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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
shimmering property hominid
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
pungent point
  12/18/25
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Spectacular Liquid Oxygen Hospital
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
titillating flickering trailer park
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
titillating flickering trailer park
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
lake hairless nibblets stag film
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
racy twinkling karate
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
titillating flickering trailer park
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
translucent drunken pisswyrm boltzmann
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
cerebral brilliant area
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
dashing house
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
shimmering property hominid
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
dashing house
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
shimmering property hominid
  12/18/25
180
dashing house
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Startling tank kitty cat
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
jet native
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Startling tank kitty cat
  12/18/25
...
jet native
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
translucent drunken pisswyrm boltzmann
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
diverse lodge
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
shimmering property hominid
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Opaque shivering state wagecucks
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
shimmering property hominid
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Slate contagious place of business step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Bat-shit-crazy crimson son of senegal
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
boyish regret
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Startling tank kitty cat
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
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  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
unhinged lime church
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
overrated lay
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
unhinged lime church
  12/18/25
lol
overrated lay
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
appetizing theater stage
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
jet native
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
unhinged lime church
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
avocado abode
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
racy twinkling karate
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
avocado abode
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
racy twinkling karate
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
avocado abode
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
racy twinkling karate
  12/21/25
cr
jet native
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Chestnut Generalized Bond Genital Piercing
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overrated lay
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Disgusting gaming laptop
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
overrated lay
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Violent big-titted sound barrier hall
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
mind-boggling olive crackhouse
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Slimy Self-absorbed Dysfunction Round Eye
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
overrated lay
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
shimmering property hominid
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
jet native
  12/18/25
...
unhinged lime church
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
diverse lodge
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
unhinged lime church
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Supple abusive clown shrine
  12/18/25
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diverse lodge
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
appetizing theater stage
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
charismatic poppy stage
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Topaz domesticated range
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
titillating flickering trailer park
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Chestnut Generalized Bond Genital Piercing
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
provocative brethren
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: shimmering property hominid

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: gay puppy

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: pungent point

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: Spectacular Liquid Oxygen Hospital



(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: titillating flickering trailer park

"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: titillating flickering trailer park

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: lake hairless nibblets stag film

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: racy twinkling karate

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: titillating flickering trailer park

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: translucent drunken pisswyrm boltzmann

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: cerebral brilliant area

The Illustrated Man

Odyssey

The International Jew

1984

Meditations

The Myth of Sisyphus

Hamlet

(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: dashing house

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: shimmering property hominid

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: dashing house

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: shimmering property hominid

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: dashing house

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: Startling tank kitty cat

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: jet native

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: Startling tank kitty cat

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: jet native



(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: translucent drunken pisswyrm boltzmann

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: diverse 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=2/#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: shimmering property hominid

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: Opaque shivering state wagecucks

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: shimmering property hominid

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: Slate contagious place of business step-uncle's house

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: Bat-shit-crazy crimson son of senegal

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: boyish regret

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: Startling tank kitty cat

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: erotic beady-eyed sanctuary mad-dog skullcap

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: unhinged lime church

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: overrated lay

are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo?

(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: unhinged lime church

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: overrated lay

lol

(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: appetizing theater stage

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: jet native

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: unhinged lime church

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: avocado abode

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: racy twinkling karate

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: avocado abode

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: racy twinkling karate

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: avocado abode

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: racy twinkling karate

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: jet native

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: Chestnut Generalized Bond Genital Piercing

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: overrated 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: Disgusting gaming laptop

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: overrated lay

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

(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: Violent big-titted sound barrier hall

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: mind-boggling olive crackhouse

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: Slimy Self-absorbed Dysfunction Round Eye

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: overrated lay

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

(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: shimmering property hominid

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: jet native

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: unhinged lime church



(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: diverse 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=2/#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: unhinged lime church

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: Supple abusive clown shrine

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: diverse lodge



(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: appetizing theater stage

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: charismatic poppy stage

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: Sable travel guidebook



(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: Topaz domesticated range

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: titillating flickering trailer park

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: Chestnut Generalized Bond Genital Piercing

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: provocative brethren

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
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