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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
iridescent flirting prole
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Hairraiser Property Mood
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
henna bateful temple athletic conference
  12/18/25
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excitant slippery reading party haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
sickened exciting candlestick maker
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
sickened exciting candlestick maker
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
nubile fiercely-loyal space
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Passionate Newt
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
sickened exciting candlestick maker
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
motley son of senegal really tough guy
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
laughsome lemon home idiot
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Adventurous Filthy School
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
iridescent flirting prole
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Adventurous Filthy School
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
iridescent flirting prole
  12/18/25
180
Adventurous Filthy School
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
flushed institution
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Bisexual provocative toaster
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
flushed institution
  12/18/25
...
Bisexual provocative toaster
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
motley son of senegal really tough guy
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
wonderful forum chad
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
iridescent flirting prole
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Godawful cuckoldry chapel
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
iridescent flirting prole
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
charismatic bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Magical selfie
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Histrionic greedy university
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
flushed institution
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Mind-boggling place of business quadroon
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Bossy circlehead
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
impertinent locale
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Bossy circlehead
  12/18/25
lol
impertinent locale
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Hyperventilating location idea he suggested
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Bisexual provocative toaster
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Bossy circlehead
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
diverse balding public bath
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Passionate Newt
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
diverse balding public bath
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Passionate Newt
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
diverse balding public bath
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Passionate Newt
  12/21/25
cr
Bisexual provocative toaster
  12/18/25
Anabasis
haunting judgmental hall
  12/18/25
...
impertinent locale
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
magenta faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
impertinent locale
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Smoky 180 den
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Submissive Razzle Yarmulke
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Bearded Misunderstood Lodge
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
impertinent locale
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
iridescent flirting prole
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Bisexual provocative toaster
  12/18/25
...
Bossy circlehead
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
wonderful forum chad
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Bossy circlehead
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Exhilarant Charcoal Old Irish Cottage Rigpig
  12/18/25
...
wonderful forum chad
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Hyperventilating location idea he suggested
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Trip Cocky Faggotry
  12/18/25
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Obsidian nofapping psychic
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
arousing garnet center
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
sickened exciting candlestick maker
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
haunting judgmental hall
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
bonkers karate
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: iridescent flirting prole

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: Hairraiser Property Mood

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: henna bateful temple athletic conference

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: excitant slippery reading party haunted graveyard



(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: sickened exciting candlestick maker

"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: sickened exciting candlestick maker

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: nubile fiercely-loyal space

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: Passionate Newt

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: sickened exciting candlestick maker

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: motley son of senegal really tough guy

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: laughsome lemon home idiot

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: Adventurous Filthy School

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: iridescent flirting prole

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: Adventurous Filthy School

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: iridescent flirting prole

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: Adventurous Filthy School

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: flushed institution

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: Bisexual provocative toaster

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: flushed institution

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: Bisexual provocative toaster



(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: motley son of senegal really tough guy

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: wonderful forum chad

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: iridescent flirting prole

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: Godawful cuckoldry chapel

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: iridescent flirting prole

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: charismatic bawdyhouse

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: Magical selfie

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: Histrionic greedy university

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: flushed institution

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: Mind-boggling place of business quadroon

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: Bossy circlehead

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: impertinent locale

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: Bossy circlehead

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: impertinent locale

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: Hyperventilating location idea he suggested

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: Bisexual provocative toaster

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: Bossy circlehead

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: diverse balding public bath

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: Passionate Newt

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: diverse balding public bath

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: Passionate Newt

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: diverse balding public bath

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: Passionate Newt

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: Bisexual provocative toaster

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: haunting judgmental hall

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: impertinent locale



(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: magenta faggot firefighter

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: impertinent locale

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: Smoky 180 den

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: Submissive Razzle Yarmulke

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: Bearded Misunderstood Lodge

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: impertinent locale

> 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: iridescent flirting prole

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: Bisexual provocative toaster

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: Bossy circlehead



(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: wonderful forum chad

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: Bossy circlehead

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: Exhilarant Charcoal Old Irish Cottage Rigpig

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: wonderful forum chad



(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: Hyperventilating location idea he suggested

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: Trip Cocky Faggotry

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: Obsidian nofapping psychic



(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: arousing garnet center

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: sickened exciting candlestick maker

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: haunting judgmental hall

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: bonkers karate

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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