I asked, "What’s one book every man should read?"

I received 1,500+ responses.

Here are 20 books every man should read in his lifetime:

1/

Man's Search For Meaning

by Viktor Frankl

https://t.co/zMbjqNG87Z
2/

The Way of The Superior Man

by David Deida

https://t.co/WILfVU9Xun
3/

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

https://t.co/hrDZCPN6Xf
4/

The Rational Male

by @RationalMale

https://t.co/QGNnNDIoEl
5/

Can't Hurt Me

by @davidgoggins

https://t.co/RzoSayagfb
6/

No More Mr. Nice Guy

by @dr_r_glover

https://t.co/L5VKXXAdcO
7/

Atomic Habits

by @JamesClear

https://t.co/88EsOszYLq
8/

Come As You Are

by @emilynagoski

https://t.co/BrfWnmmvum
9/

How To Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

https://t.co/IIfcY3Z4Tk
10/

Invisible Women

by @CCriadoPerez

https://t.co/2OWF7Mw6Ht
11/

The Millionaire Fastlane

by @MJDeMarco

https://t.co/saRD7FUTXB
12/

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

by @RobinSharma

https://t.co/rI3pKr2lSU
13/

Tribe

by @sebastianjunger

https://t.co/4LalsoGhTb
14/

Man Enough

by @justinbaldoni

https://t.co/U8zXzu05jl
15/

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

by @naval

https://t.co/TXZg9oFIB0
16/

The Richest Man in Babylon

by George S. Clason

https://t.co/gEQiExRMCW
17/

Influence

by @RobertCialdini

https://t.co/MZUAlOIpqu
18/

Bhagavad Gita

by Vyasa

https://t.co/x9fHztspzf
19/

The Daily Stoic

by @RyanHoliday

https://t.co/kgwzAiSuuB
20/

12 Rules for Life

by @jordanbpeterson

https://t.co/mE338pcyyF
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(For bonus points: break down by ambitiousness / form factor.)

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