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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
flushed ticket booth
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
histrionic obsidian university
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
diverse people who are hurt
  12/18/25
...
Unhinged embarrassed to the bone mediation
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Arousing Locus Cumskin
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Arousing Locus Cumskin
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Know-it-all cowardly stage
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
clear bawdyhouse immigrant
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Arousing Locus Cumskin
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
French henna friendly grandma
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
snowy shrine
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
maroon hilarious principal's office
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
flushed ticket booth
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
maroon hilarious principal's office
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
flushed ticket booth
  12/18/25
180
maroon hilarious principal's office
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
abusive dragon toilet seat
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
heady abode
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
abusive dragon toilet seat
  12/18/25
...
heady abode
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
French henna friendly grandma
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
gaped passionate sex offender brunch
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
flushed ticket booth
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Translucent station dysfunction
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
flushed ticket booth
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Multi-colored theatre
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
mahogany frozen menage
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
bronze hairraiser set
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
abusive dragon toilet seat
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
fragrant stead
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Jade whorehouse travel guidebook
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
vivacious toaster
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Jade whorehouse travel guidebook
  12/18/25
lol
vivacious toaster
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Floppy Police Squad Cruise Ship
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
heady abode
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Jade whorehouse travel guidebook
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
crusty place of business garrison
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
clear bawdyhouse immigrant
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
crusty place of business garrison
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
clear bawdyhouse immigrant
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
crusty place of business garrison
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
clear bawdyhouse immigrant
  12/21/25
cr
heady abode
  12/18/25
Anabasis
bright galvanic telephone digit ratio
  12/18/25
...
vivacious toaster
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Emerald pea-brained parlour jap
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
vivacious toaster
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Stirring mischievous hunting ground
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Tripping Big Affirmative Action
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Magical curious french chef
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
vivacious toaster
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
flushed ticket booth
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
heady abode
  12/18/25
...
Jade whorehouse travel guidebook
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
gaped passionate sex offender brunch
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Jade whorehouse travel guidebook
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
scarlet comical giraffe national security agency
  12/18/25
...
gaped passionate sex offender brunch
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Floppy Police Squad Cruise Ship
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Overrated glassy kitty cat
  12/18/25
...
Honey-headed cuckold
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
smoky pozpig multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Arousing Locus Cumskin
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
bright galvanic telephone digit ratio
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
learning disabled amber school hissy fit
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
salmon hall jew
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: flushed ticket booth

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: histrionic obsidian university

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: diverse people who are hurt

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: Unhinged embarrassed to the bone mediation



(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: Arousing Locus Cumskin

"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: Arousing Locus Cumskin

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: Know-it-all cowardly stage

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: clear bawdyhouse immigrant

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: Arousing Locus Cumskin

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: French henna friendly grandma

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: snowy shrine

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: maroon hilarious principal's office

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: flushed ticket booth

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: maroon hilarious principal's office

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: flushed ticket booth

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: maroon hilarious principal's office

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: abusive dragon toilet seat

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: heady abode

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: abusive dragon toilet seat

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: heady abode



(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: French henna friendly grandma

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: gaped passionate sex offender brunch

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: flushed ticket booth

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: Translucent station dysfunction

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: flushed ticket booth

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: Multi-colored theatre

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: mahogany frozen menage

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: bronze hairraiser set

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: abusive dragon toilet seat

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: fragrant stead

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: Jade whorehouse travel guidebook

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: vivacious toaster

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: Jade whorehouse travel guidebook

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: vivacious toaster

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: Floppy Police Squad Cruise Ship

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: heady abode

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: Jade whorehouse travel guidebook

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: crusty place of business garrison

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: clear bawdyhouse immigrant

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: crusty place of business garrison

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: clear bawdyhouse immigrant

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: crusty place of business garrison

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: clear bawdyhouse immigrant

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: heady abode

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: bright galvanic telephone digit ratio

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: vivacious toaster



(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: Emerald pea-brained parlour jap

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: vivacious toaster

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: Stirring mischievous hunting ground

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: Tripping Big Affirmative Action

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: Magical curious french chef

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: vivacious toaster

> 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: flushed ticket booth

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: heady abode

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: Jade whorehouse travel guidebook



(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: gaped passionate sex offender brunch

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: Jade whorehouse travel guidebook

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: scarlet comical giraffe 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=2#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: gaped passionate sex offender brunch



(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: Floppy Police Squad Cruise Ship

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: Overrated glassy kitty cat

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: Honey-headed cuckold



(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: smoky pozpig multi-billionaire

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: Arousing Locus Cumskin

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: bright galvanic telephone digit ratio

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: learning disabled amber school hissy fit

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: salmon hall jew

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