Great literary fiction for guys
Discover the best literary fiction books for men. Explore gripping, thought-provoking novels perfect for guys who love deep stories and rich characters.
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The Here and Now
by Robert Cohen
As Samuel Karnish watches his career run aground and his marriage disintegrate, he finds himself on a flight to his best friend's third wedding, thrust …
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A Question of Attraction
by David Nicholls
A brilliant romantic comedy, set in England in the 1980s, is about a young man discovering the world and himself during his first year at …
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Therapy
by Steven Schwartz
Schwartz's storytelling gifts draw the reader achingly close to the characters, as their lives crisscross in and out of therapy. With humor and compassion, this …
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High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and …
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The Wishbones
by Tom Perrotta
Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He's 31, but he still feels young. He's playing guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding …
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Joe College
by Tom Perrotta
For Danny, a Yale junior and the sympathetic everyman hero of this novel, now in paperback, Spring Break means two weeks behind the wheel of …
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My Life in Heavy Metal
by Steve Almond
This first collection of 12 powerful stories takes a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an …
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Skipped Parts
by Tim Sandlin
In 1963, 13-year-old Sam Callahan and his tart-tongued, divorced, misbehavingmother, Lydia, must cope as best they can after they are banished to the hicktown of …
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The Lost Legends of New Jersey
by Frederick Reiken
A story of teenage life and love in suburban New Jersey chronicles the relationship between Anthony Rubin, a young Jewish teen whose own family is …
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Inspired Sleep
by Robert Cohen
"With a keen, panoramic eye, Inspired Sleep encompasses everything from the slippery evasions of love to the intricate network of commerce that binds together Wall …
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About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
A wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, Funny Girl and High Fidelity Will Freeman may have discovered the key …
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The Calligrapher
by Edward Docx
This fresh, original, altogether winning first novel is centered on a young London calligrapher named Jasper--an engaging, intelligent serial seducer and a breaker of hearts.
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The Daughters of Simon Lamoreaux
by David Long
Miles Fanning was to meet his girlfriend Carly, but she never showed up that evening, and was never seen again. Many years later Carly's sister …
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Two Guys from Verona
by James Kaplan
Tides change for two male friends when they meet at their 25th high school reunion to discover one is facing death and the other one …
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Bad Haircut
by Tom Perrotta
The protagonist is Buddy, a teenager from New Jersey, and the stories follow his progress from an idealistic boy scout to a conformist giving in …
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
by Chris Fuhrman
In trouble with the principal of their Catholic school, eighth-graders Francis Doyle, Tim Sullivan, and their closest three friends try to create a diversion to …
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The Odd Sea
by Frederick Reiken
“A haunting first novel that takes a horrifying family calamity and turns it into a form of magic.”—The New York Times On a sunny spring …
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Trials of the Monkey
by Matthew Chapman
"When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny." So declares Darwin's …
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The Funnies
by J. Robert Lennon
The Mix family, a motley crew of troubled souls who have been forever immortalized in their father's popular comic strip, must learn to inhabit the …
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers …
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The Best a Man Can Get
by John O'Farrell
A hilarious and touching debut novel-in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition-that demonstrates why marriage, fatherhood, and maturity don't always arrive on a synchronized schedule. Michael …
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The Varieties of Romantic Experience
by Robert Cohen
In the title story of this dazzling comic collection, a psychology professor delivers a lecture that segues into a confession of an embarrassing affair. An …
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Troublemakers
by John McNally
Stories express the everyday aches and common cruelties of life that people endure and witness, from a wife stranding her husband on a roof, to …
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About the Author
by John Colapinto
Just how did Cal Cunningham -- a twenty-five-year-old bookstore stockboy who is new to Manhattan and who has never written anything -- publish a bestselling …