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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
So we looked at the data
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband
  12/18/25
...
George, from Potomac
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
CapTTTainFalcon
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
CapTTTainFalcon
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
TURD SANDWICH
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Yummy Phase Pol Pot
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
CapTTTainFalcon
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
santa's top guy
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
i gave my cousin head
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Puca Nakua
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Puca Nakua
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
180
Puca Nakua
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
White Shoe & Magic Circle, TP
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
merry screenmas
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
White Shoe & Magic Circle, TP
  12/18/25
...
merry screenmas
  12/19/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Nazca Redlines
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Judas Jones
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
wait till biggus dickus hears of this
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
nude idiot
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
golden retriever
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
White Shoe & Magic Circle, TP
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
lol
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
merry screenmas
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
bigeastboy
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Yummy Phase Pol Pot
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
bigeastboy
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Yummy Phase Pol Pot
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
bigeastboy
  12/19/25
cr
merry screenmas
  12/18/25
Anabasis
the cathedral of light
  12/18/25
...
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
rob reindeer
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
barnabyjones
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
lfo
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Mr Right
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
nude jahangir
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
t.rick o'treat panama
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
merry screenmas
  12/18/25
...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Nazca Redlines
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
fulano
  12/18/25
...
Nazca Redlines
  12/18/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Slime Wall Climber
  12/18/25
...
-retiered-
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Diane Rehm talking dirty
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
CapTTTainFalcon
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
the cathedral of light
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Ozzie Canseco
  12/19/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2Reputation#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: So we looked at the data

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=2Reputation#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?

Reasonable price, free shipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519452)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: George, from Potomac



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519458)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

"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=2Reputation#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

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=2Reputation#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: TURD SANDWICH ( )

mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519459)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot

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=2Reputation#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

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=2Reputation#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: santa's top guy

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=2Reputation#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: i gave my cousin head

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=2Reputation#49519465)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Puca Nakua

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519476)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2Reputation#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Puca Nakua

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=2Reputation#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2Reputation#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Puca Nakua

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519559)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: White Shoe & Magic Circle, TP

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519953)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: merry screenmas

rocket boys is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49520282)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: White Shoe & Magic Circle, TP

Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521280)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: merry screenmas



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521595)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

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=2Reputation#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2Reputation#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Judas Jones

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519483)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2Reputation#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: wait till biggus dickus hears of this

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=2Reputation#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: nude idiot

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=2Reputation#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: golden retriever

JackTales 🤡😳

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519490)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: White Shoe & Magic Circle, TP

those are for reading out loud , clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519956)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..


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=2Reputation#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

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=2Reputation#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: nude jahangir

are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519701)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

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=2Reputation#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: nude jahangir

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519873)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: merry screenmas

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519898)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

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=2Reputation#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: bigeastboy

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519535)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: bigeastboy

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=2Reputation#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot

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=2Reputation#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: bigeastboy

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=2Reputation#49522101)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: merry screenmas

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519729)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: the cathedral of light

Anabasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519542)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: nude jahangir



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519572)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: rob reindeer

Flowers for Algernon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519548)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: nude jahangir

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=2Reputation#49519568)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: barnabyjones

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=2Reputation#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: lfo

Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519689)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Mr Right

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=2Reputation#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: nude jahangir

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519706)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: t.rick o'treat panama (1)

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=2Reputation#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: merry screenmas

zorba the greek



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519710)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49519736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

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=2Reputation#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

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=2Reputation#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: fulano

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=2Reputation#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521254)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Slime Wall Climber

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=2Reputation#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: -retiered-



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49520756)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Diane Rehm talking dirty (🐿️ )

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49520778)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521578)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: the cathedral of light

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2Reputation#49521698)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: Ozzie Canseco

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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