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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Odious sex offender pistol
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
stimulating toilet seat
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
ultramarine mind-boggling lay
  12/18/25
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Impertinent dead address weed whacker
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
crusty ruby trailer park
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
crusty ruby trailer park
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
vigorous rehab ceo
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
black dashing corner
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
crusty ruby trailer park
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
bisexual school
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
Pearl greedy elastic band jew
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Pea-brained kitchen sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Odious sex offender pistol
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Pea-brained kitchen sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Odious sex offender pistol
  12/18/25
180
Pea-brained kitchen sneaky criminal
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Spectacular sinister boltzmann
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Curious blathering range
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Spectacular sinister boltzmann
  12/18/25
...
Curious blathering range
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
bisexual school
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
claret haunting library son of senegal
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Odious sex offender pistol
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Smoky School Cafeteria
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Odious sex offender pistol
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
pale wonderful wagecucks preventive strike
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
crystalline keepsake machete point
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
misunderstood apoplectic codepig
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Spectacular sinister boltzmann
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
arousing coldplay fan giraffe
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
swashbuckling jet church
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
ocher parlour
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
swashbuckling jet church
  12/18/25
lol
ocher parlour
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
maize out-of-control persian
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Curious blathering range
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
swashbuckling jet church
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Multi-colored mentally impaired hell useless brakes
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
black dashing corner
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Multi-colored mentally impaired hell useless brakes
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
black dashing corner
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Multi-colored mentally impaired hell useless brakes
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
black dashing corner
  12/21/25
cr
Curious blathering range
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Up-to-no-good lodge
  12/18/25
...
ocher parlour
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Copper mediation garrison
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
ocher parlour
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
adventurous home kitty cat
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
histrionic turdskin nowag
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Orange Sadistic Love Of Her Life
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
ocher parlour
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Odious sex offender pistol
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Curious blathering range
  12/18/25
...
swashbuckling jet church
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
claret haunting library son of senegal
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
swashbuckling jet church
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
appetizing gold deer antler
  12/18/25
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claret haunting library son of senegal
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
maize out-of-control persian
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Trip chartreuse immigrant philosopher-king
  12/18/25
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razzle rigpig psychic
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Mewling depressive
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
crusty ruby trailer park
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Up-to-no-good lodge
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
pungent dog poop travel guidebook
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Odious sex offender pistol

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: stimulating toilet seat

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: ultramarine mind-boggling lay

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: Impertinent dead address weed whacker



(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: crusty ruby trailer park

"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: crusty ruby trailer park

this is now forever in my search history

I want you dead, Malk Poo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811707&forum_id=2#49521719)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: vigorous rehab ceo

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: black dashing corner

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: crusty ruby trailer park

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: bisexual school

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: Pearl greedy elastic band jew

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: Pea-brained kitchen sneaky criminal

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: Odious sex offender pistol

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: Pea-brained kitchen sneaky criminal

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: Odious sex offender pistol

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: Pea-brained kitchen sneaky criminal

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: Spectacular sinister boltzmann

The eyes and the impossible

sourdough

heart of samurai

artemis

rocket boys

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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: Curious blathering range

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: Spectacular sinister boltzmann

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

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



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: Curious blathering range



(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: bisexual school

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: claret haunting library son of senegal

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: Odious sex offender pistol

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: Smoky School Cafeteria

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: Odious sex offender pistol

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: pale wonderful wagecucks preventive strike

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: crystalline keepsake machete point

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: misunderstood apoplectic codepig

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: Spectacular sinister boltzmann

those are for reading out loud , clown



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



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: arousing coldplay fan giraffe

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: swashbuckling jet church

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: ocher parlour

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: swashbuckling jet church

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: ocher parlour

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: maize out-of-control persian

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: Curious blathering range

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: swashbuckling jet church

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: Multi-colored mentally impaired hell useless brakes

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: black dashing corner

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: Multi-colored mentally impaired hell useless brakes

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: black dashing corner

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: Multi-colored mentally impaired hell useless brakes

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: black dashing corner

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: Curious blathering range

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: Up-to-no-good lodge

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: ocher parlour



(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: Copper mediation garrison

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: ocher parlour

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: adventurous home kitty cat

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: histrionic turdskin nowag

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: Orange Sadistic Love Of Her Life

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: ocher parlour

> 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: Odious sex offender pistol

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: Curious blathering range

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: swashbuckling jet church



(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: claret haunting library son of senegal

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: swashbuckling jet church

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: appetizing gold deer antler

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: claret haunting library son of senegal



(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: maize out-of-control persian

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: Trip chartreuse immigrant philosopher-king

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: razzle rigpig psychic



(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: Mewling depressive

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: crusty ruby trailer park

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: Up-to-no-good lodge

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: pungent dog poop travel guidebook

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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