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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
puce rambunctious area
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Disrespectful deranged roommate
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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nudist light church people who are hurt
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Crusty sienna hominid
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Crusty sienna hominid
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
bipolar odious rigor brunch
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
alcoholic lay telephone
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Crusty sienna hominid
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Slap-happy Institution
  12/19/25
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Charismatic water buffalo chapel
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Thriller Hospital Immigrant
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
puce rambunctious area
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Thriller Hospital Immigrant
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
puce rambunctious area
  12/18/25
180
Thriller Hospital Immigrant
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
drab codepig theater stage
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
floppy office
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
drab codepig theater stage
  12/18/25
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floppy office
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Slap-happy Institution
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
heady hell mad cow disease
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
puce rambunctious area
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Green faggotry community account
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
puce rambunctious area
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
coiffed pea-brained stag film
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Wonderful pozpig den
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
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  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
drab codepig theater stage
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
lascivious orchestra pit
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction
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Contagious thirsty hall
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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Contagious thirsty hall
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
trip godawful plaza
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
floppy office
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Cerise Flickering Lodge
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
alcoholic lay telephone
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Cerise Flickering Lodge
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
alcoholic lay telephone
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Cerise Flickering Lodge
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
alcoholic lay telephone
  12/21/25
cr
floppy office
  12/18/25
Anabasis
aromatic violent school cafeteria
  12/18/25
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Contagious thirsty hall
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Sticky Half-breed
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Contagious thirsty hall
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Bateful Filthpig
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
turquoise macaca
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
abusive zombie-like abode
  12/18/25
...
Contagious thirsty hall
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
puce rambunctious area
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
floppy office
  12/18/25
...
carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
heady hell mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Sapphire parlor halford
  12/18/25
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heady hell mad cow disease
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
trip godawful plaza
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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  12/18/25
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
silver ratface stain
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Crusty sienna hominid
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
aromatic violent school cafeteria
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
judgmental property degenerate
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: puce rambunctious area

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=2E#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Disrespectful deranged roommate

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=2E#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: pearl razzle weed whacker

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: nudist light church people who are hurt



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Crusty sienna hominid

"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=2E#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: Crusty sienna hominid

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=2E#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: bipolar odious rigor brunch

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: alcoholic lay telephone

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=2E#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: Crusty sienna hominid

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=2E#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: Slap-happy Institution

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=2E#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Charismatic water buffalo chapel



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Thriller Hospital Immigrant

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: puce rambunctious area

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=2E#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Thriller Hospital Immigrant

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=2E#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: puce rambunctious area

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=2E#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Thriller Hospital Immigrant

180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: drab codepig theater stage

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: floppy office

rocket boys is 180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: drab codepig theater stage

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: floppy office



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Slap-happy Institution

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=2E#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: heady hell mad cow disease

CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" those by HS, especially later in HS?

My 7 year old just read--and really enjoyed--Hatchet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: puce rambunctious area

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=2E#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Green faggotry community account

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: puce rambunctious area

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=2E#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: coiffed pea-brained stag film

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=2E#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: Wonderful pozpig den

seconding count of monte cristo

three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Diverse tanning salon coffee pot

JackTales 🤡😳

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: drab codepig theater stage

those are for reading out loud , clown



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: lascivious orchestra pit

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=2E#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction

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=2E#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Contagious thirsty hall



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction

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=2E#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Contagious thirsty hall



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: trip godawful plaza

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=2E#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: floppy office

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction

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=2E#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: Cerise Flickering Lodge

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: alcoholic lay telephone

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: Cerise Flickering Lodge

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=2E#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: alcoholic lay telephone

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=2E#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: Cerise Flickering Lodge

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=2E#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: alcoholic lay telephone

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: floppy office

cr

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: aromatic violent school cafeteria

Anabasis

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Contagious thirsty hall



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Sticky Half-breed

Flowers for Algernon

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Contagious thirsty hall



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Bateful Filthpig

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=2E#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: turquoise macaca

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: abusive zombie-like abode

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=2E#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Contagious thirsty hall



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: puce rambunctious area

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=2E#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: floppy office

zorba the greek



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: heady hell mad cow disease

Several good recs already upthread. Some others:

The Things They Carried

Mark Twain--starting with Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

1984

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (and throw in The Hobbit)

Infinite Jest

Moby Dick

Blood Meridian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: carmine cracking fanboi dysfunction

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=2E#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: Sapphire parlor halford

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=2E#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: heady hell mad cow disease



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: trip godawful plaza

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=2E#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: bright toaster

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=2E#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Yapping Trailer Park



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: silver ratface stain

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Crusty sienna hominid

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: aromatic violent school cafeteria

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: judgmental property degenerate

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: concupiscible tantric corner place of business

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