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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
electric police squad
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Chocolate fluffy field
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
sepia site blood rage
  12/18/25
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Histrionic faggotry twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Khaki wrinkle
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Khaki wrinkle
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Vibrant Cruise Ship
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
sienna angry prole
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Khaki wrinkle
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Frum Theater Stage Nibblets
  12/19/25
...
Dull theater mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
marvelous black woman
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
electric police squad
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
marvelous black woman
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
electric police squad
  12/18/25
180
marvelous black woman
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Drab Underhanded Affirmative Action Preventive Strike
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Talented confused ladyboy
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Drab Underhanded Affirmative Action Preventive Strike
  12/18/25
...
Talented confused ladyboy
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Frum Theater Stage Nibblets
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
big alcoholic tanning salon
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
electric police squad
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Appetizing Brunch Legend
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
electric police squad
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
high-end haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Magenta Hunting Ground
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
beady-eyed public bath idea he suggested
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Drab Underhanded Affirmative Action Preventive Strike
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Kink-friendly Odious Menage
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Comical Jewess Foreskin
  12/18/25
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Aromatic crusty address
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Comical Jewess Foreskin
  12/18/25
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Aromatic crusty address
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Harsh hateful pistol
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Talented confused ladyboy
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Comical Jewess Foreskin
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
internet-worthy ape
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
sienna angry prole
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
internet-worthy ape
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
sienna angry prole
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
internet-worthy ape
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
sienna angry prole
  12/21/25
cr
Talented confused ladyboy
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Razzle Famous Landscape Painting
  12/18/25
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Aromatic crusty address
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
buck-toothed aphrodisiac station toilet seat
  12/18/25
...
Aromatic crusty address
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
glassy vigorous range
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Pale impertinent dog poop water buffalo
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Big-titted immigrant trust fund
  12/18/25
...
Aromatic crusty address
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
electric police squad
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Talented confused ladyboy
  12/18/25
...
Comical Jewess Foreskin
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
big alcoholic tanning salon
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Comical Jewess Foreskin
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Concupiscible Crawly Main People
  12/18/25
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big alcoholic tanning salon
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Harsh hateful pistol
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Hideous bipolar cuckold
  12/18/25
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Titillating jade community account halford
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Curious Crackhouse Pisswyrm
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Khaki wrinkle
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Razzle Famous Landscape Painting
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
lime arousing filthpig rehab
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Bistre swashbuckling personal credit line corn cake
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: electric police squad

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: Chocolate fluffy field

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: sepia site blood rage

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: Histrionic faggotry twinkling uncleanness



(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: Khaki wrinkle

"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: Khaki wrinkle

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: Vibrant Cruise Ship

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: sienna angry prole

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: Khaki wrinkle

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: Frum Theater Stage Nibblets

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: Dull theater mad cow disease



(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: marvelous black woman

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49519476)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: electric police squad

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: marvelous black woman

Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Celestine Prophecy, Lord of the Flies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: electric police squad

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: marvelous black woman

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: Drab Underhanded Affirmative Action Preventive Strike

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: Talented confused ladyboy

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: Drab Underhanded Affirmative Action Preventive Strike

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: Talented confused ladyboy



(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: Frum Theater Stage Nibblets

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: big alcoholic tanning salon

CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" those by HS, especially later in HS?

My 7 year old just read--and really enjoyed--Hatchet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: electric police squad

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: Appetizing Brunch Legend

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49519483)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: electric police squad

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: high-end haunted graveyard

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: Magenta Hunting Ground

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: beady-eyed public bath idea he suggested

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: Drab Underhanded Affirmative Action Preventive Strike

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: Kink-friendly Odious Menage

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: Comical Jewess Foreskin

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: Aromatic crusty address



(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: Comical Jewess Foreskin

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: Aromatic crusty address



(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: Harsh hateful pistol

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: Talented confused ladyboy

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: Comical Jewess Foreskin

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: internet-worthy ape

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: sienna angry prole

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: internet-worthy ape

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: sienna angry prole

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: internet-worthy ape

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: sienna angry prole

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: Talented confused ladyboy

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: Razzle Famous Landscape Painting

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: Aromatic crusty address



(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: buck-toothed aphrodisiac station toilet seat

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: Aromatic crusty address



(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: glassy vigorous range

a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it. great series for boys who like knights, politics, and violence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: Pale impertinent dog poop water buffalo

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: Big-titted immigrant trust fund

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: Aromatic crusty address



(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: electric police squad

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: Talented confused ladyboy

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: Comical Jewess Foreskin



(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: big alcoholic tanning salon

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: Comical Jewess Foreskin

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: Concupiscible Crawly Main People

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: big alcoholic tanning salon



(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: Harsh hateful pistol

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: Hideous bipolar cuckold

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: Titillating jade community account halford



(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: Curious Crackhouse Pisswyrm

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: Khaki wrinkle

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: Razzle Famous Landscape Painting

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: lime arousing filthpig rehab

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49521706)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: Bistre swashbuckling personal credit line corn cake

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