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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
sooty space double fault
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Brindle titillating institution persian
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
filthy iridescent piazza
  12/18/25
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Frozen Roommate
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
Lilac theater tank
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
Lilac theater tank
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
frum wonderful regret heaven
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Snowy idea he suggested
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
Lilac theater tank
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
soul-stirring chest-beating indian lodge
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
heady crotch
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
racy swollen location volcanic crater
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
sooty space double fault
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
racy swollen location volcanic crater
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
sooty space double fault
  12/18/25
180
racy swollen location volcanic crater
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Swashbuckling drab church
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Brass Dysfunction
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Swashbuckling drab church
  12/18/25
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Brass Dysfunction
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
soul-stirring chest-beating indian lodge
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
impressive fear-inspiring toilet seat
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
sooty space double fault
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
supple black woman
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
sooty space double fault
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Electric native
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
aggressive cheese-eating casino lettuce
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Motley Umber Idiot
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Swashbuckling drab church
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
bearded den
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
vigorous senate
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
deranged temple
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
vigorous senate
  12/18/25
lol
deranged temple
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Mauve international law enforcement agency hell
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Brass Dysfunction
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
vigorous senate
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
flushed library
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Snowy idea he suggested
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
flushed library
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Snowy idea he suggested
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
flushed library
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Snowy idea he suggested
  12/21/25
cr
Brass Dysfunction
  12/18/25
Anabasis
startled cruel-hearted partner plaza
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deranged temple
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
cerise half-breed site
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
deranged temple
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
yapping shimmering factory reset button crackhouse
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Bisexual Athletic Conference
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
Well-lubricated Contagious Church Building
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
deranged temple
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
sooty space double fault
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Brass Dysfunction
  12/18/25
...
vigorous senate
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
impressive fear-inspiring toilet seat
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
vigorous senate
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Poppy parlor
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impressive fear-inspiring toilet seat
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Mauve international law enforcement agency hell
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Ocher sick dopamine stead
  12/18/25
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Insecure pink trailer park
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Topaz national
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Lilac theater tank
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
startled cruel-hearted partner plaza
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: sooty space double fault

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? looking for something that would be motivating / tools for life genre

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Brindle titillating institution persian

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: filthy iridescent piazza

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: Frozen Roommate



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:35 AM
Author: Lilac theater tank

"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

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: Lilac theater tank

this is now forever in my search history

I want you dead, Malk Poo

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: frum wonderful regret heaven

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Snowy idea he suggested

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: Lilac theater tank

https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&forum_id=2#35633765

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Date: December 19th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: soul-stirring chest-beating indian lodge

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: heady crotch

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: racy swollen location volcanic crater

Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: sooty space double fault

i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer reading assignments



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: racy swollen location volcanic crater

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: sooty space double fault

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: racy swollen location volcanic crater

180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Swashbuckling drab church

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: Brass Dysfunction

rocket boys is 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Swashbuckling drab church

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: Brass Dysfunction



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: soul-stirring chest-beating indian lodge

weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party scene at my rural West Virginia high school

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:54 PM
Author: impressive fear-inspiring toilet seat

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: sooty space double fault

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: supple black woman

The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: sooty space double fault

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: Electric native

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: aggressive cheese-eating casino lettuce

seconding count of monte cristo

three musketeers is also great and vastly superior to any adaptation

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Motley Umber Idiot

JackTales 🤡😳

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Date: December 18th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Swashbuckling drab church

those are for reading out loud , clown



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: bearded den

The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Pink-Hair-Perez-Hilton/dp/0451234200

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: vigorous senate

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: deranged temple

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: vigorous senate

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: deranged temple

lol

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Date: December 21st, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: Mauve international law enforcement agency hell

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Brass Dysfunction

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: vigorous senate

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: flushed library

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: Snowy idea he suggested

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: flushed library

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.

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Snowy idea he suggested

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: flushed library

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: Snowy idea he suggested

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Brass Dysfunction

cr

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: startled cruel-hearted partner plaza

Anabasis

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: deranged temple



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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: cerise half-breed site

Flowers for Algernon

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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: deranged temple

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: yapping shimmering factory reset button crackhouse

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: Bisexual Athletic Conference

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: Well-lubricated Contagious Church Building

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: deranged temple

> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

lol

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Date: December 18th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: sooty space double fault

read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class in hs. book was so so but class was 180

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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Brass Dysfunction

zorba the greek



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: vigorous senate



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Date: December 18th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: impressive fear-inspiring toilet seat

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: vigorous senate

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: Poppy parlor

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: impressive fear-inspiring toilet seat



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Mauve international law enforcement agency hell

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

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Date: December 18th, 2025 5:09 PM
Author: Ocher sick dopamine stead

Watership Down

A Day No Pigs Would Die

2nd Where the Red Fern Grows

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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:33 PM
Author: Insecure pink trailer park



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Date: December 18th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: Topaz national

Starship Troopers

Enders Game

Johnny Tremain

Childhoods End

Rama



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Date: December 19th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Lilac theater tank

A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:11 AM
Author: startled cruel-hearted partner plaza

Neon Bible better rec for younger kid

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Date: December 19th, 2025 2:23 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone translucent range toaster

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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