Men’s Circle Book List
NOTE: This is a list of books that I have actually read, so I can recommend them wholeheartedly. Many of them were written some time ago, an indicator that they’ve stood the test of time. They’ve all been useful and important for me. Perhaps one will be for you, too. All are linked to Amazon so you can check them out for yourself.
Men
Iron John: A Book About Men, Robert Bly
Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man, Sam Keen
The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida
Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men, Michael Meade
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine, Robert Moore
He: Understanding Masculine Psychology, Robert Johnson
The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
Finding Purpose
True Purpose: 12 Strategies for Discovering the Difference You Are Meant to Make, Tim Kelley
Now What?: 90 Days to a New Life Direction, Laura Berman Fortgang
Healing Anger, Conflict & Co-Dependence
Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately, John Lee
The Coward’s Guide to Conflict, Tim Ursiny
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty, Manuel J. Smith
Crucial Conversations, Kerry Patterson, et. al.
Shame
Healing the Shame That Binds You, John Bradshaw
Pretty much anything by Brené Brown
Poetry
The Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men, Robert Bly, James Hillman & Michael Meade
New and Selected Poems, Volume One, Mary Oliver
For Women Who Want to Understand Men
Why Men Are the Way They Are, Warren Farrell