Monday, July 11, 2022

The 80 Books Every Man Should Read

Back in 2015, Esquire published a list of "80 Books Every Man Should Read." It wasn't our finest moment. The list claimed to be "utterly biased," and indeed it was. We received criticism from every corner of the Internet, and we deserved it. In 2016, we published a new and improved list: "80 Books Every Person Should Read," selected by eight female literary luminaries. But this spring, when we started planning Esquire.com's first ever Summer Fiction Week (a digital spin on the Summer Reading Issues we published back in the eighties), we asked ourselves: should we not just make our own amends? And so, we resolved to issue a new iteration of 80 Books Every Man Should Read. Our editors gathered in our New York office to nominate hundreds of choices, then winnow them down to these 80 worthy standouts. These books will change you, challenge you, and above all entertain you.

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