The 31 GREATEST BOOKS FOR MEN
01 Your ex is an ex for a reason
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby
Meet Rob. He’s the manager of a London record shop in which he and his sad friends make top-five lists, talk about mix tapes and obsess over albums by dead blues musicians. Then Rob decides to get in touch with five of his ex-girlfriends to find out where it all went wrong. Great idea! We all know a guy like Rob: he looks back at us from the mirror every morning.
Key line: “What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music?”
02 Youth is wasted on the young. Thankfully…
The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13
Sue Townsend
Read this as a teenager and you’ll cry with laughter. Repeat as a man and the tears may not be ones of joy.
Key line: “8.45am. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with her.”
03 Take risks, make money
Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite
Paul Arden
Life is full of ‘common sense’. In Arden’s brilliant self-help book, we’re urged to make decisions that go against everything we think is true. Great cover design, too.
“When things go wrong it’s tempting to shift the blame. Don’t. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out
