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Charged with finding something good to read for my husband the other day I found myself stumped. My recent suggestions had fallen metaphorically on stony ground: my husband has "done" action and adventure and espionage fiction and the history of science.

By chance I was reading an article about men's book groups and discovered this list of suggestions for men's discussion groups on Amazon.com's Listmania:
Books for Men (The Anti-Oprah Book Club) by "rhodeislandreader."

Here are some of the books suggested on the list - with a few suggestions of my own and links to our catalog:
Of mice and men / John Steinbeck Find this book in our catalog
The old man and the sea / Ernest Hemingway Find this book in our catalog
A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel / John Irving Find this book in our catalog
When the sacred ginmill closes / Lawrence Block Find this book in our catalog
A confederacy of dunces / John Kennedy Toole Find this book in our catalog
Night train to Lisbon / Pascal Mercier Find this book in our catalog
Indignation / Philip Roth Find this book in our catalog
The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid : a memoir / Bill Bryson Find this book in our catalog
A dirty job / Christopher Moore Find this book in our catalog
Mr. Paradise / Elmore Leonard Find this book in our catalog
The man in my basement : a novel / Walter Mosley Find this book in our catalog

Labels: Book Club Books, Men's books