Jonathan Birkholz

100 Books Every Man Must Read

So over lunch I decided to mark down which of the 100 books every man must read I have actually read.

Read

  1. The Great Gatsby
  2. 1984 <- multiple times… pure genius
  3. The Catcher in the Rye
  4. The Picture of Dorian Gray
  5. How to Win Friends and Influence People
  6. Call of the Wild
  7. Swiss Family Robinson
  8. Catch-22 <- love it! I need to reread.
  9. Lord of the Flies
  10. Don Quixote … yes I’ve read it. It was long and I don’t remember any of it.
  11. The Hobbit
  12. Huckleberry Finn
  13. Animal Farm <- again.. genius.
  14. Frankenstein <- Fire…. bad
  15. Hamlet
  16. The Stranger
  17. The Island of Dr Moreau
  18. All Quiet on the Western Front <- literally changed my mind about going into the army :)
  19. To Kill a Mockingbird

Read Excerpts

  1. The Prince
  2. The Republic
  3. Brave New World (still need to finish it)
  4. The Iliad and Odyssey
  5. Walden
  6. The Metamorphosis
  7. The Art of Warfare
  8. The Divine Comedy <- I read Inferno
  9. The Politics
  10. The Federalist Papers <- genius
  11. Moby Dick <- started but never finished
  12. Paradise Lost
  13. The Red badge of Courage
  14. The Bible
  15. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance