100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library

[The Yancey]

Some really excellent works here. I think that I will reread a few of them this coming year.

http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/

[TKE226]

BlueBeard is hilarious

[cocky0]

Oh man there's some good ones in that list.

The Federalist Papers should be read by every American....so eye opening regarding the formation of the Constitution.

I would also add The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. That was one of the first books that truly captivated me.

[The Dude]

BlueBeard is hilarious

X2...I'm a big fan of all of Vonnegut's works

I've see this list before- good stuff. that website has some cool stuff on it.

[M.C.]

i dont recognize any of those

[DCGamecock5]

i dont recognize any of those

The Great Gatsby?!?!?!?:-o

[MosesCock]

imagine that.

I agree with everything on that list and I would liek to see their top 200 books on there...The Hobbit is one, yet the LotR is not?

Hatchet but no Brian's Winter?
Island of Dr. Moreau but no Journey to the Center of the Earth?

No Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls?

id add many many to that list but definitely a great place to start for a man's library!

[The Dude]

Yeah- Where The Red Fern Grows is a MUST for any young boy.

[M.C.]

The Great Gatsby?!?!?!?:-oi never had to read that

[Natalie83]

Actually a lot of the books that are listed are good for anyone not just men. I have read a good many of those books.

[TKE226]

i never had to read that


how about you read it on your own?

[carolina80]

I guess I'm doing OK......I have 39 of those in my library.....including everything John Steinbeck published... somebody mentioned Federalist Papers; I never have read that, but always intended to....maybe I'll make an extra effort to do that next year.

[TKE226]

I have Essential Manners for Men staring at me from my bookshelf...

[carolina80]

I have Essential Manners for Men staring at me from my bookshelf...


You should read it sometime!
















J/K :lol:

[TKE226]

You should read it sometime!
















J/K :lol:

haha, my wife says the same thing sometimes..did she take over your screenname?

[carolina80]

haha, my wife says the same thing sometimes..did she take over your screenname?



they all say that.....lets us know we're playing our roles well!:thumbsup:

[Gaichon]

I've read a lot of those. Among my faves from the list...

The Prince
The Wealth of Nations
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Walden
Lord of the Flies
Atlas Shrugged
Art of War
Into the Wild
Animal Farm
Hatchet
Federalist Papers
On the Road
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Bible
To Kill a Mockingbird

[USC80]

Great list!

I've read 32 of those, but hope to read some others.

[jaydogg843]

was penthouse and playboy on the list?

[GoCCUChants]

Oh man there's some good ones in that list.

The Federalist Papers should be read by every American....so eye opening regarding the formation of the Constitution.

I would also add The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. That was one of the first books that truly captivated me.

I would also recommend the Anti-Federalist just to have contrasting point of views. I found it a bit more interesting when I read the anti-federalist's point of views.

[Luke Skycocker]

1984 may be my favorite book ever.

[spareparts]

Lots of omissions, but I guess those are considered "classics".

I would add:

Low Life by Luc Sante (was the basis for Gangs of New York)
Legend's Legacy by Mike Gaddis
Company Aytch by Sam Watkins, the best Civil War book ever written
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Brown
Hunting Trips of the Ranchman & Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt
ON FIRE BY LARRY BROWN!!
Just about anything else by Larry Brown
Get In the Van by Henry Rollins
First Shooting Light
the Tom Price book
Black Elk Speaks
As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner

and some others.

Basically that list is bullsh*t because there's nothing by Faulkner and it includes Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which is 70's self-help crap.