They’re in no particular order, but there are 80 books Esquire magazine thinks every man should read, and Rabbit, Run is among them:

“Because it’s one of the few not about Updike. It’s about that guy you idolized in high school. And kitchen gadgets. And you.”

“The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read”

Yes, Esquire is a man’s magazine, but it’s a little surprising that the authors listed are all male except for Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Updike, who’s been accused of being sexist, would probably be among those to protest, Where’s Toni Morrison? Alice Walker? Eudora Welty? Ann Beattie? Jane Smiley? Louise Erdrich? Lorrie Moore?