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