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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: avocado startling nursing home 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=2Elisa#49519424) |
Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM Author: Brass Soul-stirring Antidepressant Drug Ceo 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=2Elisa#49519444) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: Smoky spectacular station https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?
Reasonable price, free shipping. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: well-lubricated turdskin step-uncle's house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519458) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM Author: galvanic cream theatre "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: galvanic cream theatre 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: olive church building mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519459) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM Author: Sinister Razzmatazz Parlor 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: galvanic cream theatre 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=2Elisa#49521571) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM Author: Chartreuse cracking locus telephone 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: obsidian bbw den 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: comical fear-inspiring hell Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519476) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: avocado startling nursing home 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: comical fear-inspiring hell 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=2Elisa#49519513) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: avocado startling nursing home 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: comical fear-inspiring hell 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519559) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM Author: Charismatic dull personal credit line The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: Mildly autistic glassy forum international law enforcement agency rocket boys is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49520282) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM Author: Charismatic dull personal credit line Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49521280) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM Author: Mildly autistic glassy forum international law enforcement agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49521595) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM Author: Chartreuse cracking locus telephone 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=2Elisa#49530601) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM Author: Bearded boyish lodge associate 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: avocado startling nursing home 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=2Elisa#49519767) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: White Mother The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519483) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: avocado startling nursing home 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: talented greedy indian lodge pozpig 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: wild kitchen 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: sooty resort JackTales 🤡😳 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519490) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: Charismatic dull personal credit line those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Sable swollen coffee pot queen of the night 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: azure partner sanctuary 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: buck-toothed casino jewess are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519701) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM Author: azure partner sanctuary 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=2Elisa#49519724) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: buck-toothed casino jewess lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519873) |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM Author: out-of-control pocket flask cumskin 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: Mildly autistic glassy forum international law enforcement agency Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519898) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM Author: azure partner sanctuary 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: fighting sneaky criminal property James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: Sinister Razzmatazz Parlor The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519535) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM Author: fighting sneaky criminal property 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=2Elisa#49519587) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM Author: Sinister Razzmatazz Parlor 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=2Elisa#49519744) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM Author: fighting sneaky criminal property 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: Sinister Razzmatazz Parlor tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49528612) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM Author: Mildly autistic glassy forum international law enforcement agency cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519729) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM Author: Massive Sex Offender Anabasis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519542) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: buck-toothed casino jewess (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519572) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM Author: adventurous lime foreskin Flowers for Algernon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519548) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: buck-toothed casino jewess 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 Slimy Knife Stead 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=2Elisa#49519602) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM Author: bipolar field yarmulke Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519689) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: vivacious talking pit 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: buck-toothed casino jewess > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
lol |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: avocado startling nursing home 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=2Elisa#49519770) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM Author: Mildly autistic glassy forum international law enforcement agency zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: azure partner sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49519736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: Bearded boyish lodge associate 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: azure partner sanctuary 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: startled maniacal parlour 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=2Elisa#49520815) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Bearded boyish lodge associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49521254) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: out-of-control pocket flask cumskin 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=2Elisa#49530736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: Self-absorbed space 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: house-broken citrine national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49520756) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM Author: insane office black woman Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: galvanic cream theatre A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49521578) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM Author: Massive Sex Offender Neon Bible better rec for younger kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49521698) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM Author: Unholy menage abridged edgar allen poe short stories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49521706) |
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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: rusted market https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-unconventional-warfare-complete-book-set? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Elisa#49540099) |