![]() ![]() ![]() Over the course of three volumes and about 2,500 pages, Edmund Morris takes us through the unprecedented and never duplicated life of AoM’s patron saint, Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy by Edmund Morris While London’s work is often dismissed as mere dog stories, there’s a lot going on in his literature, as London expert Earle Labor explained in this podcast interview. Plus, Jack London provides some of the punchiest, most virile writing you’ll ever come across. Survival replaces comfort, and toughness replaces laxity. Over time, his soft exterior and manner hardens as he learns the harsh realities of the cold. The remarkable tale of Buck, a domesticated dog forced to adapt to a life of work in Alaska during the Yukon gold rush, and told from his perspective. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” Want an education in economics? This book is a great start. The fundamental work on free market policies: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self interest. In it, Socrates and other various interlocutors discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man, as well as the theory of Forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher in society. It is the great philosopher’s best-known work and has proven to be one of history’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory. The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice and how a just city-state should be ordered and characterized. They were soldiers who went hungry, froze, and died for each other, and whose inspiring story lives on not only in this book, but in dozens of others, and of course, the popular HBO miniseries. From their rigorous training in Georgia to the end of the war, Ambrose tells the incredible story of the men of Easy Company. Stephen Ambrose, who passed far before his time, has given us some of the best histories of WWII out there, with Band of Brothers being the best of the bunch. It asks the classic question: “Do the ends justify the means?” A worthy read for any man wishing to better understand the motivations and actions that tend to rule modern politics. Written in the early 1500s, this is the classic guide on how to acquire and maintain political power (even if those methods are sometimes unsavory) - a so-called “primer for princes.” Its precepts are direct, if not disturbingly cold in their formulaic pragmatism. The metaphors, the beautiful writing, and the lessons one can garner about reliving the past all make The Great Gatsby worth reading, again and again.įor more insight into this classic, give a listen to our interview with Maureen Corrigan, the author of So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures. Narrator Nick Carraway is befriended by his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and proves to be a crucial link in Jay’s quixotic obsession with Nick’s cousin, Daisy. Set among New York City elites in the roaring ’20s, this book is considered one of America’s great literary products for a reason. It’s a library that centers not on sheer enjoyment (though you’ll find that too), but on the books that expand mind and soul, build new mental models, and allow you to become more culturally literate and thus better able to participate in the Great Conversation. These are the books you’ll keep thinking about long after you’ve finished the last page (even when, or perhaps especially when, you disagree with their ideas), providing cognitive leftovers you’ll be chewing on for years, and decades, to come. So today we present a revamped list of 100 books every man should read over the course of his lifetime. So too, over the last nine years we’ve read some additional books worthy of inclusion. The list was certainly decent enough, but some of the guest picks weren’t books we would personally recommend. ![]() One of the earliest articles we published on the Art of Manliness was “100 Must-Read Books for Men.” The piece was a result of a collaboration between the AoM team and a few guest writers. This article was originally published in November 2016. With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. ![]()
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