The 75 Books Every Man Should Read (from Esquire)

1.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,730 ratings
2.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,287 ratings
3.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,589 ratings
4.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,925 ratings
5.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,467 ratings
6.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,224 ratings
7.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,207 ratings
8.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,393 ratings
9.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,642 ratings
10.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,349 ratings
11.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,183 ratings
12.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,666 ratings
13.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,407 ratings
14.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,139 ratings
15.
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 — 122,062 ratings
16.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,461 ratings
17.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,454 ratings
18.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,059 ratings
19.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,569 ratings
20.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,469 ratings
21.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,781 ratings
22.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,981 ratings
23.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,445 ratings
24.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,792 ratings
25.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,742 ratings
26.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,271 ratings
27.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,608 ratings
28.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,582 ratings
29.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,265 ratings
30.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,114 ratings
31.
Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating — 21,214 ratings
32.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
33.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead 3.94 avg rating — 26,163 ratings
34.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,326 ratings
35.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 4.02 avg rating — 74,793 ratings
36.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating — 42,535 ratings
37.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,051 ratings
38.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,564 ratings
39.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,194 ratings
40.
Affliction
Affliction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,871 ratings
41.
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall 4.05 avg rating — 12,780 ratings
42.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating — 7,338 ratings
43.
Master and Commander: 20 Volume Set
Master and Commander: 20 Volume Set 4.76 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
44.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings 4.44 avg rating — 33,252 ratings
45.
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) 4.20 avg rating — 19,749 ratings
46.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,597 ratings
47.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,307 ratings
48.
My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole
My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole 4.31 avg rating — 461 ratings
49.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
by: Tom Wolfe
4.23 avg rating — 54,857 ratings
50.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,519 ratings
51.
The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
The Good War: An Oral History of World War II 4.30 avg rating — 4,770 ratings
52.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,641 ratings
52.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,834 ratings
54.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
55.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,600 ratings
56.
All The King's Men
All The King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,741 ratings
57.
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow 3.76 avg rating — 17,622 ratings
58.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 78,100 ratings
59.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,146 ratings
60.
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone 3.86 avg rating — 38,156 ratings
61.
The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1)
The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 19,930 ratings
62.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,128 ratings
63.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
64.
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela 4.15 avg rating — 9,314 ratings
65.
The Iliad / The Odyssey
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by: Homer
4.07 avg rating — 82,149 ratings
66.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,321 ratings
67.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,052 ratings
68.
The Crack-Up
The Crack-Up 3.90 avg rating — 3,717 ratings
69.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,712 ratings
70.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,361 ratings
71.
So Long, See You Tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow 3.90 avg rating — 14,437 ratings
72.
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge 4.25 avg rating — 18,112 ratings
73.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
74.
The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums 3.93 avg rating — 99,789 ratings
75.
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman 3.79 avg rating — 22,904 ratings
76.
The Continental Op
The Continental Op 4.14 avg rating — 6,569 ratings
77.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,668 ratings
78.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,077 ratings
79.
A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton
A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton 4.10 avg rating — 1,796 ratings
80.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,162 ratings
81.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
82.
Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 79,886 ratings
83.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,785 ratings
84.
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language 4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings
85.
The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam
The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam 4.24 avg rating — 1,170 ratings
86.
A Sport and a Pasttime
A Sport and a Pasttime 3.65 avg rating — 11,087 ratings
87.
Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels 3.98 avg rating — 53,566 ratings
88.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating — 115,698 ratings
89.
Winter's Tale
Winter's Tale 3.51 avg rating — 29,209 ratings
90.
Women
Women 3.80 avg rating — 84,216 ratings
91.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating — 31,468 ratings
92.
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
What It Takes: The Way to the White House 4.41 avg rating — 3,144 ratings
93.
A Fan's Notes (A Fan's Notes, #1)
A Fan's Notes (A Fan's Notes, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 4,612 ratings
94.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline 4.21 avg rating — 22,038 ratings
95.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
96.
A Thousand Tiny Failures: Memoirs of a Pickup Artist
A Thousand Tiny Failures: Memoirs of a Pickup Artist
by: Tony D.
3.77 avg rating — 135 ratings
96.
The Creation of Patriarchy
The Creation of Patriarchy 4.37 avg rating — 2,236 ratings
96.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life 3.87 avg rating — 1,335,391 ratings
96.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,696 ratings
100.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,893 ratings
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