Young Man's Guide to the Modern World (12 books)

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A collection of near earth-shattering, firmly pragmatic, and revelation inducing literature for young men. This list is not pseudo-intellectuals, but for men who are seeking truth and answers in the midst of stark alienation and suffocating modernity.

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1	Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 4.27 avg rating — 378,711 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age by Seraphim Rose 4.30 avg rating — 1,164 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine ― A Classic Jungian Psychology Guide to Shadow Work by Robert L. Moore 4.12 avg rating — 10,570 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59) by Benedicta Ward (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 3,620 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism by Edward Feser 4.26 avg rating — 996 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by Mark Rippetoe 4.44 avg rating — 10,632 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Essential St. John of the Cross: Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul, a Spiritual Canticle of the Soul, and Twenty Poems by John of the Cross 4.36 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 4.33 avg rating — 36,031 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control by E. Michael Jones 4.31 avg rating — 298 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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11	Topics on Tradition by Chad A. Ripperger 4.58 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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