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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
startled spruce police squad
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Canary Unholy Casino Karate
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
chestnut stirring location
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
chestnut stirring location
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
bat shit crazy abusive meetinghouse incel
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Motley Impertinent Corn Cake
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
chestnut stirring location
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
swashbuckling chocolate nowag
  12/19/25
...
Cordovan mexican
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Adventurous antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
startled spruce police squad
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Adventurous antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
startled spruce police squad
  12/18/25
180
Adventurous antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Frozen amber doctorate
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Frozen amber doctorate
  12/18/25
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Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
swashbuckling chocolate nowag
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Hyperactive bawdyhouse psychic
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
startled spruce police squad
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
frisky trailer park
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
startled spruce police squad
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
bespoke dog poop
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Violent selfie faggotry
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
marvelous hilarious mental disorder jew
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Frozen amber doctorate
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Flushed titillating base
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Arousing Abnormal House
  12/18/25
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Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Arousing Abnormal House
  12/18/25
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Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Dashing station
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Arousing Abnormal House
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
house-broken private investor
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Motley Impertinent Corn Cake
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
house-broken private investor
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Motley Impertinent Corn Cake
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
house-broken private investor
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Motley Impertinent Corn Cake
  12/21/25
cr
Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender
  12/18/25
Anabasis
twinkling sinister point
  12/18/25
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Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
bateful institution kitty
  12/18/25
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Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Sooty very tactful voyeur ratface
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Provocative Range Milk
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
wine passionate ticket booth scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
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Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
startled spruce police squad
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender
  12/18/25
...
Arousing Abnormal House
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Hyperactive bawdyhouse psychic
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Arousing Abnormal House
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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  12/18/25
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Hyperactive bawdyhouse psychic
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Dashing station
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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  12/18/25
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Vibrant buff main people
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
chestnut stirring location
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
twinkling sinister point
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: startled spruce 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: Canary Unholy Casino Karate

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: Saffron startling weed whacker center

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: Bonkers odious market laser beams



(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: chestnut stirring location

"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: chestnut stirring location

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: bat shit crazy abusive meetinghouse incel

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: Motley Impertinent Corn Cake

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: chestnut stirring location

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: swashbuckling chocolate 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: Cordovan mexican



(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: Adventurous antidepressant drug

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: startled spruce 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: Adventurous antidepressant drug

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: startled spruce 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: Adventurous antidepressant drug

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: Frozen amber doctorate

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: Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender

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: Frozen amber doctorate

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: Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender



(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: swashbuckling chocolate 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: Hyperactive bawdyhouse psychic

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: startled spruce 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: frisky trailer park

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: startled spruce 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: bespoke dog poop

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: Violent selfie faggotry

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: marvelous hilarious mental disorder jew

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: Frozen amber doctorate

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: Flushed titillating base

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: Arousing Abnormal House

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: Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma



(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: Arousing Abnormal House

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: Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma



(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: Dashing station

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: Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender

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: Arousing Abnormal House

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: house-broken private investor

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: Motley Impertinent Corn Cake

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: house-broken private investor

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: Motley Impertinent Corn Cake

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: house-broken private investor

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: Motley Impertinent Corn Cake

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: Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender

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: twinkling sinister point

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: Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma



(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: bateful institution kitty

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: Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma



(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: Sooty very tactful voyeur ratface

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: Provocative Range Milk

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: wine passionate ticket booth scourge upon the earth

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: Confused Well-lubricated Dilemma



(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: startled spruce 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: Self-absorbed rough-skinned principal's office sex offender

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: Arousing Abnormal House



(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: Hyperactive bawdyhouse psychic

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: Arousing Abnormal House

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: curious brunch

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: Hyperactive bawdyhouse psychic



(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: Dashing station

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: Drab cuck

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: indigo brethren coldplay fan



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Vibrant buff main people

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: chestnut stirring location

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: twinkling sinister point

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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