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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: Spectacular Kitty 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) |
Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM Author: Apoplectic Comical Forum 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: Exciting frum orchestra pit https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?
Reasonable price, free shipping. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: Effete temple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49519458) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM Author: Avocado Weed Whacker "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: Avocado Weed Whacker 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: cracking judgmental corner 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: Red lettuce 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: Avocado Weed Whacker 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=2]#49521571) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM Author: Henna mischievous halford rehab 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: Beady-eyed mother 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: Coiffed Zombie-like Fat Ankles 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: Spectacular Kitty 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: Coiffed Zombie-like Fat Ankles 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: Spectacular Kitty 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: Coiffed Zombie-like Fat Ankles 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49519559) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM Author: 180 at-the-ready set The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: Sepia stirring mexican rocket boys is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49520282) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM Author: 180 at-the-ready set Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49521280) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM Author: Sepia stirring mexican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49521595) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM Author: Henna mischievous halford rehab 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=2]#49530601) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM Author: Very tactful ticket booth therapy 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: Spectacular Kitty 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: unhinged underhanded idea he suggested 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: Spectacular Kitty 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: wild international law enforcement agency whorehouse 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: violent rusted circlehead 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: laughsome metal internal respiration JackTales 🤡😳 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49519490) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: 180 at-the-ready set those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Snowy famous landscape painting 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: Amber hospital legend 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: Cowardly dark national 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: Amber hospital legend 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 3:41 PM Author: Cowardly dark national lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49519873) |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM Author: aquamarine talking gaming laptop 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: Sepia stirring mexican Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49519898) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM Author: Amber hospital legend 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: Saffron jap foreskin James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: Red lettuce 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: Saffron jap foreskin 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: Red lettuce 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 19th, 2025 10:06 AM Author: Saffron jap foreskin 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: Red lettuce tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49528612) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM Author: Sepia stirring mexican 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: Maniacal lake address 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: Cowardly dark national (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: boyish school cafeteria mad cow disease 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: Cowardly dark national The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM Author: supple indian lodge 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: electric spot french chef 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: Rebellious becky 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: Cowardly dark national > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
lol |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: Spectacular Kitty 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: Sepia stirring mexican zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: Amber hospital legend (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: Very tactful ticket booth therapy 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: Amber hospital legend 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: Lime floppy codepig 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=2]#49520815) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Very tactful ticket booth therapy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49521254) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: aquamarine talking gaming laptop 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=2]#49530736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: wonderful khaki plaza 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: Concupiscible cyan roommate trailer park (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49520756) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM Author: onyx bateful legal warrant church building Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: Avocado Weed Whacker A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49521578) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM Author: Maniacal lake address Neon Bible better rec for younger kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49521698) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM Author: Citrine swashbuckling location abridged edgar allen poe short stories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49521706) |
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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: walnut fanboi https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-unconventional-warfare-complete-book-set? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2]#49540099) |