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Manliness Books
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The Way of Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.80 — 7,355 ratings — published 2012
No More Mr. Nice Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,449 ratings — published 2000
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.05 — 35,178 ratings — published 1997
The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,254 ratings — published 2009
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.95 — 89,570 ratings — published 2001
The Code of Man: Love Courage Pride Family Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.48 — 96 ratings — published 2003
Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.02 — 245 ratings — published 1990
Iron John: A Book About Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,556 ratings — published 1990
The Art of Manliness: Manvotionals (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,239 ratings — published 2011
Sovereignty: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,091 ratings — published
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.13 — 10,071 ratings — published 1990
The Rational Male (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,243 ratings — published 2013
Roman Honor: The Fire in the Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.92 — 156 ratings — published 2001
The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,281 ratings — published 2015
Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.74 — 356 ratings — published 2016
What Is a Man?: 3,000 Years of Wisdom on the Art of Manly Virtue (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.98 — 48 ratings — published 2000
No More Christian Nice Guy: When Being Nice--Instead of Good--Hurts Men, Women and Children (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.83 — 540 ratings — published 2005
Mansfield's Book of Manly Men: An Utterly Invigorating Guide to Being Your Most Masculine Self (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,269 ratings — published 2013
Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.66 — 294 ratings — published 2004
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.94 — 574,245 ratings — published -500
Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,444 ratings — published 1991
Manliness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.38 — 287 ratings — published 2006
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,319,028 ratings — published 1952
Gates of Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.40 — 44,022 ratings — published 1998
Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy)
by (shelved 5 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,590 ratings — published 1844
Models: Attract Women Through Honesty (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.30 — 20,476 ratings — published 2011
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.61 — 449,464 ratings — published 1957
Being the Strong Man a Woman Wants (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.89 — 205 ratings — published 2005
Point Man: How a Man Can Lead His Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,983 ratings — published
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,197,960 ratings — published -800
Becoming a Barbarian (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,480 ratings — published 2016
Plato and the Hero: Courage, Manliness and the Impersonal Good (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published 2000
Heroes, Rogues, & Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.87 — 75 ratings — published 2000
The Decline of Males (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.83 — 69 ratings — published 1999
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.44 — 644,355 ratings — published 1952
The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,760 ratings — published 2010
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.06 — 155,070 ratings — published 1943
A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.82 — 354,938 ratings — published 1929
Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 3.91 — 306,381 ratings — published 1615
Steppenwolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.13 — 216,531 ratings — published 1927
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,911,139 ratings — published 1960
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.37 — 292,196 ratings — published 1965
The Warrior Poet Way: A Guide to Living Free and Dying Well (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,588 ratings — published
The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,505 ratings — published 2023
No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.31 — 418 ratings — published
The Men We Need: God’s Purpose for the Manly Man, the Avid Indoorsman, or Any Man Willing to Show Up (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.58 — 2,133 ratings — published 2022
It's Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,692 ratings — published
Tender Warrior: God's Intention for a Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,142 ratings — published 1993
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.15 — 222,654 ratings — published 1985
Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as manliness)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,011 ratings — published
“Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s the size-doesn’t-matter-except-in-my-case problem, the failing-to-deliver-the-goods problem…and what do women have to worry about? A handful of cellulite? Join the club. A spot of I-wonder-how-I-rank? Ditto.”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
“...a man is expected to emerge from the shadow of women and children and take an active part in the ritualized dramas of community life.”
― Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity
― Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity










