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The Art of Manliness': 36 Books Every Young and Wildly Ambitious Man Should Read

The Art of Manliness list of books that prepare you for the top, and also warn against its dangers. Some are historical. Some are fiction. Some are epics and classics. These are the books that every man must have in his library. Good luck and good reading.
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THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr (Ron Chernow)
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
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Ron Chernow
The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life (Robert Evans)
The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life
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Robert Evans
Empire State of Mind: Jay-Z's Journey From Street Corner to Corner Office
Empire State of Mind: Jay-Z's Journey From Street Corner to Corner Office
4
The 50th Law
The 50th Law
5
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King (Rich Cohen)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
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Rich Cohen
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
7
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
8
Booker T. Washington
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
9
Frederick Douglass
Personal History
Personal History
10
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
11
The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)
The 48 Laws of Power
12
Robert Greene
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
13
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
14
Sun Tzu
Mastery
Mastery
15
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
16
Show Your Work (Austin Kleon)
Show Your Work
17
Austin Kleon
Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety
18
What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars (Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan)
What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
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Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius
Cyropaedia (Xenophon)
Cyropaedia
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Xenophon
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Lord Chesterfield's Letters (Lord Chesterfield)
Lord Chesterfield's Letters
23
Lord Chesterfield
Letters From a Self Made Merchant to His Son (George Horace Lorimer)
Letters From a Self Made Merchant to His Son
24
George Horace Lorimer
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
25
Rainer Maria Rilke
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I (Plutarch)
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
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Plutarch
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (Giorgio Vasari)
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
27
Giorgio Vasari
The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings
28
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
29
Totto-Chan
Totto-Chan
30
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
31
Mordecai Richler
What Makes Sammy Run? (Budd Schulberg)
What Makes Sammy Run?
32
Budd Schulberg
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
33
Robert Penn Warren
The Disenchanted (Budd Schulberg)
The Disenchanted
34
Budd Schulberg
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Crack Up (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Crack Up
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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