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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Coiffed exciting point
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
confused startled main people
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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mind-boggling location sex offender
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
mind-boggling location sex offender
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Slippery amethyst filthpig
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Dashing dysfunction
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
mind-boggling location sex offender
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Bonkers shitlib
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
cerebral iridescent office voyeur
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
excitant address
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Coiffed exciting point
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
excitant address
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Coiffed exciting point
  12/18/25
180
excitant address
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Exhilarant light chad
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
vivacious area cumskin
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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  12/18/25
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vivacious area cumskin
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Bonkers shitlib
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
white ratface piazza
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Coiffed exciting point
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
insane electric furnace toilet seat
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Coiffed exciting point
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
alcoholic haunted graveyard mother
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Flesh demanding party of the first part business firm
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Walnut Violent Cruise Ship Organic Girlfriend
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Exhilarant light chad
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
bright goal in life site
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
bright goal in life site
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arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Effete Church
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
vivacious area cumskin
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
bright goal in life site
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Frisky Clown Old Irish Cottage
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Dashing dysfunction
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Frisky Clown Old Irish Cottage
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Dashing dysfunction
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Frisky Clown Old Irish Cottage
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Dashing dysfunction
  12/21/25
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vivacious area cumskin
  12/18/25
Anabasis
razzle hyperventilating spot dingle berry
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arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Soul-stirring cuckold
  12/18/25
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arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
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  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
charismatic partner
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
180 sepia therapy
  12/18/25
...
arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Coiffed exciting point
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
vivacious area cumskin
  12/18/25
...
bright goal in life site
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
white ratface piazza
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
bright goal in life site
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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  12/18/25
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white ratface piazza
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Effete Church
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
floppy tanning salon
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
mind-boggling location sex offender
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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  12/19/25
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Coiffed exciting point

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: confused startled main people

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: Maroon Hospital

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: painfully honest pontificating pocket flask boiling water



(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: mind-boggling location sex offender

"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: mind-boggling location sex offender

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: Slippery amethyst filthpig

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: Dashing dysfunction

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: mind-boggling location sex offender

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: Bonkers shitlib

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: cerebral iridescent office voyeur

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: excitant address

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: Coiffed exciting point

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: excitant address

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: Coiffed exciting point

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: excitant address

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: Exhilarant light chad

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: vivacious area cumskin

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: Exhilarant light chad

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: vivacious area cumskin



(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: Bonkers shitlib

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: white ratface piazza

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: Coiffed exciting point

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: insane electric furnace toilet seat

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: Coiffed exciting point

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: alcoholic haunted graveyard mother

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: Flesh demanding party of the first part business firm

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: Walnut Violent Cruise Ship Organic Girlfriend

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: Exhilarant light chad

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: Anal stock car

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: bright goal in life site

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: arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker



(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: bright goal in life site

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: arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker



(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: Effete Church

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: vivacious area cumskin

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: bright goal in life site

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: Frisky Clown Old Irish Cottage

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: Dashing dysfunction

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: Frisky Clown Old Irish Cottage

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: Dashing dysfunction

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: Frisky Clown Old Irish Cottage

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: Dashing dysfunction

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: vivacious area cumskin

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: razzle hyperventilating spot dingle berry

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: arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker



(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: Soul-stirring cuckold

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: arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker



(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: sienna infuriating orchestra pit antidepressant drug

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: charismatic partner

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: 180 sepia therapy

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: arousing out-of-control indirect expression candlestick maker



(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: Coiffed exciting point

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: vivacious area cumskin

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: bright goal in life site



(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: white ratface piazza

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: bright goal in life site

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: pearl house macaca

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: white ratface piazza



(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: Effete Church

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: odious striped hyena resort

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: cream market codepig



(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: floppy tanning salon

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: mind-boggling location sex offender

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: razzle hyperventilating spot dingle berry

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: galvanic lodge police squad

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: Adventurous gaping

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