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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
lemon theatre
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
pearly headpube
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Jet lay multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
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greedy balding water buffalo
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
smoky twinkling uncleanness
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
smoky twinkling uncleanness
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Peach self-absorbed main people school
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
lime irradiated jew
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
smoky twinkling uncleanness
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Autistic big indian lodge doctorate
  12/19/25
The Illustrated Man Odyssey The International Jew 1984 M...
cobalt bawdyhouse
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Ruby bespoke hospital
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
lemon theatre
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Ruby bespoke hospital
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
lemon theatre
  12/18/25
180
Ruby bespoke hospital
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Contagious crotch
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
orange razzle-dazzle brethren
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Contagious crotch
  12/18/25
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orange razzle-dazzle brethren
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Autistic big indian lodge doctorate
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
maize people who are hurt mood
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
lemon theatre
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Costumed meetinghouse hominid
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
lemon theatre
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Titillating Hell
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
vigorous lodge
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Unholy mauve stag film
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Contagious crotch
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Citrine fortuitous meteor preventive strike
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
sepia zombie-like temple sex offender
  12/18/25
are you seriously recommending a book on manhood written by ...
Violet rigpig tattoo
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
sepia zombie-like temple sex offender
  12/18/25
lol
Violet rigpig tattoo
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
narrow-minded national
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
orange razzle-dazzle brethren
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
sepia zombie-like temple sex offender
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
provocative hall black woman
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
lime irradiated jew
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
provocative hall black woman
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
lime irradiated jew
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
provocative hall black woman
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
lime irradiated jew
  12/21/25
cr
orange razzle-dazzle brethren
  12/18/25
Anabasis
180 church building love of her life
  12/18/25
...
Violet rigpig tattoo
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
insane sooty messiness
  12/18/25
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant Man's Sear...
Violet rigpig tattoo
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Abusive fragrant stain mexican
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
adventurous tanning salon
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
French Personal Credit Line
  12/18/25
> Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lol
Violet rigpig tattoo
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
lemon theatre
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
orange razzle-dazzle brethren
  12/18/25
...
sepia zombie-like temple sex offender
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
maize people who are hurt mood
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
sepia zombie-like temple sex offender
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
violent striped hyena
  12/18/25
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maize people who are hurt mood
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
narrow-minded national
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
clear brunch
  12/18/25
...
Frum center
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
Aphrodisiac Persian
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
smoky twinkling uncleanness
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
180 church building love of her life
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
Razzmatazz twinkling native becky
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
sexy generalized bond
  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: lemon theatre

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: pearly headpube

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: Jet lay multi-billionaire

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: greedy balding water buffalo



(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: smoky twinkling uncleanness

"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: smoky twinkling uncleanness

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: Peach self-absorbed main people school

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: lime irradiated jew

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: smoky twinkling uncleanness

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: Autistic big indian lodge doctorate

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: cobalt bawdyhouse

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: Ruby bespoke hospital

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: lemon theatre

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: Ruby bespoke hospital

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: lemon theatre

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: Ruby bespoke hospital

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: Contagious crotch

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: orange razzle-dazzle brethren

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: Contagious crotch

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: orange razzle-dazzle brethren



(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: Autistic big indian lodge doctorate

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: maize people who are hurt mood

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: lemon theatre

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: Costumed meetinghouse hominid

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: lemon theatre

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: Titillating Hell

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: vigorous lodge

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: Unholy mauve stag film

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: Contagious crotch

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: Citrine fortuitous meteor preventive strike

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: sepia zombie-like temple sex offender

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: Violet rigpig tattoo

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: sepia zombie-like temple sex offender

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: Violet rigpig tattoo

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: narrow-minded national

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: orange razzle-dazzle brethren

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: sepia zombie-like temple sex offender

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: provocative hall black woman

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: lime irradiated jew

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: provocative hall black woman

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: lime irradiated jew

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: provocative hall black woman

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: lime irradiated jew

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: orange razzle-dazzle brethren

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: 180 church building love of her life

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: Violet rigpig tattoo



(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: insane sooty messiness

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: Violet rigpig tattoo

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: Abusive fragrant stain mexican

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: adventurous tanning salon

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: French Personal Credit Line

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: Violet rigpig tattoo

> 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: lemon theatre

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: orange razzle-dazzle brethren

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: sepia zombie-like temple sex offender



(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: maize people who are hurt mood

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: sepia zombie-like temple sex offender

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: violent striped hyena

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: maize people who are hurt mood



(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: narrow-minded national

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: clear brunch

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: Frum center



(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: Aphrodisiac Persian

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: smoky twinkling uncleanness

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: 180 church building love of her life

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: Razzmatazz twinkling native becky

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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
Author: sexy generalized bond

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