Manly Book Suggestions

[blugill]

I decided a while back I would lay off the fiction for a while and look for books that featured manly men doing manly things....in real life.

Picked up South from Ernest Shackleton tonight and plan on getting Henry Stanley's memoirs on his search for Dr. Livingstone next.

I'm looking for real life adventures from history. People doing extraordinary things.

[akakirby]

Lone Survivor by Marcus Lutrell

[M1903A1]

Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945, by Evan Thomas.

[VirtualSmitty]

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to kill in Was and Society, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Intense reading.

Mr. Gatlings Terrible Marvel, Julia Keller. Interesting account of the history of the Gatling gun and it's creator as well as it's impact in warfare.

Scipio Africanus, Rome's Greatest General, Richard A. Gabriel. Everybody knows Hannibal, but this book details the life and battles of the guy who out general-ed him and beat him down.

The First World War, John Keegan. Best one volume account of the Great War i've ever read.

[blugill]

Maybe some that aren't as military based and more exploring based?

[VirtualSmitty]

Maybe some that aren't as military based and more exploring based?

The Kama Sutra. Manly and about all sorts of exploration :tu




I keed, I keed. Honestly I got nothing. All i read is fiction and military history, sorry :(

[AAlmeter]

A History of The American People - Paul Johnson

Common Sense - Glenn Beck

My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George (ok. Its fiction and a kids book. But it influenced me as a child to be responsible and self-reliant....far more manly in my opinion than reading about someone else's exploits with big guns and big balls. Havent read it in years, but I'd assume its a 2 hour read that is worth the time)

[thetpi825]

I hope they serve beer in hell.-- forget who the author is, but a great read.

[bigloo]

Anything by Jon Krakauer.

[smokin5]

Sounds war-like, but has many applications in life:
The Art of War, by Sun Tzu

[ActionAndy]

I hope they serve beer in hell.-- forget who the author is, but a great read.


Tucker Max. Movie coming out soon.

[Tripp]

I'd put a vote down for Donnie Brasco, if you haven't already read it.

[DavenportESQ]

Tucker Max. Movie coming out soon.

Here are a few of my favorite books. Not necessarily adventurous but what I have enjoyed in the 6 monthes or so

The Wolf of Wall street
Freakenomics
The Tipping Point
The Alphabet of Man! this is by Maddox or some internet guy..its pretty hilarious
The Dirt-The story of *In my opinion* the greatest Glam Rock band of them all Motley Crue
On Bullshit
Crimes Against Logic

Anything by Hunter S. Tompson

[lightning9191]

Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions- story of the guy that Indiana Jones is somewhat based on

[Savvy]

Working on the Edge by Spike Walker

It's about Crab fishing in the Bering Sea. Very detailed, hard to put down. I liked it a lot. I suggest reading it if that's your thing. Definitely wins some major manly job points from me haha.

[Darrell]

The Book of the Five Rings - Musashi

[LordOfWu]

The Book of the Five Rings - Musashi

:tpd:

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

[Aldebaran]

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to kill in Was and Society, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Intense reading.



Yes this, I also recommend the On Combat by the same author.

[Wolfgang]

New Moon ;)

[PeteSB75]

New Moon ;)

:hn

I don't think abstinent, sparkly vampires count as manly, sorry...



I'd suggest "Drink, Play, F@#k" by Andrew Gottlieb

[e-man67]

Sonny Barger autobiography.....founder of the Hells Angels. pretty interesting.

[Starscream]

Anything by Hemingway.

The Rum Diaries by Hunter Thompson

[GhostRyder]

Shadow Divers. Great book about deep sea diving and the expolaration of various shipwrecks in the Atlantic.

On Killing/On Combat are manly and quite good.

Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber by Mark Twight. This guy is sick nasty at climbing mountains. Now he runs Gym Jones, the gym that trained the "Spartans" in 300 to look all ripped and hairless.

Hemingway, Krakauer, are both good suggestions, quite manly.

[Col. Kurtz]

At Dawn we Slept by Gordon Prange

Great account of the sometimes lesser addressed theater of WWII.

Based on firsthand accounts and interviews. Good historical account. We're loosing too many of our WWII vets way too fast....

[Starscream]

Depending on your literary level, you may enjoy Faulkner. He writes about manly things from a Southern p-o-v. If your not a fan of Modernism, I would stay away, but if you're cool w/ stream of conscious technique, plotlines that jump all over the place, and sentences that may last a page or more, then Faulkner is a good man's author. If you're not familiar with his work, I would suggest checking out some of his short stories first, such as "Barn Burning". If your into the modernist era of literature, I would suggest his masterpeice, Absolom, Absolom!.

[:eevis]

Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived - Amarillio Slim Preston

1984 & Animal Farm - George Orwell
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[kgoings]

nice list here!

[rhdad42]

Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
by Hampton Sides -- great book about the U.S. Army Rangers rescue of the survivors of the Bataan Death March.

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough -- another fantastic book, especially for us New Yorkers

[poker]

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[SchizoFilly]

Chuck Palahniuk has some pretty messed up stuff to read. George Carlin also wrote some hilarious stuff.

[The Poet]

I love Faulkner, but you said you're tired of fiction. That given, I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned:

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
The Gulag Archipelago - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

[TheBeard]

The Alphabet of Man! this is by Maddox or some internet guy..its pretty hilarious


For shame, for shame. The book is "The Alphabet of Manliness." I think I'm going to have to revoke your Man Card for this error in passing along manliness to your fellow man.

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[adampc22]

get eny book by hunter s thompson