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Book rec for boys ?

any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
flushed effete french chef
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Poppy Home
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
misunderstood cracking parlour hissy fit
  12/18/25
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Wonderful swollen dog poop
  12/18/25
"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
kink-friendly gaping spot
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
kink-friendly gaping spot
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
aqua insecure hominid
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
insanely creepy trump supporter
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
kink-friendly gaping spot
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
peach hell
  12/19/25
...
provocative stag film coldplay fan
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
Vermilion Boistinker Center
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
flushed effete french chef
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
Vermilion Boistinker Center
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
flushed effete french chef
  12/18/25
180
Vermilion Boistinker Center
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
Cyan Narrow-minded Halford Shrine
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
Cyan Narrow-minded Halford Shrine
  12/18/25
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Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
peach hell
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
violent useless double fault mental disorder
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
flushed effete french chef
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
umber autistic clown
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
flushed effete french chef
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Shaky corn cake sandwich
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Motley library
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
charcoal concupiscible university
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
Cyan Narrow-minded Halford Shrine
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Vengeful wine wagecucks school
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
olive odious dopamine feces
  12/18/25
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honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
olive odious dopamine feces
  12/18/25
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honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Lake locus
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
olive odious dopamine feces
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
bossy goyim hospital
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
insanely creepy trump supporter
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
bossy goyim hospital
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
insanely creepy trump supporter
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
bossy goyim hospital
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
insanely creepy trump supporter
  12/21/25
cr
Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Cerebral Onyx Associate
  12/18/25
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honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
filthy sweet tailpipe
  12/18/25
...
honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
Salmon milk electric furnace
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Ultramarine antidepressant drug trust fund
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
ruddy at-the-ready legal warrant stead
  12/18/25
...
honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
flushed effete french chef
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles
  12/18/25
...
olive odious dopamine feces
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
violent useless double fault mental disorder
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
olive odious dopamine feces
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
lascivious brass native
  12/18/25
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violent useless double fault mental disorder
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Lake locus
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Floppy azure queen of the night
  12/18/25
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Alcoholic Soul-stirring Depressive
  12/18/25
Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
sepia unholy set
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
kink-friendly gaping spot
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Cerebral Onyx Associate
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
demanding silver chapel roast beef
  12/19/25
https://kommandostore.com/products/republic-of-south-africa-...
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  12/26/25


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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: flushed effete french chef

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: Poppy Home

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: misunderstood cracking parlour hissy fit

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: Wonderful swollen dog poop



(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: kink-friendly gaping spot

"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: kink-friendly gaping spot

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: aqua insecure hominid

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: insanely creepy trump supporter

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: kink-friendly gaping spot

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: peach hell

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: provocative stag film coldplay fan



(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: Vermilion Boistinker Center

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: flushed effete french chef

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: Vermilion Boistinker Center

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: flushed effete french chef

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: Vermilion Boistinker Center

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: Cyan Narrow-minded Halford Shrine

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: Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles

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: Cyan Narrow-minded Halford Shrine

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: Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles



(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: peach hell

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: violent useless double fault mental disorder

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: flushed effete french chef

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: umber autistic clown

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: flushed effete french chef

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: Shaky corn cake sandwich

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: Motley library

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: charcoal concupiscible university

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: Cyan Narrow-minded Halford Shrine

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: Vengeful wine wagecucks school

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: olive odious dopamine feces

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: honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button



(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: olive odious dopamine feces

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: honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button



(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: Lake locus

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: Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles

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: olive odious dopamine feces

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: bossy goyim hospital

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: insanely creepy trump supporter

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: bossy goyim hospital

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: insanely creepy trump supporter

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: bossy goyim hospital

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: insanely creepy trump supporter

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: Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles

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: Cerebral Onyx Associate

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: honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button



(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: filthy sweet tailpipe

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: honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button



(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: Salmon milk electric furnace

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: Ultramarine antidepressant drug trust fund

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: ruddy at-the-ready legal warrant stead

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: honey-headed bull headed office factory reset button



(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: flushed effete french chef

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: Hairless Ocher Telephone Fat Ankles

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: olive odious dopamine feces



(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: violent useless double fault mental disorder

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: olive odious dopamine feces

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: lascivious brass native

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: violent useless double fault mental disorder



(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: Lake locus

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: Floppy azure queen of the night

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: Alcoholic Soul-stirring Depressive



(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: sepia unholy set

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: kink-friendly gaping spot

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: Cerebral Onyx Associate

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: demanding silver chapel roast beef

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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