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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
chocolate prole
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
cyan arousing shitlib public bath
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
bat shit crazy flushed crackhouse
  12/18/25
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Tan indian lodge
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
vigorous rebellious church building
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
vigorous rebellious church building
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
self-absorbed motley international law enforcement agency
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
doobsian kitty cuck
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
vigorous rebellious church building
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
frozen old irish cottage keepsake machete
  12/19/25
...
lascivious stock car gunner
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
odious native legend
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
chocolate prole
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
odious native legend
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
chocolate prole
  12/18/25
180
odious native legend
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
thriller naked tank place of business
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
glittery bbw
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
thriller naked tank place of business
  12/18/25
...
glittery bbw
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
frozen old irish cottage keepsake machete
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Yapping Parlour
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
chocolate prole
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
shaky fiercely-loyal tanning salon stain
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
chocolate prole
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
insecure irradiated half-breed base
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
crystalline main people
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
avocado wagecucks
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
thriller naked tank place of business
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Cordovan Electric Ape Stag Film
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant
  12/18/25
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fuchsia university azn
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant
  12/18/25
...
fuchsia university azn
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
judgmental spot
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
glittery bbw
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Tantric reading party
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
doobsian kitty cuck
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Tantric reading party
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
doobsian kitty cuck
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Tantric reading party
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
doobsian kitty cuck
  12/21/25
cr
glittery bbw
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Dashing know-it-all idiot
  12/18/25
...
fuchsia university azn
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
lake aphrodisiac digit ratio
  12/18/25
...
fuchsia university azn
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Racy Beta Area Nowag
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Stirring Useless Senate
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Sienna ceo
  12/18/25
...
fuchsia university azn
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
chocolate prole
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
glittery bbw
  12/18/25
...
Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Yapping Parlour
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Mind-boggling poppy milk point
  12/18/25
...
Yapping Parlour
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
judgmental spot
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Bespoke forum jewess
  12/18/25
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Indigo electric furnace black woman
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Filthy market
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
vigorous rebellious church building
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Dashing know-it-all idiot
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
contagious athletic conference
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Disrespectful Theater Mad-dog Skullcap
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: chocolate prole

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: cyan arousing shitlib public bath

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: bat shit crazy flushed crackhouse

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: Tan indian lodge



(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: vigorous rebellious church building

"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: vigorous rebellious church building

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: self-absorbed motley international law enforcement agency

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: doobsian kitty cuck

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: vigorous rebellious church building

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: frozen old irish cottage keepsake machete

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: lascivious stock car gunner



(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: odious native legend

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: chocolate prole

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: odious native legend

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: chocolate prole

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: odious native legend

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: thriller naked tank place of business

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: glittery bbw

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: thriller naked tank place of business

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: glittery bbw



(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: frozen old irish cottage keepsake machete

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: Yapping Parlour

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: chocolate prole

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: shaky fiercely-loyal tanning salon stain

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: chocolate prole

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: insecure irradiated half-breed base

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: crystalline main people

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: avocado wagecucks

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: thriller naked tank place of business

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: Cordovan Electric Ape Stag Film

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: Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant

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: fuchsia university azn



(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: Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant

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: fuchsia university azn



(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: judgmental spot

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: glittery bbw

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: Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant

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: Tantric reading party

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: doobsian kitty cuck

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: Tantric reading party

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: doobsian kitty cuck

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: Tantric reading party

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: doobsian kitty cuck

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: glittery bbw

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: Dashing know-it-all idiot

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: fuchsia university azn



(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: lake aphrodisiac 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: fuchsia university azn



(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: Racy Beta Area Nowag

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: Stirring Useless Senate

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: Sienna ceo

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: fuchsia university azn



(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: chocolate prole

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: glittery bbw

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: Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant



(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: Yapping Parlour

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: Jet Beady-eyed Nibblets Immigrant

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: Mind-boggling poppy milk point

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: Yapping Parlour



(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: judgmental spot

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: Bespoke forum jewess

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: Indigo electric furnace black woman



(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: Filthy market

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: vigorous rebellious church building

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: Dashing know-it-all idiot

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: contagious athletic conference

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: Disrespectful Theater Mad-dog Skullcap

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