Manhood For Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son is a 2009 collection of essays by the American writer Michael Chabon.

[1] The complete title of Chabon's collection is Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son.

As the writer explains, the work discusses "being a man in all its complexity — a son, a father, a husband.

"[2] The collection was nominated for a 2010 Northern California Book Award in the Creative Nonfiction category.

McSweeney's published Maps and Legends, a collection of Chabon's literary essays, on May 1, 2008.