Now we’re down to the nub, because no matter how cool it is to know the best movies and the best music, it’s the best books that distinguish how you think. So here is Esquire’s
The list hits a lot of our high points that aren’t usually found on high school reading lists: Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Richard Wright; and also hits some that are on the high school lists, and deserve another reading now that you’re an adult and can actually enjoy–rather than dread–a challenging read. Moby Dick
Notable for their absence though are any books by women, anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
So, take some time, put on some music and try a few of these. You’ll be glad you stayed in.
, also writes a blog at 
When I started out in the world, I used a Word Of The Day calendar. Now that I can string a sentence together, I have graduated to a website that features actual prose. This nifty little site can be found at the link below, along with a fine print of the author behind the quote. May I suggest 
When both Clint Eastwood (
) and Martin Scorsese 
) make movies out of your books and Ben Affleck also weighs in with 
and you write several episodes of the acclaimed HBO series 
, that’s pretty good evidence that you know how to tell a story. 
shows Lehane has 
The groovy man puts knowledge to imaginative use. To avoid the “garbage in” syndrome, groovy men stash away anything from the following sources: 
