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60 of the Best Books to Read for Men by GQ Magazine

WRITTEN BY ALFIE BALDWIN:
GQ staff have put their heads together and come up with a definitive list of books no man (or woman) should be without. From drunken poets to record-breaking boxers, from sci-fi pioneers to master stylists, these are the paperbacks you should have gathering
dust on your bedside table.
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Mistakes Were Made (Some in French) (Fiona Lewis)
Mistakes Were Made (Some in French)
1
Fiona Lewis
Nothing but a Circus (Daniel Levin)
Nothing but a Circus
2
Daniel Levin
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
3
Franz Kafka
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
4
Amor Towles
The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal)
The City and the Pillar
5
Gore Vidal
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
6
Alice Munro
Coughlin Series (Dennis Lehane)
Coughlin Series
7
Dennis Lehane
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
8
Hanya Yanagihara
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
9
John Williams
The Correspondence (J. D. Daniels)
The Correspondence
10
J. D. Daniels
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
11
James Baldwin
Dynasty (Tom Holland)
Dynasty
12
Tom Holland
The Fight (Norman Mailer)
The Fight
13
Norman Mailer
Darling Baby Mine (John De St Jorre)
Darling Baby Mine
14
John De St Jorre
Sports Geek: A Visual Tour of Sporting Myths, Debate & Data (Rob Minto)
Sports Geek: A Visual Tour of Sporting Myths, Debate & Data
15
Rob Minto
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
16
Arthur Miller
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays (Gay Talese)
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays
17
Gay Talese
Persuader (Lee Child)
Persuader
18
Lee Child
Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought
19
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
20
Anthony Doerr
More Letters of Note (Shaun Usher)
More Letters of Note
21
Shaun Usher
City on Fire (Garth Risk Hallberg)
City on Fire
22
Garth Risk Hallberg
Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust
23
On Writing (Charles Bukowski)
On Writing
24
Charles Bukowski
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
25
Stephen King
The Year of Reading Dangerously (Andy Miller)
The Year of Reading Dangerously
26
Andy Miller
Razor Girl (Hiaasen)
Razor Girl
27
Hiaasen
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
28
Richard K. Morgan
Quicksand (Henning Mankell)
Quicksand
29
Henning Mankell
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
30
Marlon James
The Fishermen (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fishermen
31
Chigozie Obioma
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
32
Marilynne Robinson
Burning the Days (James Salter)
Burning the Days
33
James Salter
Live at the Brixton Academy (Simon Parkes, JS Rafaeli)
Live at the Brixton Academy
34
Simon Parkes, JS Rafaeli
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse (David Mitchell)
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse
35
David Mitchell
This Is Water, by David Foster Wallace
This Is Water, by David Foster Wallace
36
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
37
Horatio Hornblower (Series) (C.S. Forester)
Horatio Hornblower (Series)
38
C.S. Forester
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie)
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
39
Salman Rushdie
We Don't Know What We're Doing (Thomas Morris)
We Don't Know What We're Doing
40
Thomas Morris
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