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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Orchid adventurous persian base
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Glittery Gaped Hunting Ground Forum
  12/18/25
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Concupiscible therapy gas station
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Concupiscible therapy gas station
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Sapphire philosopher-king
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
provocative mad cow disease brunch
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Concupiscible therapy gas station
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
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  12/19/25
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Light Factory Reset Button Dingle Berry
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
big territorial lodge goyim
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Orchid adventurous persian base
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
big territorial lodge goyim
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Orchid adventurous persian base
  12/18/25
180
big territorial lodge goyim
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
twinkling theater
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Cerebral Space
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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  12/18/25
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Cerebral Space
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
heady pearl police squad indian lodge
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Titillating Athletic Conference Dilemma
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Orchid adventurous persian base
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
vigorous green boiling water
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Orchid adventurous persian base
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
narrow-minded toaster indirect expression
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Mildly autistic point son of senegal
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
pontificating violent ladyboy station
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
twinkling theater
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Marvelous Garrison Crotch
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
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  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Cerebral Space
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
bisexual striped hyena
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
crimson trailer park
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
provocative mad cow disease brunch
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
crimson trailer park
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
provocative mad cow disease brunch
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
crimson trailer park
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
provocative mad cow disease brunch
  12/21/25
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Cerebral Space
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Effete address pistol
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disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Pale national
  12/18/25
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disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
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Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Cream hall background story
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Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
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disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Orchid adventurous persian base
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Cerebral Space
  12/18/25
...
bisexual striped hyena
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Titillating Athletic Conference Dilemma
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
bisexual striped hyena
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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  12/18/25
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Titillating Athletic Conference Dilemma
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
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  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Milky Institution Newt
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Concupiscible therapy gas station
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Effete address pistol
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Orchid adventurous persian base

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: Glittery Gaped Hunting Ground Forum

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: Exhilarant church

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: Geriatric laughsome lay trump supporter



(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: Concupiscible therapy gas station

"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: Concupiscible therapy gas station

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: Sapphire philosopher-king

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: provocative mad cow disease brunch

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: Concupiscible therapy gas station

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: heady pearl police squad indian lodge

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: Light Factory Reset Button Dingle Berry



(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: big territorial lodge goyim

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: Orchid adventurous persian base

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: big territorial lodge goyim

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: Orchid adventurous persian base

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: big territorial lodge goyim

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: twinkling theater

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: Cerebral Space

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: twinkling theater

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: Cerebral Space



(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: heady pearl police squad indian lodge

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: Titillating Athletic Conference Dilemma

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: Orchid adventurous persian base

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: vigorous green boiling water

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: Orchid adventurous persian base

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: narrow-minded toaster indirect expression

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: Mildly autistic point son of senegal

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: pontificating violent ladyboy station

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: twinkling theater

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: Marvelous Garrison Crotch

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: bisexual striped hyena

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: disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor



(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: bisexual striped hyena

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: disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor



(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: hideous vengeful twinkling uncleanness tanning salon

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: Cerebral Space

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: bisexual striped hyena

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: crimson trailer park

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: provocative mad cow disease brunch

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: crimson trailer park

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: provocative mad cow disease brunch

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: crimson trailer park

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: provocative mad cow disease brunch

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: Cerebral Space

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: Effete address pistol

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: disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor



(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: Pale national

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: disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor



(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: floppy submissive voyeur private investor

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: Cream hall background story

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: nudist charismatic coldplay fan yarmulke

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: disrespectful beady-eyed fortuitous meteor



(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: Orchid adventurous persian base

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: Cerebral Space

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: bisexual striped hyena



(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: Titillating Athletic Conference Dilemma

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: bisexual striped hyena

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: plum insane becky

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: Titillating Athletic Conference Dilemma



(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: hideous vengeful twinkling uncleanness tanning salon

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: Fighting stage coffee pot

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: Useless claret roommate pozpig



(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: Milky Institution Newt

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: Concupiscible therapy gas station

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: Effete address pistol

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: Sadistic Chartreuse Crackhouse Boltzmann

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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