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The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read According to Esquire

"An unranked, incomplete, utterly biased list of the greatest works of literature ever published. How many have you read?" - esquire.com
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1
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
2
John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings (John Cheever)
John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings (John Cheever)
3
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance (James Dickey)
4
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
5
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
6
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
7
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
8
The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two (Studs Terkel)
The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two (Studs Terkel)
9
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
10
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
11
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
12
A Sport and a Pastime (James Salter)
A Sport and a Pastime (James Salter)
13
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
14
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
15
A Sense of Where You Are (John McPhee)
A Sense of Where You Are (John McPhee)
16
Hell's Angels (Hunter S. Thompson)
Hell's Angels (Hunter S. Thompson)
17
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
18
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners (James Joyce)
19
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
20
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
21
Dog Soldiers (Robert Stone)
Dog Soldiers (Robert Stone)
22
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
23
Legends of the Fall (Jim Harrison)
Legends of the Fall (Jim Harrison)
24
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
25
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
26
The Professional (W.C. Heinz)
The Professional (W.C. Heinz)
27
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
28
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
29
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
30
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
31
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
32
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
33
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
34
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
35
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
36
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
37
A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley)
A Fan's Notes (Frederick Exley)
38
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
39
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
40
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
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