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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Vigorous point associate
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
bespoke bipolar kitchen
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Magenta stage prole
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Swashbuckling drab address
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
White mind-boggling scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Aromatic buff location
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Mauve national security agency whorehouse
  12/19/25
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Smoky House Halford
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Beady-eyed old irish cottage clown
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Vigorous point associate
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Beady-eyed old irish cottage clown
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Vigorous point associate
  12/18/25
180
Beady-eyed old irish cottage clown
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
boyish state faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
dull spot
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
boyish state faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
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dull spot
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Mauve national security agency whorehouse
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Exciting turdskin shrine
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Vigorous point associate
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
jet magical indirect expression
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Vigorous point associate
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
comical sickened ticket booth yarmulke
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Plum Hyperactive Center Partner
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
glassy bateful stead generalized bond
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
boyish state faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
orchid puppy death wish
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
saffron locale chad
  12/18/25
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motley regret
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
saffron locale chad
  12/18/25
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motley regret
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Apoplectic knife
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
dull spot
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
saffron locale chad
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Judgmental Senate Becky
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Aromatic buff location
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Judgmental Senate Becky
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Aromatic buff location
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Judgmental Senate Becky
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Aromatic buff location
  12/21/25
cr
dull spot
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Thriller dysfunction love of her life
  12/18/25
...
motley regret
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
provocative temple
  12/18/25
...
motley regret
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
pungent dilemma electric furnace
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
contagious mustard pervert
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Claret station
  12/18/25
...
motley regret
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Vigorous point associate
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
dull spot
  12/18/25
...
saffron locale chad
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Exciting turdskin shrine
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
saffron locale chad
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
mahogany unholy ape pocket flask
  12/18/25
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Exciting turdskin shrine
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Apoplectic knife
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Azure big orchestra pit
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marvelous geriatric police squad
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
stirring sienna messiness step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Thriller dysfunction love of her life
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Appetizing hot cuck
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
excitant background story
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Vigorous point associate

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: bespoke bipolar kitchen

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: Magenta stage prole

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: Swashbuckling drab address



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing

"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: Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing

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: White mind-boggling scourge upon the earth

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: Aromatic buff location

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: Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing

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: Mauve national security agency whorehouse

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: Smoky House Halford



(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: Beady-eyed old irish cottage clown

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: Vigorous point associate

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: Beady-eyed old irish cottage clown

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: Vigorous point associate

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: Beady-eyed old irish cottage clown

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: boyish state faggot firefighter

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: dull spot

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: boyish state faggot firefighter

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: dull spot



(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: Mauve national security agency whorehouse

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: Exciting turdskin shrine

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: Vigorous point associate

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: jet magical indirect expression

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: Vigorous point associate

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: comical sickened ticket booth yarmulke

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: Plum Hyperactive Center Partner

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: glassy bateful stead generalized bond

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: boyish state faggot firefighter

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: orchid puppy death wish

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: saffron locale chad

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: motley regret



(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: saffron locale chad

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: motley regret



(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: Apoplectic knife

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: dull spot

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: saffron locale chad

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: Judgmental Senate Becky

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: Aromatic buff location

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: Judgmental Senate Becky

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: Aromatic buff location

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: Judgmental Senate Becky

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: Aromatic buff location

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: dull spot

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: Thriller dysfunction love of her life

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: motley regret



(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: provocative temple

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: motley regret



(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: pungent dilemma electric furnace

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: contagious mustard pervert

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: Claret station

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: motley regret



(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: Vigorous point associate

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: dull spot

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: saffron locale chad



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Exciting turdskin shrine

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: saffron locale chad

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: mahogany unholy ape pocket flask

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: Exciting turdskin shrine



(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: Apoplectic knife

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: Azure big orchestra pit

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: marvelous geriatric police squad



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: stirring sienna messiness step-uncle's house

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: Know-it-all honey-headed genital piercing

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: Thriller dysfunction love of her life

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: Appetizing hot cuck

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: excitant background story

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