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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Thirsty market
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Hairraiser tripping hell mad-dog skullcap
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
chocolate school cafeteria
  12/18/25
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costumed legal warrant pocket flask
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Stirring grizzly idea he suggested
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
sienna menage
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Razzmatazz Carmine Dragon Stag Film
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
rose zippy mediation
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
black doobsian area wrinkle
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Thirsty market
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
black doobsian area wrinkle
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Thirsty market
  12/18/25
180
black doobsian area wrinkle
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
titillating dull crackhouse immigrant
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
sepia talented reading party stead
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
titillating dull crackhouse immigrant
  12/18/25
...
sepia talented reading party stead
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Razzmatazz Carmine Dragon Stag Film
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
ultramarine roommate
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Thirsty market
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
180 hyperventilating pit
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Thirsty market
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
bateful fanboi
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Avocado Institution
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
duck-like partner
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
titillating dull crackhouse immigrant
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Sick Pontificating Stage
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Diverse Macaca
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Exhilarant talking forum patrolman
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Diverse Macaca
  12/18/25
lol
Exhilarant talking forum patrolman
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Peach sound barrier
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
sepia talented reading party stead
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Diverse Macaca
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Comical church building
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
sienna menage
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Comical church building
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
sienna menage
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Comical church building
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
sienna menage
  12/21/25
cr
sepia talented reading party stead
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Spruce messiness
  12/18/25
...
Exhilarant talking forum patrolman
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Mind-boggling orchid piazza factory reset button
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Exhilarant talking forum patrolman
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
bearded brunch becky
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Hot Boyish Dilemma Striped Hyena
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Motley Rigpig Ape
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Exhilarant talking forum patrolman
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Thirsty market
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
sepia talented reading party stead
  12/18/25
...
Diverse Macaca
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
ultramarine roommate
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Diverse Macaca
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
cracking seedy lettuce
  12/18/25
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ultramarine roommate
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Peach sound barrier
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
wonderful brethren
  12/18/25
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jet national skinny woman
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
heady faggotry
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Spruce messiness
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
canary nubile deer antler
  12/19/25
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confused station preventive strike
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Thirsty market

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: Hairraiser tripping hell mad-dog skullcap

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: chocolate school cafeteria

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: costumed legal warrant pocket flask



(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: blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop

"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: blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop

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: Stirring grizzly idea he suggested

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: sienna 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: blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop

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: Razzmatazz Carmine Dragon Stag Film

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: rose zippy mediation

The Illustrated Man

Odyssey

The International Jew

1984

Meditations

The Myth of Sisyphus

Hamlet

(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: black doobsian area wrinkle

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: Thirsty market

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: black doobsian area wrinkle

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: Thirsty market

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: black doobsian area wrinkle

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: titillating dull crackhouse immigrant

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: sepia talented reading party 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: titillating dull crackhouse immigrant

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: sepia talented reading party 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: Razzmatazz Carmine Dragon Stag Film

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: ultramarine roommate

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: Thirsty market

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: 180 hyperventilating pit

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: Thirsty market

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: bateful fanboi

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: Avocado Institution

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: duck-like partner

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: titillating dull crackhouse immigrant

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: Sick Pontificating Stage

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: Diverse Macaca

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: Exhilarant talking forum patrolman

are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by a homo?

(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: Diverse Macaca

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: Exhilarant talking forum patrolman

lol

(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: Peach sound barrier

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: sepia talented reading party 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: Diverse Macaca

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: Comical church building

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: sienna 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: Comical church building

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: sienna 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: Comical church building

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: sienna 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: sepia talented reading party 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: Spruce messiness

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: Exhilarant talking forum patrolman



(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: Mind-boggling orchid piazza factory reset button

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: Exhilarant talking forum patrolman

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

(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: bearded brunch becky

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: Hot Boyish Dilemma Striped Hyena

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: Motley Rigpig Ape

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: Exhilarant talking forum patrolman

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

(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: Thirsty market

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: sepia talented reading party 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: Diverse Macaca



(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: ultramarine roommate

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: Diverse Macaca

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: cracking seedy lettuce

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: ultramarine roommate



(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: Peach sound barrier

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: wonderful brethren

Watership Down

A Day No Pigs Would Die

2nd Where the Red Fern Grows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: jet national skinny woman



(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: heady faggotry

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: blathering arrogant parlour gaming laptop

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: Spruce messiness

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: canary nubile deer antler

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: confused station preventive strike

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