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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Bateful cumskin piazza
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
heady quadroon lay
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
hairraiser peach step-uncle's house
  12/18/25
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Vengeful theatre fanboi
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
cracking indian lodge roommate
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
cracking indian lodge roommate
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Mind-boggling low-t gas station love of her life
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
pungent library
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
cracking indian lodge roommate
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
passionate range
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Flirting supple blood rage set
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
adventurous topaz affirmative action parlour
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Bateful cumskin piazza
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
adventurous topaz affirmative action parlour
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Bateful cumskin piazza
  12/18/25
180
adventurous topaz affirmative action parlour
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Jet mildly autistic stage
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Bearded Rigor
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Jet mildly autistic stage
  12/18/25
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Bearded Rigor
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
passionate range
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
purple galvanic school nibblets
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Bateful cumskin piazza
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Stirring jewess pit
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Bateful cumskin piazza
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Slippery Swashbuckling Toaster
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
histrionic ruddy hairy legs den
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
turquoise orchestra pit
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Jet mildly autistic stage
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
blathering crimson people who are hurt
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Electric prole
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
odious mental disorder friendly grandma
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Electric prole
  12/18/25
lol
odious mental disorder friendly grandma
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
beady-eyed old irish cottage
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Bearded Rigor
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Electric prole
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Jade cuckold church
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
pungent library
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Jade cuckold church
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
pungent library
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Jade cuckold church
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
pungent library
  12/21/25
cr
Bearded Rigor
  12/18/25
Anabasis
blue patrolman
  12/18/25
...
odious mental disorder friendly grandma
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Tan Frozen Coldplay Fan Knife
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
odious mental disorder friendly grandma
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Cowardly area
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
effete aromatic newt
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Violet Glittery Field
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
odious mental disorder friendly grandma
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Bateful cumskin piazza
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Bearded Rigor
  12/18/25
...
Electric prole
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
purple galvanic school nibblets
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Electric prole
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Excitant Nudist Therapy
  12/18/25
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purple galvanic school nibblets
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
beady-eyed old irish cottage
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
180 tanning salon goal in life
  12/18/25
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mauve voyeur
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
ruby razzle-dazzle regret elastic band
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
cracking indian lodge roommate
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
blue patrolman
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
chrome yarmulke
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Bateful cumskin piazza

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: heady quadroon lay

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: hairraiser peach step-uncle's house

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: Vengeful theatre fanboi



(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: cracking indian lodge roommate

"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: cracking indian lodge roommate

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: Mind-boggling low-t gas station love of her life

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: pungent library

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: cracking indian lodge roommate

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: passionate range

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: Flirting supple blood rage set

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: adventurous topaz affirmative action parlour

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: Bateful cumskin piazza

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: adventurous topaz affirmative action parlour

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: Bateful cumskin piazza

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: adventurous topaz affirmative action parlour

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: Jet mildly autistic stage

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: Bearded Rigor

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: Jet mildly autistic stage

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: Bearded Rigor



(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: passionate range

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: purple galvanic school nibblets

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: Bateful cumskin piazza

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: Stirring jewess pit

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: Bateful cumskin piazza

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: Slippery Swashbuckling Toaster

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: histrionic ruddy hairy legs den

seconding count of monte cristo

three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: turquoise orchestra pit

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: Jet mildly autistic stage

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: blathering crimson people who are hurt

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: Electric prole

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: odious mental disorder friendly grandma

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: Electric prole

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: odious mental disorder friendly grandma

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: beady-eyed old irish cottage

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: Bearded Rigor

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: Electric prole

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: Jade cuckold church

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: pungent library

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: Jade cuckold church

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: pungent library

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: Jade cuckold church

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: pungent library

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: Bearded Rigor

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: blue patrolman

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: odious mental disorder friendly grandma



(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: Tan Frozen Coldplay Fan Knife

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: odious mental disorder friendly grandma

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: Cowardly area

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: effete aromatic newt

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: Violet Glittery Field

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: odious mental disorder friendly grandma

> 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: Bateful cumskin piazza

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: Bearded Rigor

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: Electric prole



(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: purple galvanic school nibblets

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: Electric prole

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: Excitant Nudist Therapy

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: purple galvanic school nibblets



(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: beady-eyed old irish cottage

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: 180 tanning salon goal in life

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: mauve voyeur



(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: ruby razzle-dazzle regret elastic band

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: cracking indian lodge roommate

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: blue patrolman

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: chrome yarmulke

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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