Books Dudes Should Read

1.
Fall River Dreams: A Team's Quest for Glory, A Town's Search for Its Soul
Fall River Dreams: A Team's Quest for Glory, A Town's Search for Its Soul 4.18 avg rating — 725 ratings
2.
The Perfect Game: How Villanova’s Shocking 1985 Upset of Mighty Georgetown Changed the Landscape of College Hoops Forever
The Perfect Game: How Villanova’s Shocking 1985 Upset of Mighty Georgetown Changed the Landscape of College Hoops Forever 3.97 avg rating — 71 ratings
2.
Behind the Orange Curtain
Behind the Orange Curtain 2.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
4.
Bradleyville Basketball, the Hicks from the Sticks
Bradleyville Basketball, the Hicks from the Sticks 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
4.
Basketball Junkie
Basketball Junkie 4.11 avg rating — 1,558 ratings
6.
Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)
Nobody's Fool (Sully #1) 4.11 avg rating — 32,109 ratings
6.
Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
Hero of the Underground: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 620 ratings
8.
Shane
Shane 3.95 avg rating — 14,377 ratings
9.
Ball Four
Ball Four 4.05 avg rating — 20,737 ratings
10.
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It 4.15 avg rating — 11,460 ratings
11.
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery 3.89 avg rating — 34,083 ratings
12.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,066 ratings
13.
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
14.
The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy
The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy 3.96 avg rating — 473 ratings
15.
Country Dark
Country Dark 4.11 avg rating — 2,839 ratings
16.
Joyland
Joyland 3.93 avg rating — 173,524 ratings
17.
Stealing Games: How John McGraw Transformed Baseball with the 1911 New York Giants
Stealing Games: How John McGraw Transformed Baseball with the 1911 New York Giants 3.77 avg rating — 102 ratings
18.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
19.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating — 124,808 ratings
20.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,444 ratings
21.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 4.49 avg rating — 56,746 ratings
22.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,978 ratings
23.
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman 3.81 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
24.
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1) 4.20 avg rating — 23,605 ratings
25.
The Coalwood Way: A Memoir (Coalwood, #2)
The Coalwood Way: A Memoir (Coalwood, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
26.
Sky of Stone (Coalwood, #3)
Sky of Stone (Coalwood, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 1,254 ratings
27.
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association 4.21 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
28.
Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever
Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever 4.13 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
29.
The Barbarous Coast (Lew Archer, #6)
The Barbarous Coast (Lew Archer, #6) 3.86 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
30.
The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer, #14)
The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer, #14) 4.04 avg rating — 1,069 ratings
31.
The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon Investigations #1)
The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon Investigations #1) 3.92 avg rating — 8,413 ratings
32.
Those We Left Behind (DCI Serena Flanagan #1)
Those We Left Behind (DCI Serena Flanagan #1) 3.79 avg rating — 3,502 ratings
33.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,336 ratings
34.
The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever
The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever 4.41 avg rating — 4,949 ratings
35.
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season 4.28 avg rating — 2,989 ratings
36.
The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball
The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball 4.35 avg rating — 2,467 ratings
37.
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy 4.20 avg rating — 37,511 ratings
38.
Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories
Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories 3.68 avg rating — 627 ratings
39.
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1)
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,146 ratings
40.
Drive: The Story of My Life
Drive: The Story of My Life 4.07 avg rating — 4,724 ratings
41.
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18)
The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer, #18) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
42.
A Monk Swimming
A Monk Swimming 3.36 avg rating — 4,857 ratings
43.
Last Orders
Last Orders 3.67 avg rating — 14,707 ratings
44.
Rendezvous in Black
Rendezvous in Black 3.95 avg rating — 1,488 ratings
45.
The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4)
The Ivory Grin (Lew Archer, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 2,697 ratings
46.
The Natural
The Natural 3.61 avg rating — 12,225 ratings
47.
Shoeless Joe
Shoeless Joe 3.97 avg rating — 16,194 ratings
48.
The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson
The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson 2.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
49.
Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods 3.99 avg rating — 909 ratings
50.
The Good Brother
The Good Brother 3.84 avg rating — 563 ratings
51.
The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All Time
The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All Time
by: Peter May
3.92 avg rating — 143 ratings
52.
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24,731 ratings
53.
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 35,728 ratings
54.
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich 4.10 avg rating — 6,889 ratings
55.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Close Range: Wyoming Stories 3.99 avg rating — 18,092 ratings
56.
That Old Ace in the Hole
That Old Ace in the Hole 3.80 avg rating — 6,036 ratings
57.
Fine Just the Way it Is
Fine Just the Way it Is 3.82 avg rating — 2,926 ratings
58.
Bad Dirt
Bad Dirt 3.98 avg rating — 4,025 ratings
59.
The Genesis Code
The Genesis Code
by: John Case
3.87 avg rating — 4,137 ratings
60.
Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink
Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink 4.01 avg rating — 261 ratings
61.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating — 108,627 ratings
62.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating — 29,559 ratings
63.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,500 ratings
64.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,875 ratings
65.
The Grifters
The Grifters 3.93 avg rating — 11,972 ratings
66.
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
The Chill (Lew Archer, #11) 4.07 avg rating — 4,658 ratings
67.
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 3,119 ratings
68.
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16)
The Underground Man (Lew Archer, #16) 3.94 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
69.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,783 ratings
70.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
71.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos 3.91 avg rating — 257,824 ratings