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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
disrespectful stag film
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Shimmering indian lodge
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
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low-t stage
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
violet frum athletic conference dragon
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Abusive native
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
French Bawdyhouse Generalized Bond
  12/19/25
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Boyish parlor messiness
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Histrionic Office Electric Furnace
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
disrespectful stag film
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Histrionic Office Electric Furnace
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
disrespectful stag film
  12/18/25
180
Histrionic Office Electric Furnace
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Cerebral azn codepig
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Cerebral azn codepig
  12/18/25
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Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
French Bawdyhouse Generalized Bond
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Mentally Impaired Hideous Immigrant Liquid Oxygen
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
disrespectful stag film
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
bonkers mahogany theater stage striped hyena
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
disrespectful stag film
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
aquamarine exhilarant dingle berry
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
bronze brunch
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
zombie-like volcanic crater
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Cerebral azn codepig
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
diverse sanctuary
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
Supple Drunken Chad
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high-end resort
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I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
Supple Drunken Chad
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high-end resort
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he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Mewling Legal Warrant
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
Supple Drunken Chad
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
violent national potus
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Abusive native
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
violent national potus
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Abusive native
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
violent national potus
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Abusive native
  12/21/25
cr
Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin
  12/18/25
Anabasis
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high-end resort
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Flowers for Algernon
jade french chef
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high-end resort
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
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  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
vermilion stimulating deer antler
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
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high-end resort
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
disrespectful stag film
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin
  12/18/25
...
Supple Drunken Chad
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Mentally Impaired Hideous Immigrant Liquid Oxygen
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
Supple Drunken Chad
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Trip Tanning Salon
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Mentally Impaired Hideous Immigrant Liquid Oxygen
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Mewling Legal Warrant
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
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passionate theatre
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
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  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Titillating ebony dilemma prole
  12/19/25
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: disrespectful stag film

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=2E#49519424)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Shimmering indian 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=2E#49519444)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Yellow Unhinged Meetinghouse

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712?

Reasonable price, free shipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519452)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: low-t stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519458)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig

"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=2E#49521596)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig

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=2E#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: violet frum athletic conference dragon

mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519459)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Abusive native

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=2E#49519460)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig

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=2E#49521571)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: French Bawdyhouse Generalized Bond

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=2E#49522050)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Boyish parlor messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519465)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Histrionic Office Electric Furnace

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519476)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: disrespectful stag film

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=2E#49519493)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Histrionic Office Electric Furnace

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=2E#49519513)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: disrespectful stag film

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=2E#49519523)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Histrionic Office Electric Furnace

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519559)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Cerebral azn codepig

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519953)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin

rocket boys is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49520282)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Cerebral azn codepig

Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49521280)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49521595)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: French Bawdyhouse Generalized Bond

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=2E#49530601)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Hideous Immigrant Liquid Oxygen

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=2E#49519755)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:00 PM
Author: disrespectful stag film

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=2E#49519767)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: bonkers mahogany theater stage striped hyena

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519483)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: disrespectful stag film

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=2E#49519489)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: aquamarine exhilarant dingle berry

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=2E#49519679)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: bronze brunch

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=2E#49519686)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: zombie-like volcanic crater

JackTales 🤡😳

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519490)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Cerebral azn codepig

those are for reading out loud , clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519956)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: diverse sanctuary

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=2E#49519492)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Supple Drunken Chad

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=2E#49519502)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:35 PM
Author: high-end resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519701)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: Supple Drunken Chad

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=2E#49519724)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: high-end resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519873)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Mewling Legal Warrant

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=2E#49528627)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519898)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: Supple Drunken Chad

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=2E#49520739)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: violent national potus

James Bond novels

Conan (only read the flemming and howard originals though)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519505)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: Abusive native

The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519535)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:51 PM
Author: violent national potus

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=2E#49519587)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Abusive native

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=2E#49519744)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: violent national potus

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=2E#49522101)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Abusive native

tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49528612)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519729)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Titillating ebony dilemma prole

Anabasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519542)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: high-end resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519572)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: jade french chef

Flowers for Algernon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519548)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: high-end resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519568)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: razzmatazz market

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=2E#49519602)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: vermilion stimulating deer antler

Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in the series

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519689)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Thriller indigo tattoo candlestick maker

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=2E#49519705)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: high-end resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519706)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: disrespectful stag film

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=2E#49519770)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Copper Elite Corn Cake Turdskin

zorba the greek



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519710)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: Supple Drunken Chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49519736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Hideous Immigrant Liquid Oxygen

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=2E#49519751)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:30 PM
Author: Supple Drunken Chad

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=2E#49520745)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:55 PM
Author: Trip Tanning Salon

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=2E#49520815)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Hideous Immigrant Liquid Oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49521254)



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Mewling Legal Warrant

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=2E#49530736)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Glittery trailer park 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=2E#49520246)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: passionate theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49520756)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: scarlet laughsome bbw indirect expression

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49520778)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Chartreuse hateful gaming laptop filthpig

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49521578)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: Titillating ebony dilemma prole

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49521698)



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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: Aromatic goyim menage

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2E#49521706)



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: Carmine Cuck

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