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100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man's Library - Page 2

There are the books you read, and then there are the books that change your life. We can all look back on the books that have shaped our perspective on politics, religion, money, and love. Some will even become a source of inspiration for the rest of your life. From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.
Whether it be a book on adventure, war, or manners, there is so much to learn about life’s great questions from these gems. And without further ado, this is our list.
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The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
41
Dashiell Hammett
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
42
Raymond Chandler
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
43
Harper Lee
The Dangerous Book for Boys (Conn and Hal Iggulden)
The Dangerous Book for Boys
44
Conn and Hal Iggulden
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
45
Michael Shaara
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
46
The Histories
The Histories
47
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
48
James Jones
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
49
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
50
Robert M Pirsig
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
51
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
52
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
53
Don Delillo
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
54
James Joyce
The Young Man's Guide (William Alcott)
The Young Man's Guide
55
William Alcott
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
56
Cormac McCarthy
Seek: Reports From the Edges of America & Beyond (Denis Johnson)
Seek: Reports From the Edges of America & Beyond
57
Denis Johnson
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
58
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
59
Hermann Hesse
The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry (Chris De Pizan)
The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry
60
Chris De Pizan
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
61
Sun Tzu
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
62
Miguel De Cervantes
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
63
Jon Krakauer
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
64
Dante Alighieri
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
65
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Rough Riders (Theodore Roosevelt)
The Rough Riders
66
Theodore Roosevelt
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
67
John Steinbeck
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
68
Thomas Hobbes
The Thin Red Line (James Jones)
The Thin Red Line
69
James Jones
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
70
Mark Twain
Politics
Politics
71
Boy Scout Handbook
Boy Scout Handbook
72
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
73
Edmond Rostand
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
74
Henry Miller
The World Crisis (Winston Churchill)
The World Crisis
75
Winston Churchill
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
76
Norman Mailer
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
77
Gary Paulsen
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
78
George Orwell
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
79
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
80
Friedrich Nietzsche
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