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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
So we looked at the data
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband
  12/18/25
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Nippon Professional Baseball
  12/18/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
TURD SANDWICH
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Yummy Phase Pol Pot
  12/18/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
i gave my cousin head
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
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  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
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  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
180
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  12/18/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Nazca Redlines
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Judas Jones
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
wait till biggus dickus hears of this
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
nude idiot
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
golden retriever
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
bigeastboy
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Yummy Phase Pol Pot
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
bigeastboy
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Yummy Phase Pol Pot
  12/18/25
cr
merry screenmas
  12/18/25
Anabasis
the cathedral of light
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nude jahangir
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
rob reindeer
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
barnabyjones
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
lfo
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Mr Right
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
merry screenmas
  12/18/25
...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Nazca Redlines
  12/18/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2],#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: So we looked at the data

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=2],#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois)

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519452)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: TURD SANDWICH ( )

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519459)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot

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 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: i gave my cousin head

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: .,..,..,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,


Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519476)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer reading assignments



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: .,..,..,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,


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=2],#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: .,..,..,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,


180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519559)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2],#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Judas Jones

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519483)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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: wait till biggus dickus hears of this

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: nude idiot

seconding count of monte cristo

three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: golden retriever

JackTales 🤡😳

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519490)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..


The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Pink-Hair-Perez-Hilton/dp/0451234200

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

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: nude jahangir

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519701)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

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=2],#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: bigeastboy

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519535)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: bigeastboy

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=2],#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot

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=2],#49519744)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: merry screenmas

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519729)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: the cathedral of light

Anabasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519542)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: nude jahangir



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519572)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: rob reindeer

Flowers for Algernon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519548)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: nude jahangir

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519568)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: barnabyjones

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=2],#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: lfo

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519689)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Mr Right

Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Dune

anything recent by Lawrence Millman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: nude jahangir

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519706)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2],#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: merry screenmas

zorba the greek



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519710)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2],#49519751)