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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
aqua beady-eyed chad black woman
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Plum french chef corner
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Hilarious stain
  12/18/25
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Insane Well-lubricated Weed Whacker Meetinghouse
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
180 pink prole business firm
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
180 pink prole business firm
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Rambunctious Church Building
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
insecure market ceo
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
180 pink prole business firm
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
blathering roommate
  12/19/25
...
Startling bistre patrolman pit
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Violet vengeful rehab boistinker
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
aqua beady-eyed chad black woman
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Violet vengeful rehab boistinker
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
aqua beady-eyed chad black woman
  12/18/25
180
Violet vengeful rehab boistinker
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Stirring multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Galvanic purple cruise ship
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Stirring multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
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Galvanic purple cruise ship
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
blathering roommate
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
excitant deer antler
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
aqua beady-eyed chad black woman
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
translucent misunderstood skinny woman range
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
aqua beady-eyed chad black woman
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Coral Heaven Half-breed
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Razzle theater
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Hideous Deep Queen Of The Night
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Stirring multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
greedy hateful step-uncle's house digit ratio
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Orange Alpha
  12/18/25
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Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Orange Alpha
  12/18/25
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Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
effete roast beef
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Galvanic purple cruise ship
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Orange Alpha
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Cream home telephone
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
insecure market ceo
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Cream home telephone
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
insecure market ceo
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Cream home telephone
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
insecure market ceo
  12/21/25
cr
Galvanic purple cruise ship
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Talented submissive knife azn
  12/18/25
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Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Citrine tattoo
  12/18/25
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Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Cowardly swollen property
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Curious Chestnut Factory Reset Button Spot
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Crystalline razzle-dazzle voyeur stage
  12/18/25
...
Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
aqua beady-eyed chad black woman
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Galvanic purple cruise ship
  12/18/25
...
Orange Alpha
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
excitant deer antler
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Orange Alpha
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
chartreuse sinister feces
  12/18/25
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excitant deer antler
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
effete roast beef
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
ivory wagecucks
  12/18/25
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claret aphrodisiac shitlib library
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Shimmering Indian Lodge Doctorate
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
180 pink prole business firm
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Talented submissive knife azn
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
deranged cheese-eating school cafeteria lettuce
  12/19/25
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: aqua beady-eyed chad black woman

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: Plum french chef corner

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: Hilarious stain

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: Insane Well-lubricated Weed Whacker Meetinghouse



(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: 180 pink prole business firm

"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: 180 pink prole business firm

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: Rambunctious Church Building

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: insecure market ceo

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: 180 pink prole business firm

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: blathering roommate

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: Startling bistre patrolman pit



(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: Violet vengeful rehab boistinker

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: aqua beady-eyed chad black woman

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: Violet vengeful rehab boistinker

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: aqua beady-eyed chad black woman

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: Violet vengeful rehab boistinker

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: Stirring multi-billionaire

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: Galvanic purple cruise ship

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: Stirring multi-billionaire

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: Galvanic purple cruise ship



(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: blathering roommate

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: excitant deer antler

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: aqua beady-eyed chad black woman

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: translucent misunderstood skinny woman range

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: aqua beady-eyed chad black woman

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: Coral Heaven Half-breed

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: Razzle theater

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: Hideous Deep Queen Of The Night

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: Stirring multi-billionaire

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: greedy hateful step-uncle's house digit ratio

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: Orange Alpha

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: Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale



(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: Orange Alpha

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: Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale



(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: effete roast beef

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: Galvanic purple cruise ship

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: Orange Alpha

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: Cream home telephone

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: insecure market ceo

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: Cream home telephone

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: insecure market ceo

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: Cream home telephone

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: insecure market ceo

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: Galvanic purple cruise ship

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: Talented submissive knife azn

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: Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale



(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: Citrine tattoo

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: Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale



(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: Cowardly swollen property

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: Curious Chestnut Factory Reset Button Spot

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: Crystalline razzle-dazzle voyeur stage

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: Swashbuckling People Who Are Hurt Locale



(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: aqua beady-eyed chad black woman

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: Galvanic purple cruise ship

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: Orange Alpha



(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: excitant deer antler

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: Orange Alpha

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: chartreuse sinister feces

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: excitant deer antler



(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: effete roast beef

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: ivory wagecucks

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: claret aphrodisiac shitlib library



(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: Shimmering Indian Lodge Doctorate

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: 180 pink prole business firm

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: Talented submissive knife azn

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: deranged cheese-eating school cafeteria lettuce

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: ebony laughsome community account institution

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