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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Laughsome primrose state
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Flirting violet dopamine
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Bright multi-colored pisswyrm
  12/18/25
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spectacular hairless address boistinker
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
bateful karate
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
bateful karate
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Silver Hell Coldplay Fan
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Mustard Station Really Tough Guy
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
bateful karate
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
swashbuckling persian
  12/19/25
...
Milky indirect expression lay
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Sienna arousing parlor striped hyena
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Laughsome primrose state
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Sienna arousing parlor striped hyena
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Laughsome primrose state
  12/18/25
180
Sienna arousing parlor striped hyena
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
ocher school voyeur
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
lavender kitchen
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
ocher school voyeur
  12/18/25
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lavender kitchen
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
swashbuckling persian
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Sapphire galvanic lodge
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Laughsome primrose state
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
brilliant beady-eyed bawdyhouse yarmulke
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Laughsome primrose state
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Aromatic orchestra pit pervert
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
electric jet-lagged piazza keepsake machete
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
chestnut thriller stag film
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
ocher school voyeur
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Startled aphrodisiac newt
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
fragrant base lettuce
  12/18/25
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Judgmental half-breed
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
fragrant base lettuce
  12/18/25
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Judgmental half-breed
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Opaque glittery library
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
lavender kitchen
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
fragrant base lettuce
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Canary resort fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Mustard Station Really Tough Guy
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Canary resort fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Mustard Station Really Tough Guy
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Canary resort fortuitous meteor
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Mustard Station Really Tough Guy
  12/21/25
cr
lavender kitchen
  12/18/25
Anabasis
ruby low-t alpha
  12/18/25
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Judgmental half-breed
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Aqua Native Codepig
  12/18/25
...
Judgmental half-breed
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
crystalline tripping gay wizard hominid
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
curious hyperactive trailer park toaster
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Grizzly background story
  12/18/25
...
Judgmental half-breed
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Laughsome primrose state
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
lavender kitchen
  12/18/25
...
fragrant base lettuce
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Sapphire galvanic lodge
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
fragrant base lettuce
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
gaped stage
  12/18/25
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Sapphire galvanic lodge
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Opaque glittery library
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Glassy house-broken theatre weed whacker
  12/18/25
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Razzle slimy new version
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
indigo lascivious philosopher-king
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
bateful karate
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
ruby low-t alpha
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
boyish gold garrison water buffalo
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Laughsome primrose state

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=2id.#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Flirting violet dopamine

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=2id.#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Bright multi-colored pisswyrm

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: spectacular hairless address boistinker



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: bateful karate

"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=2id.#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: bateful karate

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=2id.#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Silver Hell Coldplay Fan

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Mustard Station Really Tough Guy

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=2id.#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: bateful karate

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=2id.#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: swashbuckling persian

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=2id.#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Milky indirect expression lay



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Sienna arousing parlor striped hyena

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Laughsome primrose state

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=2id.#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Sienna arousing parlor striped hyena

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=2id.#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Laughsome primrose state

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=2id.#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Sienna arousing parlor striped hyena

180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: ocher school voyeur

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: lavender kitchen

rocket boys is 180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: ocher school voyeur

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: lavender kitchen



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: swashbuckling persian

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=2id.#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Sapphire galvanic lodge

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=2id.#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Laughsome primrose state

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=2id.#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: brilliant beady-eyed bawdyhouse yarmulke

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Laughsome primrose state

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=2id.#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: Aromatic orchestra pit pervert

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=2id.#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: electric jet-lagged piazza keepsake machete

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=2id.#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: chestnut thriller stag film

JackTales 🤡😳

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: ocher school voyeur

those are for reading out loud , clown



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Startled aphrodisiac newt

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=2id.#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: fragrant base lettuce

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=2id.#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Judgmental half-breed



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: fragrant base lettuce

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=2id.#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Judgmental half-breed



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Opaque glittery library

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=2id.#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: lavender kitchen

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: fragrant base lettuce

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=2id.#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: Canary resort 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=2id.#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Mustard Station Really Tough Guy

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: Canary resort 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=2id.#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Mustard Station Really Tough Guy

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=2id.#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: Canary resort 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=2id.#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Mustard Station Really Tough Guy

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: lavender kitchen

cr

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: ruby low-t alpha

Anabasis

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Judgmental half-breed



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Aqua Native Codepig

Flowers for Algernon

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Judgmental half-breed



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: crystalline tripping gay wizard hominid

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=2id.#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: curious hyperactive trailer park toaster

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Grizzly background story

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=2id.#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Judgmental half-breed



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Laughsome primrose state

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=2id.#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: lavender kitchen

zorba the greek



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: fragrant base lettuce



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Sapphire galvanic lodge

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=2id.#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: fragrant base lettuce

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=2id.#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: gaped stage

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=2id.#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: Sapphire galvanic lodge



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Opaque glittery library

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=2id.#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Glassy house-broken theatre weed whacker

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=2id.#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Razzle slimy new version



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: indigo lascivious philosopher-king

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: bateful karate

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: ruby low-t alpha

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: boyish gold garrison water buffalo

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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