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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
impressive sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Razzle preventive strike set
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Bateful mauve heaven
  12/18/25
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White native athletic conference
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Indigo Resort
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Indigo Resort
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
mint charismatic friendly grandma
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
maniacal adventurous range
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Indigo Resort
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Tripping mahogany water buffalo
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Floppy Internet-worthy Garrison Stock Car
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
blathering address place of business
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
impressive sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
blathering address place of business
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
impressive sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
180
blathering address place of business
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
hot exhilarant half-breed base
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
provocative meetinghouse
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
hot exhilarant half-breed base
  12/18/25
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provocative meetinghouse
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Tripping mahogany water buffalo
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
snowy high-end office becky
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
impressive sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
medicated cerise windowlicker
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
impressive sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
dark pea-brained really tough guy ticket booth
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Blue Vigorous Nowag Lodge
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Wonderful hateful sound barrier
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
hot exhilarant half-breed base
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Vibrant elastic band site
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Sick temple haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
learning disabled newt
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Sick temple haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
lol
learning disabled newt
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
beady-eyed gaping
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
provocative meetinghouse
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Sick temple haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
180 Pearly Hell
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
maniacal adventurous range
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
180 Pearly Hell
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
maniacal adventurous range
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
180 Pearly Hell
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
maniacal adventurous range
  12/21/25
cr
provocative meetinghouse
  12/18/25
Anabasis
orchid library
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learning disabled newt
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
avocado roommate state
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
learning disabled newt
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Histrionic pit party of the first part
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Appetizing maroon den cuckold
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Vermilion stubborn piazza
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
learning disabled newt
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
impressive sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
provocative meetinghouse
  12/18/25
...
Sick temple haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
snowy high-end office becky
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Sick temple haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Soul-stirring circlehead
  12/18/25
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snowy high-end office becky
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
beady-eyed gaping
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
fighting affirmative action alpha
  12/18/25
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abusive heady area
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Obsidian Deranged French Chef
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Indigo Resort
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
orchid library
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Frisky Feces Locus
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Multi-colored double fault
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: impressive sneaky criminal

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? looking for something that would be motivating / tools for life genre

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Razzle preventive strike set

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: Bateful mauve heaven

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: White native athletic conference



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Indigo Resort

"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: Indigo Resort

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: mint charismatic friendly grandma

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: maniacal adventurous range

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: Indigo Resort

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: Tripping mahogany water buffalo

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: Floppy Internet-worthy Garrison Stock Car

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: blathering address place of business

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: impressive sneaky criminal

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: blathering address place of business

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: impressive sneaky criminal

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: blathering address place of business

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: hot exhilarant half-breed base

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: provocative meetinghouse

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: hot exhilarant half-breed base

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: provocative meetinghouse



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Tripping mahogany water buffalo

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: snowy high-end office becky

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: impressive sneaky criminal

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: medicated cerise windowlicker

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: impressive sneaky criminal

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: dark pea-brained really tough guy ticket booth

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: Blue Vigorous Nowag Lodge

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: Wonderful hateful sound barrier

JackTales 🤡😳

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: hot exhilarant half-breed base

those are for reading out loud , clown



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Vibrant elastic band site

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: Sick temple haunted graveyard

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: learning disabled newt

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: Sick temple haunted graveyard

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: learning disabled newt

lol

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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: beady-eyed gaping

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: provocative meetinghouse

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: Sick temple haunted graveyard

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: 180 Pearly Hell

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: maniacal adventurous range

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: 180 Pearly Hell

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: maniacal adventurous range

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: 180 Pearly Hell

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: maniacal adventurous range

tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: provocative meetinghouse

cr

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: orchid library

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: learning disabled newt



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: avocado roommate state

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: learning disabled newt

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: Histrionic pit party of the first part

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: Appetizing maroon den cuckold

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: Vermilion stubborn piazza

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: learning disabled newt

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: impressive sneaky criminal

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: provocative meetinghouse

zorba the greek



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: Sick temple haunted graveyard



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: snowy high-end office becky

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: Sick temple haunted graveyard

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: Soul-stirring circlehead

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: snowy high-end office becky



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: beady-eyed gaping

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: fighting affirmative action alpha

Watership Down

A Day No Pigs Would Die

2nd Where the Red Fern Grows

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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: abusive heady area



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Obsidian Deranged French Chef

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: Indigo Resort

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: orchid library

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
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