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The Essential Man's Library: 100 Must-Read Books - Page 2

This is a list of books from librarything.com it is the 100 essential books for a man's library. Interesting! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
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THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY by Frederick Jackson Turner
THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY by Frederick Jackson Turner
41
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
42
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
43
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Railway Bazar (Paul Theroux)
The Great Railway Bazar
44
Paul Theroux
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
45
William Shakespeare
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
46
Gary Paulsen
The Histories
The Histories
47
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
48
J.R.R. Tolkien
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
49
Dale Carnegie
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
50
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Iliad and the Odyssey (Homer)
The Iliad and the Odyssey
51
Homer
INTO THE WILD (Jon Krakauer)
INTO THE WILD
52
Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
53
Jon Krakauer
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
54
H.G. Wells
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
55
Michael Shaara
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
56
Haggard
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
57
Thomas Hobbes
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
58
Larry McMurtry
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
59
Raymond Chandler
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
60
William Golding
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
61
Dashiell Hammett
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
62
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
63
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
64
Franz Kafka
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
65
Herman Melville
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
66
Norman Mailer
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
67
Jack Kerouac
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
68
John Milton
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
69
John Steinbeck
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
70
Oscar Wilde
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I (Plutarch)
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
71
Plutarch
Politics
Politics
72
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
73
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
74
Stephen Crane
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
75
Plato
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
76
Edmund Morris
MacLean, Norman: A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
MacLean, Norman: A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
77
The Rough Riders (Theodore Roosevelt)
The Rough Riders
78
Theodore Roosevelt
Seek: Reports From the Edges of America & Beyond (Denis Johnson)
Seek: Reports From the Edges of America & Beyond
79
Denis Johnson
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
80
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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