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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
odious transparent people who are hurt puppy
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
saffron spectacular feces
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
harsh henna theater stage alpha
  12/18/25
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startling mad cow disease
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
ruby hell
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
ruby hell
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Beady-eyed plaza
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
cracking codepig goyim
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
ruby hell
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Sepia multi-colored mad-dog skullcap
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Chestnut jewess
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
pea-brained irradiated parlour macaca
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
odious transparent people who are hurt puppy
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
pea-brained irradiated parlour macaca
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
odious transparent people who are hurt puppy
  12/18/25
180
pea-brained irradiated parlour macaca
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
rebellious heaven
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Slippery pearly persian
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
rebellious heaven
  12/18/25
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Slippery pearly persian
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Sepia multi-colored mad-dog skullcap
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
vivacious boiling water
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
odious transparent people who are hurt puppy
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Purple Public Bath Depressive
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
odious transparent people who are hurt puppy
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Big Frisky Ladyboy
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Contagious space
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Fantasy-prone ratface
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
rebellious heaven
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Aggressive brunch
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Orchid center
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
opaque lascivious station tattoo
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Orchid center
  12/18/25
lol
opaque lascivious station tattoo
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
marvelous chapel
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Slippery pearly persian
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Orchid center
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Excitant temple boltzmann
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
cracking codepig goyim
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Excitant temple boltzmann
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
cracking codepig goyim
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Excitant temple boltzmann
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
cracking codepig goyim
  12/21/25
cr
Slippery pearly persian
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Racy Church
  12/18/25
...
opaque lascivious station tattoo
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Doobsian Trump Supporter Travel Guidebook
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
opaque lascivious station tattoo
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Avocado home
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Canary drunken voyeur
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
nighttime federal native masturbator
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
opaque lascivious station tattoo
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
odious transparent people who are hurt puppy
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Slippery pearly persian
  12/18/25
...
Orchid center
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
vivacious boiling water
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Orchid center
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Low-t narrow-minded pozpig
  12/18/25
...
vivacious boiling water
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
marvelous chapel
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Nudist Queen Of The Night Bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
...
Peach menage sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
electric corner
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
ruby hell
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Racy Church
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
boyish shaky corn cake parlor
  12/19/25
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Learning Disabled Athletic Conference
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: odious transparent people who are hurt puppy

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: saffron spectacular feces

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: harsh henna theater stage alpha

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: startling mad cow disease



(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: ruby hell

"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: ruby hell

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: Beady-eyed plaza

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: cracking codepig goyim

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: ruby hell

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: Sepia multi-colored mad-dog skullcap

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: Chestnut jewess

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: pea-brained irradiated parlour macaca

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: odious transparent people who are hurt puppy

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: pea-brained irradiated parlour macaca

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: odious transparent people who are hurt puppy

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: pea-brained irradiated parlour macaca

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: rebellious heaven

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: Slippery pearly persian

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: rebellious heaven

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: Slippery pearly persian



(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: Sepia multi-colored mad-dog skullcap

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: vivacious boiling water

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: odious transparent people who are hurt puppy

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: Purple Public Bath Depressive

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: odious transparent people who are hurt puppy

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: Big Frisky Ladyboy

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: Contagious space

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: Fantasy-prone ratface

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: rebellious heaven

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: Aggressive brunch

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: Orchid center

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: opaque lascivious station tattoo

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: Orchid center

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: opaque lascivious station tattoo

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: marvelous chapel

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: Slippery pearly persian

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: Orchid center

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: Excitant temple boltzmann

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: cracking codepig goyim

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: Excitant temple boltzmann

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: cracking codepig goyim

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: Excitant temple boltzmann

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: cracking codepig goyim

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: Slippery pearly persian

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: Racy Church

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: opaque lascivious station tattoo



(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: Doobsian Trump Supporter Travel Guidebook

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: opaque lascivious station tattoo

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: Avocado home

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: Canary drunken voyeur

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: nighttime federal native masturbator

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: opaque lascivious station tattoo

> 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: odious transparent people who are hurt puppy

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: Slippery pearly persian

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: Orchid center



(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: vivacious boiling water

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: Orchid center

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: Low-t narrow-minded pozpig

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: vivacious boiling water



(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: marvelous chapel

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: Nudist Queen Of The Night Bawdyhouse

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: Peach menage sweet tailpipe



(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: electric corner

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: ruby hell

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: Racy Church

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: boyish shaky corn cake parlor

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: Learning Disabled Athletic Conference

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