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Cool Material's 50 Books Every Man Should Read Once in His Life

We're decently active readers here so we thought we'd compile and share a list of books we think every man should read at least once in his life. They're not presented in any particular order, so feel free to jump around, but try to get to these before you die.
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
Lord of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring
2
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
3
James Joyce
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
4
Michael Crichton
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5
Ken Kesey
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
6
Cormac McCarthy
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
7
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
8
Aldous Huxley
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
9
Ray Bradbury
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
10
Kurt Vonnegut
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
11
John Kennedy Toole
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
12
Charles Dickens
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Calvin and Hobbes
13
Bill Watterson
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
14
Philip Roth
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
15
Douglas Adams
PREACHER
PREACHER
16
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
18
Erich Maria Remarque
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
19
Art Spiegelman
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
20
Voltaire
Two Pints (Roddy Doyle)
Two Pints
21
Roddy Doyle
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
22
Owen Wister
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Guards! Guards!
23
Terry Pratchett
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
24
Christopher Moore
That Thing You Do With Your Mouth (David Shields)
That Thing You Do With Your Mouth
25
David Shields
No Matter the Wreckage
No Matter the Wreckage
26
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
27
Hunter S. Thompson
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
28
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
30
J.D. Salinger
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
31
Ernest Hemingway
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
32
Tim O'Brien
Naked Pictures of Famous People
Naked Pictures of Famous People
33
My Documents (Alejandro Zambra)
My Documents
34
Alejandro Zambra
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
35
Harper Lee
The Tain (Anon)
The Tain
36
Anon
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
37
Junot Diaz
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
38
Jonathan Franzen
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
39
Henry David Thoreau
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
40
Flannery O'Connor
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