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100 Books Every Man Should Read

I don't agree with every book on this list, but most of the recommendations are sound. The list itself was compiled by the good people at the Art of Manliness.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Niccolò Machiavelli--The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli--The Prince
2
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
3
Stephen Ambrose
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic (Plato)
4
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 Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
17
Johann 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
First Edition of the The Boy (Scout Handboo)
First Edition of the The Boy
24
Scout Handboo
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 (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
27
Norman MacLean
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X & Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
28
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
29
Alexandre Dumas
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
30
Erich Maria Remarque
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride & Prejudice
31
Jane Austen
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
32
Sun Tzu
Plutarch's Lives
Plutarch's 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
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
40
Benjamin Franklin
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