The Institute of Men Reading List

This list is regularly updated.

Essential Reads for Every Man

1. East of Eden - John Steinbeck

2. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky

3. The Imitation of Christ - Thomas A Kempis

4. Introduction to the Devout Life - Saint Francis de Sales

5. Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

6. Endurance - Alfred Lansing

7. No Apologies - Anthony Esolen

8. The Everlasting Man - GK Chesterton

9. The Abolition of Man - CS Lewis

10. The Divine Conspiracy - Dallas Willard

11. The Tale of Three Kings - Gene Edwards

12. On Duties - Cicero

13. Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

14. River of Doubt - Candice Millard

15. The Last Days of Socrates - Plato

Essential Christian

1. The Catechism of the Catholic Church

2. The Confessions of Saint Augustine

3. The Faith of the Early Fathers - William Jurgens

4. Imitation of Christ - Thomas a Kempis

5. On the Incarnation - St. Athanasius

6. The Apology of St. Justin Martyr

7. Mere Christianity - CS Lewis

8. Divine Conspiracy - Dallas Willard

Essential American History

1. A Patriots History of the United States

2. A History of the American People

3. Abraham Lincoln’s Speeches

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