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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
ultramarine greedy hairy legs
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
cracking temple becky
  12/18/25
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silver psychic
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Bistre piazza striped hyena
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Bistre piazza striped hyena
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
pearly irate potus
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
big pontificating gas station
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Bistre piazza striped hyena
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
frum school doctorate
  12/19/25
...
vivacious kitchen travel guidebook
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
nofapping crusty church building antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
nofapping crusty church building antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression
  12/18/25
180
nofapping crusty church building antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
mind-boggling naked address
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
glittery heaven
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
mind-boggling naked address
  12/18/25
...
glittery heaven
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
frum school doctorate
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
learning disabled ticket booth turdskin
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Glassy Boistinker
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
supple navy sanctuary
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Razzle-dazzle field
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
flesh space double fault
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
mind-boggling naked address
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Arousing Toaster Degenerate
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
wine embarrassed to the bone library
  12/18/25
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internet-worthy preventive strike lay
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
wine embarrassed to the bone library
  12/18/25
...
internet-worthy preventive strike lay
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
razzle shrine
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
glittery heaven
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
wine embarrassed to the bone library
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
honey-headed hominid fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
big pontificating gas station
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
honey-headed hominid fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
big pontificating gas station
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
honey-headed hominid fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
big pontificating gas station
  12/21/25
cr
glittery heaven
  12/18/25
Anabasis
maroon zombie-like parlor therapy
  12/18/25
...
internet-worthy preventive strike lay
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
puce background story set
  12/18/25
...
internet-worthy preventive strike lay
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
laughsome lodge mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
motley codepig friendly grandma
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
indecent step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
...
internet-worthy preventive strike lay
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
glittery heaven
  12/18/25
...
wine embarrassed to the bone library
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
learning disabled ticket booth turdskin
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
wine embarrassed to the bone library
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
burgundy menage
  12/18/25
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learning disabled ticket booth turdskin
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
razzle shrine
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
vibrant abode stock car
  12/18/25
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Titillating jet stage
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
avocado forum alpha
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Bistre piazza striped hyena
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
maroon zombie-like parlor therapy
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
territorial theatre athletic conference
  12/19/25
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Transparent mewling roast beef
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression

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: ultramarine greedy hairy legs

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: cracking temple becky

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: silver psychic



(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: Bistre piazza striped hyena

"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: Bistre piazza striped hyena

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: pearly irate potus

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: big pontificating gas station

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: Bistre piazza striped hyena

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: frum school doctorate

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: vivacious kitchen travel guidebook



(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: nofapping crusty church building antidepressant drug

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: Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression

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: nofapping crusty church building antidepressant drug

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: Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression

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: nofapping crusty church building antidepressant drug

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: mind-boggling naked address

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: glittery heaven

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: mind-boggling naked address

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: glittery heaven



(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: frum school doctorate

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: learning disabled ticket booth turdskin

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: Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression

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: Glassy Boistinker

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: Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression

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: supple navy sanctuary

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: Razzle-dazzle field

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: flesh space double fault

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: mind-boggling naked address

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: Arousing Toaster Degenerate

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: wine embarrassed to the bone library

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: internet-worthy preventive strike lay



(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: wine embarrassed to the bone library

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: internet-worthy preventive strike lay



(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: razzle shrine

he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers "androphile," a term he uses to describe romance and sex between masculine men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Donovan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: glittery heaven

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: wine embarrassed to the bone library

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: honey-headed hominid fortuitous meteor

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: big pontificating gas station

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: honey-headed hominid fortuitous meteor

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: big pontificating gas station

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: honey-headed hominid fortuitous meteor

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: big pontificating gas station

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: glittery heaven

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: maroon zombie-like parlor therapy

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: internet-worthy preventive strike lay



(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: puce background story set

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: internet-worthy preventive strike lay



(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: laughsome lodge mad-dog skullcap

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: motley codepig friendly grandma

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: indecent step-uncle's house

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: internet-worthy preventive strike lay



(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: Hilarious electric principal's office indirect expression

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: glittery heaven

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: wine embarrassed to the bone library



(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: learning disabled ticket booth turdskin

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: wine embarrassed to the bone library

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: burgundy menage

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: learning disabled ticket booth turdskin



(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: razzle shrine

agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise caution with the second and third sentences just given that the values may not be stoic masculine warrior

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: vibrant abode stock car

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: Titillating jet stage



(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: avocado forum alpha

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: Bistre piazza striped hyena

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: maroon zombie-like parlor therapy

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: territorial theatre athletic conference

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: Transparent mewling roast beef

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