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The Art of Manliness': 36 Books Every Young and Wildly Ambitious Man Should Read

The Art of Manliness list of books that prepare you for the top, and also warn against its dangers. Some are historical. Some are fiction. Some are epics and classics. These are the books that every man must have in his library. Good luck and good reading.
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THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr (Ron Chernow)
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Ron Chernow
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The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life (Robert Evans)
The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life
Robert Evans
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Empire State of Mind: Jay-Z's Journey From Street Corner to Corner Office
Empire State of Mind: Jay-Z's Journey From Street Corner to Corner Office
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The 50th Law
The 50th Law
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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America'S Banana King (Rich Cohen)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America'S Banana King
Rich Cohen
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
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Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
Booker T. Washington
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
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Personal History
Personal History
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
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The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
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The Prince
The Prince
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The Art of War
The Art of War
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Mastery
Mastery
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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Show Your Work (Austin Kleon)
Show Your Work
Austin Kleon
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Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety
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What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars (Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan)
What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan
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Meditations
Meditations
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Cyropaedia (Xenophon)
Cyropaedia
Xenophon
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The Prince
The Prince
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Lord Chesterfield'S Letters (Lord Chesterfield)
Lord Chesterfield'S Letters
Lord Chesterfield
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Letters From a Self Made Merchant to His Son (George Horace Lorimer)
Letters From a Self Made Merchant to His Son
George Horace Lorimer
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Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Plutarch's Lives: Volume I (Plutarch)
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
Plutarch
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The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (Giorgio Vasari)
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Giorgio Vasari
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The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings
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This Boy's Life: A Memoir
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
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Totto-Chan
Totto-Chan
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler
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What Makes Sammy Run? (Budd Schulberg)
What Makes Sammy Run?
Budd Schulberg
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All the King's Men
All the King's Men
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The Disenchanted (Budd Schulberg)
The Disenchanted
Budd Schulberg
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Crack Up (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Crack Up
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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