Looking for books that exudes wit, machismo, and a perpetual air of casual cool? Here are 5 books that exactly meet that criteria.

1. Horns by Joe Hill

Merrin Williams was murdered inexplicably, leaving her devoted boyfriend Ignatius Perrish as the only person with any motive. Ig spends the night getting wasted and acting badly on the day that marks the first anniversary of Merrin’s murder.

The following morning, he awakens with a tremendous hangover and horns sprouting from his temples. Along with his horrific new appearance, Ig also has a morbid gift that he plans to utilise to track down the killer of his one and only true love. Being good and wishing for the best didn’t help him at all. It’s time to exact revenge right now. It’s time the demon got what he deserved.

2. Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk established himself as the most forward-thinking humorist of his generation in his first book. The alienated narrator of Fight Club quits his menial work after being enamoured with Tyler Durden, a mysterious young man who hosts covert boxing fights in pub basements. Two men are fighting there “as long as they have to.” A stunningly innovative work that reveals the essence of our contemporary reality.

3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

The best account of drug-fueled, confused, wild good times ever recorded on paper is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Additionally, it tells the story of a long weekend road trip that is remembered as one of the most bizarre adventures in American popular culture. Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp star in the big-budget Universal adaptation of this cult classic of wacky journalism.

4. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

The rise and fall of medical technology business Theranos and its CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who dubbed herself the “female Steve Jobs,” are chronicled in the addictive nonfiction book called Bad Blood. The company had a market worth of over $9 billion, but there was one glaring flaw: the technology wasn’t functional.

5. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

Beneath a Scarlet Sky is based on the true account of an Italian named Pino Lella, who served in two important capacities during World War II. In the first, he joins the underground railroad in the Italian Alps, which is run by a group of Catholic priests, and aids Jews in escaping by crossing the Alps.

Second, he enlists as a German and works as Adolf Hitler’s left-hand man’s personal driver in Italy in order to avoid being drafted and sent to the front lines for Italy as well as to act as an Italian spy. It’s an epic story with a strong Italian influence that will have you turning the pages.

Fight Club Trailer | 20th Century FOX

Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter star in David Fincher’s 1999 American thriller Fight Club based on Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 book of the same name. The unidentified narrator, played by Norton, is unhappy with his white-collar employment. He creates a “fight club” with soap salesman Tyler Durden (Pitt), and he starts dating Marla Singer, a mysterious woman (Bonham Carter).