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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
lascivious public bath
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Slimy black parlour french chef
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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Greedy canary field indirect expression
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
180 Partner Crackhouse
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Deep yellow corn cake turdskin
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Passionate ape
  12/19/25
...
seedy meetinghouse
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Galvanic tantric toaster
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
lascivious public bath
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Galvanic tantric toaster
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
lascivious public bath
  12/18/25
180
Galvanic tantric toaster
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
motley church building sex offender
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
stubborn gas station deer antler
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
motley church building sex offender
  12/18/25
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stubborn gas station deer antler
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Passionate ape
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
thriller sweet tailpipe office
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
lascivious public bath
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Bateful dilemma
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
lascivious public bath
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
sepia den
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
bat shit crazy address
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
cerise personal credit line
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
motley church building sex offender
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Dark laughsome theatre
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Irate associate box office
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trip medicated market
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Irate associate box office
  12/18/25
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trip medicated market
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
brass zippy shrine
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
stubborn gas station deer antler
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Irate associate box office
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
titillating station
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Deep yellow corn cake turdskin
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
titillating station
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Deep yellow corn cake turdskin
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
titillating station
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Deep yellow corn cake turdskin
  12/21/25
cr
stubborn gas station deer antler
  12/18/25
Anabasis
nofapping faggotry
  12/18/25
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trip medicated market
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
big violent nursing home
  12/18/25
...
trip medicated market
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Shimmering Adventurous Death Wish Area
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
razzmatazz quadroon stage
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Dashing hot cruise ship
  12/18/25
...
trip medicated market
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
lascivious public bath
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
stubborn gas station deer antler
  12/18/25
...
Irate associate box office
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
thriller sweet tailpipe office
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Irate associate box office
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
gaped marvelous native
  12/18/25
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thriller sweet tailpipe office
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
brass zippy shrine
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
fluffy school
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Histrionic carmine national security agency spot
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
nudist degenerate
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
nofapping faggotry
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Vermilion arousing trailer park
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
excitant crusty national ceo
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: lascivious public bath

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: Slimy black parlour french chef

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: House-broken emerald orchestra pit

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: Greedy canary field indirect expression



(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: at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt

"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: at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt

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: 180 Partner Crackhouse

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: Deep yellow corn cake turdskin

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: at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt

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: Passionate ape

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: seedy meetinghouse



(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: Galvanic tantric toaster

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: lascivious public bath

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: Galvanic tantric toaster

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: lascivious public bath

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: Galvanic tantric toaster

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: motley church building sex offender

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: stubborn gas station deer antler

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: motley church building sex offender

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: stubborn gas station deer antler



(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: Passionate ape

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: thriller sweet tailpipe office

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: lascivious public bath

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: Bateful 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: lascivious public bath

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: sepia den

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: bat shit crazy address

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: cerise personal credit line

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: motley church building sex offender

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: Dark laughsome theatre

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: Irate associate box office

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: trip medicated market



(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: Irate associate box office

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: trip medicated market



(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: brass zippy shrine

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: stubborn gas station deer antler

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: Irate associate box office

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: titillating station

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: Deep yellow corn cake turdskin

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: titillating station

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: Deep yellow corn cake turdskin

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: titillating station

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: Deep yellow corn cake turdskin

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: stubborn gas station deer antler

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: nofapping faggotry

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: trip medicated market



(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: big violent nursing home

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: trip medicated market



(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: Shimmering Adventurous Death Wish Area

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: razzmatazz quadroon stage

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: Dashing hot cruise ship

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: trip medicated market



(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: lascivious public bath

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: stubborn gas station deer antler

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: Irate associate box office



(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: thriller sweet tailpipe office

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: Irate associate box office

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: gaped marvelous native

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: thriller sweet tailpipe office



(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: brass zippy shrine

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: fluffy school

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: Histrionic carmine national security agency spot



(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: nudist degenerate

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: at-the-ready spectacular kitchen newt

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: nofapping faggotry

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: Vermilion arousing trailer park

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: excitant crusty national ceo

https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-unconventional-warfare-complete-book-set?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/#49540099)