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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: buck-toothed community account feces 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519424) |
Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM Author: Galvanic National Puppy 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519444) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: Cobalt kitchen https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?
Reasonable price, free shipping. |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM Author: Frum foreskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519458) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM Author: angry hominid "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: angry hominid 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: Lavender step-uncle's house boltzmann mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519459) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM Author: Arousing gold friendly grandma 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: angry hominid 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521571) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM Author: Charismatic trust fund 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: passionate unholy wrinkle dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519465) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM Author: soul-stirring shrine queen of the night Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519476) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: buck-toothed community account feces 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: soul-stirring shrine queen of the night 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519513) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: buck-toothed community account feces 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: soul-stirring shrine queen of the night 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519559) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM Author: zippy sanctuary The eyes and the impossible
sourdough
heart of samurai
artemis
rocket boys |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: Buff field rocket boys is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49520282) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM Author: zippy sanctuary Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521280) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM Author: Buff field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521595) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM Author: Charismatic trust fund 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49530601) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM Author: onyx beady-eyed sound barrier 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: buck-toothed community account feces 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519767) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: Dashing hairless church building The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519483) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: buck-toothed community account feces 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: topaz contagious people who are hurt 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: Mustard diverse fanboi 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: boyish ruddy elastic band JackTales 🤡😳 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519490) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: zippy sanctuary those are for reading out loud , clown
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM Author: navy greedy orchestra pit 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: vigorous lime affirmative action gaming laptop 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: ebony scourge upon the earth bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519701) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM Author: vigorous lime affirmative action gaming laptop 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519724) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: ebony scourge upon the earth bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519873) |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM Author: Transparent appetizing tattoo 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: Buff field Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519898) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM Author: vigorous lime affirmative action gaming laptop 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: Ivory Office James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: Arousing gold friendly grandma The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519535) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM Author: Ivory Office 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519587) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM Author: Arousing gold friendly grandma 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519744) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM Author: Ivory Office 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: Arousing gold friendly grandma tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49528612) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM Author: Buff field cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519729) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM Author: odious sandwich location Anabasis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519542) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: ebony scourge upon the earth bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519572) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM Author: adventurous brilliant pistol Flowers for Algernon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519548) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: ebony scourge upon the earth bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519568) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM Author: Henna bbw 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519602) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM Author: Bespoke brunch round eye 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519689) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: razzle-dazzle pearly senate 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: ebony scourge upon the earth bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519706) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: buck-toothed community account feces 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519770) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM Author: Buff field zorba the greek
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: vigorous lime affirmative action gaming laptop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49519736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: onyx beady-eyed sound barrier 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: vigorous lime affirmative action gaming laptop 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: Self-centered rehab 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49520815) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: onyx beady-eyed sound barrier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521254) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: Transparent appetizing tattoo 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49530736) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: Jet-lagged site volcanic crater 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: disturbing hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49520756) |
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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM Author: Laughsome charcoal prole cruise ship Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods End Rama
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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM Author: angry hominid A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521578) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM Author: odious sandwich location Neon Bible better rec for younger kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521698) |
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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM Author: Aromatic clear church crotch abridged edgar allen poe short stories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49521706) |
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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM Author: supple blathering sex offender 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\u0026mark_id=5310796#49540099) |