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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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3.98 avg rating — 54,094 ratings
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The House in Paris
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The Curly Wolf
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Cryptonomicon
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 116,022 ratings
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Blood and Ashes (Joe Hunter, #5)
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3.89 avg rating — 404 ratings
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You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
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Mudflap
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The Sheltering Sky
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The Seventh Compass Point Of Death
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Slash and Burn (Joe Hunter, #3)
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3.89 avg rating — 635 ratings
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For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)
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The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1)
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Bound by Oath and Heart: Arsinoëphorus Alliance (Book 2)
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Jenna O'Malley (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Dandelion Wine
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Virtual Pulp
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Henry Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Cut and Run (Joe Hunter, #4)
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4.03 avg rating — 546 ratings
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Simply Christian
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Bound by Fate and Blood (Arsinoëphorus Alliance, Book 1)
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4.42 avg rating — 40 ratings
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Dead Men's Dust (Joe Hunter, #1)
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3.71 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
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First Love and Other Sorrows: Stories
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The Last Ranger (The Last Ranger, #1)
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
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Judgement and Wrath (Joe Hunter, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 674 ratings
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Cry, The Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
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The Gallery
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| 227 |
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Snow Country
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Assegai
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Tales of a Summer Henro
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| 227 |
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Ordering your Private world
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| 232 |
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Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
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| 232 |
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Hell and Gone
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4.09 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Snow Crash
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 294,598 ratings
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An Evil Cradling
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| 232 |
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Doctor No (James Bond, #6)
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
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3.80 avg rating — 44,532 ratings
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Bran Mak Morn: The Last King
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| 238 |
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The Baron in the Trees
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| 238 |
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The Triumph of the Sun (Courtney publication, #12; Courtney chronological, #11; The Ballantyne Novels, #5)
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4.12 avg rating — 6,667 ratings
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| 238 |
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Four Pairs of Boots
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| 238 |
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Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
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3.63 avg rating — 35,752 ratings
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Norwegian Wood
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Goldfinger (James Bond, #7)
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3.83 avg rating — 26,791 ratings
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Bliss
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Boomtown (Reno Western Saga #4)
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The Woman in the Dunes
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Hyakumeizan: Japan's 100 Mountain Challenge
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3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
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Voyage of the Beagle
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Sons and Lovers
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Shutter Island
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4.13 avg rating — 218,727 ratings
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Football - Bloody Hell!: The Biography of Alex Ferguson
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Battle Cry
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The Songlines
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3.96 avg rating — 12,209 ratings
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| 257 |
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Collected Stories and Other Writings
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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
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4.19 avg rating — 37,675 ratings
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| 259 |
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The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
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4.10 avg rating — 10,981 ratings
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| 260 |
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The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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The Last Good Kiss (C.W. Sughrue, #1)
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
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The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
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A Home at the End of the World
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Timeline
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A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Text of Principles, Craft, Skill and Samurai Strategy that Changed the American Way of Doing Business
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| 269 |
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The White Nile
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Dhalgren
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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The Names
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The Rising (The Rising #1)
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Decision Points
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
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Fathers and Sons
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
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Survivor
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A Hero of Our Time
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The Ginger Man
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
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Shipwrecks
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Taras Bulba
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The Conquest of Gaul
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King Lear
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The Man Who Got Away
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Less Than Zero
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Billy Budd and Other Stories
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Happyslapped by a Jellyfish: The Words of Karl Pilkington
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After Dark
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A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
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The Running Man
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Capitalism and Freedom
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Dance Dance Dance
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
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Pinball, 1973 (The Rat, #2)
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South of the Border, West of the Sun
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