@Corngold said in peaty books:
@Luke
He wants fiction. Is Peat fiction?
I think he should read Henry Miller 
Hm, it may sound like fiction to bystanders, but it isn't
I'm not well-versed on the internet slang and are not sure what the currently approved definitions of chad and cuck are. But maybe Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk? The book that the hundred times more popular movie is based on.
I suppose he would call Hermann Hesse a "cuck", but many of his books like Peter Camenzind, Siddharta, Narziß und Goldmund could be a good read for a young guy trying to find his own way in life.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Ernest Hemingway - For Whom the Bell tolls and Fiesta
Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities (cuck potential, but you'd probably liek the character Sydney Carton)
Adam Zamoyski - Napoleon
Since you mentioned books for children:
Michael Ende - Momo (not a joke, good book for adults especially in todays world).
Lucky Luke and Asterix comics
If you are into sports:
David Halberstam - Playing for Keeps
Bill Russell - Go up for Glory
Jerry West - West by West (you'd probably call West a cuck though)