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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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  12/18/25
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indigo territorial stage
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pungent locus
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Exciting Potus Antidepressant Drug
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
smoky ape
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
salmon community account house
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
unhinged old irish cottage
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
medicated base crotch
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
medicated base crotch
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor
  12/18/25
180
medicated base crotch
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Irradiated Flesh Sweet Tailpipe Hospital
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Chrome blood rage philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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  12/18/25
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Chrome blood rage philosopher-king
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
salmon community account house
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Slate quadroon
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Shimmering Violent Market Striped Hyena
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
cream giraffe
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
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JackTales 🤡😳
adulterous cerebral wrinkle
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
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  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Chrome blood rage philosopher-king
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
obsidian temple
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Trip ivory pistol
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
smoky ape
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Trip ivory pistol
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
smoky ape
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Trip ivory pistol
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
smoky ape
  12/21/25
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Chrome blood rage philosopher-king
  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...
Floppy Pearl Stead
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
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  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
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...
Galvanic claret gaping bbw
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Chrome blood rage philosopher-king
  12/18/25
...
obsidian temple
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Slate quadroon
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
obsidian temple
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Burgundy Dashing Affirmative Action
  12/18/25
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Slate quadroon
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Motley scarlet stag film
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Soul-stirring slap-happy crackhouse
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Out-of-control azure scourge upon the earth
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Primrose hell trump supporter
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
beady-eyed whorehouse
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
shaky frozen corner
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor

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: Cracking locale headpube

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: indigo territorial stage

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: pungent locus



(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: beady-eyed whorehouse

"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: beady-eyed whorehouse

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: Exciting Potus Antidepressant Drug

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: smoky ape

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: beady-eyed whorehouse

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: salmon community account house

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: unhinged old irish cottage

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: medicated base crotch

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: Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor

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: medicated base crotch

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: Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor

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: medicated base crotch

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: Irradiated Flesh Sweet Tailpipe Hospital

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: Chrome blood rage philosopher-king

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: Irradiated Flesh Sweet Tailpipe Hospital

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: Chrome blood rage philosopher-king



(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: salmon community account house

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: Slate quadroon

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: Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor

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: Shimmering Violent Market Striped Hyena

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: Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor

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: cream giraffe

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: crimson casino

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: adulterous cerebral wrinkle

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: Irradiated Flesh Sweet Tailpipe Hospital

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: Massive curious gas station

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: obsidian temple

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: Galvanic claret gaping bbw



(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: obsidian temple

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: Galvanic claret gaping bbw



(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: Motley scarlet stag film

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: Chrome blood rage philosopher-king

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: obsidian temple

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: Trip ivory pistol

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: smoky ape

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: Trip ivory pistol

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: smoky ape

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: Trip ivory pistol

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: smoky ape

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: Chrome blood rage philosopher-king

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: shaky frozen corner

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: Galvanic claret gaping bbw



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: arrogant puppy site

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: Galvanic claret gaping bbw



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Floppy Pearl Stead

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: Insane flushed fortuitous meteor

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: wonderful school cafeteria french chef

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: Galvanic claret gaping bbw



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal lettuce rigor

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: Chrome blood rage philosopher-king

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: obsidian temple



(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: Slate quadroon

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: obsidian temple

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: Burgundy Dashing Affirmative Action

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: Slate quadroon



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Motley scarlet stag film

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: Soul-stirring slap-happy crackhouse

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: Out-of-control azure scourge upon the earth



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Primrose hell trump supporter

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: beady-eyed whorehouse

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: shaky frozen corner

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: concupiscible sadistic pervert

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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