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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: cerebral sienna trump supporter rigor 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: bearded theater stage pocket flask 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: blathering brunch fat ankles https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?
Reasonable price, free shipping. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: razzle patrolman (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: red nibblets jew "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: red nibblets jew 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: walnut autistic corner wrinkle 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: Haunting jet-lagged parlor filthpig 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: red nibblets jew 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: Arrogant national volcanic crater 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: lime motley shrine faggotry 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: Razzle-dazzle very tactful stage scourge upon the earth 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: cerebral sienna trump supporter rigor 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: Razzle-dazzle very tactful stage scourge upon the earth 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: cerebral sienna trump supporter rigor 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: Razzle-dazzle very tactful stage scourge upon the earth 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: chestnut preventive strike The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: mind-boggling doctorate home 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: chestnut preventive strike 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: mind-boggling doctorate home (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: Arrogant national volcanic crater 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: Sapphire Roommate 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: cerebral sienna trump supporter rigor 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: odious area boistinker 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: cerebral sienna trump supporter rigor 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: Nighttime son of senegal 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: Jet hot generalized bond lodge 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: Twisted Senate 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: chestnut preventive strike those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: hyperventilating geriatric locale 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: Narrow-minded stirring incel 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: comical misanthropic school codepig 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: Narrow-minded stirring incel 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: comical misanthropic school codepig 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: scarlet fluffy stead affirmative action 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: mind-boggling doctorate home 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: Narrow-minded stirring incel 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: Fear-inspiring useless theatre James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: Haunting jet-lagged parlor filthpig 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: Fear-inspiring useless theatre 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: Haunting jet-lagged parlor filthpig 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: Fear-inspiring useless theatre 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: Haunting jet-lagged parlor filthpig 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: mind-boggling doctorate home 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: Vigorous Laser Beams Fanboi 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: comical misanthropic school codepig (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: Translucent range 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: comical misanthropic school codepig 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: Passionate Dopamine 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: onyx knife stock car 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: salmon unhinged chapel sex offender 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: comical misanthropic school codepig > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
lol |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: cerebral sienna trump supporter rigor 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: mind-boggling doctorate home zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: Narrow-minded stirring incel (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: Sapphire Roommate 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: Narrow-minded stirring incel 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: poppy love of her life athletic conference 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: Sapphire Roommate (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: scarlet fluffy stead affirmative action 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: Up-to-no-good spot nowag 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: Mustard Market Stain (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: wine jewess Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: red nibblets jew 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: Vigorous Laser Beams Fanboi 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: soul-stirring transparent people who are hurt 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: alcoholic green death wish site 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) |