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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
pink mother
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
racy lay stock car
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
cerebral aggressive corn cake
  12/18/25
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laughsome yellow lodge laser beams
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
abusive lascivious stage
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
abusive lascivious stage
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
adventurous disturbing friendly grandma macaca
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
azure site electric furnace
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
abusive lascivious stage
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
swollen drab parlor
  12/19/25
...
Cracking Black Legal Warrant
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Arousing market giraffe
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
pink mother
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Arousing market giraffe
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
pink mother
  12/18/25
180
Arousing market giraffe
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Buck-toothed kitchen background story
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
hilarious ceo french chef
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Buck-toothed kitchen background story
  12/18/25
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hilarious ceo french chef
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
swollen drab parlor
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
titillating deep blood rage
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
pink mother
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Rambunctious university
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
pink mother
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
aphrodisiac bespoke windowlicker tattoo
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
french goyim
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Sticky rose circlehead really tough guy
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Buck-toothed kitchen background story
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
lemon gunner
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
ungodly cuckoldry
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Sepia metal space
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
ungodly cuckoldry
  12/18/25
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Sepia metal space
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
canary wonderful principal's office pervert
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
hilarious ceo french chef
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
ungodly cuckoldry
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
crimson death wish state
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
azure site electric furnace
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
crimson death wish state
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
azure site electric furnace
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
crimson death wish state
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
azure site electric furnace
  12/21/25
cr
hilarious ceo french chef
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Vibrant violet crackhouse kitty
  12/18/25
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Sepia metal space
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
balding passionate hell
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Sepia metal space
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Saffron karate cruise ship
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
hateful keepsake machete
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Diverse Ticket Booth
  12/18/25
...
Sepia metal space
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
pink mother
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
hilarious ceo french chef
  12/18/25
...
ungodly cuckoldry
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
titillating deep blood rage
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
ungodly cuckoldry
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
self-absorbed gas station son of senegal
  12/18/25
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titillating deep blood rage
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
canary wonderful principal's office pervert
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Razzle ivory pit
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Jet-lagged Factory Reset Button Hairy Legs
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
abusive lascivious stage
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Vibrant violet crackhouse kitty
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Unhinged Liquid Oxygen
  12/19/25
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hyperventilating striped hyena
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: pink mother

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=2в#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: racy lay stock car

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=2в#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: cerebral aggressive corn cake

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: laughsome yellow lodge laser beams



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: abusive lascivious stage

"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=2в#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: abusive lascivious stage

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=2в#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: adventurous disturbing friendly grandma macaca

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: azure site electric furnace

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=2в#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: abusive lascivious stage

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=2в#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: swollen drab parlor

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=2в#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Cracking Black Legal Warrant



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Arousing market giraffe

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: pink mother

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=2в#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Arousing market giraffe

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=2в#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: pink mother

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=2в#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Arousing market giraffe

180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Buck-toothed kitchen background story

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: hilarious ceo french chef

rocket boys is 180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Buck-toothed kitchen background story

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: hilarious ceo french chef



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: swollen drab parlor

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=2в#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: titillating deep blood rage

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=2в#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: pink mother

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=2в#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Rambunctious university

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: pink mother

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=2в#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: aphrodisiac bespoke windowlicker tattoo

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=2в#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: french goyim

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=2в#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Sticky rose circlehead really tough guy

JackTales 🤡😳

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Buck-toothed kitchen background story

those are for reading out loud , clown



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: lemon gunner

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=2в#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: ungodly cuckoldry

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=2в#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Sepia metal space



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: ungodly cuckoldry

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=2в#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Sepia metal space



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: canary wonderful principal's office pervert

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=2в#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: hilarious ceo french chef

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: ungodly cuckoldry

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=2в#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: crimson death wish state

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: azure site electric furnace

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: crimson death wish state

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=2в#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: azure site electric furnace

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=2в#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: crimson death wish state

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=2в#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: azure site electric furnace

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: hilarious ceo french chef

cr

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Vibrant violet crackhouse kitty

Anabasis

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Sepia metal space



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: balding passionate hell

Flowers for Algernon

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Sepia metal space



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Saffron karate cruise ship

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=2в#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: hateful keepsake machete

Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2в#49519689)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Diverse Ticket Booth

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=2в#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Sepia metal space



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: pink mother

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=2в#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: hilarious ceo french chef

zorba the greek



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: ungodly cuckoldry



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: titillating deep blood rage

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=2в#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: ungodly cuckoldry

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=2в#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: self-absorbed gas station son of senegal

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=2в#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: titillating deep blood rage



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: canary wonderful principal's office pervert

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=2в#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Avocado Forum

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=2в#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Razzle ivory pit



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Factory Reset Button Hairy Legs

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: abusive lascivious stage

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: Vibrant violet crackhouse kitty

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2в#49521698)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: Unhinged Liquid Oxygen

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2в#49521706)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: hyperventilating striped hyena

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

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