What are some books you wish you had read as a boy?

>>24548319 (OP)
>What are some books you wish you had read as a boy?
Cities of the Red Night
120 Days
Journey to the West (19th century Translation)
Hegel
Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy
Idres Shah's Mullah Nasrudin
Genesis -> Nehemiah ; Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Thomas
Whole Earth Catalog
Blue Book
Gateless Gate
a.s.m FAQ
Kibology
Mondo 2K
Shakespeare: Romans, Histories, Tragedies, most of the Comedies and Problems (the tranvestism became "samey" after a while).

Oh wait I did read those.

Hesiod - Works and days

>>24548319 (OP)
None. Boyhood should be spent playing, not hunched over a desk reading books. Thankfully I spent my boyhood playing, sleeping in fields, getting into fights, fishing, hunting with my grandfather, and playing sports. Books are for when you become a teenager. Sorry, I started to reminisce.

>>24548659
i liked this post and the pic :)

>>24548319 (OP)
I wish I had spent 15,000 hours studying Latin as a boy.

Bottom's Dream

Honestly I found books quite borning when I was a kid. I got into reading at 13-14.

>>24549434
Yeah you should have been reading kids books many years before you started reading

Anything heroic. Anything written by HW Tilman. South by Shackleton. This Accursed Land by Mawson.
Anything that shows a boy that the human drive for adventure and survival are the lifeblood of existence.

>>24548659
What kind of "gaming", may I ask?

Related: is the "suburban hell" meme true? Can you still play outside in one of those hot desert Vegas suburbs?

>>24549462
I read some children's books but I never really enjoyed it that much. Then I discovered Dosto and Nietzsch.

>>24548319 (OP)

>>24548319 (OP)
Brothers Karamazov. I waited way too long to read Dostoyevsky just because I was intimidated by the size of the books.

>>24549429
>I wish I had spent 15,000 hours studying Latin as a boy.
You would get more from 5000 hours Latin
5000 hours Athenian Greek and
5000 hours Sanskrit.

>>24550751
>intimidated by the size of the books.
Intimidated by the size of C&P

>>24548659
your teenager years were pretty rough, i gather?

>>24551175
>your teenager years were pretty rough, i gather?
Was he forced to read Hegel? No. No he wasn't.

>>24551172
I wish I had studied Pali earlier

>>24551175
My teenage years were the exact opposite of my boyhood years: Inside, alone, reading books all day. I don't regret those years though, they helped me find myself. But even I get to thinking at times on those memories as a boy, and I get lost in them and the pure joy and beauty the world showed me. Thank you for reading my ramblings.

>>24548659
I completely agree. Maybe picrel though for lonely times.

>>24549470
>Quotes “gaming”
>”Gaming” not mentioned once in the post
Go back to /v/ you illiterate monkey

>>24549429
>>24551172
be careful what you wish for