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The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read According to Esquire - Page 2

"An unranked, incomplete, utterly biased list of the greatest works of literature ever published. How many have you read?" - esquire.com
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Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
41
Kent Haruf
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
42
John Kennedy Toole
Affliction (Russell Banks)
Affliction
43
Russell Banks
This Boy's Life: A Memoir (Tobias Wolff)
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
44
Tobias Wolff
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
45
Mark Helprin
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
46
Saul Bellow
Women (Charles Bukowski)
Women
47
Charles Bukowski
Going Native (Stephen Wright)
Going Native
48
Stephen Wright
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
49
Joseph Conrad
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
50
John Le Carré
The Crack-Up (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Crack-Up
51
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Civilwarland in Bad Decline (George Saunders)
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
52
George Saunders
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
53
Leo Tolstoy
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
54
Stephen King
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
55
Sherwood Anderson
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
56
Herman Melville
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
57
Salman Rushdie
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
58
Jorge Luis Borges
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
59
Tom Wolfe
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter
60
Richard Ford
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
61
James Ellroy
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X & Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
62
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
What It Takes: The Road to the White House (Richard Ben Cramer)
What It Takes: The Road to the White House
63
Richard Ben Cramer
The Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett)
The Continental Op
64
Dashiell Hammett
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
65
Graham Greene
So Long, See You Tomorrow (William Maxwell)
So Long, See You Tomorrow
66
William Maxwell
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
67
Richard Wright
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee, Walker Evans)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
68
James Agee, Walker Evans
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
69
Wallace Stegner
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (David McCullough)
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
70
David McCullough
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
71
Jack Kerouac
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
72
Larry McMurtry
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
73
Vladimir Nabokov
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
74
Don Delillo
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
75
Mark Twain
Savages (Don Winslow)
Savages
76
Don Winslow
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
77
Adam Johnson
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
78
Ben Fountain
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
79
Colum McCann
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
80
Cormac McCarthy
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