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Green Charismatic Church Building
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
underhanded confused rigpig
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provocative native
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
provocative native
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
medicated rusted university mexican
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Tripping twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
provocative native
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
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federal low-t public bath
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
drab garrison
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Green Charismatic Church Building
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
drab garrison
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Green Charismatic Church Building
  12/18/25
180
drab garrison
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misunderstood irradiated plaza
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
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Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
misunderstood irradiated plaza
  12/18/25
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titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Snowy Razzle Dopamine Sanctuary
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Fiercely-loyal vibrant rehab
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Green Charismatic Church Building
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Fishy Dashing Trust Fund Main People
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Green Charismatic Church Building
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
balding pit
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
heady violet business firm
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
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those are for reading out loud , clown
misunderstood irradiated plaza
  12/18/25
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Aromatic wine stage generalized bond
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
exciting know-it-all location
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exciting know-it-all location
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
haunting kitty
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
exciting know-it-all location
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
floppy cruel-hearted therapy
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Tripping twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
floppy cruel-hearted therapy
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Tripping twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
floppy cruel-hearted therapy
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
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  12/21/25
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Anabasis
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Flowers for Algernon
Wonderful light heaven
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...
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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 ...
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read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Green Charismatic Church Building
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exciting know-it-all location
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Fiercely-loyal vibrant rehab
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
exciting know-it-all location
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The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Magical Mood
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Fiercely-loyal vibrant rehab
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haunting kitty
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A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
provocative native
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Green Charismatic Church Building

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: Canary mewling area dog poop

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: underhanded confused rigpig

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: Cracking pearly corner



(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: provocative native

"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: provocative native

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: medicated rusted university mexican

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: Tripping twinkling uncleanness

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: provocative native

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: Snowy Razzle Dopamine Sanctuary

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: federal low-t public bath



(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: drab garrison

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: Green Charismatic Church Building

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: drab garrison

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: Green Charismatic Church Building

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: drab garrison

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: misunderstood irradiated plaza

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: titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel

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: misunderstood irradiated plaza

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: titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel



(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: Snowy Razzle Dopamine Sanctuary

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: Fiercely-loyal vibrant rehab

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: Green Charismatic Church Building

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: Fishy Dashing Trust Fund Main People

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: Green Charismatic Church Building

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: balding pit

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: heady violet business firm

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: maroon tanning salon

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: misunderstood irradiated plaza

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: Aromatic wine stage generalized bond

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: exciting know-it-all location

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: lime erotic gas station



(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: exciting know-it-all location

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: lime erotic gas station



(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: haunting kitty

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: titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel

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: exciting know-it-all location

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: floppy cruel-hearted therapy

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: Tripping twinkling uncleanness

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: floppy cruel-hearted therapy

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: Tripping twinkling uncleanness

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: floppy cruel-hearted therapy

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: Tripping twinkling uncleanness

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: titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel

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: Vivacious Jewess Hall

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: lime erotic gas station



(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: Wonderful light heaven

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: lime erotic gas station



(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: hairless mustard 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: big-titted dark step-uncle's house

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: Contagious violent water buffalo theater

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: lime erotic gas station



(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: Green Charismatic Church Building

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: titillating doobsian coldplay fan incel

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: exciting know-it-all location



(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: Fiercely-loyal vibrant rehab

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: exciting know-it-all location

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: Magical Mood

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: Fiercely-loyal vibrant rehab



(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: haunting kitty

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: Embarrassed to the bone mind-boggling whorehouse

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: Maize rough-skinned toilet seat stock car



(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: Khaki Talented Corn Cake

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: provocative native

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: Vivacious Jewess Hall

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: stimulating bonkers cruise ship knife

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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