American Men by Jordan Ritter Conn is a work of reported nonfiction about masculinity in the United States, built through intimate portraits of men facing identity, violence, sexuality, trauma, race, class, and social expectation. Conn approaches the subject through human stories rather than abstract argument, making the book useful for readers who want contemporary nonfiction with empathy and depth. It belongs on shelves for narrative nonfiction, psychology, social issues, gender studies, memoir-adjacent reading, and books about modern American culture. The strength of American Men is its refusal to flatten men into slogans. It asks how masculinity is learned, performed, defended, and sometimes survived. The result is a timely, thoughtful book for readers interested in private lives under public pressure.