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The 30 Best Books That Every Man Should Read by 30

Esquires List of 30 best books every man should read by age 30. Probably putting person instead of man would have been better. But you can blame Esquire for that.
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Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
2
David Sedaris
A House for Mr Biswas (V. S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr Biswas
3
V. S. Naipaul
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
4
Haruki Murakami
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5
Ken Kesey
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
6
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
7
Oscar Wilde
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T. S. Eliot)
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
8
T. S. Eliot
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
9
Salman Rushdie
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
10
Donna Tartt
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
11
Kurt Vonnegut
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
12
Junot Diaz
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
13
Albert Camus
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
14
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
15
Doris Lessing
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
16
Cormac McCarthy
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
17
Raymond Carver
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X
18
Douglas Coupland
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
20
Sylvia Plath
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
21
Jack Kerouac
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
22
Zadie Smith
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
23
Aldous Huxley
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
24
Philip Roth
High Windows (Philip Larkin)
High Windows
25
Philip Larkin
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
26
Hunter S. Thompson
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
27
Alan Hollinghurst
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
28
J.D. Salinger
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
29
Ernest Hemingway
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
30
George Orwell
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