Product Description

What do men like to read? This latest title in the successful 100 Must-Read series provides a rich crop of selected reads of eternal fascination to men everywhere. With one hundred titles fully featured and over five hundred recommended, there is something for everyone: from the macho to the sentimental, sex, drugs, and rock and roll, old age, childhood, power, seduction, courage, and adventure. The introduction examines men's attitudes toward reading, the differences between male and female reading tastes, the varying ways in which the sexes use/respond to language, and how this is reflected in their choices of reading matter.

Books featured include: Junkie by William S. Burroughs, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, Touching the Void by Joe Simpson, and The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #168418 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
Steve Andrews has been a bookseller for Waterstones for more then fifteen years He was co-editor of the Waterstones Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Books and author of 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels.

Duncan Bowis studied English Literature at Reading University and has worked as a bookseller and writer, producing regular reviews for The Bookseller. His short story, 'The Fifth Piggy' won a Millennium literary competition adjudicated by Jacqueline Wilson.