# Citadel Press 100 series **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 20, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638 "2001-10-20T22:50:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/1 "2001-10-20T22:50:01Z")
Citadel Press has been publishing a series of books called their 100 series. The first was _The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History_ by Michael H. Hart. Following volumes have included \* The Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African-Americans, Past and Present\* by Columbus Salley; _The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present_ by Paul Elliott Russell; _The Jewish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time_ by Michael Shapiro; _The Military 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Military Leaders of All Time_ by Michael Lee Lanning; _The Scientific 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present_ by John G. Simmons; _The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time: A Ranking Past and Present_ by Deborah G. Felder; etc. There have also been a few books in the series that went beyond straight biography like _The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today_ by Martin Seymour-Smith and _The Fictional 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Characters in World Literature and Legend_ by Lucy Pollard-Gott. My question is if anyone knows of a complete list of the books in this series. I know several of them are out of print. Others were announced but never published. I’ve tried searching but key words like “Citadel” and “100” either are too vague or too specific. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/2 "2001-10-20T23:11:01Z")
I tried a search on Amazon using “100” and “ranking” and got 34 titles. [Check it out.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=100%20ranking&bq=1/107-9347997-4482919) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/3 "2001-10-21T01:31:22Z")
I have searched on Amazon. Unfortunately, their searches are not all inclusive (understandable as they are, after all, a commercial site). They only come up with titles that are either currently or soon to be in print, currently available in a used copy, or books for which someone has indicated they’d buy a used copy of. This last group is the key one here. Several of the books are out of print and only remain on Amazon’s list because I have posted that I’d buy a used copy. ---
**Author:** ![Yersinia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yersinia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersinia_Pestis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/4 "2001-10-21T05:14:45Z")
This semester I discovered the joy of WorldCat. (The world’s largest bibliography! Can perform extremely detailed searches online! Items date from **1200 CE** to the present!) Since I have to sign in w/ my university ID to use it and I don’t know if it’s available through your public library, I took the liberty of running a quick search for you. I pulled up 43 records using the keywords “Citadel” and “100”–some looked obviously irrelevant (e.g. Rolling Stones sheet music) so I deleted them. Results have been emailed to you. There are some duplicate records b/c some of the books seem to have been re-released, but you should be able to pick through. WorldCat does **not** list whether items are still in print, but your local library should be able to access Books In Print. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/5 "2001-10-21T22:16:37Z")
Thank you, Yersinia. I received your email but two out of the three items on it were something other than what I was looking for. _The 100: a ranking of the most influential persons in history_ by Michael H Hart is the first book in the series I spoke of. But _Themes from Masterpiece Theatre vols. I and II_ is a LP and _A study of structural modifications of dredged material disposal sites for mosquito control_ by William Bruce Ezell and Joseph Vorgetts is a study published by The Citadel ie the Military College of South Carolina. This illustrates the problem I’ve had with search engines. The keywords I’ve tried search either too broadly or too narrowly (or often both). For what it’s worth, here are the volumes in the series I know of: _The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History_ by Michael H. Hart; _Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African-Americans, Past and Present_ by Columbus Salley; _The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today_ by Martin Seymour-Smith; _100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers_ by Rabbi Daniel Syme and Cindy Frenkel Kanter; _Civil War 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in the War Between the States_ by Robert Wooster; _The Fictional 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Characters in World Literature and Legend_ by Lucy Pollard-Gott; _The Film 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in the History of the Movies_ by Scott Smith; _The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present_ by Paul Elliott Russell; _The Hispanic 100: A Ranking of the Latino Men and Women Who Have Most Influenced American Thought and Culture_ by Himilce Novas; _The Irish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Irish Men and Women of All Time_ by by Peter Costello; _The Italian 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential, Cultural, Scientific, and Political Figures, Past and Present_ by Stephen J. Spignesi and Michael Vena; _The Jewish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time_ by Michael Shapiro; _The Legal 100: A Ranking of the Individuals Who Have Most Influenced the Law_ by Darien A. McWhirter; _The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time_ by Daniel S. Burt; _The Medical 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in Medicine, Past and Present_ by John G. Simmons; _The Military 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Military Leaders of All Time_ by Michael Lee Lanning; _The Scientific 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present_ by John G. Simmons; _The Sports 100 : A Ranking of the Greatest Athletes of All Time_ by Bert Randolph Sugar; _The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates - A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present_ by Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther; _The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time: A Ranking Past and Present_ by Deborah G. Felder; and _The World War II 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Figures of the Second World War_ by Howard Langer. ---
**Author:** ![Yersinia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yersinia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersinia_Pestis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/6 "2001-10-21T22:58:42Z")
You only got three items on that list? Huh, that’s **weird** ; there must have been ~35 marked records. Okay, I’m trying again. Keywords “citadel” and “100.” (Ooh, I just found the button to limit results to books!) Just discovered my mistake. There’s a radio button for emailing all marked records vs. just the ones on the last screen. I had the wrong one, sorry. New list on its way! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citadel-press-100-series/88638/7 "2001-10-22T12:58:22Z")
Got your second email, Yersinia. Thank you again and a belated thanks to hajario. Based on the information you both gave me, it appears the list I posted includes the entire series. Now I just need to find actual copies of the ones I’m missing.