I mean books that tend to be more popular with dudes than ladies.
For instance, “Lonesome Dove”.
My dad rec’d it to me, I (male) read it and loved it, and rec’d it to multiple female friends who tell me they didn’t finish. While reading, multiple men on my commute struck up a conversation with me about how much they loved that book.
I think it’s just more popular with guys than gals for whatever reason.
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“Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius seems to be pretty popular
War/cowboy/crime stuff
Blood Meridian, Catch 22, Gravity’s Rainbow etc.
Don Winslow, James Ellroy novels.
Denis Johnson, Robert Stone are other “dude” writers.
Probably most works by Cormac McCarthy or Hemingway. Or maybe that’s me projecting some stereotypes of the books/authors?
Self-help and finance books as well tend to be pretty liked by dudes.
*Fight Club* or other Chuck Palahniuk books.
Bro-dudes don’t really read books. If they read anything they read 4 Chan posts or social media posts by toxic idiots such as Andrew Tate
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
anything by Malcolm Gladwell
Zero to One by Peter Thiel (I know a lot of tech bros)
When I hear Lonesome Dove I immediately think of this list, which is where I first heard of the book being seriously recommended. You might find some on here that satisfy the dude book criteria.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/reading/100-books-every-man-read/