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4chan's list of top books of all time. How many of these have you read?

https://x.com/andrewchen/status/2005289538189738278 I have r...
maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
49, if listening to the opera counts as reading Wagner's &qu...
Mint razzle principal's office boltzmann
  12/29/25
#22 may surprise you
Vivacious Cumskin
  12/29/25
ran here - wow
Greedy flushed ceo
  12/30/25
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Obsidian Brunch
  01/01/26
25 I always liked to read and to write *eyes bug ou...
Ivory institution haunted graveyard
  12/29/25
2026 might be the year of book backlogs. 2025 was film and b...
maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
...
mischievous big ticket booth associate
  12/29/25
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navy lascivious dragon
  12/29/25
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filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary
  12/29/25
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maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
What a faggot, poser list of mostly shit.
Violet Provocative Range Son Of Senegal
  12/29/25
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marvelous tripping shitlib party of the first part
  01/01/26
40 The version of this list I remember from when I was a te...
Dashing hissy fit
  12/29/25
It was largely manga
maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
there was a 4chan recommendations wiki that had different pa...
Dashing hissy fit
  12/29/25
...
indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan
  12/29/25
Storm of Steel is a 180 book though
maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
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indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan
  12/29/25
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filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary
  12/29/25
Yeah those are 2 that stood out to me that seem shitty. I do...
maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
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indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan
  12/29/25
Recommend some based 180 books
maroon excitant lay striped hyena
  12/29/25
people are hating to be contrarian but this list is actually...
navy lascivious dragon
  12/29/25
...
indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan
  12/29/25
do they say the unedited UK clockwork orange with last chapt...
filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary
  12/29/25
wow a handful out of 100 are bad i guess the list sucks
navy lascivious dragon
  12/29/25
how bad is spring snow? i thought mishima was just famous fo...
Vermilion erotic senate affirmative action
  12/29/25
...
house-broken church building
  12/30/25
the Spring Snow movie is decent, book is boring imo and yeah...
Up-to-no-good Base Wagecucks
  12/30/25
correct
Greedy flushed ceo
  12/30/25
All Along the Western Front should be on there even though i...
filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary
  12/29/25
ernst junger's storm of steel has replaced it as the canonic...
fighting stage death wish
  12/29/25
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house-broken church building
  12/29/25
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Vermilion erotic senate affirmative action
  12/29/25
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indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan
  12/29/25
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house-broken church building
  12/29/25
24/50 and then i lost interest. way more than expected give...
ruddy appetizing step-uncle's house
  12/29/25
30
galvanic jet-lagged sex offender
  12/29/25
I've read 28, broken down roughly as follows: Middle Scho...
Frozen french address
  12/29/25
I have read about half these. Some of these picks are pure c...
Demanding Area
  12/29/25
look if you're not gonna acknowledge kant just gtfo of the t...
navy lascivious dragon
  12/29/25
I acknowledge Kant bro but I also acknowledge that I don&rsq...
Demanding Area
  12/29/25
yeah i tried to read it myself and gave up it was too hard f...
navy lascivious dragon
  12/29/25
Same lmao
Demanding Area
  12/29/25
I read it in a seminar class where it was the only assigned ...
Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner
  12/30/25
Oh? You haven't read all six volumes of A la recherche du te...
Ivory institution haunted graveyard
  12/30/25
Si, je les ai lus tous
Demanding Area
  12/30/25
Lol cr
Aphrodisiac Native Jap
  01/01/26
16 lol
brindle university gaping
  12/30/25
95. List is OK with some retardation sprinkled in.
Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner
  12/30/25
...
Honey-headed Bat-shit-crazy Old Irish Cottage Codepig
  01/01/26
BEE over Jane austen is certainly edgy and cool of them!
Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner
  12/30/25
>The Summa at 88
Honey-headed Bat-shit-crazy Old Irish Cottage Codepig
  01/01/26
Is infinite jest cr? Always assumed it was a faggot gen x fa...
Aphrodisiac Native Jap
  01/01/26
yes even though your assumption is true
Vermilion erotic senate affirmative action
  01/01/26
Ok but for further evidence can you list ur favorite handful...
Aphrodisiac Native Jap
  01/01/26
DFW is a good writer but man gen x is going down as an irrel...
Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner
  01/01/26
Lol at all the AZN shit and the Andrew Tate type shit
Aphrodisiac Native Jap
  01/01/26
93
Comical Nudist Site
  01/01/26


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Date: December 29th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena

https://x.com/andrewchen/status/2005289538189738278 I have read 11 of these. Should I add the rest to my backlog? I feel like I don't ever wanna read Joyce or any german novelist again or any "philosopher"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547555)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Mint razzle principal's office boltzmann

49, if listening to the opera counts as reading Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547568)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Vivacious Cumskin

#22 may surprise you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547569)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 10:43 AM
Author: Greedy flushed ceo

ran here - wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549594)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:02 PM
Author: Obsidian Brunch



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Date: December 29th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Ivory institution haunted graveyard

25

I always liked

to read and to write

*eyes bug out of head, anus prolapses*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547574)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena

2026 might be the year of book backlogs. 2025 was film and before that, gaming, before doodikoff made it passé

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547656)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:07 PM
Author: mischievous big ticket booth associate



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:10 PM
Author: navy lascivious dragon



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:47 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena



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Date: December 29th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Violet Provocative Range Son Of Senegal

What a faggot, poser list of mostly shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547577)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 6:22 PM
Author: marvelous tripping shitlib party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49554932)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: Dashing hissy fit

