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Books Every Man Should Read

Here's a list of books I've read that I would recommend to any man trying to become a well-rounded gentleman.
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2
Douglas Adams
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
4
Margaret Atwood
Everyday Sexism (Laura Bates)
Everyday Sexism
5
Laura Bates
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
6
David Benioff
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
7
Bill Bryson
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
8
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
10
Susan Cain
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
11
Albert Camus
The Notorious RBG (Irin Karmon)
The Notorious RBG
12
Irin Karmon
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
13
Lewis Carroll
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
14
Arthur C. Clarke
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
15
Joseph Conrad
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
16
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
17
Stephen Crane
Boy (Roald Dahl)
Boy
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Roald Dahl
The Ancestor's Tale
The Ancestor's Tale
19
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Philip K. Dick
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
23
Frederick Douglass
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
25
Alexandre Dumas
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
26
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
27
Bret Easton Ellis
Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
28
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
29
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
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Tina Fey
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
31
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat
32
Autism: Explaining the Enigma (Uta Frith)
Autism: Explaining the Enigma
33
Uta Frith
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
34
Roxane Gay
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
35
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
36
Malcom Gladwell
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
37
Malcolm Gladwell
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
38
Doris Goodwin
The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos
39
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe
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