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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Titillating Rehab Community Account
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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electric theatre
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
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  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
French smoky national pistol
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
heady cheese-eating bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Hilarious splenetic stage
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
French smoky national pistol
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
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  12/19/25
...
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  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Violent sanctuary
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Titillating Rehab Community Account
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Violent sanctuary
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
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  12/18/25
180
Violent sanctuary
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
chartreuse shrine
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
deranged bearded business firm giraffe
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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  12/18/25
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deranged bearded business firm giraffe
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Fragrant sick black woman
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
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  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
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  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
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ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
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  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
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  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Supple azure den
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
gaped depressive
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
chartreuse shrine
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Cyan temple
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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embarrassed to the bone kitchen
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Twinkling big-titted theater
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
deranged bearded business firm giraffe
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
dashing base
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Excitant office hominid
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Hilarious splenetic stage
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Excitant office hominid
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Hilarious splenetic stage
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Excitant office hominid
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Hilarious splenetic stage
  12/21/25
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deranged bearded business firm giraffe
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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  12/18/25
...
embarrassed to the bone kitchen
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Contagious violet heaven
  12/18/25
...
embarrassed to the bone kitchen
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Frum Station
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
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  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
mind-boggling free-loading mexican roast beef
  12/18/25
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embarrassed to the bone kitchen
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
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  12/18/25
zorba the greek
deranged bearded business firm giraffe
  12/18/25
...
dashing base
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Bateful Purple Mad Cow Disease
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
dashing base
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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Bateful Purple Mad Cow Disease
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
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  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
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  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
French smoky national pistol
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Titillating Rehab Community Account

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/en-en#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Amber low-t gas station

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/en-en#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: thriller talking cumskin knife

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?

Reasonable price, free shipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519452)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: electric theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519458)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: French smoky national pistol

"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/en-en#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: French smoky national pistol

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/en-en#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: heady cheese-eating bawdyhouse

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Hilarious splenetic stage

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/en-en#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: French smoky national pistol

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/en-en#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: Fragrant sick black woman

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/en-en#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Frozen School Cafeteria Coldplay Fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519465)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Violent sanctuary

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519476)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Titillating Rehab Community Account

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/en-en#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Violent sanctuary

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/en-en#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Titillating Rehab Community Account

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/en-en#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Violent sanctuary

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519559)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: chartreuse shrine

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519953)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: deranged bearded business firm giraffe

rocket boys is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49520282)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: chartreuse shrine

Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49521280)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: deranged bearded business firm giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49521595)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Fragrant sick black woman

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/en-en#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Bateful Purple Mad Cow Disease

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/en-en#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Titillating Rehab Community Account

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/en-en#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Passionate learning disabled fanboi

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519483)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Titillating Rehab Community Account

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/en-en#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: bearded bright factory reset button

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/en-en#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: Supple azure den

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/en-en#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: gaped depressive

JackTales 🤡😳

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519490)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: chartreuse shrine

those are for reading out loud , clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519956)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Cyan temple

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/en-en#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: dashing base

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/en-en#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519701)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: dashing base

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/en-en#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519873)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Twinkling big-titted theater

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/en-en#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: deranged bearded business firm giraffe

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519898)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: dashing base

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/en-en#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: Excitant office hominid

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Hilarious splenetic stage

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519535)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: Excitant office hominid

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/en-en#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Hilarious splenetic stage

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/en-en#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: Excitant office hominid

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/en-en#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Hilarious splenetic stage

tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49528612)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: deranged bearded business firm giraffe

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519729)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Ruddy nofapping associate stag film

Anabasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519542)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519572)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Contagious violet heaven

Flowers for Algernon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519548)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519568)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Frum Station

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/en-en#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: Cobalt aromatic site death wish

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/en-en#49519689)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: mind-boggling free-loading mexican roast beef

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/en-en#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519706)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Titillating Rehab Community Account

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/en-en#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: deranged bearded business firm giraffe

zorba the greek



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519710)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: dashing base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49519736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Bateful Purple Mad Cow Disease

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/en-en#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: dashing base

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/en-en#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: geriatric territorial range gaming laptop

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/en-en#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: Bateful Purple Mad Cow Disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49521254)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Twinkling big-titted theater

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/en-en#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Diverse center ladyboy

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/en-en#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Gold clown skinny woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49520756)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: drunken emerald home

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49520778)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: French smoky national pistol

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2/en-en#49521578)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: Ruddy nofapping associate stag film

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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