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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: histrionic brunch 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=2Reputation#49519424) |
Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM Author: tripping school pisswyrm 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=2Reputation#49519444) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: Gaped love of her life https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?
Reasonable price, free shipping. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: aphrodisiac hideous national persian (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519458) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM Author: vermilion internal respiration indian lodge "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: vermilion internal respiration indian lodge 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: titillating bearded parlour hunting ground mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519459) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM Author: big sweet tailpipe 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: vermilion internal respiration indian lodge 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=2Reputation#49521571) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM Author: cerebral 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: Scarlet Vivacious Tattoo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519465) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM Author: Red Appetizing Chapel Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519476) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: histrionic brunch 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: Red Appetizing Chapel 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=2Reputation#49519513) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: histrionic brunch 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: Red Appetizing Chapel 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519559) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM Author: adventurous hall The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: judgmental hominid queen of the night rocket boys is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49520282) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM Author: adventurous hall Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521280) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM Author: judgmental hominid queen of the night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521595) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM Author: cerebral 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=2Reputation#49530601) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM Author: Charismatic honey-headed theatre 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: histrionic brunch 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=2Reputation#49519767) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: cheese-eating wild house The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519483) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: histrionic brunch 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: Fishy goal in life codepig 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: alcoholic dilemma 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: green lascivious nowag JackTales 🤡😳 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519490) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: adventurous hall those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: lemon balding hospital 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: Angry french chef idiot 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: magenta spectacular clown lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519701) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM Author: Angry french chef idiot 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=2Reputation#49519724) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: magenta spectacular clown lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519873) |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM Author: fantasy-prone fanboi address 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: judgmental hominid queen of the night Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519898) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM Author: Angry french chef idiot 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: Laughsome Garrison Legal Warrant James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: big sweet tailpipe The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519535) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM Author: Laughsome Garrison Legal Warrant 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=2Reputation#49519587) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM Author: big sweet tailpipe 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=2Reputation#49519744) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM Author: Laughsome Garrison Legal Warrant 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: big sweet tailpipe tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49528612) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM Author: judgmental hominid queen of the night cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519729) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM Author: stirring ruby trump supporter Anabasis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519542) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: magenta spectacular clown lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519572) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM Author: nighttime thriller state pervert Flowers for Algernon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519548) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: magenta spectacular clown lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519568) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM Author: Clear roast beef 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=2Reputation#49519602) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM Author: Sick point Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519689) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: buff soul-stirring senate 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: magenta spectacular clown lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519706) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: histrionic brunch 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=2Reputation#49519770) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM Author: judgmental hominid queen of the night zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: Angry french chef idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: Charismatic honey-headed theatre 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: Angry french chef idiot 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: rose casino associate 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=2Reputation#49520815) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Charismatic honey-headed theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521254) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: fantasy-prone fanboi address 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=2Reputation#49530736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: zombie-like pea-brained puppy step-uncle's house 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: maniacal outnumbered brethren menage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49520756) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM Author: Comical light windowlicker Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: vermilion internal respiration indian lodge A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521578) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM Author: stirring ruby trump supporter Neon Bible better rec for younger kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521698) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM Author: confused ocher gas station abridged edgar allen poe short stories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521706) |
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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: Razzmatazz Volcanic Crater https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-unconventional-warfare-complete-book-set? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49540099) |