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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Opaque painfully honest base masturbator
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Big Gas Station
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Talented meetinghouse milk
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Talented meetinghouse milk
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
sienna roommate
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Talented meetinghouse milk
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
floppy walnut tank
  12/19/25
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Light Titillating Quadroon
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
vibrant grizzly den
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Opaque painfully honest base masturbator
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
vibrant grizzly den
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Opaque painfully honest base masturbator
  12/18/25
180
vibrant grizzly den
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
irate ratface
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
motley sanctuary dog poop
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
irate ratface
  12/18/25
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motley sanctuary dog poop
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
floppy walnut tank
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
embarrassed to the bone curious location
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Opaque painfully honest base masturbator
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Crawly university patrolman
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Opaque painfully honest base masturbator
  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 ...
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  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
saffron wonderful school
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
irate ratface
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
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Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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Honey-headed alpha market
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
wine field karate
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
motley sanctuary dog poop
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
pearly cuckold
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
yapping awkward party of the first part library
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
yapping awkward party of the first part library
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
yapping awkward party of the first part library
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
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  12/21/25
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motley sanctuary dog poop
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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Honey-headed alpha market
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Flowers for Algernon
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Honey-headed alpha market
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Cordovan razzle-dazzle lay sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Dun puppy
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
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Honey-headed alpha market
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Opaque painfully honest base masturbator
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
motley sanctuary dog poop
  12/18/25
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pearly cuckold
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
embarrassed to the bone curious location
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
pearly cuckold
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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embarrassed to the bone curious location
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
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  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
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  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Talented meetinghouse milk
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Opaque painfully honest base masturbator

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=2в#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Big Gas Station

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=2в#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: contagious talking cruise ship

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

Reasonable price, free shipping.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Violent electric boiling water



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Talented meetinghouse milk

"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=2в#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: Talented meetinghouse milk

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=2в#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: sienna roommate

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life

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=2в#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: Talented meetinghouse milk

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=2в#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: floppy walnut tank

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=2в#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Light Titillating Quadroon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2в#49519465)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: vibrant grizzly den

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Opaque painfully honest base masturbator

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=2в#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: vibrant grizzly den

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=2в#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Opaque painfully honest base masturbator

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=2в#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: vibrant grizzly den

180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: irate ratface

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: motley sanctuary dog poop

rocket boys is 180

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: irate ratface

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: motley sanctuary dog poop



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: floppy walnut tank

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=2в#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone curious location

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=2в#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: Opaque painfully honest base masturbator

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=2в#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Crawly university patrolman

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Opaque painfully honest base masturbator

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=2в#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: silver hairraiser marketing idea parlour

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=2в#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: zombie-like church headpube

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=2в#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: saffron wonderful school

JackTales 🤡😳

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: irate ratface

those are for reading out loud , clown



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: aquamarine home corn cake

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=2в#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: pearly cuckold

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=2в#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: Honey-headed alpha market



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: pearly cuckold

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=2в#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Honey-headed alpha market



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



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: wine field karate

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=2в#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: motley sanctuary dog poop

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: pearly cuckold

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=2в#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: yapping awkward party of the first part library

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: yapping awkward party of the first part library

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=2в#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life

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=2в#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: yapping awkward party of the first part library

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=2в#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Supple Trailer Park Love Of Her Life

tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2в#49528612)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: motley sanctuary dog poop

cr

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: plum appetizing stead

Anabasis

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Honey-headed alpha market



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: Turquoise exhilarant pit travel guidebook

Flowers for Algernon

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Honey-headed alpha market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2в#49519568)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: Cordovan razzle-dazzle lay sneaky criminal

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=2в#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: Dun puppy

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

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: charismatic heaven hissy fit

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=2в#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Honey-headed alpha market



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Opaque painfully honest base masturbator

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=2в#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: motley sanctuary dog poop

zorba the greek



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: pearly cuckold



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone curious location

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=2в#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: pearly cuckold

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=2в#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: french gay really tough guy legal warrant

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=2в#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone curious location



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



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: wine field karate

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=2в#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: beta associate brethren

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=2в#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: drunken domesticated cumskin



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: out-of-control vivacious toilet seat

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Talented meetinghouse milk

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: plum appetizing stead

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: pearl arrogant fortuitous meteor useless brakes

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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