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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Spectacular federal sex offender
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
hyperactive stage weed whacker
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
ruddy know-it-all stead
  12/18/25
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contagious sooty dopamine
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
copper knife hairy legs
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
copper knife hairy legs
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Fuchsia Keepsake Machete Really Tough Guy
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
copper knife hairy legs
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Sinister swashbuckling school cafeteria
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Jet patrolman property
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Passionate coiffed hominid indirect expression
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Spectacular federal sex offender
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Passionate coiffed hominid indirect expression
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Spectacular federal sex offender
  12/18/25
180
Passionate coiffed hominid indirect expression
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
nofapping university
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Talented garrison
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
nofapping university
  12/18/25
...
Talented garrison
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Sinister swashbuckling school cafeteria
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
glittery coffee pot
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Spectacular federal sex offender
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Very tactful slippery crackhouse goal in life
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Spectacular federal sex offender
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Out-of-control Casino Useless Brakes
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
french hospital mad cow disease
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
alcoholic brunch
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
nofapping university
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Charismatic station toaster
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
spruce temple
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Vivacious flesh prole
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
spruce temple
  12/18/25
lol
Vivacious flesh prole
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
blue hot native
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Talented garrison
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
spruce temple
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
tantric wagecucks
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
tantric wagecucks
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
tantric wagecucks
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king
  12/21/25
cr
Talented garrison
  12/18/25
Anabasis
arrogant electric furnace
  12/18/25
...
Vivacious flesh prole
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Crawly supple national
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Vivacious flesh prole
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
onyx odious digit ratio shitlib
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Big clown business firm
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
jade fanboi idiot
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Vivacious flesh prole
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Spectacular federal sex offender
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Talented garrison
  12/18/25
...
spruce temple
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
glittery coffee pot
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
spruce temple
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
At-the-ready trailer park black woman
  12/18/25
...
glittery coffee pot
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
blue hot native
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
irate abnormal son of senegal
  12/18/25
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bossy violent resort boistinker
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Magical candlestick maker
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
copper knife hairy legs
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
arrogant electric furnace
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Adulterous Cracking Abode Legal Warrant
  12/19/25
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turquoise pistol
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Spectacular federal sex offender

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: hyperactive stage weed whacker

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: ruddy know-it-all stead

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: contagious sooty dopamine



(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: copper knife hairy legs

"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: copper knife hairy legs

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: Fuchsia Keepsake Machete Really Tough Guy

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: Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king

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: copper knife hairy legs

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: Sinister swashbuckling school cafeteria

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: Jet patrolman property

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: Passionate coiffed hominid indirect expression

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: Spectacular federal sex offender

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: Passionate coiffed hominid indirect expression

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: Spectacular federal sex offender

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: Passionate coiffed hominid indirect expression

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: nofapping university

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: Talented garrison

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: nofapping university

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: Talented garrison



(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: Sinister swashbuckling school cafeteria

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: glittery coffee pot

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: Spectacular federal sex offender

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: Very tactful slippery crackhouse goal in life

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: Spectacular federal sex offender

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: Out-of-control Casino Useless Brakes

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: french hospital mad cow disease

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: alcoholic brunch

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: nofapping university

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: Charismatic station toaster

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: spruce temple

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: Vivacious flesh prole

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: spruce temple

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: Vivacious flesh prole

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: blue hot native

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: Talented garrison

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: spruce temple

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: tantric wagecucks

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: Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king

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: tantric wagecucks

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: Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king

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: tantric wagecucks

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: Low-t Titillating Philosopher-king

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: Talented garrison

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: arrogant electric furnace

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: Vivacious flesh prole



(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: Crawly supple national

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: Vivacious flesh prole

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: onyx odious digit ratio shitlib

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: Big clown business firm

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: jade fanboi idiot

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: Vivacious flesh prole

> 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: Spectacular federal sex offender

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: Talented garrison

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: spruce temple



(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: glittery coffee pot

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: spruce temple

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: At-the-ready trailer park black woman

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: glittery coffee pot



(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: blue hot native

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: irate abnormal son of senegal

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: bossy violent resort boistinker



(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: Magical candlestick maker

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: copper knife hairy legs

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: arrogant electric furnace

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: Adulterous Cracking Abode Legal Warrant

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