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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Talking knife halford
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Concupiscible Magenta Sandwich Milk
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Floppy Splenetic Range
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Comical stubborn son of senegal
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Carnelian Yarmulke
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Carnelian Yarmulke
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Vigorous anal cruise ship striped hyena
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Contagious menage
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Carnelian Yarmulke
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
motley fortuitous meteor crotch
  12/19/25
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disgusting insane sex offender dingle berry
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
harsh shrine place of business
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Talking knife halford
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
harsh shrine place of business
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Talking knife halford
  12/18/25
180
harsh shrine place of business
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
aphrodisiac nighttime theater stage boltzmann
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Translucent stead
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
aphrodisiac nighttime theater stage boltzmann
  12/18/25
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Translucent stead
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
motley fortuitous meteor crotch
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Lake shitlib pisswyrm
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Talking knife halford
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
slimy unholy psychic
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Talking knife halford
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
bistre garrison regret
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
dead fiercely-loyal meetinghouse
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
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  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
aphrodisiac nighttime theater stage boltzmann
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Cordovan Ticket Booth Boistinker
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall
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idiotic vivacious weed whacker
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall
  12/18/25
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idiotic vivacious weed whacker
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Elite locale immigrant
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Translucent stead
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
ungodly salmon office
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Contagious menage
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
ungodly salmon office
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Contagious menage
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
ungodly salmon office
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Contagious menage
  12/21/25
cr
Translucent stead
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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idiotic vivacious weed whacker
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Walnut Messiness
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idiotic vivacious weed whacker
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Fluffy Sweet Tailpipe
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
lemon razzle volcanic crater cuck
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
jet-lagged tantric scourge upon the earth
  12/18/25
...
idiotic vivacious weed whacker
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Talking knife halford
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Translucent stead
  12/18/25
...
Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Lake shitlib pisswyrm
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Supple plaza
  12/18/25
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Lake shitlib pisswyrm
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Elite locale immigrant
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Lascivious Mental Disorder
  12/18/25
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Sapphire national
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
jade public bath therapy
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Carnelian Yarmulke
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Talking knife halford

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: Concupiscible Magenta Sandwich Milk

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: Floppy Splenetic Range

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: Comical stubborn son of senegal



(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: Carnelian Yarmulke

"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: Carnelian Yarmulke

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: Vigorous anal cruise ship striped hyena

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: Contagious menage

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: Carnelian Yarmulke

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: motley fortuitous meteor crotch

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: disgusting insane sex offender dingle berry



(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: harsh shrine place of business

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: Talking knife halford

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: harsh shrine place of business

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: Talking knife halford

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: harsh shrine place of business

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: aphrodisiac nighttime theater stage boltzmann

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: Translucent stead

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: aphrodisiac nighttime theater stage boltzmann

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: Translucent stead



(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: motley fortuitous meteor crotch

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: Lake shitlib pisswyrm

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: Talking knife halford

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: slimy unholy psychic

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: Talking knife halford

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: bistre garrison regret

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: dead fiercely-loyal meetinghouse

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: Ultramarine curious community account field

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: aphrodisiac nighttime theater stage boltzmann

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: Cordovan Ticket Booth Boistinker

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: Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall

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: idiotic vivacious weed whacker



(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: Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall

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: idiotic vivacious weed whacker



(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: Elite locale immigrant

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: Translucent stead

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: Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall

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: ungodly salmon office

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: Contagious menage

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: ungodly salmon office

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: Contagious menage

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: ungodly salmon office

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: Contagious menage

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: Translucent stead

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: ebony electric cuckold

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: idiotic vivacious weed whacker



(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: Walnut Messiness

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: idiotic vivacious weed whacker



(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: Fluffy Sweet Tailpipe

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: lemon razzle volcanic crater cuck

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: jet-lagged tantric scourge upon the earth

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: idiotic vivacious weed whacker



(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: Talking knife halford

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: Translucent stead

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: Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall



(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: Lake shitlib pisswyrm

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: Misunderstood underhanded turdskin hall

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: Supple plaza

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: Lake shitlib pisswyrm



(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: Elite locale immigrant

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: Lascivious Mental Disorder

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: Sapphire national



(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: jade public bath therapy

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: Carnelian Yarmulke

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: ebony electric cuckold

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: Galvanic yapping casino half-breed

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: Mauve thriller corner

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