Looking for a good read to pass the time? Well man up, grow some chest hair and check out these most manly books:

10. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey
You’ve seen the film adaptation, legend Jack Nicholson’s break-through movie. But have you read this legendary book? Told through the eyes of a mental patient, it is funny, insane, and tragic.

9. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Ponyboy and the greasers versus the socs; good old fashioned gang fights. C’mon,Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, and Matt Dillon in the film version. That’s very manly.

8. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Considered to be the heart of the Beat movement, this cross-country bohemian odyssey is definitely a hip trip. Oh and did I mention there’s lots of booze, drugs, and women?

7. The Natural by Bernard Malamud
Forget the movie. Forget Robert Redford. Clear that slate before you read this because not only is it better than the major motion picture, it’s a bit different too.

6. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Narrated by the cynical adolescent protagonist, anyone can easily get into this story. It’s kind of like talking to your sarcastic friend from back home.

5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
Written in 1971 this strange road trip journey is drowning in all sorts of drugs and bizarre encounters.

4. 1984 by George Orwell
This “futuristic” tale sounds frighteningly familiar: a totalitarian state where Big Brother is always watching, The Party rewrites history as it sees fit, and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. I wonder if this is required reading for GW’s cabinet.

3. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
Antifascist guerrilla warfare in the mountains of Spain, need I say more?

2. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
An abusurd, time travel novel which is part sci-fi and partially based on Vonnegut’s experience as a American prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany during the firebombing of 1945 that killed thousands of civilians.

1. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Serious and sad, but definitely funny; this classic war satire still rings true today.