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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Ungodly Heaven
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
bisexual aquamarine boistinker
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Ebony Boyish Police Squad
  12/18/25
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pearly exhilarant hominid organic girlfriend
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
swashbuckling house
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
swashbuckling house
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Vibrant associate antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
cerebral crackhouse
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
swashbuckling house
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Mahogany Soul-stirring Sandwich Famous Landscape Painting
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
sexy concupiscible theatre
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Unholy dark hairy legs mexican
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Ungodly Heaven
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Unholy dark hairy legs mexican
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Ungodly Heaven
  12/18/25
180
Unholy dark hairy legs mexican
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Claret Senate
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Milky institution
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Claret Senate
  12/18/25
...
Milky institution
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Mahogany Soul-stirring Sandwich Famous Landscape Painting
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
translucent frisky indian lodge
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Ungodly Heaven
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
avocado effete sweet tailpipe gunner
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Ungodly Heaven
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Silver pozpig
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
At-the-ready Market Kitty
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Charcoal Beady-eyed Corner Keepsake Machete
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Claret Senate
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
violet motley people who are hurt
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
big stead halford
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Bronze hall
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
big stead halford
  12/18/25
lol
Bronze hall
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
rusted property
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Milky institution
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
big stead halford
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
chrome titillating blood rage
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
cerebral crackhouse
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
chrome titillating blood rage
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
cerebral crackhouse
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
chrome titillating blood rage
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
cerebral crackhouse
  12/21/25
cr
Milky institution
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Bateful native
  12/18/25
...
Bronze hall
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Dead orchestra pit laser beams
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Bronze hall
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
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  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Henna arrogant boltzmann pervert
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
clear love of her life
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Bronze hall
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Ungodly Heaven
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Milky institution
  12/18/25
...
big stead halford
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
translucent frisky indian lodge
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
big stead halford
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
topaz codepig round eye
  12/18/25
...
translucent frisky indian lodge
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
rusted property
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
aqua comical son of senegal library
  12/18/25
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Cracking painfully honest newt office
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Razzle-dazzle therapy
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
swashbuckling house
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Bateful native
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Ungodly Heaven

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)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: bisexual aquamarine boistinker

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: Ebony Boyish Police Squad

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?

Reasonable price, free shipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519452)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: pearly exhilarant hominid organic girlfriend



(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: swashbuckling house

"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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: swashbuckling house

this is now forever in my search history

I want you dead, Malk Poo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Vibrant associate antidepressant drug

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: cerebral crackhouse

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: swashbuckling house

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: Mahogany Soul-stirring Sandwich Famous Landscape Painting

or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of his vanities

toughens him up a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: sexy concupiscible theatre

The Illustrated Man

Odyssey

The International Jew

1984

Meditations

The Myth of Sisyphus

Hamlet

(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: Unholy dark hairy legs mexican

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: Ungodly Heaven

i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer reading assignments



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Unholy dark hairy legs mexican

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: Ungodly Heaven

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Unholy dark hairy legs mexican

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: Claret Senate

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519953)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Milky institution

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: Claret Senate

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: Milky institution



(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: Mahogany Soul-stirring Sandwich Famous Landscape Painting

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: translucent frisky indian lodge

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Ungodly Heaven

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: avocado effete sweet tailpipe gunner

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: Ungodly Heaven

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: Silver 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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: At-the-ready Market Kitty

seconding count of monte cristo

three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Charcoal Beady-eyed Corner Keepsake Machete

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: Claret Senate

those are for reading out loud , clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519956)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: violet motley people who are hurt

The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Pink-Hair-Perez-Hilton/dp/0451234200

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: big stead halford

Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz)

We Were Soldiers Once… And Young (Moore & Galloway)

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Lansing)

The Way of Men (Donovan)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Bronze hall

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: big stead halford

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: Bronze hall

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: rusted property

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Milky institution

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: big stead halford

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: chrome titillating blood rage

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: cerebral crackhouse

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: chrome titillating blood rage

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: cerebral crackhouse

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: chrome titillating blood rage

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: cerebral crackhouse

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: Milky institution

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: Bateful native

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: Bronze hall



(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: Dead orchestra pit laser beams

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: Bronze hall

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

(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: amethyst church building place of business

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: Henna arrogant boltzmann pervert

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: clear love of her life

Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Dune

anything recent by Lawrence Millman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Bronze hall

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

(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: Ungodly Heaven

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: Milky institution

zorba the greek



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519710)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: big stead halford



(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: translucent frisky indian lodge

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: big stead halford

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: topaz codepig round eye

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: translucent frisky indian lodge



(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: rusted property

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: aqua comical son of senegal library

Watership Down

A Day No Pigs Would Die

2nd Where the Red Fern Grows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Cracking painfully honest newt office



(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: Razzle-dazzle therapy

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2"#49520778)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: swashbuckling house

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: Bateful native

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: Purple area voyeur

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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