The Bonafide Bachelor List (23 books)

Looking for any fiction books where the main male character has never married and where there is no romantic plotline for him in the book. Children/teens don't count. For the purposes of this list, I'm excluding priests/monks as well. Any fiction genre accepted.

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1	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 362,257 ratings score: 195, and 2 people 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	Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) by Jerome K. Jerome 3.83 avg rating — 80,468 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	The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 12,958 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
4	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,847,981 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
4	The Gigantic Beard that Was Evil by Stephen Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 8,636 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
4	Burmese Days by George Orwell 3.87 avg rating — 32,588 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
7	Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville 3.93 avg rating — 75,847 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
7	The Explorer: A Deep Space Murder Thriller of Isolation and Survival (The Anomaly Quartet, 1) by James Smythe (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 1,978 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
7	Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) by Agatha Christie 3.56 avg rating — 105,531 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
10	The Martian by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,294,765 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
10	Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis 4.19 avg rating — 12,156 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
10	Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) by Agatha Christie 4.12 avg rating — 308,070 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
13	Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #43) by Agatha Christie 3.91 avg rating — 16,345 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
13	The Double by José Saramago 3.97 avg rating — 25,337 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
15	The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.51 avg rating — 217,292 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
16	Tigerman by Nick Harkaway (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 5,802 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
16	The North Water by Ian McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 34,682 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
18	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3.87 avg rating — 255,902 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
19	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 732,698 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
20	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,470,528 ratings score: 91, 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
21	Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) by Connie Willis 4.03 avg rating — 64,968 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
22	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 560,174 ratings score: 89, 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
23	Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 3.85 avg rating — 226,021 ratings score: 88, 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