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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Out-of-control sound barrier
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Nudist potus
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  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Insecure Space
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
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puce galvanic cruise ship jewess
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
canary bat-shit-crazy pit
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Out-of-control sound barrier
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
canary bat-shit-crazy pit
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Out-of-control sound barrier
  12/18/25
180
canary bat-shit-crazy pit
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
gaped lodge laser beams
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Bearded home codepig
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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Bearded home codepig
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
mind-boggling personal credit line
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
know-it-all glittery abode double fault
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Out-of-control sound barrier
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Drunken dilemma
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Out-of-control sound barrier
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
crystalline razzmatazz library halford
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Comical flesh psychic
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
hot aphrodisiac ape
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
gaped lodge laser beams
  12/18/25
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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provocative philosopher-king
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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provocative philosopher-king
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Abusive alcoholic partner
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Bearded home codepig
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Primrose slimy stage pistol
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Ruby vibrant boiling water
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Ruby vibrant boiling water
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Ruby vibrant boiling water
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
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  12/21/25
cr
Bearded home codepig
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Anabasis
Floppy Pearly Stag Film
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provocative philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Scarlet Irate Trailer Park Half-breed
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provocative philosopher-king
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
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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...
Beta blathering love of her life becky
  12/18/25
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provocative philosopher-king
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Out-of-control sound barrier
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Bearded home codepig
  12/18/25
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Primrose slimy stage pistol
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
know-it-all glittery abode double fault
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Primrose slimy stage pistol
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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know-it-all glittery abode double fault
  12/18/25
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  12/22/25
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Vigorous plaza
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Out-of-control sound barrier

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: Nudist potus

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: laughsome tanning salon

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: Startling Saffron Digit Ratio



(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: razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig

"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: razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig

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: Insecure Space

mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2)#49519459)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum

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: razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig

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: mind-boggling personal credit line

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: puce galvanic cruise ship jewess



(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: canary bat-shit-crazy pit

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: Out-of-control sound barrier

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: canary bat-shit-crazy pit

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: Out-of-control sound barrier

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: canary bat-shit-crazy pit

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: gaped lodge laser beams

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: Bearded home codepig

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: gaped lodge laser beams

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: Bearded home codepig



(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: mind-boggling personal credit line

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: know-it-all glittery abode double fault

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: Out-of-control sound barrier

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: Drunken dilemma

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: Out-of-control sound barrier

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: crystalline razzmatazz library halford

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: Comical flesh psychic

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: hot aphrodisiac ape

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: gaped lodge laser beams

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: bisexual chrome corner

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: Primrose slimy stage pistol

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: provocative philosopher-king



(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: Primrose slimy stage pistol

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: provocative philosopher-king



(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: Abusive alcoholic partner

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: Bearded home codepig

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: Primrose slimy stage pistol

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: Ruby vibrant boiling water

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: Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum

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: Ruby vibrant boiling water

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: Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum

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: Ruby vibrant boiling water

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: Stimulating mad-dog skullcap forum

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: Bearded home codepig

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: Floppy Pearly Stag Film

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: provocative philosopher-king



(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: Scarlet Irate Trailer Park Half-breed

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: provocative philosopher-king



(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: titillating roast beef bbw

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: mischievous drab menage brethren

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: Beta blathering love of her life becky

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: provocative philosopher-king



(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: Out-of-control sound barrier

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: Bearded home codepig

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: Primrose slimy stage pistol



(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: know-it-all glittery abode double fault

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: Primrose slimy stage pistol

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: Mahogany preventive strike site

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: know-it-all glittery abode double fault



(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: Abusive alcoholic partner

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: Maroon Elastic Band Locus

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: cruel-hearted party of the first part cuckold



(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: Vigorous plaza

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: razzle idiotic bawdyhouse pozpig

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: Floppy Pearly Stag Film

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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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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