Every man should be familiar with literature for obvious reasons. The more well-read you are, the more respect you will earn, knowledge you will acquire, and reading broadens everyone’s world view. It is our recommendation that the following books should either sit on your book shelf, be in your kindle, or should at least have read once to be familiar with the book or author. These are in alphabetical order and this list will be updated as necessary. Each time the list is updated an asterisk will appear after the title and will disappear after the list is refreshed.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
1984 – George Orwell
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Conan Doyle
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostevsky
Catcher in the Rye, The – J.D. Sallinger
Chronicles of Narnia – C.S Lewis
Count of Monte Cristo – Alexander Dumas
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostevsky
Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Proverbs, Luke, Acts, Romans from the Bible
Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Great Gatsby, The – F. Scott Fitzgerald
How to Win Friends and Influence – Dale Carnegie
Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Lord of the Rings – J.R. Tolkien
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brien
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Prince, The – Machiavelli
Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
Shining, The – Stephen King
Silas Marner – George Elliot
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
As this is an ongoing list, we encourage you to comment on books you feel are missing from this list, please reserve criticisms of what is currently on the list to yourself. There’s no right or wrong here. It’s about being well-read.
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