Reading for some is a passion while for some it is just a pastime. Whatever reason it is that got you to search for the top 10 best books for men, here is the complete list. This list includes some of the greatest books of all time such as The Lord of The Rings which is amongst a few that have sold over 100 million copies. The list is further divided into categories for your convenience. It is said that books can take you to places while you’re sitting in one place. For me, all these are the best books for men and each of them should be read nonetheless. Here is the list!

All Time Top 10 Books for Men to Read

1. Decision Points ~ George Bush
2. Life ~ Keith Richards
3. Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand
4. The Da Vinci Code ~ Dan Brown
5. Fight Club ~ Chuck Palahniuk
6. The Catcher in the Rye ~ J.D. Salinger – (One of the best selling books till date!)
7. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt ~ Edmund Morris
8. Dharma Bums ~ Jack Kerouac
9. Of Mice and Men ~ John Steinbeck
10. The Metamorphosis ~ Franz Kafka

Top 10 Books for Young Men

1. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
2. The Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ~ Mark Twain
4. The Book Thief ~ Markus Zusak
5. To Kill a Mocking Bird ~ Harper Lee
6. The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini
7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl ~ Anne Frank
8. The Harry Potter Series ~ J. K. Rowling
9. The Twilight Series ~ Stephenie Meyer
10. The Demon’s Lexicon ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

Top 10 Fiction Books for Men

1. The Big Sky ~ A. B. Guthrie
2. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories ~ Norman MacLean
3. Nick Adams Stories ~ Ernest Hemingway
4. On the Road ~ Scott Donaldson
5. Big Woods: The Hunting Stories ~ William Faulkner
6. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare ~ G.K. Chesterton
7. Lonesome Dove: A Novel ~ Larry McMurtry
8. Neuromancer ~ William Gibson
9. Young Lonigan ~ James T. Farrell
10. Billy Bathgate ~ E. L. Doctorow

Top 10 Christian Books for Men

1. Mere Christianity ~ C. S. Lewis
2. The Imitation of Christ ~ Thomas á Kempis
3. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist ~ Norman Geisler & Frank Turek
4. Pilgrim’s Progress ~ John Bunyan
5. The Kingdom of the Cults ~ Walter Martin
6. The Confessions (of St. Augustine) ~ St. Augustine
7. The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds On Prayer (Bounds)
8. My Utmost for His Highest ~ Oswald Chambers
9. The Cost of Discipleship ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
10. Celebration of Discipline ~ Richard J. Foster

Top 10 Self Help Books for Men

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ~ Stephen R. Covey
2. First Things First ~ Stephen R Covey
3. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life ~ Martin E. P Seligman
4. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ ~ Daniel Goleman
5. The Power of Positive Thinking ~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
6. As a Man Thinketh ~ James Allen
7. The Road Less Traveled ~ M. Scott Peck
8. Cut the CRAP and Resolve Your Problems ~ David R. Cox and Donald A. Sanders
9. The Sixty-Second Motivator ~ Jim Johnson
10. The Total Money Makeover ~ Dave Ramsey