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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Bronze glittery degenerate
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
vivacious bespoke school
  12/18/25
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buck-toothed spectacular pit
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
cobalt clown
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
galvanic stag film
  12/19/25
...
Twinkling drunken bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
peach church building round eye
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
peach church building round eye
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
180
peach church building round eye
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Pontificating Orchestra Pit Brethren
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
smoky locus
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Pontificating Orchestra Pit Brethren
  12/18/25
...
smoky locus
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
galvanic stag film
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Insecure Persian Pistol
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
wild rehab roast beef
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
passionate henna immigrant state
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
flatulent confused mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
magical turdskin
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Pontificating Orchestra Pit Brethren
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Exhilarant Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Twisted Mexican
  12/18/25
...
At-the-ready nowag
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Twisted Mexican
  12/18/25
...
At-the-ready nowag
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Supple prole liquid oxygen
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
smoky locus
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Twisted Mexican
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
bat-shit-crazy temple boiling water
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
bat-shit-crazy temple boiling water
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
bat-shit-crazy temple boiling water
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich
  12/21/25
cr
smoky locus
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Flesh gas station
  12/18/25
...
At-the-ready nowag
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
stimulating mother cruise ship
  12/18/25
...
At-the-ready nowag
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
nubile hospital
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
arousing house
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
lake twinkling uncleanness selfie
  12/18/25
...
At-the-ready nowag
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
smoky locus
  12/18/25
...
Twisted Mexican
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Insecure Persian Pistol
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Twisted Mexican
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Boyish Idea He Suggested Spot
  12/18/25
...
Insecure Persian Pistol
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Supple prole liquid oxygen
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Black stock car
  12/18/25
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Pearl alpha
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
dashing hall
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Flesh gas station
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
iridescent ticket booth
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
up-to-no-good brunch factory reset button
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king

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: Bronze glittery degenerate

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: vivacious bespoke school

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: buck-toothed spectacular pit



(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: appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house

"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: appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house

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: cobalt clown

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: Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich

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: appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house

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: galvanic stag film

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: Twinkling drunken bawdyhouse



(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: peach church building round eye

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: Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king

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: peach church building round eye

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: Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king

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: peach church building round eye

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: Pontificating Orchestra Pit Brethren

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: smoky locus

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: Pontificating Orchestra Pit Brethren

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: smoky locus



(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: galvanic stag film

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: Insecure Persian Pistol

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: Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king

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: wild rehab roast beef

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: Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king

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: passionate henna immigrant state

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: flatulent confused mad-dog skullcap

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: magical turdskin

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: Pontificating Orchestra Pit Brethren

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: Exhilarant Scourge Upon The Earth

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: Twisted Mexican

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: At-the-ready nowag



(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: Twisted Mexican

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: At-the-ready nowag



(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: Supple prole liquid oxygen

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: smoky locus

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: Twisted Mexican

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: bat-shit-crazy temple boiling water

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: Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich

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: bat-shit-crazy temple boiling water

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: Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich

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: bat-shit-crazy temple boiling water

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: Ultramarine charismatic jew sandwich

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: smoky locus

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: Flesh gas station

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: At-the-ready nowag



(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: stimulating mother cruise ship

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: At-the-ready nowag



(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: nubile hospital

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: arousing 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: lake twinkling uncleanness selfie

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: At-the-ready nowag



(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: Jet-lagged Cowardly Philosopher-king

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: smoky locus

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: Twisted Mexican



(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: Insecure Persian Pistol

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: Twisted Mexican

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: Boyish Idea He Suggested Spot

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: Insecure Persian Pistol



(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: Supple prole liquid oxygen

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: Black stock car

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: Pearl alpha



(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: dashing hall

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: appetizing rebellious athletic conference step-uncle's house

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: Flesh gas station

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: iridescent ticket booth

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
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