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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
cyan field
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Spectacular Drab Love Of Her Life Lodge
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Wild Supple Boistinker
  12/18/25
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abusive talented cumskin space
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Sexy Garrison
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Sexy Garrison
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Painfully Honest Confused Temple
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Thirsty mad cow disease
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Sexy Garrison
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Pearl volcanic crater forum
  12/19/25
...
yellow immigrant prole
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
buck-toothed ruddy main people hospital
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
cyan field
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
buck-toothed ruddy main people hospital
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
cyan field
  12/18/25
180
buck-toothed ruddy main people hospital
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
electric puce mother church building
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Crimson exciting alpha
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
electric puce mother church building
  12/18/25
...
Crimson exciting alpha
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Pearl volcanic crater forum
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
cerise school
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
cyan field
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
naked razzle philosopher-king
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
cyan field
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
vengeful beta giraffe area
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
territorial office
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Narrow-minded smoky ratface filthpig
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
electric puce mother church building
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Claret appetizing wagecucks
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
swashbuckling dragon
  12/18/25
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razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
swashbuckling dragon
  12/18/25
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razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
odious orchid black woman
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Crimson exciting alpha
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
swashbuckling dragon
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Tantric Bistre Orchestra Pit
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Thirsty mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Tantric Bistre Orchestra Pit
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Thirsty mad cow disease
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Tantric Bistre Orchestra Pit
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Thirsty mad cow disease
  12/21/25
cr
Crimson exciting alpha
  12/18/25
Anabasis
filthy genital piercing
  12/18/25
...
razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Blathering chapel sound barrier
  12/18/25
...
razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
wonderful flushed death wish
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Mind-boggling Private Investor Depressive
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
jet-lagged whorehouse mental disorder
  12/18/25
...
razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
cyan field
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Crimson exciting alpha
  12/18/25
...
swashbuckling dragon
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
cerise school
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
swashbuckling dragon
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
trip violet den
  12/18/25
...
cerise school
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
odious orchid black woman
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
heady fighting lettuce heaven
  12/18/25
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Excitant mildly autistic ceo
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
burgundy sickened generalized bond psychic
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Sexy Garrison
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
filthy genital piercing
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Marvelous high-end university
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Judgmental theater friendly grandma
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: cyan field

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: Spectacular Drab Love Of Her Life Lodge

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: Wild Supple Boistinker

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: abusive talented cumskin space



(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: Sexy Garrison

"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: Sexy Garrison

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: Painfully Honest Confused Temple

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: Thirsty mad cow disease

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: Sexy Garrison

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: Pearl volcanic crater forum

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: yellow immigrant prole



(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: buck-toothed ruddy main people hospital

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: cyan field

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: buck-toothed ruddy main people hospital

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: cyan field

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: buck-toothed ruddy main people hospital

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: electric puce mother church building

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: Crimson exciting alpha

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: electric puce mother church building

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: Crimson exciting alpha



(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: Pearl volcanic crater forum

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: cerise school

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: cyan field

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: naked razzle philosopher-king

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: cyan field

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: vengeful beta giraffe area

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: territorial office

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: Narrow-minded smoky ratface filthpig

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: electric puce mother church building

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: Claret appetizing wagecucks

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: swashbuckling dragon

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: razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman



(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: swashbuckling dragon

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: razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman



(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: odious orchid black woman

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: Crimson exciting alpha

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: swashbuckling dragon

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: Tantric Bistre Orchestra Pit

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: Thirsty mad cow disease

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: Tantric Bistre Orchestra Pit

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: Thirsty mad cow disease

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: Tantric Bistre Orchestra Pit

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: Thirsty mad cow disease

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: Crimson exciting alpha

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: filthy genital piercing

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: razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman



(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: Blathering chapel sound barrier

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: razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman



(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: wonderful flushed death wish

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: Mind-boggling Private Investor Depressive

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: jet-lagged whorehouse mental disorder

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: razzle-dazzle outnumbered yarmulke skinny woman



(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: cyan field

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: Crimson exciting alpha

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: swashbuckling dragon



(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: cerise school

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: swashbuckling dragon

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: trip violet den

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: cerise school



(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: odious orchid black woman

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: heady fighting lettuce heaven

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: Excitant mildly autistic ceo



(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: burgundy sickened generalized bond psychic

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: Sexy Garrison

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: filthy genital piercing

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: Marvelous high-end university

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: Judgmental theater friendly grandma

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)