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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Shaky Black Gay Wizard
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Peach locale ladyboy
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
shivering dashing halford candlestick maker
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saffron coffee pot
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Swashbuckling Half-breed Hall
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
exciting pit deer antler
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Tripping trump supporter stag film
  12/19/25
...
Puce dog poop queen of the night
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
avocado hunting ground
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Shaky Black Gay Wizard
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
avocado hunting ground
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Shaky Black Gay Wizard
  12/18/25
180
avocado hunting ground
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
White Gaped Garrison
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Glittery Bronze Laser Beams
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
White Gaped Garrison
  12/18/25
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Glittery Bronze Laser Beams
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Tripping trump supporter stag film
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Spectacular pistol den
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Shaky Black Gay Wizard
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Razzle-dazzle crotch boistinker
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Shaky Black Gay Wizard
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
thriller coiffed hell
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Hyperactive azure tanning salon
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
soul-stirring crimson temple cuckold
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
White Gaped Garrison
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
excitant friendly grandma
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
mahogany wonderful becky
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Sexy mustard box office
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
mahogany wonderful becky
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Sexy mustard box office
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
hairraiser mental disorder dragon
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Glittery Bronze Laser Beams
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
mahogany wonderful becky
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
idiotic immigrant
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
exciting pit deer antler
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
idiotic immigrant
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
exciting pit deer antler
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
idiotic immigrant
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
exciting pit deer antler
  12/21/25
cr
Glittery Bronze Laser Beams
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Slimy greedy jap yarmulke
  12/18/25
...
Sexy mustard box office
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Outnumbered Ratface School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
...
Sexy mustard box office
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Pearl Cuckoldry
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Vibrant theatre
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
dull magical hospital
  12/18/25
...
Sexy mustard box office
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Shaky Black Gay Wizard
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Glittery Bronze Laser Beams
  12/18/25
...
mahogany wonderful becky
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Spectacular pistol den
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
mahogany wonderful becky
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Curious Public Bath Legend
  12/18/25
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Spectacular pistol den
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
hairraiser mental disorder dragon
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
self-centered institution
  12/18/25
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Racy market coldplay fan
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Out-of-control meetinghouse prole
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Slimy greedy jap yarmulke
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
grizzly brethren
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Mint blood rage black woman
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Shaky Black Gay Wizard

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: Peach locale ladyboy

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: shivering dashing halford candlestick maker

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: saffron coffee pot



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe

"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: insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe

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: Swashbuckling Half-breed Hall

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: exciting pit deer antler

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: insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe

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: Tripping trump supporter stag film

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: Puce dog poop queen of the night



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: avocado hunting ground

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Shaky Black Gay Wizard

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: avocado hunting ground

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: Shaky Black Gay Wizard

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: avocado hunting ground

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: White Gaped Garrison

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Glittery Bronze Laser Beams

rocket boys is 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: White Gaped Garrison

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

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: Glittery Bronze Laser Beams



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Tripping trump supporter stag film

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: Spectacular pistol den

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: Shaky Black Gay Wizard

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: Razzle-dazzle crotch boistinker

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Shaky Black Gay Wizard

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: thriller coiffed hell

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 azure tanning salon

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: soul-stirring crimson temple cuckold

JackTales 🤡😳

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: White Gaped Garrison

those are for reading out loud , clown



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: excitant friendly grandma

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: mahogany wonderful becky

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: Sexy mustard box office



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: mahogany wonderful becky

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: Sexy mustard box office



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: hairraiser mental disorder dragon

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: Glittery Bronze Laser Beams

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: mahogany wonderful becky

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: idiotic 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: exciting pit deer antler

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: idiotic 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: exciting pit deer antler

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: idiotic 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: exciting pit deer antler

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Glittery Bronze Laser Beams

cr

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Slimy greedy jap yarmulke

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Sexy mustard box office



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Outnumbered Ratface School Cafeteria

Flowers for Algernon

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Sexy mustard box office



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Pearl Cuckoldry

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: Vibrant theatre

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: dull magical hospital

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: Sexy mustard box office



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Shaky Black Gay Wizard

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: Glittery Bronze Laser Beams

zorba the greek



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: mahogany wonderful becky



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Spectacular pistol den

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: mahogany wonderful becky

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: Curious Public Bath Legend

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: Spectacular pistol den



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: hairraiser mental disorder dragon

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: self-centered institution

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: Racy market coldplay fan



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Out-of-control meetinghouse prole

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: insecure bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: Slimy greedy jap yarmulke

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: grizzly brethren

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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