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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
irate hell faggotry
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
costumed wild chad piazza
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
wonderful black woman
  12/18/25
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Slate coiffed pocket flask theatre
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Naked Lime Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Naked Lime Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Lascivious henna market genital piercing
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Demanding saffron lodge
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Naked Lime Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Arousing Main People State
  12/19/25
...
outnumbered flesh address associate
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Carmine school cafeteria mother
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
irate hell faggotry
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Carmine school cafeteria mother
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
irate hell faggotry
  12/18/25
180
Carmine school cafeteria mother
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Swashbuckling Space
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Passionate Rebellious Azn
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Swashbuckling Space
  12/18/25
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Passionate Rebellious Azn
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Arousing Main People State
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
sooty death wish
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
irate hell faggotry
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Contagious wrinkle
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
irate hell faggotry
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
House-broken cordovan crackhouse
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
hideous cyan partner heaven
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
appetizing mustard tanning salon
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Swashbuckling Space
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
at-the-ready cuckoldry
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Yapping grizzly keepsake machete
  12/18/25
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Purple stirring psychic factory reset button
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Yapping grizzly keepsake machete
  12/18/25
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Purple stirring psychic factory reset button
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
motley lay
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Passionate Rebellious Azn
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Yapping grizzly keepsake machete
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Laughsome plum french chef
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Demanding saffron lodge
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Laughsome plum french chef
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Demanding saffron lodge
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Laughsome plum french chef
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Demanding saffron lodge
  12/21/25
cr
Passionate Rebellious Azn
  12/18/25
Anabasis
mind-boggling avocado indian lodge
  12/18/25
...
Purple stirring psychic factory reset button
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
bateful mildly autistic pistol business firm
  12/18/25
...
Purple stirring psychic factory reset button
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Provocative Impertinent Field Generalized Bond
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Sickened gaming laptop
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Idiotic crotch
  12/18/25
...
Purple stirring psychic factory reset button
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
irate hell faggotry
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Passionate Rebellious Azn
  12/18/25
...
Yapping grizzly keepsake machete
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
sooty death wish
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Yapping grizzly keepsake machete
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Cracking Blue National Security Agency
  12/18/25
...
sooty death wish
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
motley lay
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Marvelous Copper Ceo Kitty Cat
  12/18/25
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  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
buff free-loading jap
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Naked Lime Bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
mind-boggling avocado indian lodge
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
supple haunting native shitlib
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: irate hell faggotry

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: costumed wild chad piazza

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: wonderful black woman

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: Slate coiffed pocket flask theatre



(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: Naked Lime Bawdyhouse

"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: Naked Lime Bawdyhouse

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: Lascivious henna market genital piercing

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: Demanding saffron lodge

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: Naked Lime Bawdyhouse

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: Arousing Main People State

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: outnumbered flesh address associate



(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: Carmine school cafeteria mother

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: irate hell faggotry

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: Carmine school cafeteria mother

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: irate hell faggotry

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: Carmine school cafeteria mother

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: Swashbuckling Space

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: Passionate Rebellious Azn

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: Swashbuckling Space

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: Passionate Rebellious Azn



(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: Arousing Main People State

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: sooty death wish

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: irate hell faggotry

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: Contagious wrinkle

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: irate hell faggotry

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: House-broken cordovan crackhouse

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: hideous cyan partner heaven

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: appetizing mustard tanning salon

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: Swashbuckling Space

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: at-the-ready cuckoldry

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: Yapping grizzly keepsake machete

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: Purple stirring psychic factory reset button



(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: Yapping grizzly keepsake machete

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: Purple stirring psychic factory reset button



(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: motley lay

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: Passionate Rebellious Azn

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: Yapping grizzly keepsake machete

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: Laughsome plum french chef

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: Demanding saffron lodge

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: Laughsome plum french chef

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: Demanding saffron lodge

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: Laughsome plum french chef

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: Demanding saffron lodge

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: Passionate Rebellious Azn

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: mind-boggling avocado indian lodge

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: Purple stirring psychic factory reset button



(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 mildly autistic pistol business firm

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: Purple stirring psychic factory reset button



(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: Provocative Impertinent Field Generalized Bond

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: Sickened gaming laptop

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: Idiotic crotch

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: Purple stirring psychic factory reset button



(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: irate hell faggotry

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: Passionate Rebellious Azn

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: Yapping grizzly keepsake machete



(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: sooty death wish

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: Yapping grizzly keepsake machete

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: Cracking Blue National Security Agency

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: sooty death wish



(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: motley lay

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: Marvelous Copper Ceo Kitty Cat

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: opaque becky whorehouse



(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: buff free-loading jap

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: Naked Lime Bawdyhouse

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: mind-boggling avocado indian lodge

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: supple haunting native shitlib

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: Heady codepig rehab

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