beef Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/#more-183 Whats peoples opinion of this? I have read only a few of the books in this list and a few more are in mount to be read, perhaps this list will increase mount to be read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I've read five of those (counting Homer's Iliad and Odyssey as one volume even though they were written decades apart...weird...) and have copies of many more items on the list, even though I'm not a man. Least, I wasn't the last time I checked. Gimme a mo... Nope, still a bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Personally, I'm a little fed up with these lists about 'must reads'.. we all know here how much individual tastes vary, so the books that one person finds essential may mean very little to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I've read 15. I'm more of a man than you are Prospero! (Wait, is that something I should be bragging about?) I have quite a few more on my TBR pile. I think the lists are a little pointless too, but that doesn't stop me poring over every single one I come across. I just love adding up my numbers to see how many I've read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Quite an interesting list - I'm pleased to see it's not all fiction too. Have already read: 16 Have on Mount TBR: 6 Want to read a further: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Quite an interesting list - I'm pleased to see it's not all fiction too. Have already read: 16 Have on Mount TBR: 6 Want to read a further: 12 Have already read: 15 (Mainly as part of History degree) Have on Mount TBR: 0 Want to read a further: 0 !!!!!!! So am obviously in touch with my feminine side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I've read 7 but then I am a girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I've actually read quite a few of these, and a lot of the others are on my TBR list. I'm not sure what makes these "manly", other than the fact that most of them are written by men. They just seem like books anyone should read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Either read or on the TBR: 20 I wonder, this is a fashinating site, but is there such a site for women?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Either read or on the TBR: 20 I wonder, this is a fashinating site, but is there such a site for women?? Should be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 That's what I thought! Do you want to take Google or drafting? *grin* (okay... I need coffee...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've read 29 of these, astonishingly. It is quite an American-centric list, I think. It is definitely a "masculine" selection of books, though. All the Rider Haggard and Lonesome Dove and Raymond Chandler and Kerouac are all very blokey, I think. I think there's an astonishing amount of emotional shallowness across these books, too (perhaps Gatsby excluded). It's all pride, anger, ambition, and no little tenderness. But they're also all pretty entertaining, I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've read 29 of these, astonishingly. It is quite an American-centric list, I think. It is definitely a "masculine" selection of books, though. All the Rider Haggard and Lonesome Dove and Raymond Chandler and Kerouac are all very blokey, I think. I think there's an astonishing amount of emotional shallowness across these books, too (perhaps Gatsby excluded). It's all pride, anger, ambition, and no little tenderness. But they're also all pretty entertaining, I'd say. Yeah they are quite shallow, aw well! A girl's list should be made though - if there isn't one I vote we start one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've read just 7 of the books on this list - although there are a couple of others I'd like to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've read 7. A few others are on my wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 A girl's list should be made though - if there isn't one I vote we start one! I'll get my mind into this one, I already thought about it earlier (see above)... I need distraction, we just lost to Russia. I need something to get me in a happy mode in case BF needs me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I'll get my mind into this one, I already thought about it earlier (see above)... I need distraction, we just lost to Russia. I need something to get me in a happy mode in case BF needs me... Excellent, keep us posted on what books you pick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Excellent, keep us posted on what books you pick! Well, I was actually thinking bigger than that I was thinking creating a site like theirs was, only about how to be a woman. I mean, everyne knows that's much more complicated than being a man! But I'll let it brew in my head for a while, it could turn out to be nothing but another avoiding-school-work thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger53 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) I have read 14 of them. I am a bit surprised I have read so many. A lot I want to read one day, a couple I wouldn't even listen to if someone else was reading them, and a few I have never heard of before. But only for men? Nah. Read what you like. As others have said all this must do list stuff really is one person's opinion. Fortunately we are all different. Edited May 18, 2008 by Roger53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrongIslander Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Does a meagre six mean I should tuck my genitalia between my legs and start calling myself Rachael? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Well, since I've read 16 of them, have 6 on Mount TRB and want to read a further 12, perhaps you should just pass them over to me instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jue xxx Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I think the lists are a little pointless too, but that doesn't stop me poring over every single one I come across. I just love adding up my numbers to see how many I've read Same here! Just can't help it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oh dear, only 5 for me. I'm going off to grow a beard to prove how manly i am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I'm going off to grow a beard to prove how manly i am. Do it! I've read 11. I love all the old books they have pictured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I've read 13 and am in the middle of The Divine Comedy right now. (so 13 and 1/3?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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