Books You Should Read

Priming the Anbolic Environment : A Practical, Scientific Guide to the Art and Science of Building Muscles: by William D. Brink
Published by Musclemag Intl
Publication date: December 1997
Brawn: by Stuart McRoberts
C.S. Publishing Ltd
Beyond Brawn: by Stuart McRoberts
C.S. Publishing Ltd
Hardcore Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach: by Fred Hatfield & Tom Platz
Published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing
The Ketogenic Diet: A Complete Guide for the Dieter and Practitioner: by Lyle McDonald
Underground Body Opus : Militant Weight Loss & Recomposition: by Dan Duchaine

West Coast Bodybuilding Scene, The Golden Era: by Dick Tyler
Publication Date: April 2004, On Target Publications
Beyond The Universe: The Bill Pearl Story: by Bill Pearl, Kim Shott
Publication Date: August 2003, Agni Press
Muscle: An Autobiography: The History, Business, and Soul of Modern-Day Bodybuilding: by Ben Weider
Publication Date: December 2002
Remembering Muscle Beach : Where Hard Bodies Began Photographs and Memories: by Harold Zinkin, Bonnie Hearn
Publication Date: August 1999
Muscletown USA : Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell: by John D Fair
Publication Date: May 1999
Muscle Beach: by Marla Matzer Rose
Publication Date: March 2001
Brother Iron, Sister Steel, A Bodybuilder's Book: by Dave Draper
Publication Date: 2001
Bill Pearls Keys to the Inner Universe : Worlds Best Built Man: by Bill Pearl
Publication Date: 1992
Sandow the Magnificent : Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding (Sport and Society): by David L. Chapman
Publication date: April 1994
Gorilla Suit : My Adventures in Bodybuilding: by Bob Paris
Publication date: September 1997
Muscle : Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder: by Sam Fussell
Publication date: August 1992
Arnold: An Unauthorized Biography: by Wendy Leigh
Published by Congdon & Weed
Publication date: 1990;

Chemical Pink: by Katie Arnoldi
Publication Date: March 2001
Little Big Men : Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction: (Suny Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
by Alan M. Klein
Published by State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date: September 1993
The Perfectible Body : The Western Ideal of Male Physical Development: by Kenneth R. Dutton
Published by Continuum Pub Group
Publication date: April 1995
Historique de la Culture Physique: by Georges Dardenne
published by Georges Dardenne;
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Bodymakers : A Cultural Anatomy of Women's Body Building: by Leslie Heywood
Published by Rutgers Univ Press
Publication date: February 1998
The Adonis Complex : The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession: by Harrison G. Pope Jr. M.D., Katharine A. Phillips M.D., Roberto Olivardia Ph.D.
Published by Free Press
Publication date: April 2000

Exposed : A Celebration of the Male Nude from 90 of the World's Greatest Photographers: by Philip Braham
Mountain Men : The Male Photography of Don Whitman: by Don Whitman, David Chapman (Introduction)
Hollywood Nudes: by Fred Kovert (Photographer), David Chapman (Introduction)
Adonis : The Male Physique Pin-Up 1870-1940: by David Chapman (Editor)