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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Electric Kitty Headpube
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Ivory stain church building
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mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Chestnut Mental Disorder Pit
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Wonderful candlestick maker
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Ivory stain church building
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or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
coral disrespectful police squad resort
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Vengeful Chapel Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
beady-eyed salmon hall indirect expression
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Electric Kitty Headpube
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
beady-eyed salmon hall indirect expression
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Electric Kitty Headpube
  12/18/25
180
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The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Contagious State Corn Cake
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rocket boys is 180
territorial lay
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Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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territorial lay
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weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
coral disrespectful police squad resort
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CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Curious scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Electric Kitty Headpube
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Emerald associate point
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Electric Kitty Headpube
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
violent provocative native immigrant
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Razzle-dazzle demanding ticket booth party of the first part
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those are for reading out loud , clown
Contagious State Corn Cake
  12/18/25
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
appetizing jewess
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
territorial lay
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
cobalt soggy wagecucks
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Cracking Messiness Puppy
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Wonderful candlestick maker
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Cracking Messiness Puppy
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Wonderful candlestick maker
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Cracking Messiness Puppy
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Wonderful candlestick maker
  12/21/25
cr
territorial lay
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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Flowers for Algernon
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a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Impertinent mentally impaired boistinker generalized bond
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
pale dopamine
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Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
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Primrose vigorous field personal credit line
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read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Electric Kitty Headpube
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
territorial lay
  12/18/25
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cobalt soggy wagecucks
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Curious scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
cobalt soggy wagecucks
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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Curious scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
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  12/22/25
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A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Ivory stain church building
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Electric Kitty Headpube

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: fragrant avocado halford really tough guy

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: Nudist Frisky Gunner Psychic

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: diverse crystalline double fault



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Ivory stain church building

"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: Ivory stain church building

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: Chestnut Mental Disorder Pit

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: Wonderful candlestick maker

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: Ivory stain church building

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: coral disrespectful police squad resort

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: Vengeful Chapel Philosopher-king

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: beady-eyed salmon hall indirect expression

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: Electric Kitty Headpube

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: beady-eyed salmon hall indirect expression

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: Electric Kitty Headpube

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: beady-eyed salmon hall indirect expression

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: Contagious State 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: territorial lay

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: Contagious State 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: territorial lay



(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: coral disrespectful police squad resort

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: Curious scourge upon the earth

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: Electric Kitty Headpube

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: Emerald associate point

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: Electric Kitty Headpube

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: violent provocative native immigrant

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: Razzle-dazzle demanding ticket booth party of the first part

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: apoplectic motley genital piercing hell

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: Contagious State 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: Peach macaca

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: cobalt soggy wagecucks

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: Primrose vigorous field personal credit line



(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: cobalt soggy wagecucks

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: Primrose vigorous field personal credit line



(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: appetizing jewess

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: territorial lay

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: cobalt soggy wagecucks

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: Cracking Messiness Puppy

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: Wonderful candlestick maker

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: Cracking Messiness Puppy

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: Wonderful candlestick maker

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: Cracking Messiness Puppy

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: Wonderful candlestick maker

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: territorial lay

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: thriller sapphire rigor

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: Primrose vigorous field personal credit line



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: khaki home azn

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: Primrose vigorous field personal credit line



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Impertinent mentally impaired boistinker generalized bond

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: pale dopamine

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: Flushed titillating people who are hurt stead

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: Primrose vigorous field personal credit line



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Electric Kitty Headpube

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: territorial lay

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: cobalt soggy wagecucks



(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: Curious scourge upon the earth

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: cobalt soggy wagecucks

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: floppy violet station

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: Curious scourge upon the earth



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: appetizing jewess

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: Poppy Rigpig Water Buffalo

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: rose dog poop sound barrier



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: citrine location

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: Ivory stain church building

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: thriller sapphire rigor

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: jade boyish public bath

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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