Fans of menswear in its printed form, rejoice. We’ve painstakingly ploughed through a local library’s worth of hardbacks and paperbacks in the selfless pursuit of creating the ultimate reading list of menswear books. Yes, we’ve given ourselves more papercuts than any man should have to endure, but these titles are stuffed with all the style rules, outfit inspiration and coffee table kudos any stylish gent could want.

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Savile Row: The Master Tailors Of British Bespoke

Before you drop three months’ rent on a suit, it makes sense to know how yours measures up against the competition. This title explores London’s most esteemed sartorial neighbourhood, charting the highs and history of the spiritual home of classic tailoring.

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Men Of Style

Style didn’t begin with the likes of Gandy and Gosling – they merely carry the torch that other dedicated followers of fashion set alight, all seen here in the aptly named archive of fashion’s finest fellas. A series of profiles chart how (and more importantly, why) such style icons have earned their stripes and reveal how you can get some of their signature swag.

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Sharp Suits

Never judge a book by its cover, unless that cover has the words “Sharp Suits” printed on it, because that’s exactly what Eric Musgrave’s excellent coffee table book offers up. The knowledge-stuffed handbook covers all the cultural and technical history of man’s sartorial best friend, along with the style icons who have helped elevate the suit to its status as the golden boy of the menswear world.

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Shoe Dog: A Memoir By The Creator Of Nike

It’s almost unfathomable that one man (who, to the best of our knowledge, made no deal with the devil) started Nike. Even more unbelievable is that he did so with just $50. That’s the story of Phil Knight as told in this candid memoir by the man behind the swoosh.