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Smoky ape
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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Dun Psychic
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Dun Psychic
  12/19/25
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...
jet thriller box office persian
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Ungodly abode people who are hurt
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Bistre pit
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
up-to-no-good coffee pot school cafeteria
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Smoky ape
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
up-to-no-good coffee pot school cafeteria
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
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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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Topaz trump supporter
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Smoky ape
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The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
drab odious stage
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ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Smoky ape
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
floppy chapel
  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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James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
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  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
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  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
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  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
jet thriller box office persian
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Ultramarine vengeful incel
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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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read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Smoky ape

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: 180 amber wagecucks property

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: peach concupiscible church international law enforcement agency

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: comical resort headpube



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Dun Psychic

"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: Dun Psychic

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: obsidian crackhouse turdskin

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: jet thriller box office persian

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: Dun Psychic

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: Ungodly abode people who are hurt

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: Bistre pit

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: up-to-no-good coffee pot school cafeteria

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Smoky ape

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: up-to-no-good coffee pot school cafeteria

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: Smoky ape

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: up-to-no-good coffee pot school cafeteria

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: French citrine multi-billionaire

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: stimulating fat ankles

rocket boys is 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: French citrine multi-billionaire

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

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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: stimulating fat ankles



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Ungodly abode people who are hurt

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: Topaz trump supporter

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: Smoky ape

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: drab odious stage

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Smoky ape

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: floppy chapel

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: Cerise Mad-dog Skullcap Library

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: exciting slap-happy church building

JackTales 🤡😳

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: French citrine multi-billionaire

those are for reading out loud , clown



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Offensive Buck-toothed Fanboi Dilemma

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: aromatic area tattoo

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: appetizing messiness



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: aromatic area tattoo

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: appetizing messiness



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Big dead personal credit line institution

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: stimulating fat ankles

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: aromatic area tattoo

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: Ultramarine vengeful incel

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: jet thriller box office persian

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: Ultramarine vengeful incel

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: jet thriller box office persian

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: Ultramarine vengeful incel

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: jet thriller box office persian

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: stimulating fat ankles

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: hyperactive wonderful house therapy

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: appetizing messiness



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Heady kitchen macaca

Flowers for Algernon

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: appetizing messiness



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Alcoholic titillating marketing idea legend

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 Apoplectic Locale

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: violet dog poop candlestick maker

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: appetizing messiness



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Smoky ape

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: stimulating fat ankles

zorba the greek



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: aromatic area tattoo



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Topaz trump supporter

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: aromatic area tattoo

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: Cruel-hearted costumed bbw twinkling uncleanness

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: Topaz trump supporter



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Big dead personal credit line institution

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: dull medicated quadroon

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: Navy Den Potus



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: shimmering shaky prole new version

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Dun Psychic

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: hyperactive wonderful house therapy

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: rose mad cow disease address

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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