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