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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Federal regret
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Ocher histrionic church
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
garnet location cuckold
  12/18/25
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charcoal state
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Green Kitty
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Green Kitty
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Disrespectful cobalt nibblets
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Galvanic Goal In Life
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Green Kitty
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
cream legal warrant
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Demanding french chef
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
exhilarant shivering institution digit ratio
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Federal regret
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
exhilarant shivering institution digit ratio
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Federal regret
  12/18/25
180
exhilarant shivering institution digit ratio
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Turquoise arrogant gunner stage
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Rebellious mahogany senate
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Turquoise arrogant gunner stage
  12/18/25
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Rebellious mahogany senate
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
cream legal warrant
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Deranged sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Federal regret
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Navy comical site
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Federal regret
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Ruby Nursing Home
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Heady Cruise Ship National Security Agency
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
bronze point half-breed
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Turquoise arrogant gunner stage
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Hot mental disorder philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Big Internet-worthy Spot
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
charismatic principal's office
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Big Internet-worthy Spot
  12/18/25
lol
charismatic principal's office
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
flickering trailer park candlestick maker
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Rebellious mahogany senate
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Big Internet-worthy Spot
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
impressive stirring tanning salon black woman
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Galvanic Goal In Life
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
impressive stirring tanning salon black woman
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Galvanic Goal In Life
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
impressive stirring tanning salon black woman
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Galvanic Goal In Life
  12/21/25
cr
Rebellious mahogany senate
  12/18/25
Anabasis
White ratface
  12/18/25
...
charismatic principal's office
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Chartreuse stubborn orchestra pit
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
charismatic principal's office
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
bull headed piazza generalized bond
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
deep black market shitlib
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Sickened bateful crotch
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
charismatic principal's office
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Federal regret
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Rebellious mahogany senate
  12/18/25
...
Big Internet-worthy Spot
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Deranged sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Big Internet-worthy Spot
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Unhinged personal credit line center
  12/18/25
...
Deranged sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
flickering trailer park candlestick maker
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
jade hunting ground lay
  12/18/25
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cowardly milky pit mother
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Laughsome filthy heaven
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Green Kitty
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
White ratface
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Spectacular dopamine hairy legs
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Federal regret

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: Ocher histrionic church

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: garnet location cuckold

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: charcoal state



(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: Green Kitty

"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: Green Kitty

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: Disrespectful cobalt nibblets

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: Galvanic Goal In Life

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: Green Kitty

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: cream legal warrant

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: Demanding french chef

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: exhilarant shivering institution digit ratio

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: Federal regret

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: exhilarant shivering institution digit ratio

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: Federal regret

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: exhilarant shivering institution digit ratio

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: Turquoise arrogant gunner stage

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: Rebellious mahogany senate

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: Turquoise arrogant gunner stage

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: Rebellious mahogany senate



(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: cream legal warrant

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: Deranged sneaky criminal

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: Federal regret

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: Navy comical site

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: Federal regret

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: Ruby Nursing Home

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: Heady Cruise Ship National Security Agency

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: bronze point half-breed

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: Turquoise arrogant gunner stage

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: Hot mental disorder philosopher-king

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: Big Internet-worthy Spot

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: charismatic principal's office

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: Big Internet-worthy Spot

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: charismatic principal's office

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: flickering trailer park candlestick maker

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: Rebellious mahogany senate

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: Big Internet-worthy Spot

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: impressive stirring tanning salon black woman

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: Galvanic Goal In Life

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: impressive stirring tanning salon black woman

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: Galvanic Goal In Life

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: impressive stirring tanning salon black woman

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: Galvanic Goal In Life

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: Rebellious mahogany senate

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: White ratface

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: charismatic principal's office



(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: Chartreuse stubborn orchestra pit

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: charismatic principal's office

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: bull headed piazza generalized bond

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: deep black market shitlib

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: Sickened bateful crotch

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: charismatic principal's office

> 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: Federal regret

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: Rebellious mahogany senate

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: Big Internet-worthy Spot



(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: Deranged sneaky criminal

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: Big Internet-worthy Spot

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: Unhinged personal credit line center

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: Deranged sneaky criminal



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: flickering trailer park candlestick maker

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: jade hunting ground lay

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: cowardly milky pit mother



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Laughsome filthy heaven

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: Green Kitty

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: White ratface

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: Spectacular dopamine hairy legs

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: French shrine

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