Good news, perhaps, for would-be authors who fear their work has been forever lost in the hard-copy slush pile ("Oops, I seem to have filed the unsolicited manuscripts in the recycling bin!"), for with the launch of HarperCollins' Authonomy, the pile not only goes online, it goes (apparently) democratic.

Apparently. At any rate, it’s a great way to keep unsolicited slush out of the house.

Neil Gaiman is one of the most publically available writers, constantly doing signings and readings. I was lucky enough to meet him last week with my daughter.

From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.

So if you feel the need to reaffirm your manliness, here are a hundred manly books that ought to do the trick. Ahem