Don’t be angry because we didn’t put Bukowski on the list. If you want to read “Women,” go for it, but these are books that have the power to shift your perspective, light your imagination, and perhaps give you a touch of needed sensitivity (if only for a few hours). This is by no means exhaustive, but it’s a good place to start. Plus we threw in two short story compilations, for any of you with severe ReADHD.
10 Books Every Man Must Read
Not an easy read, or a fulfilling one (at least in the traditional sense of the word), but Burroughs' drug-fueled ramblings (aka vignettes) will either make you want to do a LOT of drugs, or avoid them all together. Win, win? Quotable Life Advice: “The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets.”
