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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
rusted excitant hunting ground
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Spectacular bronze field
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
titillating marketing idea
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
titillating marketing idea
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Laughsome school cafeteria cuckold
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
exhilarant toilet seat elastic band
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
titillating marketing idea
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Demanding mental disorder
  12/19/25
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Cruel-hearted Tan Sex Offender
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
lime fantasy-prone church
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
rusted excitant hunting ground
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
lime fantasy-prone church
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
rusted excitant hunting ground
  12/18/25
180
lime fantasy-prone church
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
dashing mustard telephone
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
appetizing territorial market love of her life
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
dashing mustard telephone
  12/18/25
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appetizing territorial market love of her life
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Demanding mental disorder
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
ruddy arousing dilemma
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
rusted excitant hunting ground
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
avocado dysfunction
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
rusted excitant hunting ground
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Vengeful police squad bbw
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
erotic beady-eyed base
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
lascivious whorehouse mexican
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
dashing mustard telephone
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Internet-worthy deep tanning salon lettuce
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
frum slate macaca
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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Soul-stirring plum university
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Bearded masturbator
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
appetizing territorial market love of her life
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
frum slate macaca
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
razzle cyan bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
exhilarant toilet seat elastic band
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
razzle cyan bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
exhilarant toilet seat elastic band
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
razzle cyan bawdyhouse
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
exhilarant toilet seat elastic band
  12/21/25
cr
appetizing territorial market love of her life
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Adulterous Bespoke Ceo
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Soul-stirring plum university
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
embarrassed to the bone orange chad persian
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Soul-stirring plum university
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
crusty pungent trailer park rigpig
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
big cordovan national
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
lavender aromatic native
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Soul-stirring plum university
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
rusted excitant hunting ground
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
appetizing territorial market love of her life
  12/18/25
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frum slate macaca
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
ruddy arousing dilemma
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
frum slate macaca
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
aggressive church building
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ruddy arousing dilemma
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Bearded masturbator
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Thriller poppy corner
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
vibrant brethren mad cow disease
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
titillating marketing idea
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Adulterous Bespoke Ceo
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
maize brunch
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infuriating foreskin background story
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: rusted excitant hunting ground

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: Spectacular bronze field

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: diverse selfie gaming laptop

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: bright violent office hairy legs



(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: titillating marketing idea

"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: titillating marketing idea

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: Laughsome school cafeteria cuckold

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: exhilarant toilet seat 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: titillating marketing idea

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: Demanding mental disorder

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: Cruel-hearted Tan Sex Offender



(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: lime fantasy-prone church

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: rusted excitant hunting ground

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: lime fantasy-prone church

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: rusted excitant hunting ground

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: lime fantasy-prone church

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: dashing mustard telephone

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: appetizing territorial market love of her life

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: dashing mustard telephone

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: appetizing territorial market love of her life



(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: Demanding mental disorder

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: ruddy arousing dilemma

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: rusted excitant hunting ground

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: avocado dysfunction

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: rusted excitant hunting ground

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: Vengeful police squad bbw

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: erotic beady-eyed base

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: lascivious whorehouse mexican

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: dashing mustard telephone

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: Internet-worthy deep tanning salon lettuce

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: frum slate macaca

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: Soul-stirring plum university



(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: frum slate macaca

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: Soul-stirring plum university



(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: Bearded masturbator

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: appetizing territorial market love of her life

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: frum slate macaca

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: razzle cyan bawdyhouse

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: exhilarant toilet seat 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: razzle cyan bawdyhouse

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: exhilarant toilet seat 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: razzle cyan bawdyhouse

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: exhilarant toilet seat 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: appetizing territorial market love of her life

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: Adulterous Bespoke Ceo

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: Soul-stirring plum university



(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: embarrassed to the bone orange chad persian

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: Soul-stirring plum university



(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: crusty pungent trailer park rigpig

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 cordovan national

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: lavender aromatic native

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: Soul-stirring plum university



(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: rusted excitant hunting ground

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: appetizing territorial market love of her life

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: frum slate macaca



(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: ruddy arousing dilemma

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: frum slate macaca

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: aggressive church building

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: ruddy arousing dilemma



(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: Bearded masturbator

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: Aquamarine pontificating roommate

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 poppy corner



(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: vibrant brethren mad cow disease

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: titillating marketing idea

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: Adulterous Bespoke Ceo

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: maize brunch

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
Author: infuriating foreskin background story

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