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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
ruby station
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
mustard mind-boggling lodge
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Irradiated state
  12/18/25
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Vermilion death wish
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
crimson reading party double fault
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
crimson reading party double fault
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
motley juggernaut theater stage
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
navy chapel patrolman
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
crimson reading party double fault
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
bossy skinny woman ticket booth
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Nubile Vigorous Trust Fund Temple
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Gay immigrant bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
ruby station
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Gay immigrant bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
ruby station
  12/18/25
180
Gay immigrant bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Odious nudist mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Gaped jet institution rigor
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Odious nudist mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
...
Gaped jet institution rigor
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
bossy skinny woman ticket booth
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Charismatic Brunch Azn
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
ruby station
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
swashbuckling chest-beating crackhouse
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
ruby station
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
pungent beta cruise ship
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Gold Stirring Party Of The First Part
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Dull Disrespectful Box Office
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Odious nudist mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
appetizing cobalt legend love of her life
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
vivacious light wagecucks
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Startling house becky
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
vivacious light wagecucks
  12/18/25
lol
Startling house becky
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Red internal respiration
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Gaped jet institution rigor
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
vivacious light wagecucks
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Onyx Tanning Salon
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
navy chapel patrolman
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Onyx Tanning Salon
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
navy chapel patrolman
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Onyx Tanning Salon
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
navy chapel patrolman
  12/21/25
cr
Gaped jet institution rigor
  12/18/25
Anabasis
cruel-hearted university shitlib
  12/18/25
...
Startling house becky
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
arousing idiotic heaven
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Startling house becky
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Drunken salmon tank
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Olive alcoholic masturbator headpube
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Fishy french chef space
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Startling house becky
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
ruby station
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Gaped jet institution rigor
  12/18/25
...
vivacious light wagecucks
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Charismatic Brunch Azn
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
vivacious light wagecucks
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
sticky resort
  12/18/25
...
Charismatic Brunch Azn
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Red internal respiration
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Garnet contagious deer antler pozpig
  12/18/25
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  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Lime dog poop
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
crimson reading party double fault
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
cruel-hearted university shitlib
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Metal Diverse Home
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: ruby station

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: mustard mind-boggling lodge

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: Irradiated state

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: Vermilion death wish



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: crimson reading party double fault

"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: crimson reading party double fault

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: motley juggernaut theater stage

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: navy chapel patrolman

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: crimson reading party double fault

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: bossy skinny woman ticket booth

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: Nubile Vigorous Trust Fund Temple

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: Gay immigrant bawdyhouse

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: ruby station

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: Gay immigrant bawdyhouse

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: ruby station

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: Gay immigrant bawdyhouse

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: Odious nudist mad-dog skullcap

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: Gaped jet institution rigor

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: Odious nudist mad-dog skullcap

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: Gaped jet institution rigor



(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: bossy skinny woman ticket booth

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: Charismatic Brunch Azn

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: ruby station

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: swashbuckling chest-beating crackhouse

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: ruby station

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: pungent beta cruise ship

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: Gold Stirring Party Of The First Part

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: Dull Disrespectful Box Office

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: Odious nudist mad-dog skullcap

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: appetizing cobalt legend love of her life

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: vivacious light wagecucks

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: Startling house becky

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: vivacious light wagecucks

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: Startling house becky

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: Red internal respiration

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: Gaped jet institution rigor

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: vivacious light wagecucks

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: Onyx Tanning Salon

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: navy chapel patrolman

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: Onyx Tanning Salon

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: navy chapel patrolman

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: Onyx Tanning Salon

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: navy chapel patrolman

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: Gaped jet institution rigor

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: cruel-hearted university shitlib

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: Startling house becky



(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: arousing idiotic heaven

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: Startling house becky

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: Drunken salmon tank

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: Olive alcoholic masturbator headpube

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: Fishy french chef space

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: Startling house becky

> 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: ruby station

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: Gaped jet institution rigor

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: vivacious light wagecucks



(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: Charismatic Brunch Azn

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: vivacious light wagecucks

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: sticky resort

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: Charismatic Brunch Azn



(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: Red internal respiration

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: Garnet contagious deer antler pozpig

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: thriller orchid tattoo address



(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: Lime dog poop

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: crimson reading party double fault

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: cruel-hearted university shitlib

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: Metal Diverse Home

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2,#49521706)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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