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Esquire's 50 Novels All Men Should Read Before They Die

Earlier this spring Esquire magazine published a list of 50 novels all men should read before they die. But regardless of your gender or whichever gender you identify yourself with, these books are probably worth reading.
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On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
1
Zadie Smith
The Circle (Dave Eggers)
The Circle
2
Dave Eggers
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
3
John Steinbeck
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
4
Cormac McCarthy
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
5
Margaret Atwood
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
6
Herman Melville
Forrest Gump (Novel)
Forrest Gump (Novel)
7
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
8
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice (Evie Wyld)
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice
9
Evie Wyld
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
10
Oscar Wilde
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter
11
Richard Ford
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
12
J. M. Coetzee
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
13
Don Delillo
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
14
Williams
The Lighthouse (Alison Moore)
The Lighthouse
15
Alison Moore
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
17
Jonathan Franzen
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
18
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
19
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
20
Ian McEwan
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
21
Mary Shelley
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
22
Ayn Rand
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
23
Toni Morrison
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
24
Joseph Heller
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
25
Charles Dickens
The 25th Hour (David Benioff)
The 25th Hour
26
David Benioff
Beryl Bainbridge: Every Man for Himself
Beryl Bainbridge: Every Man for Himself
27
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
28
George Eliot
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
29
Ralph Ellison
A Garden of Earthly Delights
A Garden of Earthly Delights
30
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
31
Lionel Shriver
The Ghost Road (Pat Barker)
The Ghost Road
32
Pat Barker
Hearts in Atlantis (Stephen King)
Hearts in Atlantis
33
Stephen King
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
34
Kate Chopin
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
36
Milan Kundera
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage
37
William Golding
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
38
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
39
Bret Easton Ellis
Couples (John Updike)
Couples
40
John Updike
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