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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Diverse step-uncle's house gunner
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
unhinged appetizing spot rigor
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
brilliant aphrodisiac associate
  12/18/25
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flickering mildly autistic church building
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
thirsty temple
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
thirsty temple
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Aggressive 180 scourge upon the earth roast beef
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
jet-lagged talented dragon
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
thirsty temple
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
histrionic location
  12/19/25
...
white floppy nursing home hissy fit
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
mahogany national
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Diverse step-uncle's house gunner
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
mahogany national
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Diverse step-uncle's house gunner
  12/18/25
180
mahogany national
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Crystalline plaza
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
concupiscible hell voyeur
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Crystalline plaza
  12/18/25
...
concupiscible hell voyeur
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
histrionic location
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Chrome up-to-no-good codepig
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Diverse step-uncle's house gunner
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Nubile stead
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Diverse step-uncle's house gunner
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
cracking disgusting site really tough guy
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Emerald dopamine keepsake machete
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
turquoise new version address
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Crystalline plaza
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Misunderstood Shrine
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Impertinent psychic
  12/18/25
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Honey-headed House
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Impertinent psychic
  12/18/25
...
Honey-headed House
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
henna alcoholic garrison
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
concupiscible hell voyeur
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Impertinent psychic
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
tan stubborn principal's office coffee pot
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
jet-lagged talented dragon
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
tan stubborn principal's office coffee pot
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
jet-lagged talented dragon
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
tan stubborn principal's office coffee pot
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
jet-lagged talented dragon
  12/21/25
cr
concupiscible hell voyeur
  12/18/25
Anabasis
laughsome stage rigpig
  12/18/25
...
Honey-headed House
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Razzmatazz costumed pisswyrm
  12/18/25
...
Honey-headed House
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
fighting weed whacker
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Razzle well-lubricated party of the first part
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
drunken tantric locale corn cake
  12/18/25
...
Honey-headed House
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Diverse step-uncle's house gunner
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
concupiscible hell voyeur
  12/18/25
...
Impertinent psychic
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Chrome up-to-no-good codepig
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Impertinent psychic
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Stimulating carnelian idea he suggested senate
  12/18/25
...
Chrome up-to-no-good codepig
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
henna alcoholic garrison
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
glittery mustard corner volcanic crater
  12/18/25
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cobalt titillating business firm multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Excitant Black Stage Hunting Ground
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
thirsty temple
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
laughsome stage rigpig
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Iridescent half-breed halford
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Thriller skinny woman
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Diverse step-uncle's house gunner

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: unhinged appetizing spot rigor

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: brilliant aphrodisiac associate

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: flickering mildly autistic church building



(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: thirsty temple

"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: thirsty temple

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: Aggressive 180 scourge upon the earth roast beef

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: jet-lagged talented dragon

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: thirsty temple

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: histrionic location

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: white floppy nursing home hissy fit



(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: mahogany national

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: Diverse step-uncle's house gunner

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: mahogany national

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: Diverse step-uncle's house gunner

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: mahogany national

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: Crystalline 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: concupiscible hell voyeur

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: Crystalline 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: concupiscible hell voyeur



(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: histrionic location

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: Chrome up-to-no-good codepig

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: Diverse step-uncle's house gunner

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: Nubile stead

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: Diverse step-uncle's house gunner

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: cracking disgusting site really tough guy

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: Emerald dopamine keepsake machete

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: turquoise new version address

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: Crystalline 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: Misunderstood Shrine

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: Impertinent psychic

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: Honey-headed House



(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: Impertinent psychic

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: Honey-headed House



(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: henna alcoholic garrison

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: concupiscible hell voyeur

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: Impertinent psychic

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: tan stubborn principal's office coffee pot

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: jet-lagged talented dragon

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: tan stubborn principal's office coffee pot

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: jet-lagged talented dragon

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: tan stubborn principal's office coffee pot

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: jet-lagged talented dragon

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: concupiscible hell voyeur

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: laughsome stage rigpig

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: Honey-headed House



(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: Razzmatazz costumed pisswyrm

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: Honey-headed House



(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: fighting weed whacker

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: Razzle well-lubricated party of the first part

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: drunken tantric locale corn cake

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: Honey-headed House



(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: Diverse step-uncle's house gunner

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: concupiscible hell voyeur

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: Impertinent psychic



(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: Chrome up-to-no-good codepig

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: Impertinent psychic

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: Stimulating carnelian idea he suggested senate

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: Chrome up-to-no-good codepig



(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: henna alcoholic garrison

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: glittery mustard corner volcanic crater

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: cobalt titillating business firm multi-billionaire



(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: Excitant Black Stage Hunting Ground

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: thirsty temple

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: laughsome stage rigpig

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 half-breed halford

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: Thriller skinny woman

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