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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
provocative partner
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Exhilarant know-it-all den azn
  12/18/25
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grizzly twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Chocolate 180 lettuce
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Chocolate 180 lettuce
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Stirring step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Dashing hilarious area
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Chocolate 180 lettuce
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
bright exciting ticket booth
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Frozen Arousing Dilemma
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Spectacular Twinkling Volcanic Crater Field
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Spectacular Twinkling Volcanic Crater Field
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
180
Spectacular Twinkling Volcanic Crater Field
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
pungent corner corn cake
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
violet alcoholic idiot
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
pungent corner corn cake
  12/18/25
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violet alcoholic idiot
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
bright exciting ticket booth
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
fantasy-prone yarmulke
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Wonderful brunch
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
brindle philosopher-king
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
apoplectic blood rage
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
mind-boggling up-to-no-good mad cow disease hall
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
pungent corner corn cake
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Histrionic box office
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
talented massive boiling water
  12/18/25
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gay bateful new version
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
talented massive boiling water
  12/18/25
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gay bateful new version
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Territorial regret
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
violet alcoholic idiot
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
talented massive boiling water
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
spruce orchestra pit
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Dashing hilarious area
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
spruce orchestra pit
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Dashing hilarious area
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
spruce orchestra pit
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Dashing hilarious area
  12/21/25
cr
violet alcoholic idiot
  12/18/25
Anabasis
salmon demanding rigor kitty
  12/18/25
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gay bateful new version
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
swashbuckling black masturbator
  12/18/25
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gay bateful new version
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
At-the-ready hospital depressive
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Cream stage weed whacker
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
pearly tanning salon idea he suggested
  12/18/25
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gay bateful new version
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
violet alcoholic idiot
  12/18/25
...
talented massive boiling water
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
fantasy-prone yarmulke
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
talented massive boiling water
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
snowy startling international law enforcement agency background story
  12/18/25
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fantasy-prone yarmulke
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Territorial regret
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
emerald athletic conference shrine
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Glittery aquamarine community account
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
lascivious round eye property
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Chocolate 180 lettuce
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
salmon demanding rigor kitty
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
ultramarine beady-eyed church building ceo
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter

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: provocative partner

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: Exhilarant know-it-all den azn

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: grizzly twinkling uncleanness



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Chocolate 180 lettuce

"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: Chocolate 180 lettuce

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: Stirring step-uncle's house

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: Dashing hilarious area

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: Chocolate 180 lettuce

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: bright exciting ticket booth

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: Frozen Arousing Dilemma

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: Spectacular Twinkling Volcanic Crater Field

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: Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter

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: Spectacular Twinkling Volcanic Crater Field

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: Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter

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: Spectacular Twinkling Volcanic Crater Field

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: pungent corner corn cake

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: violet alcoholic idiot

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: pungent corner corn cake

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: violet alcoholic idiot



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: bright exciting ticket booth

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: fantasy-prone yarmulke

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: Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter

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: Wonderful brunch

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: Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter

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: brindle philosopher-king

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: apoplectic blood rage

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: mind-boggling up-to-no-good mad cow disease hall

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: pungent corner corn cake

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: Histrionic box office

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: talented massive boiling water

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: gay bateful new version



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: talented massive boiling water

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: gay bateful new version



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Territorial regret

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: violet alcoholic idiot

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: talented massive boiling water

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: spruce orchestra pit

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: Dashing hilarious area

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: spruce orchestra pit

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: Dashing hilarious area

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: spruce orchestra pit

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: Dashing hilarious area

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: violet alcoholic idiot

cr

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: salmon demanding rigor kitty

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: gay bateful new version



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: swashbuckling black masturbator

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: gay bateful new version



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: At-the-ready hospital depressive

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: Cream stage weed whacker

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: pearly tanning salon idea he suggested

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: gay bateful new version



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Diverse sable psychic faggot firefighter

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: violet alcoholic idiot

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: talented massive boiling water



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: fantasy-prone yarmulke

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: talented massive boiling water

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: snowy startling international law enforcement agency background story

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: fantasy-prone yarmulke



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Territorial regret

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: emerald athletic conference shrine

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: Glittery aquamarine community account



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: lascivious round eye property

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: Chocolate 180 lettuce

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: salmon demanding rigor kitty

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: ultramarine beady-eyed church building ceo

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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