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Essential Man's Library
As compiled by Lankow, Ross Crooks, Joshua Ritchie, and Brett McKay on ArtofManliness.com
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No Man's Land
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Siddhartha
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Dune (Dune #1)
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Thunderball (James Bond, #9)
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Kull: Exile of Atlantis
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Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)
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Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
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Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
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| 111 |
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Kafka on the Shore
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The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan, #2)
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Death of a Salesman
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Giovanni’s Room
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
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The Adventures of Augie March
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The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1)
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A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
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| 119 |
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Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
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Mornings on Horseback
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Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1)
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The Leopard
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If This Is a Man / The Truce
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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| 125 |
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Cold Mountain
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| 126 |
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Tender Is the Night
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| 127 |
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
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| 128 |
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Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
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| 129 |
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The Tin Drum
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| 130 |
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The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4)
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| 130 |
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From Here to Eternity
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| 132 |
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Foucault’s Pendulum
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| 133 |
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Hunger
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| 134 |
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Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
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| 135 |
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American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
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| 136 |
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Invisible Man
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| 137 |
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The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
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| 138 |
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North Toward Home: A Memoir
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| 139 |
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Death in Venice and Other Tales
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| 140 |
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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
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| 140 |
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Different Seasons
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4.36 avg rating — 218,251 ratings
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| 140 |
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (Tucker Max, #1)
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3.49 avg rating — 59,091 ratings
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| 140 |
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From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality
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4.21 avg rating — 778 ratings
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| 140 |
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Asswhole
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| 140 |
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Watering the Lawn Before a Storm
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| 140 |
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Deliverance
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| 140 |
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The Basic Instructions Before Lovin Eve- A Young/ All Man's Guide To Understanding Women
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| 140 |
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
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Robert Uttaro (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 186 ratings
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| 140 |
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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1
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| 140 |
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Gestation (Project Chrysalis, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 708 ratings
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| 140 |
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A Modern Declaration of Independence: Crimes Against Humanity and a New System
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Jakub Lasak (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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| 140 |
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WHY GOOD MEN KILL: Novella - Two hour reading
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Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practi
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| 140 |
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Wolvers
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4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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| 155 |
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The Gospel of Wealth and Other Writings
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| 155 |
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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| 155 |
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The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
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4.40 avg rating — 4,760 ratings
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| 155 |
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The Outfit (Parker, #3)
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| 155 |
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Erotic Sex Stories of a Serial Internet Dating Lover
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| 155 |
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Captain Rum: A Wondrous Adventure
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3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings
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| 155 |
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Meditations
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| 155 |
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True Grit
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| 155 |
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More Than a Game (Fayroll #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 1,380 ratings
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| 155 |
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Stone Forged (Ailigh Wars Saga #2)
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4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Continental Drift
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| 165 |
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
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3.94 avg rating — 14,249 ratings
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Clive Worth's Internet Dating Seduction Guide
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| 165 |
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A Few Quiet Beers with God
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3.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
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| 165 |
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
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| 165 |
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Stone Heart (Ailigh Wars Saga #1)
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4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings
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| 171 |
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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
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4.02 avg rating — 25,467 ratings
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| 171 |
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The Mosquito Coast
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| 171 |
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A Serial Shagger's Guide To Internet Dating: My 1001 Lovers
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| 171 |
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Six of the Best (Joe Hunter #6.5)
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4.02 avg rating — 45 ratings
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| 171 |
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Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories
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Campervan Kama Sutra - Outback Australia, with a camper trailer, three kids and a dog*
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3.52 avg rating — 133 ratings
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| 171 |
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The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology
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| 171 |
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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| 171 |
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Lynch (Rider, #2)
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4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Trainspotting
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| 180 |
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Nightwood
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| 180 |
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Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
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Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 1
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| 180 |
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)
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A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River
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The Camel Trail
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4.11 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Spawn Collection, Vol. 1
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A Legacy
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| 187 |
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No Going Back
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| 187 |
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Long Walk to Freedom
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The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)
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The Republic
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On Magic: A No-Bullshit Primer on Working the Will
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Rider
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The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1)
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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Dead Men's Harvest (Joe Hunter, #6)
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The Measure of a Man
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The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10)
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Mudflap: The Gloves Come Off (Mudflap #2)
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Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
Too bad, I have made more than 60 of these and enjoyed them despite not being a man. ;)