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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Aromatic address main people
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Jade bateful home
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
doobsian yarmulke rigpig
  12/18/25
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wonderful fuchsia doctorate
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Sadistic cerebral quadroon
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Sadistic cerebral quadroon
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
sooty vivacious space becky
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
awkward alcoholic university roast beef
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Sadistic cerebral quadroon
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Internet-worthy fighting brunch mental disorder
  12/19/25
...
Mind-boggling locale son of senegal
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
twinkling meetinghouse police squad
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Aromatic address main people
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
twinkling meetinghouse police squad
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Aromatic address main people
  12/18/25
180
twinkling meetinghouse police squad
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Hairless school cafeteria
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Arrogant talented business firm
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Hairless school cafeteria
  12/18/25
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Arrogant talented business firm
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Internet-worthy fighting brunch mental disorder
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Charismatic Whorehouse Chad
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Aromatic address main people
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
flesh hot hall ceo
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Aromatic address main people
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
shaky glassy parlour coldplay fan
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
twisted circlehead persian
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
adulterous pit
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Hairless school cafeteria
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Orchid Sound Barrier National
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
insane green french chef office
  12/18/25
...
electric pearl mexican
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
insane green french chef office
  12/18/25
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electric pearl mexican
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
dull bawdyhouse elastic band
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Arrogant talented business firm
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
insane green french chef office
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Pink gunner
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
awkward alcoholic university roast beef
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Pink gunner
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
awkward alcoholic university roast beef
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Pink gunner
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
awkward alcoholic university roast beef
  12/21/25
cr
Arrogant talented business firm
  12/18/25
Anabasis
pea-brained slimy stock car sanctuary
  12/18/25
...
electric pearl mexican
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Cerise newt
  12/18/25
...
electric pearl mexican
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
plum beta skinny woman base
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Wine beady-eyed ladyboy forum
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Salmon psychic knife
  12/18/25
...
electric pearl mexican
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Aromatic address main people
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Arrogant talented business firm
  12/18/25
...
insane green french chef office
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Charismatic Whorehouse Chad
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
insane green french chef office
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Frisky antidepressant drug national security agency
  12/18/25
...
Charismatic Whorehouse Chad
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
dull bawdyhouse elastic band
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Crimson Odious Halford Heaven
  12/18/25
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fantasy-prone motley indirect expression set
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Smoky Chapel
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Sadistic cerebral quadroon
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
pea-brained slimy stock car sanctuary
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Nubile box office
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
seedy boyish philosopher-king
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Aromatic address main people

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: Jade bateful home

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: doobsian yarmulke rigpig

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: wonderful fuchsia doctorate



(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: Sadistic cerebral quadroon

"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: Sadistic cerebral quadroon

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: sooty vivacious space becky

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: awkward alcoholic university roast beef

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: Sadistic cerebral quadroon

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: Internet-worthy fighting brunch mental disorder

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: Mind-boggling locale son of senegal



(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: twinkling meetinghouse police squad

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: Aromatic address main people

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: twinkling meetinghouse police squad

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: Aromatic address main people

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: twinkling meetinghouse police squad

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: Hairless school cafeteria

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: Arrogant talented business firm

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: Hairless school cafeteria

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: Arrogant talented business firm



(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: Internet-worthy fighting brunch mental disorder

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: Charismatic Whorehouse Chad

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: Aromatic address main people

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: flesh hot hall ceo

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: Aromatic address main people

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: shaky glassy parlour coldplay fan

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: twisted circlehead persian

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: adulterous pit

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: Hairless school cafeteria

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: Orchid Sound Barrier National

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: insane green french chef office

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: electric pearl mexican



(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: insane green french chef office

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: electric pearl mexican



(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: dull bawdyhouse elastic band

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: Arrogant talented business firm

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: insane green french chef office

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: Pink gunner

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: awkward alcoholic university roast beef

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: Pink gunner

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: awkward alcoholic university roast beef

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: Pink gunner

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: awkward alcoholic university roast beef

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: Arrogant talented business firm

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: pea-brained slimy stock car sanctuary

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: electric pearl mexican



(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: Cerise newt

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: electric pearl mexican



(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: plum beta skinny woman base

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: Wine beady-eyed ladyboy forum

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: Salmon psychic knife

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: electric pearl mexican



(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: Aromatic address main people

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: Arrogant talented business firm

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: insane green french chef office



(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: Charismatic Whorehouse Chad

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: insane green french chef office

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: Frisky antidepressant drug national security agency

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: Charismatic Whorehouse Chad



(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: dull bawdyhouse elastic band

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: Crimson Odious Halford Heaven

Watership Down

A Day No Pigs Would Die

2nd Where the Red Fern Grows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: fantasy-prone motley indirect expression set



(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: Smoky Chapel

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: Sadistic cerebral quadroon

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: pea-brained slimy stock car sanctuary

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: Nubile box office

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: seedy boyish philosopher-king

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