Book 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 100 titles fully featured and over 500 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. Written by two experienced male booksellers and writers,
the selection draws from a wide range of genres: crime, thrillers, cult
classics, classics, biography and non-fiction. Deftly researched with
the male audience in mind, this book is an enabling tool for extending
your range of reading.
A lengthy introduction examines mens attitudes to 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: Crash
by J. G. Ballard, Junkie
by William S. Burroughs, American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis, Steppenwolf
by Herman Hesse, Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian, The Book of Dave
by Will Self, Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson and Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe. 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.