40

The version of this list I remember from when I was a teen on 4chan (so ~2012) was better

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49547646)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena

It was largely manga

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548134)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:18 PM
Author: Dashing hissy fit

there was a 4chan recommendations wiki that had different pages for novels, manga, digital/visual novels etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548179)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:11 PM
Author: indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548155)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:13 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena

Storm of Steel is a 180 book though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548161)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548165)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:22 PM
Author: filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548195)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:26 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena

Yeah those are 2 that stood out to me that seem shitty. I don't want to ever read anything a south american wrote. "magical realism" is the worst genre or beaner slop imo. And infinite jest just feels reddity but I've never read any of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548203)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548208)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:47 PM
Author: maroon excitant lay striped hyena

Recommend some based 180 books

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548249)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:18 PM
Author: navy lascivious dragon

people are hating to be contrarian but this list is actually pretty good imo

yeah it's not perfect but it's better than almost any other "best books" list you will ever see

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548177)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548184)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:23 PM
Author: filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary

do they say the unedited UK clockwork orange with last chapter at least

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548196)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:26 PM
Author: navy lascivious dragon

wow a handful out of 100 are bad i guess the list sucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548205)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Vermilion erotic senate affirmative action

how bad is spring snow? i thought mishima was just famous for his failed coup+killing self and being a weird homo, no idea people thought so highly of any of his writing

list is fairly credited though. lol'd at all the dostoevsky books so high even though i like them. tells you the type of doods making this list

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548215)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 2:33 AM
Author: house-broken church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549208)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Base Wagecucks

the Spring Snow movie is decent, book is boring imo and yeah he's a huge fag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49550529)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 2:03 PM
Author: Greedy flushed ceo

correct

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49550101)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:26 PM
Author: filthy cerise international law enforcement agency sanctuary

All Along the Western Front should be on there even though its flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548202)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:31 PM
Author: fighting stage death wish

ernst junger's storm of steel has replaced it as the canonical WWI account.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548213)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:50 PM
Author: house-broken church building



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:50 PM
Author: Vermilion erotic senate affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548262)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:53 PM
Author: indecent talented mad cow disease coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548272)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:58 PM
Author: house-broken church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548283)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: ruddy appetizing step-uncle's house

24/50 and then i lost interest. way more than expected given my utter lack of interest in classical literature. I would happily replace 1/2 of these with isaac asimov. Including a lot of the russians. Anna Karenina is trash.

Ok 20/50 for the bottom 50. Still no asimov. I only came back to check. I mean dune ffs but not asimov?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548276)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:56 PM
Author: galvanic jet-lagged sex offender

30

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548278)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 8:18 PM
Author: Frozen french address

I've read 28, broken down roughly as follows:

Middle School: ~4

High School: ~10

College: ~4

The remaining ~10 were when I was in my early 30s or so and for a while chose what to read by simply going down a list of the best 100 novels of all time (which looked very similar to this list) and read whichever ones were under 300 pages.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548372)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 10:33 PM
Author: Demanding Area

I have read about half these. Some of these picks are pure crap. Also, the idea that people are sitting around reading a critique of pure reason, the world as will and representation, phenomenology of spirit etc is preposterous. Those books were just added because the people who out the list together are poseurs. You can probably identify the true nature of the faggots who out the list together by isolating the bad picks on the list and assuming they have not read the good picks on the list.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548914)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 10:47 PM
Author: navy lascivious dragon

look if you're not gonna acknowledge kant just gtfo of the thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548953)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: Demanding Area

I acknowledge Kant bro but I also acknowledge that I don’t have the time or inclination to read critique of pure reason and am smart enough to know how much intelligence and effort would be required to appreciate the book. These people haven’t read Kant, never will, certainly will never put in the time to understand it, but that’s not going to stop them from putting him on the list along with Hegel and Schopenhauer (they haven’t read them either)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548984)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 11:00 PM
Author: navy lascivious dragon

yeah i tried to read it myself and gave up it was too hard for me lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548987)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: Demanding Area

Same lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548989)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 2:54 AM
Author: Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner

I read it in a seminar class where it was the only assigned text.

Read the prolegomena instead if you just want to read some kantian metaphysics for fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549210)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 2:55 AM
Author: Ivory institution haunted graveyard

Oh? You haven't read all six volumes of A la recherche du temps perdu?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549211)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: Demanding Area

Si, je les ai lus tous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49550526)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 6:31 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Native Jap

Lol cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49554957)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 2:45 AM
Author: brindle university gaping

16 lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549209)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 2:59 AM
Author: Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner

95.

List is OK with some retardation sprinkled in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549213)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: Honey-headed Bat-shit-crazy Old Irish Cottage Codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49554864)



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Date: December 30th, 2025 3:08 AM
Author: Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner

BEE over Jane austen is certainly edgy and cool of them!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49549214)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: Honey-headed Bat-shit-crazy Old Irish Cottage Codepig

>The Summa at 88

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49554869)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Native Jap

Is infinite jest cr? Always assumed it was a faggot gen x fart smelling fest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49554916)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: Vermilion erotic senate affirmative action

yes even though your assumption is true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49555018)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Native Jap

Ok but for further evidence can you list ur favorite handful of books

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49555035)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 6:51 PM
Author: Concupiscible Meetinghouse Partner

DFW is a good writer but man gen x is going down as an irrelevant generation and culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49555021)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:07 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Native Jap

Lol at all the AZN shit and the Andrew Tate type shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49555046)



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Date: January 1st, 2026 7:08 PM
Author: Comical Nudist Site

93

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49555049)