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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: Galvanic flesh pisswyrm any books you read or wish you had read in high school? looking for something that would be motivating / tools for life genre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519424) |
Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM Author: Histrionic Filthy School I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderson (Broken Sword, Three Hearts and Three Lions) Fritz Lieber (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519444) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: Titillating rehab https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?
Reasonable price, free shipping. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: Aphrodisiac impressive azn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519458) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM Author: out-of-control jade resort digit ratio "There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys and crayons, a bubble bath, and lots of love."
-- School Library Journal
"Will undoubtedly be scooped up by families seeking queer representation in board books."
-- Kirkus |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM Author: out-of-control jade resort digit ratio this is now forever in my search history
I want you dead, Malk Poo |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: sable keepsake machete mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519459) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM Author: tripping peach kitty cat state A few offhand:
-On the Shortness of Life - Seneca
-Starship Troopers (the book is much better and more serious than the movie)
-Bonfire of the Vanities |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM Author: out-of-control jade resort digit ratio https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&forum_id=2#35633765 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521571) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM Author: Gay theater stage or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of his vanities
toughens him up a bit. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM Author: Dashing kitchen The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 Meditations The Myth of Sisyphus Hamlet |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM Author: 180 Fear-inspiring Deer Antler Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519476) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Galvanic flesh pisswyrm i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer reading assignments
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM Author: 180 Fear-inspiring Deer Antler Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Celestine Prophecy, Lord of the Flies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519513) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: Galvanic flesh pisswyrm they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your other recs, ty!
he just finished peak, so hatchet is a good one |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM Author: 180 Fear-inspiring Deer Antler 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519559) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM Author: puce senate place of business The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: Excitant wagecucks rocket boys is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49520282) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM Author: puce senate place of business Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521280) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM Author: Excitant wagecucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521595) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM Author: Gay theater stage weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party scene at my rural West Virginia high school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49530601) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM Author: Stirring halford cruise ship CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" those by HS, especially later in HS?
My 7 year old just read--and really enjoyed--Hatchet. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM Author: Galvanic flesh pisswyrm he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that’s more his reading level (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519767) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: flickering puppy field The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519483) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Galvanic flesh pisswyrm ty for the recs, this is helpful
i just asked him what book he’s reading (we’re on a flight) and its war and peace |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM Author: Brass forum therapy Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has read tons of other Russian lit and has a solid grounding in religion and philosophy.
Count of Monte Cristo is a goat novel that is also accessible and really exciting. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM Author: drunken university messiness seconding count of monte cristo
three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: arousing spot french chef JackTales 🤡😳 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519490) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: puce senate place of business those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: passionate business firm crotch The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton
https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Pink-Hair-Perez-Hilton/dp/0451234200 |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM Author: cracking opaque fanboi Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz)
We Were Soldiers Once… And Young (Moore & Galloway)
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Lansing)
The Way of Men (Donovan)
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM Author: Brindle sinister locale are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519701) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM Author: cracking opaque fanboi I’m not even sure which author you’re talking about, though I’m 99.99% sure that it’s not Moore or Galloway (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519724) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: Brindle sinister locale lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519873) |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM Author: Free-loading boyish dingle berry he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers "androphile," a term he uses to describe romance and sex between masculine men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Donovan |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM Author: Excitant wagecucks Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519898) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM Author: cracking opaque fanboi No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a better idea of what it means to be a man and to experience the thrill, the triumph, of surviving impossible odds. Leadership, loyalty, discipline. And then they get home and are like, fuck it, sign me up for WWI’s trenches
My middle son needed a bit of coaching on perseverance, so we read this together and then did a HARD AS FUCK mountain bike camping trip in western NC. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM Author: Swashbuckling charcoal orchestra pit James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: tripping peach kitty cat state The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519535) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM Author: Swashbuckling charcoal orchestra pit Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 or so) in a summer. all were 180. I tried reading the non-flemming but its not the same. They don't write novels like that anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519587) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM Author: tripping peach kitty cat state Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new books to read. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519744) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM Author: Swashbuckling charcoal orchestra pit 1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russia With Love 5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
the order changes based on mood but these five are in a tier above.
the rest are all solid. for example, Diamonds are Forever is my least favorite and that is still leagues better than any modern espionage novel. |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM Author: tripping peach kitty cat state tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49528612) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM Author: Excitant wagecucks cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519729) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM Author: Cream Hyperventilating Ticket Booth Filthpig Anabasis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519542) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Brindle sinister locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519572) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM Author: Supple Up-to-no-good Hunting Ground Flowers for Algernon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519548) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Brindle sinister locale The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM Author: Fantasy-prone gunner pistol a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it. great series for boys who like knights, politics, and violence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519602) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM Author: fragrant community account water buffalo Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519689) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: fuchsia apoplectic hairy legs Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Dune anything recent by Lawrence Millman |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM Author: Brindle sinister locale > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
lol |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: Galvanic flesh pisswyrm read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class in hs. book was so so but class was 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519770) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM Author: Excitant wagecucks zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: cracking opaque fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49519736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: Stirring halford cruise ship Several good recs already upthread. Some others:
The Things They Carried Mark Twain--starting with Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 1984 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (and throw in The Hobbit) Infinite Jest Moby Dick Blood Meridian |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM Author: cracking opaque fanboi Cr. list
I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit overexposed to the hopelessly feminized librarian space for a time and was looked down upon as kind of trite. But it’s 180 |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM Author: Honey-headed blathering trump supporter The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorite. You shouldn't look down on librarian recs. This is all they do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49520815) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Stirring halford cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521254) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: Free-loading boyish dingle berry agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise caution with the second and third sentences just given that the values may not be stoic masculine warrior (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49530736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: crimson soul-stirring plaza faggot firefighter Watership Down
A Day No Pigs Would Die
2nd Where the Red Fern Grows |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM Author: Emerald jap partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49520756) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM Author: Maize Ceo Step-uncle's House Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: out-of-control jade resort digit ratio A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521578) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM Author: Cream Hyperventilating Ticket Booth Filthpig Neon Bible better rec for younger kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521698) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM Author: ruddy talented indian lodge abridged edgar allen poe short stories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521706) |
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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: slate mind-boggling corn cake https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-unconventional-warfare-complete-book-set? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49540099) |