The Art of Manliness has a peculiar listing of 100 “essential” books for men. There are plenty of classics that everyone should read, but some of the choices surprise me. The Hobbit? Really? The 18 19 books on the list that I’ve read are listed after the cut.
- The Great Gatsby
- Slaughterhouse Five
- 1984
- The Call of the Wild
- The Swiss Family Robinson
- The Illiad and The Odyssey
- Lord of the Flies
- The Metamorphosis
- The Hobbit
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Animal Farm
- Moby Dick
- Frankenstein
- Hamlet
- Robinson Crusoe
- Treasure Island
- The Island of Doctor Moreau
- Cannery Row [added 6/30/2008]
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