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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
impressive boltzmann
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Mischievous soggy codepig tank
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
bespoke hall
  12/18/25
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contagious costumed double fault
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
titillating place of business
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
titillating place of business
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Disrespectful stage
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
titillating place of business
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
splenetic blood rage
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
bat shit crazy mahogany ladyboy
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
dark field
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
impressive boltzmann
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
dark field
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
impressive boltzmann
  12/18/25
180
dark field
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
bateful pea-brained public bath juggernaut
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Jet Locale Dopamine
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
bateful pea-brained public bath juggernaut
  12/18/25
...
Jet Locale Dopamine
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
splenetic blood rage
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Bearded Space Death Wish
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
impressive boltzmann
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
slate boistinker
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
impressive boltzmann
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Low-t persian
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
sticky box office degenerate
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Passionate beta base
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
bateful pea-brained public bath juggernaut
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
kink-friendly mexican
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
zombie-like office
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
bisexual out-of-control marketing idea
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
zombie-like office
  12/18/25
lol
bisexual out-of-control marketing idea
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
metal business firm
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Jet Locale Dopamine
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
zombie-like office
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Cobalt Stubborn Therapy Kitchen
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Cobalt Stubborn Therapy Kitchen
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Cobalt Stubborn Therapy Kitchen
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo
  12/21/25
cr
Jet Locale Dopamine
  12/18/25
Anabasis
henna indian lodge deer antler
  12/18/25
...
bisexual out-of-control marketing idea
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
talking digit ratio
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
bisexual out-of-control marketing idea
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
excitant athletic conference telephone
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Lascivious Frisky Site
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
french cuckoldry
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
bisexual out-of-control marketing idea
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
impressive boltzmann
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Jet Locale Dopamine
  12/18/25
...
zombie-like office
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Bearded Space Death Wish
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
zombie-like office
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
painfully honest sienna lettuce milk
  12/18/25
...
Bearded Space Death Wish
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
metal business firm
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
provocative transparent new version house
  12/18/25
...
Dashing fighting regret
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Vermilion property fanboi
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
titillating place of business
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
henna indian lodge deer antler
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
gaped exciting center sweet tailpipe
  12/19/25
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Effete curious sanctuary
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: impressive boltzmann

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: Mischievous soggy codepig tank

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: bespoke hall

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: contagious costumed double fault



(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 place of business

"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 place of business

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: Disrespectful 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: Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo

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 place of business

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: splenetic blood rage

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: bat shit crazy mahogany ladyboy

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: dark field

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: impressive boltzmann

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: dark field

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: impressive boltzmann

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: dark field

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: bateful pea-brained public bath juggernaut

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 Locale Dopamine

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: bateful pea-brained public bath juggernaut

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 Locale Dopamine



(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: splenetic blood rage

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: Bearded Space Death Wish

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: impressive boltzmann

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: slate boistinker

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: impressive boltzmann

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: Low-t persian

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: sticky box office degenerate

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: Passionate beta base

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: bateful pea-brained public bath juggernaut

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: kink-friendly mexican

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: zombie-like office

Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz)

We Were Soldiers Once… And Young (Moore & Galloway)

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Lansing)

The Way of Men (Donovan)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: bisexual out-of-control marketing idea

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: zombie-like office

I’m not even sure which author you’re talking about, though I’m 99.99% sure that it’s not Moore or Galloway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: bisexual out-of-control marketing idea

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: metal business firm

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 Locale Dopamine

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: zombie-like office

No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a better idea of what it means to be a man and to experience the thrill, the triumph, of surviving impossible odds. Leadership, loyalty, discipline. And then they get home and are like, fuck it, sign me up for WWI’s trenches

My middle son needed a bit of coaching on perseverance, so we read this together and then did a HARD AS FUCK mountain bike camping trip in western NC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: Cobalt Stubborn Therapy Kitchen

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: Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo

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: Cobalt Stubborn Therapy Kitchen

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: Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo

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: Cobalt Stubborn Therapy Kitchen

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: Filthy medicated scourge upon the earth ceo

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 Locale Dopamine

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: henna indian lodge deer antler

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: bisexual out-of-control marketing idea



(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: talking digit ratio

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: bisexual out-of-control marketing idea

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: excitant athletic conference telephone

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: Lascivious Frisky Site

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: french cuckoldry

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: bisexual out-of-control marketing idea

> 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: impressive boltzmann

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 Locale Dopamine

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: zombie-like office



(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: Bearded Space Death Wish

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: zombie-like office

Cr. list

I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit overexposed to the hopelessly feminized librarian space for a time and was looked down upon as kind of trite. But it’s 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: painfully honest sienna lettuce milk

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: Bearded Space Death Wish



(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: metal business firm

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: provocative transparent new version house

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: Dashing fighting regret



(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: Vermilion property fanboi

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 place of business

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: henna indian lodge deer antler

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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