; included in book Nobody Knows my Name, James Baldwin.
Call Number:
E185.61 .B197 1993
Publication Date:
1993

Rank:
40




Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan

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Call Number:
HQ1426 .F844 2013B
Publication Date:
1963

Rank:
37




All the President's Men
by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

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Call Number:
E860 .B47
Publication Date:
1974

Rank:
75




Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
by David Remnick

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Call Number:
DK288 .R46
Publication Date:
1993

Rank:
57




Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt

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Call Number:
E184.I6 M117
Publication Date:
1996

Rank:
95




Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music
by Greil Marcus

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Call Number:
ML3534 .M36
Publication Date:
1975

Rank:
87




Eichmann in Jerusalem
by Hannah Arendt

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Call Number:
D804.3 .A713
Publication Date:
1963

Rank:
20




Eyes on the Prize
by Henry Hampton

See especially DVD of same name.
Call Number:
DVD E185.615 .E94 2010
Publication Date:
1987

Rank:
17




Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
by Hunter S. Thompson

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Call Number:
E859 .T52
Publication Date:
1973

Rank:
100




History of the Standard Oil Company
by Ida Tarbell

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Call Number:
HD9569.S8 T37
Publication Date:
1904

Rank:
5




Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
by J. Anthony Lukas

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Call Number:
F73.9 .A1 L85
Publication Date:
1985

Rank:
28




Let us now praise famous men
by James Agee

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Call Number:
PS3501.G35 A6
Publication Date:
1941

Rank:
14




Fire Next Time, The
by James Baldwin

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Call Number:
E185.61 .B1954
Publication Date:
1963

Rank:
35




Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion

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Call Number:
PS3554.I33 S55 1981
Publication Date:
1968

Rank:
23




The Selling of the President 1968
by Joe McGinniss

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Call Number:
E851 .M3
Publication Date:
1969

Rank:
99




Hiroshima
by John Hersey

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Call Number:
D767.25.H6 H4
Publication Date:
1946

Rank:
1




Ten Days That Shook the World
by John Reed

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Call Number:
DK265 .R38 / eBook
Publication Date:
1919

Rank:
7




Fate of the Earth
by Jonathan Schell

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Call Number:
U263 .S34 2000
Publication Date:
1982

Rank:
59




Reporting
by Lillian Ross

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Call Number:
PS3568.O726 R4
Publication Date:
1964

Rank:
66




Praying for Sheetrock
by Melissa Fay Greene

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Call Number:
HN79 .G42 M354 2006
Publication Date:
1991

Rank:
79




Dispatches
by Michael Herr

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Call Number:
DS559.5 .H47
Publication Date:
1977

Rank:
25




City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
by Mike Davis

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Call Number:
HN80 .L7 D38 2006
Publication Date:
1990

Rank:
78




Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties
by Murray Kempton

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Call Number:
E743.5 .K4
Publication Date:
1955, 2004

Rank:
50




A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
by Neil Sheehan

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Call Number:
DS558 .S47 1988
Publication Date:
1988

Rank:
46




Pentagon Papers: as published by the New York times
by New York Times

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Call Number:
E183.8.V5 P4 1971
Publication Date:
1971

Rank:
13




Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
by Nicholas Lemann

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Call Number:
E185.6 .L36 1991
Publication Date:
1991

Rank:
67




Armies of the Night
by Norman Mailer

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Call Number:
PS3525.A4152 A8
Publication Date:
1968

Rank:
19




Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer

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Call Number:
PS3525.A4152 E895
Publication Date:
1979

Rank:
72




Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson

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Call Number:
QH545.P4 C38
Publication Date:
1962

Rank:
2




Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile
by Ralph Nader

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Call Number:
TL242 .N3
Publication Date:
1965

Rank:
38




What It Takes: The Way to the White House
by Richard Ben Cramer

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Call Number:
E880 .C734
Publication Date:
1992

Rank:
58




Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63
by Taylor Branch

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Call Number:
E185.61 .B7914
Publication Date:
1988

Rank:
52




Making of the President: 1960
by Theodore White

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Call Number:
E840 .W5 C2
Publication Date:
1961

Rank:
26




Right Stuff, The
by Tom Wolfe

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Call Number:
TL789.8.U5 W64
Publication Date:
1979

Rank:
48




The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe

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Call Number:
HV5825 .W56
Publication Date:
1968

Rank:
18




In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
by Truman Capote

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Call Number:
HV6533.K3 C3
Publication Date:
1965

Rank:
22




Souls of Black Folk
by W. E. B. Du Bois

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Call Number:
E185.5 .D817 / eBook
Publication Date:
1903

Rank:
15




Berlin diary : the journal of a foreign correspondent
by William Shirer

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Call Number:
D727 .S529 1987
Publication Date:
1941

Rank:
21






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Award Description
From the New York University journalism department and created at the end of the century, this list is an echo of the key historical events across the chronology of the 20th century. History students and faculty can use this list to gain period insight into the breaking news stories of the day. Journalism students can learn about the history of their field, discover influential journalists, and gain knowledge of writing and reporting styles. According to an article in the New York Times, the NYU list is compiled by 36 judges and focuses on craftsmanship more than events. For further study, check out the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University list of 100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Past 100 Years.

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