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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
ebony bateful pervert
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Judgmental buff theater
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Wine Tanning Salon
  12/18/25
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emerald indian lodge
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
lime fantasy-prone psychic
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
lime fantasy-prone psychic
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
passionate jap
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
turquoise gunner
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
lime fantasy-prone psychic
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
vermilion sinister shrine background story
  12/19/25
...
Disturbing clown round eye
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
supple becky blood rage
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
ebony bateful pervert
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
supple becky blood rage
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
ebony bateful pervert
  12/18/25
180
supple becky blood rage
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Ruby exhilarant incel useless brakes
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
violent useless quadroon lettuce
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Ruby exhilarant incel useless brakes
  12/18/25
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violent useless quadroon lettuce
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
vermilion sinister shrine background story
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
adventurous purple trust fund double fault
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
ebony bateful pervert
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
geriatric temple
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
ebony bateful pervert
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Bisexual orchid hall old irish cottage
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
cowardly mischievous foreskin
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Odious institution hairy legs
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Ruby exhilarant incel useless brakes
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
magical disgusting office
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
titillating scarlet school kitty
  12/18/25
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razzmatazz slate corn cake
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
titillating scarlet school kitty
  12/18/25
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razzmatazz slate corn cake
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
zippy box office karate
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
violent useless quadroon lettuce
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
titillating scarlet school kitty
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
apoplectic trump supporter
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
turquoise gunner
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
apoplectic trump supporter
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
turquoise gunner
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
apoplectic trump supporter
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
turquoise gunner
  12/21/25
cr
violent useless quadroon lettuce
  12/18/25
Anabasis
sepia antidepressant drug
  12/18/25
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razzmatazz slate corn cake
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
swollen crusty affirmative action haunted graveyard
  12/18/25
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razzmatazz slate corn cake
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
boyish sienna generalized bond personal credit line
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Infuriating Toilet Seat Area
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
hairless property wagecucks
  12/18/25
...
razzmatazz slate corn cake
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
ebony bateful pervert
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
violent useless quadroon lettuce
  12/18/25
...
titillating scarlet school kitty
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
adventurous purple trust fund double fault
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
titillating scarlet school kitty
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
concupiscible cerise giraffe principal's office
  12/18/25
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adventurous purple trust fund double fault
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
zippy box office karate
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Cerebral Roast Beef
  12/18/25
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Topaz haunting preventive strike gas station
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
harsh elastic band
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
lime fantasy-prone psychic
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
sepia antidepressant drug
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Aqua Disrespectful Fortuitous Meteor
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
fear-inspiring nofapping brethren
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: ebony bateful pervert

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: Judgmental buff theater

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: Wine Tanning Salon

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: emerald indian lodge



(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: lime fantasy-prone psychic

"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: lime fantasy-prone psychic

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: passionate jap

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: turquoise gunner

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: lime fantasy-prone psychic

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: vermilion sinister shrine background story

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: Disturbing clown round eye



(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: supple becky blood rage

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: ebony bateful pervert

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: supple becky blood rage

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: ebony bateful pervert

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: supple becky blood rage

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: Ruby exhilarant incel useless brakes

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: violent useless quadroon lettuce

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: Ruby exhilarant incel useless brakes

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: violent useless quadroon lettuce



(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: vermilion sinister shrine background story

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: adventurous purple trust fund double fault

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: ebony bateful pervert

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: geriatric temple

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: ebony bateful pervert

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: Bisexual orchid hall old irish cottage

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: cowardly mischievous foreskin

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: Odious institution hairy legs

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: Ruby exhilarant incel useless brakes

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: magical disgusting office

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: titillating scarlet school kitty

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: razzmatazz slate corn cake



(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: titillating scarlet school kitty

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: razzmatazz slate corn cake



(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: zippy box office karate

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: violent useless quadroon lettuce

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: titillating scarlet school kitty

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: apoplectic trump supporter

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: turquoise gunner

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: apoplectic trump supporter

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: turquoise gunner

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: apoplectic trump supporter

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: turquoise gunner

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: violent useless quadroon lettuce

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: sepia antidepressant drug

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: razzmatazz slate corn cake



(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: swollen crusty affirmative action haunted graveyard

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: razzmatazz slate corn cake



(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: boyish sienna generalized bond personal credit line

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: Infuriating Toilet Seat Area

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: hairless property wagecucks

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: razzmatazz slate corn cake



(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: ebony bateful pervert

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: violent useless quadroon lettuce

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: titillating scarlet school kitty



(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: adventurous purple trust fund double fault

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: titillating scarlet school kitty

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: concupiscible cerise giraffe principal's office

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: adventurous purple trust fund double fault



(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: zippy box office karate

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: Cerebral Roast Beef

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: Topaz haunting preventive strike gas station



(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: harsh elastic band

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: lime fantasy-prone psychic

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: sepia antidepressant drug

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: Aqua Disrespectful Fortuitous Meteor

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: fear-inspiring nofapping brethren

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