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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Swollen primrose abode masturbator
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
impertinent bateful lodge
  12/18/25
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
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  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
exciting well-lubricated area trump supporter
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
cerebral jewess
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Razzle hyperactive indian lodge brethren
  12/19/25
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contagious confused native
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Sooty tattoo hall
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Swollen primrose abode masturbator
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Sooty tattoo hall
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Swollen primrose abode masturbator
  12/18/25
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Sooty tattoo hall
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The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
galvanic whorehouse boistinker
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
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  12/18/25
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stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Razzle hyperactive indian lodge brethren
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
indecent sable brunch
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Swollen primrose abode masturbator
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Costumed unhinged garrison
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Swollen primrose abode masturbator
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Insanely Creepy Insane Milk Public Bath
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Rambunctious Cyan Locus
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
maroon point
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
galvanic whorehouse boistinker
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
magenta hell
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
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Hateful space
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
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Hateful space
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Fiercely-loyal business firm
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
charismatic office
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
cerebral jewess
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
charismatic office
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
cerebral jewess
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
charismatic office
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
cerebral jewess
  12/21/25
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  12/18/25
Anabasis
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Hateful space
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Flowers for Algernon
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Hateful space
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Embarrassed To The Bone Deer Antler
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
vigorous mauve national security agency
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
floppy kitty cat
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Hateful space
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
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  12/18/25
zorba the greek
stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor
  12/18/25
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Fiercely-loyal business firm
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
indecent sable brunch
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Fiercely-loyal business firm
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
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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...
heady prole gaping
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Swollen primrose abode 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=2#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: impertinent bateful lodge

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: navy crackhouse

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: Very tactful ticket booth mood



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den

"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: Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den

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: exciting well-lubricated area trump supporter

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: cerebral jewess

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: Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den

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: Razzle hyperactive indian lodge brethren

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: contagious confused native



(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: Sooty tattoo hall

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: Swollen primrose abode 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=2#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Sooty tattoo hall

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: Swollen primrose abode 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=2#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Sooty tattoo hall

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: galvanic whorehouse boistinker

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: stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor

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: galvanic whorehouse boistinker

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: stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor



(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: Razzle hyperactive indian lodge brethren

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: indecent sable brunch

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: Swollen primrose abode 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=2#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Costumed unhinged garrison

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: Swollen primrose abode 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=2#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: Insanely Creepy Insane Milk Public Bath

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: Rambunctious Cyan Locus

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: maroon point

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: galvanic whorehouse boistinker

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: magenta hell

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: Fiercely-loyal business firm

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: Hateful space



(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: Fiercely-loyal business firm

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: Hateful space



(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: Hairraiser disgusting theater stage

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: stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor

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: Fiercely-loyal business firm

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: charismatic 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: cerebral jewess

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: charismatic 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: cerebral jewess

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: charismatic 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: cerebral jewess

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: stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor

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: dead salmon associate

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: Hateful space



(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: excitant haunted graveyard tanning salon

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: Hateful space



(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: Embarrassed To The Bone Deer Antler

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: vigorous mauve national security agency

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: floppy kitty cat

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: Hateful space



(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: Swollen primrose abode 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=2#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: stimulating turquoise volcanic crater private investor

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: Fiercely-loyal business firm



(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: indecent sable brunch

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: Fiercely-loyal business firm

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: Awkward sienna corner

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: indecent sable brunch



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Hairraiser disgusting theater stage

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: Black Stage Halford

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: Arousing fluffy nursing home



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: heady prole gaping

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: Racy Spruce Mad-dog Skullcap Den

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: dead salmon associate

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: fuchsia athletic conference foreskin

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: Spectacular splenetic cuckoldry hospital

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