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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
White Circlehead Windowlicker
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
turquoise exhilarant base roast beef
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Razzle Lay Faggotry
  12/18/25
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Dun hairraiser sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Flirting purple half-breed state
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Flirting purple half-breed state
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
appetizing new version
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Offensive fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Flirting purple half-breed state
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
plum nowag
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Irradiated brethren
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
heady nursing home
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
White Circlehead Windowlicker
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
heady nursing home
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
White Circlehead Windowlicker
  12/18/25
180
heady nursing home
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Razzmatazz lodge wrinkle
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Comical university
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Razzmatazz lodge wrinkle
  12/18/25
...
Comical university
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
plum nowag
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Odious principal's office boltzmann
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
White Circlehead Windowlicker
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Thriller candlestick maker
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
White Circlehead Windowlicker
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Shaky galvanic abode
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
trip main people
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
big rusted cuck
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Razzmatazz lodge wrinkle
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Soul-stirring maniacal pistol
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
domesticated dead french chef legend
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
bistre goal in life
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
domesticated dead french chef legend
  12/18/25
lol
bistre goal in life
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Sickened Razzle-dazzle Gay Wizard Institution
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Comical university
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
domesticated dead french chef legend
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
marvelous rehab
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Offensive fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
marvelous rehab
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Offensive fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
marvelous rehab
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Offensive fortuitous meteor
  12/21/25
cr
Comical university
  12/18/25
Anabasis
cracking locale electric furnace
  12/18/25
...
bistre goal in life
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Light Indian Lodge
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
bistre goal in life
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Talented kitchen
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
salmon bawdyhouse elastic band
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Slap-happy Public Bath Puppy
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
bistre goal in life
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
White Circlehead Windowlicker
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Comical university
  12/18/25
...
domesticated dead french chef legend
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Odious principal's office boltzmann
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
domesticated dead french chef legend
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
charismatic ivory scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
...
Odious principal's office boltzmann
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Sickened Razzle-dazzle Gay Wizard Institution
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
zippy chrome casino rigpig
  12/18/25
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Poppy Awkward Son Of Senegal
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Sapphire Roommate
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Flirting purple half-breed state
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
cracking locale electric furnace
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Jet gaped step-uncle's house
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
provocative stain
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: White Circlehead Windowlicker

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: turquoise exhilarant base roast beef

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: Razzle Lay Faggotry

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: Dun hairraiser sweet tailpipe



(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: Flirting purple half-breed state

"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: Flirting purple half-breed state

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: appetizing new version

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: Offensive fortuitous meteor

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: Flirting purple half-breed state

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: plum nowag

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: Irradiated brethren

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: heady nursing home

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: White Circlehead Windowlicker

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: heady nursing home

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: White Circlehead Windowlicker

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: heady nursing home

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: Razzmatazz lodge wrinkle

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: Comical university

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: Razzmatazz lodge wrinkle

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: Comical university



(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: plum nowag

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: Odious principal's office boltzmann

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: White Circlehead Windowlicker

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: Thriller candlestick maker

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: White Circlehead Windowlicker

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: Shaky galvanic abode

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: trip main people

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: big rusted cuck

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: Razzmatazz lodge wrinkle

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: Soul-stirring maniacal pistol

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: domesticated dead french chef legend

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: bistre goal in life

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: domesticated dead french chef legend

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: bistre goal in life

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: Sickened Razzle-dazzle Gay Wizard Institution

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: Comical university

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: domesticated dead french chef legend

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: marvelous rehab

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: Offensive fortuitous meteor

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: marvelous rehab

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: Offensive fortuitous meteor

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: marvelous rehab

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: Offensive fortuitous meteor

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: Comical university

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: cracking locale electric furnace

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: bistre goal in life



(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: Light Indian Lodge

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: bistre goal in life

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: Talented kitchen

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: salmon bawdyhouse elastic band

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: Slap-happy Public Bath Puppy

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: bistre goal in life

> 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: White Circlehead Windowlicker

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: Comical university

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: domesticated dead french chef legend



(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: Odious principal's office boltzmann

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: domesticated dead french chef legend

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: charismatic ivory scourge upon the earth

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: Odious principal's office boltzmann



(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: Sickened Razzle-dazzle Gay Wizard Institution

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: zippy chrome casino rigpig

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: Poppy Awkward Son Of Senegal



(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: Sapphire Roommate

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: Flirting purple half-breed state

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: cracking locale electric furnace

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: Jet gaped step-uncle's house

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: provocative stain

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