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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Onyx submissive theatre
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
cocky pungent theater brethren
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this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
mildly autistic genital piercing
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
disturbing razzle-dazzle stage
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
wine cuckoldry
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
mildly autistic genital piercing
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Mint Zombie-like Gas Station
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Tan Windowlicker
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Irate supple theater stage
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Onyx submissive theatre
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Irate supple theater stage
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Onyx submissive theatre
  12/18/25
180
Irate supple theater stage
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
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  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Sick antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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  12/18/25
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Sick antidepressant drug
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Mint Zombie-like Gas Station
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Thriller cruise ship
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Onyx submissive theatre
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Self-absorbed violent legend
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Onyx submissive theatre
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
contagious naked potus
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Sepia private investor
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
rusted charismatic toaster
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Fantasy-prone Emerald Site
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Lake floppy shitlib
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
coiffed amber puppy
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
sapphire forum azn
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
coiffed amber puppy
  12/18/25
lol
sapphire forum azn
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
ivory space quadroon
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Sick antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
coiffed amber puppy
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
olive library immigrant
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
wine cuckoldry
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
olive library immigrant
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
wine cuckoldry
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
olive library immigrant
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
wine cuckoldry
  12/21/25
cr
Sick antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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sapphire forum azn
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Deranged bateful dopamine mad cow disease
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
sapphire forum azn
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
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Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Histrionic Home Place Of Business
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Pearl nibblets
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
sapphire forum azn
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Onyx submissive theatre
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Sick antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
...
coiffed amber puppy
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Thriller cruise ship
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
coiffed amber puppy
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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Thriller cruise ship
  12/18/25
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  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
180 school
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
mildly autistic genital piercing
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Onyx submissive theatre

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? looking for something that would be motivating / tools for life genre

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: cocky pungent theater brethren

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: godawful alcoholic casino

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: wonderful pistol



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: mildly autistic genital piercing

"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: mildly autistic genital piercing

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: disturbing razzle-dazzle stage

mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: wine cuckoldry

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: mildly autistic genital piercing

https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&forum_id=2#35633765

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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: Mint Zombie-like Gas Station

or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of his vanities

toughens him up a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Tan Windowlicker

The Illustrated Man

Odyssey

The International Jew

1984

Meditations

The Myth of Sisyphus

Hamlet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519465)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Irate supple theater stage

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Onyx submissive theatre

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: Irate supple theater stage

Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Celestine Prophecy, Lord of the Flies.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Onyx submissive theatre

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: Irate supple theater stage

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone Emerald Site

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Sick antidepressant drug

rocket boys is 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone Emerald Site

Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: Sick antidepressant drug



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Mint Zombie-like Gas Station

weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party scene at my rural West Virginia high school

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Thriller 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: Onyx submissive theatre

he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that’s more his reading level

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Self-absorbed violent legend

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Onyx submissive theatre

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: contagious naked potus

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: Sepia private investor

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: rusted charismatic toaster

JackTales 🤡😳

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone Emerald Site

those are for reading out loud , clown



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Lake floppy shitlib

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: coiffed amber puppy

Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz)

We Were Soldiers Once… And Young (Moore & Galloway)

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Lansing)

The Way of Men (Donovan)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: sapphire forum azn

are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo?

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: coiffed amber puppy

I’m not even sure which author you’re talking about, though I’m 99.99% sure that it’s not Moore or Galloway

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: sapphire forum azn

lol

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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: ivory space quadroon

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: Sick antidepressant drug

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: coiffed amber puppy

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: olive library immigrant

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: wine cuckoldry

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: olive library immigrant

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.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: wine cuckoldry

Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new books to read.

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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: olive library immigrant

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: wine cuckoldry

tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Sick antidepressant drug

cr

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Dead locus french chef

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: sapphire forum azn



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Deranged bateful dopamine mad cow disease

Flowers for Algernon

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: sapphire forum azn

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: massive base mad-dog skullcap

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.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: Histrionic Home Place Of Business

Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Pearl nibblets

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: sapphire forum azn

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Onyx submissive theatre

read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class in hs. book was so so but class was 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Sick antidepressant drug

zorba the greek



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: coiffed amber puppy



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Thriller 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: coiffed amber puppy

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: chrome tanning salon mood

The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorite. You shouldn't look down on librarian recs. This is all they do

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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: Thriller cruise ship



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: ivory space quadroon

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Aromatic beta queen of the night

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: Translucent Bespoke Locale Famous Landscape Painting



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: 180 school

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: mildly autistic genital piercing

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: Dead locus french chef

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: cerise national

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: light stimulating garrison

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