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Art of Manliness' 100 Books Every Man Should Read 2016

Today we present a revamped list of 100 books every man should read over the course of his lifetime. It's a library that centers not on sheer enjoyment (though you'll find that too), but on the books that expand mind and soul, build new mental models, and allow you to become more culturally literate and thus better able to participate in the Great Conversation. These are the books you'll keep thinking about long after you've finished the last page (even when, or perhaps especially when, you disagree with their ideas), providing cognitive leftovers you'll be chewing on for years, and decades, to come.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
2
Niccolò Machiavelli
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
3
Stephen Ambrose
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
4
Plato
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
5
Adam Smith
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
6
Jack London
Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy (Edmund Morris)
Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy
7
Edmund Morris
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
10
Dale Carnegie
Roman Honor (Carlin A. Barton)
Roman Honor
11
Carlin A. Barton
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
13
Kurt Vonnegut
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
15
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
16
Ernest Hemingway
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann David Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
17
Johann David Wyss
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
18
Jack Kerouac
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
19
Jack Kerouac
The Iliad and the Odyssey (Homer)
The Iliad and the Odyssey
20
Homer
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
21
Henry David Thoreau
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
22
William Golding
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
23
Ayn Rand
Boy Scout Handbook
Boy Scout Handbook
24
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
25
Jon Krakauer
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
26
H. Rider Haggard
A River Runs Through It (Montana)
A River Runs Through It (Montana)
27
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
28
Malcolm X
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
29
Alexander Dumas
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
30
Erich Maria Remarque
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
31
Jane Austen
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
32
Sun Tzu
Lives
Lives
33
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
34
Anonymous
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
35
Larry McMurtry
After Virtue (Alasdair Macintyre)
After Virtue
36
Alasdair Macintyre
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
37
Dashiell Hammett
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
38
Harper Lee
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
39
Michael Shaara
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
40
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