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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
low-t galvanic church
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Irradiated senate
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
startling university ratface
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arrogant stimulating generalized bond business firm
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Concupiscible harsh stead
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Concupiscible harsh stead
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Snowy nudist whorehouse
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
dull elastic band
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Concupiscible harsh stead
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
purple sickened school cafeteria genital piercing
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Wine Office
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
bearded mexican organic girlfriend
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
low-t galvanic church
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
bearded mexican organic girlfriend
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
low-t galvanic church
  12/18/25
180
bearded mexican organic girlfriend
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
supple headpube
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Territorial odious spot boistinker
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
supple headpube
  12/18/25
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Territorial odious spot boistinker
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
purple sickened school cafeteria genital piercing
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Electric corner
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
low-t galvanic church
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Geriatric Bearded Candlestick Maker Tank
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
low-t galvanic church
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
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  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Pearly messiness
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
shivering plum market twinkling uncleanness
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
supple headpube
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Rose toaster
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Curious home
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Curious home
  12/18/25
lol
Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Mustard zombie-like rigpig
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Territorial odious spot boistinker
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Curious home
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
histrionic chapel filthpig
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
dull elastic band
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
histrionic chapel filthpig
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
dull elastic band
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
histrionic chapel filthpig
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
dull elastic band
  12/21/25
cr
Territorial odious spot boistinker
  12/18/25
Anabasis
pink school goyim
  12/18/25
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Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
bright insanely creepy casino
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Cowardly Vivacious Boltzmann Community Account
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Crystalline den mediation
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Cerebral hell gaming laptop
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
low-t galvanic church
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Territorial odious spot boistinker
  12/18/25
...
Curious home
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Electric corner
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Curious home
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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Electric corner
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Mustard zombie-like rigpig
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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  12/18/25
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
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  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Concupiscible harsh stead
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
pink school goyim
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: low-t galvanic church

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: Irradiated senate

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: startling university ratface

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: arrogant stimulating generalized bond business firm



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Concupiscible harsh stead

"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: Concupiscible harsh stead

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: Snowy nudist whorehouse

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: dull elastic band

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: Concupiscible harsh stead

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: purple sickened school cafeteria genital piercing

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: Wine Office

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: bearded mexican organic girlfriend

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: low-t galvanic church

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: bearded mexican organic girlfriend

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: low-t galvanic church

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: bearded mexican organic girlfriend

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: supple headpube

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: Territorial odious spot boistinker

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: supple headpube

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: Territorial odious spot boistinker



(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: purple sickened school cafeteria genital piercing

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: Electric corner

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: low-t galvanic church

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: Geriatric Bearded Candlestick Maker Tank

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: low-t galvanic church

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: marvelous resort sex offender

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: Pearly messiness

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: shivering plum market twinkling uncleanness

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: supple headpube

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: Rose 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: Curious home

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: Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property

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: Curious home

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: Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property

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: Mustard zombie-like rigpig

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: Territorial odious spot boistinker

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: Curious home

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: histrionic chapel filthpig

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: dull elastic band

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: histrionic chapel filthpig

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: dull elastic band

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: histrionic chapel filthpig

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: dull elastic band

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: Territorial odious spot boistinker

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: pink school goyim

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: Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property



(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: bright insanely creepy casino

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: Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property

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: Cowardly Vivacious Boltzmann Community Account

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: Crystalline den mediation

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: Cerebral hell gaming laptop

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: Nighttime Razzle-dazzle Property

> 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: low-t galvanic church

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: Territorial odious spot boistinker

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: Curious home



(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: Electric corner

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: Curious home

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: Floppy volcanic crater coldplay fan

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: Electric corner



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Mustard zombie-like rigpig

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: multi-colored ungodly jap

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: Bisexual hospital personal credit line



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Gaped parlour

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: Concupiscible harsh stead

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: pink school goyim

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
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