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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
maize frum tanning salon boistinker
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
wonderful national striped hyena
  12/18/25
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odious bistre lay blood rage
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Rusted institution
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Rusted institution
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Cobalt Quadroon Faggotry
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
talented marketing idea
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Rusted institution
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
provocative friendly grandma
  12/19/25
...
Insecure slate depressive
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
cordovan whorehouse ratface
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
cordovan whorehouse ratface
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker
  12/18/25
180
cordovan whorehouse ratface
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
nighttime station
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
gold half-breed locus
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
nighttime station
  12/18/25
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gold half-breed locus
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
provocative friendly grandma
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
comical nofapping gas station volcanic crater
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Useless aphrodisiac black woman
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Red Razzle-dazzle House
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Spruce pisswyrm lodge
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
khaki excitant stock car
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
nighttime station
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Lilac theater circlehead
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe
  12/18/25
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Irradiated mood
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe
  12/18/25
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Irradiated mood
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Thriller splenetic ceo
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
gold half-breed locus
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
pale cumskin foreskin
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
talented marketing idea
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
pale cumskin foreskin
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
talented marketing idea
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
pale cumskin foreskin
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
talented marketing idea
  12/21/25
cr
gold half-breed locus
  12/18/25
Anabasis
pearl spot potus
  12/18/25
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Irradiated mood
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
dashing plaza place of business
  12/18/25
...
Irradiated mood
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Multi-colored Goal In Life Garrison
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
talking arousing death wish pistol
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
startled parlour
  12/18/25
...
Irradiated mood
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
gold half-breed locus
  12/18/25
...
vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
comical nofapping gas station volcanic crater
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Stimulating dull jap
  12/18/25
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comical nofapping gas station volcanic crater
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Thriller splenetic ceo
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Transparent university sound barrier
  12/18/25
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Titillating Persian Mad-dog Skullcap
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
glittery electric furnace
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Rusted institution
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
pearl spot potus
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
aromatic senate
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
bright exciting dysfunction
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker

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: maize frum tanning salon boistinker

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: wonderful national striped hyena

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: odious bistre lay blood rage



(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: Rusted institution

"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: Rusted institution

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 Quadroon Faggotry

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: talented marketing idea

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: Rusted institution

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: provocative friendly grandma

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: Insecure slate depressive



(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: cordovan whorehouse ratface

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: Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker

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: cordovan whorehouse ratface

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: Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker

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: cordovan whorehouse ratface

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: nighttime station

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: gold half-breed 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: nighttime station

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: gold half-breed 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: provocative friendly grandma

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: comical nofapping gas station volcanic crater

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: Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker

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: Useless aphrodisiac black woman

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: Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker

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: Red Razzle-dazzle House

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: Spruce pisswyrm lodge

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: khaki excitant stock car

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: nighttime station

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: Lilac theater circlehead

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: vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe

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: Irradiated mood



(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: vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe

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: Irradiated mood



(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: Thriller splenetic ceo

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: gold half-breed 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: vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe

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: pale cumskin foreskin

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: talented marketing idea

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: pale cumskin foreskin

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: talented marketing idea

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: pale cumskin foreskin

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: talented marketing idea

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: gold half-breed 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: pearl spot potus

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: Irradiated mood



(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: dashing plaza place of business

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: Irradiated mood



(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: Multi-colored Goal In Life Garrison

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: talking arousing death wish pistol

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: startled parlour

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: Irradiated mood



(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: Snowy Gay Wizard Weed Whacker

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: gold half-breed 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: vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe



(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: comical nofapping gas station volcanic crater

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: vermilion fantasy-prone giraffe

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 dull jap

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: comical nofapping gas station volcanic crater



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Thriller splenetic ceo

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: Transparent university sound barrier

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: Titillating Persian Mad-dog Skullcap



(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: glittery electric furnace

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: Rusted institution

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: pearl spot potus

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: aromatic senate

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: bright exciting dysfunction

https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-unconventional-warfare-complete-book-set?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2:#49540099)