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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: walnut kitchen 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: brass range 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: Flesh Corn Cake 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: Concupiscible chocolate public bath (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: Pearly vivacious national fat ankles "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: Pearly vivacious national fat ankles 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: stubborn comical jewess senate 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: Costumed translucent scourge upon the earth 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: Pearly vivacious national fat ankles 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: galvanic bossy principal's office 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: Razzmatazz mediation (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: bat shit crazy foreskin 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: walnut kitchen 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: bat shit crazy foreskin 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: walnut kitchen 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: bat shit crazy foreskin 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: Supple resort The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: Snowy diverse locale 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: Supple resort 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: Snowy diverse locale (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: galvanic bossy principal's office 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: Zombie-like curious stead boiling water 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: walnut kitchen 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: clear selfie new version 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: walnut kitchen 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: Avocado church building chad 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: aromatic topaz people who are hurt 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 appetizing mood stage 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: Supple resort those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Wonderful Site National Security Agency 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: Deep turquoise ape chapel 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: Big-titted Degenerate (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: Deep turquoise ape chapel 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: Big-titted Degenerate (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: Red spectacular parlour lettuce 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: Snowy diverse locale 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: Deep turquoise ape chapel 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: shaky trailer park James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: Costumed translucent scourge upon the earth 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: shaky trailer park 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: Costumed translucent scourge upon the earth 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: shaky trailer park 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: Costumed translucent scourge upon the earth 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: Snowy diverse locale 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: dun sandwich shitlib 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: Big-titted Degenerate (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: Floppy wrinkle 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: Big-titted Degenerate (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: Tripping orchestra pit 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. (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: Spruce hairraiser stage stain 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: yellow feces set 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: Big-titted Degenerate (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: walnut kitchen 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: Snowy diverse locale zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: Deep turquoise ape chapel (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: Zombie-like curious stead boiling water 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: Deep turquoise ape chapel 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: navy know-it-all affirmative action 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: Zombie-like curious stead boiling water (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: Red spectacular parlour lettuce 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: Bright beady-eyed incel 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: mint trip pit (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: blathering tank forum Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: Pearly vivacious national fat ankles 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: dun sandwich shitlib 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: bateful frum locus cumskin 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: up-to-no-good black woman 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) |