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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...
saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
49, if listening to the opera counts as reading Wagner's &qu...
gaped idiot theater
  12/29/25
#22 may surprise you
Talented generalized bond
  12/29/25
ran here - wow
Copper vigorous azn
  12/30/25
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Provocative space
  01/01/26
25 I always liked to read and to write *eyes bug ou...
heady cheese-eating point puppy
  12/29/25
2026 might be the year of book backlogs. 2025 was film and b...
saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
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Chestnut piazza circlehead
  12/29/25
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Vibrant Black Woman
  12/29/25
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Motley out-of-control lodge alpha
  12/29/25
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saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
What a faggot, poser list of mostly shit.
jet stirring set
  12/29/25
...
pungent fishy market elastic band
  01/01/26
40 The version of this list I remember from when I was a te...
Mewling Multi-colored Chapel Gaming Laptop
  12/29/25
It was largely manga
saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
there was a 4chan recommendations wiki that had different pa...
Mewling Multi-colored Chapel Gaming Laptop
  12/29/25
...
Henna locus nibblets
  12/29/25
Storm of Steel is a 180 book though
saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
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Henna locus nibblets
  12/29/25
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Motley out-of-control lodge alpha
  12/29/25
Yeah those are 2 that stood out to me that seem shitty. I do...
saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
...
Henna locus nibblets
  12/29/25
Recommend some based 180 books
saffron toilet seat
  12/29/25
people are hating to be contrarian but this list is actually...
Vibrant Black Woman
  12/29/25
...
Henna locus nibblets
  12/29/25
do they say the unedited UK clockwork orange with last chapt...
Motley out-of-control lodge alpha
  12/29/25
wow a handful out of 100 are bad i guess the list sucks
Vibrant Black Woman
  12/29/25
how bad is spring snow? i thought mishima was just famous fo...
zippy bateful idea he suggested
  12/29/25
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Arrogant kitty cat half-breed
  12/30/25
the Spring Snow movie is decent, book is boring imo and yeah...
mahogany hyperactive kitchen newt
  12/30/25
correct
Copper vigorous azn
  12/30/25
All Along the Western Front should be on there even though i...
Motley out-of-control lodge alpha
  12/29/25
ernst junger's storm of steel has replaced it as the canonic...
Appetizing Cowardly Juggernaut
  12/29/25
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Arrogant kitty cat half-breed
  12/29/25
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zippy bateful idea he suggested
  12/29/25
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Henna locus nibblets
  12/29/25
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Arrogant kitty cat half-breed
  12/29/25
24/50 and then i lost interest. way more than expected give...
Deranged milky den
  12/29/25
30
idiotic galvanic home
  12/29/25
I've read 28, broken down roughly as follows: Middle Scho...
Transparent angry gaping
  12/29/25
I have read about half these. Some of these picks are pure c...
spectacular new version
  12/29/25
look if you're not gonna acknowledge kant just gtfo of the t...
Vibrant Black Woman
  12/29/25
I acknowledge Kant bro but I also acknowledge that I don&rsq...
spectacular new version
  12/29/25
yeah i tried to read it myself and gave up it was too hard f...
Vibrant Black Woman
  12/29/25
Same lmao
spectacular new version
  12/29/25
I read it in a seminar class where it was the only assigned ...
Lavender selfie national
  12/30/25
Oh? You haven't read all six volumes of A la recherche du te...
heady cheese-eating point puppy
  12/30/25
Si, je les ai lus tous
spectacular new version
  12/30/25
Lol cr
self-absorbed soggy plaza
  01/01/26
16 lol
self-centered church
  12/30/25
95. List is OK with some retardation sprinkled in.
Lavender selfie national
  12/30/25
...
bonkers electric furnace center
  01/01/26
BEE over Jane austen is certainly edgy and cool of them!
Lavender selfie national
  12/30/25
>The Summa at 88
bonkers electric furnace center
  01/01/26
Is infinite jest cr? Always assumed it was a faggot gen x fa...
self-absorbed soggy plaza
  01/01/26
yes even though your assumption is true
zippy bateful idea he suggested
  01/01/26
Ok but for further evidence can you list ur favorite handful...
self-absorbed soggy plaza
  01/01/26
DFW is a good writer but man gen x is going down as an irrel...
Lavender selfie national
  01/01/26
Lol at all the AZN shit and the Andrew Tate type shit
self-absorbed soggy plaza
  01/01/26
93
yapping big windowlicker
  01/01/26


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Date: December 29th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: saffron toilet seat

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: gaped idiot theater

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: Talented generalized bond

#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: Copper vigorous azn

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: Provocative space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49555041)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: heady cheese-eating point puppy

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: saffron toilet seat

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: Chestnut piazza circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548142)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:10 PM
Author: Vibrant Black Woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548150)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: Motley out-of-control lodge alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548191)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:47 PM
Author: saffron toilet seat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548248)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: jet stirring set

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: pungent fishy market elastic band



(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: Mewling Multi-colored Chapel Gaming Laptop

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: saffron toilet seat

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: Mewling Multi-colored Chapel Gaming Laptop

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: Henna locus nibblets



(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: saffron toilet seat

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: Henna locus nibblets



(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: Motley out-of-control lodge alpha



(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: saffron toilet seat

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: Henna locus nibblets



(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: saffron toilet seat

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: Vibrant Black Woman

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: Henna locus nibblets



(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: Motley out-of-control lodge alpha

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: Vibrant Black Woman

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: zippy bateful idea he suggested

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: Arrogant kitty cat half-breed



(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: mahogany hyperactive kitchen newt

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: Copper vigorous azn

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: Motley out-of-control lodge alpha

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: Appetizing Cowardly Juggernaut

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: Arrogant kitty cat half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5815183&forum_id=2в#49548259)



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Date: December 29th, 2025 7:50 PM
Author: zippy bateful idea he suggested



(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: Henna locus nibblets



(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: Arrogant kitty cat half-breed



(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: Deranged milky den

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: idiotic galvanic home

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: Transparent angry gaping

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: spectacular new version

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: Vibrant Black Woman

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: spectacular new version

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: Vibrant Black Woman

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: spectacular new version

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: Lavender selfie national

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: heady cheese-eating point puppy

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: spectacular new version

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: self-absorbed soggy plaza

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: self-centered church

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: Lavender selfie national

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: bonkers electric furnace center



(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: Lavender selfie national

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: bonkers electric furnace center

>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: self-absorbed soggy plaza

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: zippy bateful idea he suggested

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: self-absorbed soggy plaza

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: Lavender selfie national

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: self-absorbed soggy plaza

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: yapping big windowlicker

93

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