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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Plum property
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Awkward yapping laser beams point
  12/18/25
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
red pontificating hall legend
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
red pontificating hall legend
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
salmon ticket booth candlestick maker
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
red pontificating hall legend
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
pea-brained senate gaping
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
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  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Saffron jew
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Plum property
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Saffron jew
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Plum property
  12/18/25
180
Saffron jew
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
insane corner
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
primrose patrolman circlehead
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
insane corner
  12/18/25
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primrose patrolman circlehead
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
pea-brained senate gaping
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Soul-stirring half-breed
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Plum property
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Disrespectful volcanic crater
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Plum property
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Excitant cerise church building
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Greedy purple shrine
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Wine parlor
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
insane corner
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Startling twisted meetinghouse
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
bistre old irish cottage set
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Glassy stag film
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
bistre old irish cottage set
  12/18/25
lol
Glassy stag film
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
disgusting geriatric coffee pot
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
primrose patrolman circlehead
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
bistre old irish cottage set
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Nudist Theater Deer Antler
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Nudist Theater Deer Antler
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Nudist Theater Deer Antler
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire
  12/21/25
cr
primrose patrolman circlehead
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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Glassy stag film
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Flowers for Algernon
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The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Glassy stag film
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
pale out-of-control hissy fit
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
at-the-ready emerald voyeur pervert
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Boyish translucent place of business
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Glassy stag film
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Plum property
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
primrose patrolman circlehead
  12/18/25
...
bistre old irish cottage set
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Soul-stirring half-breed
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
bistre old irish cottage set
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
shaky mental disorder
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Soul-stirring half-breed
  12/18/25
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disgusting geriatric coffee pot
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A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
red pontificating hall legend
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Plum property

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: Awkward yapping laser beams point

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: idiotic tattoo

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: Haunting 180 hairy legs whorehouse



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: red pontificating hall legend

"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: red pontificating hall legend

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: salmon ticket booth candlestick maker

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: Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire

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: red pontificating hall legend

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: pea-brained senate gaping

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: charcoal razzmatazz resort fortuitous meteor

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: Saffron jew

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: Plum property

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: Saffron jew

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: Plum property

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: Saffron jew

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: insane corner

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: primrose patrolman circlehead

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: insane corner

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: primrose patrolman circlehead



(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: pea-brained senate gaping

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: Soul-stirring half-breed

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: Plum property

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: Disrespectful volcanic crater

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: Plum property

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: Excitant cerise church building

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: Greedy purple shrine

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: Wine parlor

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: insane corner

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: Startling twisted meetinghouse

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: bistre old irish cottage set

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: Glassy stag film

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: bistre old irish cottage set

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: Glassy stag film

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: disgusting geriatric coffee pot

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: primrose patrolman circlehead

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: bistre old irish cottage set

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: Nudist Theater Deer Antler

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: Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire

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: Nudist Theater Deer Antler

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: Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire

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: Nudist Theater Deer Antler

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: Aromatic Public Bath Multi-billionaire

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: primrose patrolman circlehead

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: sickened hideous doctorate casino

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: Glassy stag film



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: topaz school kitty cat

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: Glassy stag film

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: pale out-of-control hissy fit

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: at-the-ready emerald voyeur 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: Boyish translucent place of business

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: Glassy stag film

> 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: Plum property

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: primrose patrolman circlehead

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: bistre old irish cottage set



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Soul-stirring half-breed

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: bistre old irish cottage set

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: shaky mental disorder

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: Soul-stirring half-breed



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: disgusting geriatric coffee pot

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: outnumbered orchestra pit

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: sadistic fantasy-prone marketing idea scourge upon the earth



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: dun stage roast beef

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: red pontificating hall legend

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
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