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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Razzle field volcanic crater
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
at-the-ready dysfunction locus
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Aphrodisiac bat-shit-crazy base love of her life
  12/18/25
...
bat shit crazy sinister stead boiling water
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Bearded lake theatre
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Bearded lake theatre
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Swashbuckling school
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Bearded lake theatre
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Disgusting water buffalo
  12/19/25
...
cream affirmative action trust fund
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Burgundy Electric Forum Clown
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Razzle field volcanic crater
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Burgundy Electric Forum Clown
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Razzle field volcanic crater
  12/18/25
180
Burgundy Electric Forum Clown
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Confused Lay
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Arousing piazza faggotry
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Confused Lay
  12/18/25
...
Arousing piazza faggotry
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Disgusting water buffalo
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
dashing know-it-all garrison alpha
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Razzle field volcanic crater
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Abusive Hell
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Razzle field volcanic crater
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
curious kitchen
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
mewling national
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Sexy ape
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Confused Lay
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
charismatic sepia background story circlehead
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Useless theater stage really tough guy
  12/18/25
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Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Useless theater stage really tough guy
  12/18/25
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Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
indigo hairy legs
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Arousing piazza faggotry
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Useless theater stage really tough guy
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Big fat ankles
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Big fat ankles
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Big fat ankles
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy
  12/21/25
cr
Arousing piazza faggotry
  12/18/25
Anabasis
overrated ratface
  12/18/25
...
Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Grizzly insanely creepy goyim becky
  12/18/25
...
Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Tantric chad
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Violet vibrant keepsake machete faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Disrespectful Comical Blood Rage
  12/18/25
...
Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Razzle field volcanic crater
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Arousing piazza faggotry
  12/18/25
...
Useless theater stage really tough guy
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
dashing know-it-all garrison alpha
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Useless theater stage really tough guy
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Deep heaven pozpig
  12/18/25
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dashing know-it-all garrison alpha
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
indigo hairy legs
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
cowardly sandwich nowag
  12/18/25
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cerebral turquoise gas station
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Self-centered marketing idea
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Bearded lake theatre
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
overrated ratface
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
talented high-end orchestra pit immigrant
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Federal Brunch
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Razzle field volcanic crater

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: at-the-ready dysfunction locus

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: Aphrodisiac bat-shit-crazy base love of her life

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: bat shit crazy sinister stead boiling water



(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: Bearded lake theatre

"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: Bearded lake theatre

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: Swashbuckling school

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: Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy

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: Bearded lake theatre

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: Disgusting water buffalo

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: cream affirmative action trust fund



(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: Burgundy Electric Forum Clown

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: Razzle field volcanic crater

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: Burgundy Electric Forum Clown

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: Razzle field volcanic crater

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: Burgundy Electric Forum Clown

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: Confused Lay

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: Arousing piazza faggotry

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: Confused Lay

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: Arousing piazza faggotry



(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: Disgusting water buffalo

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: dashing know-it-all garrison alpha

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: Razzle field volcanic crater

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: Abusive Hell

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: Razzle field volcanic crater

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: curious kitchen

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: mewling national

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: Sexy 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: Confused Lay

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: charismatic sepia background story circlehead

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: Useless theater stage really tough guy

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: Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe



(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: Useless theater stage really tough guy

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: Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe



(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: indigo hairy legs

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: Arousing piazza faggotry

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: Useless theater stage really tough guy

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: Big fat ankles

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: Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy

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: Big fat ankles

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: Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy

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: Big fat ankles

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: Talking Candlestick Maker Puppy

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: Arousing piazza faggotry

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: overrated ratface

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: Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe



(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: Grizzly insanely creepy goyim becky

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: Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe



(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: Tantric chad

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: Violet vibrant keepsake machete faggot firefighter

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: Disrespectful Comical Blood Rage

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: Excitant whorehouse sweet tailpipe



(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: Razzle field volcanic crater

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: Arousing piazza faggotry

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: Useless theater stage really tough guy



(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: dashing know-it-all garrison alpha

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: Useless theater stage really tough guy

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: Deep heaven pozpig

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: dashing know-it-all garrison alpha



(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: indigo hairy legs

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: cowardly sandwich nowag

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: cerebral turquoise gas station



(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: Self-centered marketing idea

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: Bearded lake theatre

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: overrated ratface

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: talented high-end orchestra pit immigrant

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: Federal Brunch

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