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Resources : Books For/About Men

The following list is one I give clients if they request it. I've read each book and studied most, so the list is truly mine. All are excellent and my favorites are in blue.

Why a separate list for men? My experience has been that men are bound by a couple of debilitating mistaken beliefs that inhibit them from seeking help. The typical example is asking for directions - many if not most men will search around semi-lost rather than stop and ask an expert for a direction. Same thing in personal change. Men tend to not seek help, preferring to go it alone. So this list is for them. Go for it guys. Read these puppies. You'll enjoy em.

  • Susan Faludi
    Stiffed - The Betrayal of the American Man
    William Morrow & Co., New York, 1999
    This is probably the best book I've ever read discussing male scripts, although she doesn't use that TA language or model.

  • Robert Bly
    Iron John
    Addison Wesley, Don Mills, 1990

  • Sam Keen
    Fire in the Belly
    Bantam Books, New York, 1991

  • Daniel J. Levinson
    The Seasons of a Man's life
    Ballantine Books, New York, 1978

  • James Hollis
    The Middle Passage, From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
    Inner City Books, Toronto, 1993

  • Joseph Pleck and Jack Sawyer ed.
    Men And Masculinity
    Prentice Hall, Toronto, 1974

  • Keith Thompson ed.
    To Be A Man
    Jeremy P. Tarcher, Los Angeles, 1991

  • Rick Fields
    The Code of the Warrior
    Harper Perennial, New York, 1991

  • Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
    a four volume set:
    The Warrior Within, 1992
    The King Within, 1992
    The Magician Within, 1993
    The Lover Within, 1993
    and a condensed compendium:
    King Warrior Magician Lover
    Avon, Morrow, Harper Collins


Copyright Gregory J. Boyce

Psychotherapist