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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
pale frozen coffee pot
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
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A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
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  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
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  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Exhilarant sandwich headpube
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
pale frozen coffee pot
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Exhilarant sandwich headpube
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
pale frozen coffee pot
  12/18/25
180
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rocket boys is 180
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Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
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  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Infuriating Stag Film
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
pale frozen coffee pot
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
White free-loading whorehouse selfie
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ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
pale frozen coffee pot
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
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  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
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those are for reading out loud , clown
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Turquoise nursing home
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No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
dull curious tanning salon
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
sick boltzmann
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
pontificating toaster hairy legs
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
sick boltzmann
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
pontificating toaster hairy legs
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
sick boltzmann
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
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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 ...
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read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
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zorba the greek
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dull curious tanning salon
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Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Infuriating Stag Film
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
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The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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Infuriating Stag Film
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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...
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  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
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  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: pale frozen coffee pot

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: territorial exciting box office keepsake machete

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: laughsome lemon temple

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Reasonable price, free shipping.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Wonderful internal respiration step-uncle's house



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Impressive brethren

"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: Impressive brethren

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: Multi-colored center antidepressant drug

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: pontificating toaster hairy legs

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: Impressive brethren

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: Shimmering kitchen persian

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: spectacular therapy area



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Exhilarant sandwich headpube

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: pale frozen coffee pot

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: Exhilarant sandwich headpube

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: pale frozen coffee pot

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: Exhilarant sandwich headpube

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Dashing Flirting Rigor Brunch

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Turquoise nursing home

rocket boys is 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Dashing Flirting Rigor Brunch

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

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: Turquoise nursing home



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Shimmering kitchen persian

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: Infuriating Stag Film

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: pale frozen coffee pot

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: White free-loading whorehouse selfie

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: pale frozen coffee pot

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: sinister low-t national security agency forum

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: hyperactive rusted indirect expression

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: Bateful cerise fortuitous meteor philosopher-king

JackTales 🤡😳

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Dashing Flirting Rigor Brunch

those are for reading out loud , clown



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: angry multi-billionaire

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: dull curious tanning salon

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: saffron casino puppy



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: dull curious tanning salon

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: saffron casino puppy



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: glassy excitant black woman

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: Turquoise nursing home

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: dull curious tanning salon

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: sick boltzmann

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: pontificating toaster hairy legs

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: sick boltzmann

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: pontificating toaster hairy legs

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: sick boltzmann

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: pontificating toaster hairy legs

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Turquoise nursing home

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Stimulating Rambunctious Point Sex Offender

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: saffron casino puppy



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Godawful sticky senate private investor

Flowers for Algernon

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Nofapping space

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: irradiated national

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: alcoholic yellow shrine round eye

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: saffron casino puppy



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: pale frozen coffee pot

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: Turquoise nursing home

zorba the greek



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: dull curious tanning salon



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Infuriating Stag Film

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: dull curious tanning salon

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: Submissive parlour

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: Infuriating Stag Film



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: glassy excitant black woman

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: titillating office milk

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: maroon painfully honest abode ratface



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: odious house giraffe

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Impressive brethren

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: Stimulating Rambunctious Point Sex Offender

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: opaque field

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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