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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
cracking office mad cow disease
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Ungodly hall
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
fragrant orchid dragon trailer park
  12/18/25
...
Mauve Infuriating Indian Lodge Kitty Cat
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
autistic meetinghouse
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
autistic meetinghouse
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Stirring bearded temple
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
razzle-dazzle round eye shrine
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
autistic meetinghouse
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Hateful lemon jew
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Overrated crawly selfie
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Bipolar vibrant nursing home faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
cracking office mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Bipolar vibrant nursing home faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
cracking office mad cow disease
  12/18/25
180
Bipolar vibrant nursing home faggot firefighter
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Iridescent theater
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
black theater stage
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Iridescent theater
  12/18/25
...
black theater stage
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Hateful lemon jew
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Racy Maroon Corn Cake
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
cracking office mad cow disease
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Cerebral mexican
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
cracking office mad cow disease
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Comical den community account
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
talented french chef
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Geriatric lodge queen of the night
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Iridescent theater
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Fantasy-prone Pocket Flask Ticket Booth
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
bistre self-centered goyim death wish
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
marvelous nighttime church
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
bistre self-centered goyim death wish
  12/18/25
lol
marvelous nighttime church
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Haunting Main People
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
black theater stage
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
bistre self-centered goyim death wish
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
pea-brained gaping
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
razzle-dazzle round eye shrine
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
pea-brained gaping
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
razzle-dazzle round eye shrine
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
pea-brained gaping
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
razzle-dazzle round eye shrine
  12/21/25
cr
black theater stage
  12/18/25
Anabasis
canary indirect expression
  12/18/25
...
marvelous nighttime church
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
honey-headed casino yarmulke
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
marvelous nighttime church
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Know-it-all topaz travel guidebook property
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
sable provocative station
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Floppy gas station idea he suggested
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
marvelous nighttime church
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
cracking office mad cow disease
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
black theater stage
  12/18/25
...
bistre self-centered goyim death wish
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Racy Maroon Corn Cake
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
bistre self-centered goyim death wish
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Judgmental Public Bath
  12/18/25
...
Racy Maroon Corn Cake
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Haunting Main People
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
purple house
  12/18/25
...
Heady Flushed Parlor Genital Piercing
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Cheese-eating university
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
autistic meetinghouse
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
canary indirect expression
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
disturbing affirmative action
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
Pink Philosopher-king
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: cracking office mad cow disease

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: Ungodly hall

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: fragrant orchid dragon trailer park

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: Mauve Infuriating Indian Lodge Kitty Cat



(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: autistic meetinghouse

"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: autistic meetinghouse

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: Stirring bearded temple

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: razzle-dazzle round eye shrine

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: autistic meetinghouse

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: Hateful lemon jew

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: Overrated crawly selfie

The Illustrated Man

Odyssey

The International Jew

1984

Meditations

The Myth of Sisyphus

Hamlet

(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: Bipolar vibrant nursing home faggot firefighter

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: cracking office mad cow disease

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: Bipolar vibrant nursing home faggot firefighter

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: cracking office mad cow disease

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: Bipolar vibrant nursing home faggot firefighter

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: Iridescent theater

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: black theater stage

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: Iridescent theater

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: black theater stage



(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: Hateful lemon jew

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: Racy Maroon Corn Cake

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: cracking office mad cow disease

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: Cerebral mexican

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: cracking office mad cow disease

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: Comical den community account

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: talented french chef

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: Geriatric lodge queen of the night

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: Iridescent theater

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: Fantasy-prone Pocket Flask Ticket Booth

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: bistre self-centered goyim death wish

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: marvelous nighttime church

are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo?

(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: bistre self-centered goyim death wish

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: marvelous nighttime church

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49519873)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Haunting Main People

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: black theater stage

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: bistre self-centered goyim death wish

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: pea-brained gaping

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: razzle-dazzle round eye shrine

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: pea-brained gaping

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: razzle-dazzle round eye shrine

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: pea-brained gaping

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: razzle-dazzle round eye shrine

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: black theater stage

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: canary indirect expression

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: marvelous nighttime church



(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: honey-headed casino yarmulke

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: marvelous nighttime church

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

(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: Know-it-all topaz travel guidebook property

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: sable provocative station

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: Floppy gas station idea he suggested

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: marvelous nighttime church

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

(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: cracking office mad cow disease

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: black theater stage

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: bistre self-centered goyim death wish



(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: Racy Maroon Corn Cake

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: bistre self-centered goyim death wish

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: Judgmental Public Bath

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: Racy Maroon Corn Cake



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521254)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Haunting Main People

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: purple house

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: Heady Flushed Parlor Genital Piercing



(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: Cheese-eating university

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: autistic meetinghouse

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: canary indirect expression

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: disturbing affirmative action

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: Pink Philosopher-king

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