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any books you read or wish you had read in high school? look...
Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault
  12/18/25
I would have enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy. Poul Anderso...
Saffron party of the first part degenerate
  12/18/25
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276841789712? Reasonable price, ...
Heady violet bawdyhouse mexican
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translucent piazza mad cow disease
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"There's a trip to the farmers market and time for toys...
floppy church building son of senegal
  12/19/25
this is now forever in my search history I want you dead,...
floppy church building son of senegal
  12/19/25
mein kampf for late night reads that give you a good feel
Aqua fiercely-loyal old irish cottage
  12/18/25
A few offhand: -On the Shortness of Life - Seneca -Sta...
Salmon idiotic national security agency
  12/18/25
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3922329&mc=32&a...
floppy church building son of senegal
  12/19/25
or have the kid wake up xmas morning to an ACTUAL bonfire of...
Judgmental Pit
  12/19/25
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wine address regret
  12/18/25
Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain for starters
drunken indian lodge multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
i think my side of the mountain was one of his summer readin...
Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault
  12/18/25
Where the Red Fern Grows, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ce...
drunken indian lodge multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
they did lord of the flies already. ill look up some of your...
Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault
  12/18/25
180
drunken indian lodge multi-billionaire
  12/18/25
The eyes and the impossible sourdough heart of samurai...
gold provocative pistol
  12/18/25
rocket boys is 180
House-broken splenetic jew new version
  12/18/25
Every kid should read. It’s top of that list imo
gold provocative pistol
  12/18/25
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House-broken splenetic jew new version
  12/19/25
weird group called the "rocket boys" ran the party...
Judgmental Pit
  12/22/25
CR GOAT status books, but would one be "past" thos...
Thirsty dull range nibblets
  12/18/25
he’s 12/7th grade so i said high school since that&rsq...
Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault
  12/18/25
The Swimming-Pool Library (fulano)
Big bbw principal's office
  12/18/25
ty for the recs, this is helpful i just asked him what bo...
Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault
  12/18/25
Waste of time unless he's secretly 30+ years old and has rea...
Khaki Base Hairy Legs
  12/18/25
seconding count of monte cristo three musketeers is also ...
Soul-stirring rigpig
  12/18/25
JackTales 🤡😳
Chestnut diverse puppy center
  12/18/25
those are for reading out loud , clown
gold provocative pistol
  12/18/25
The Boy with Pink Hair by Perez Hilton https://www.amazon...
Contagious Sanctuary Mood
  12/18/25
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz) We Were Soldiers Once… And...
light internal respiration
  12/18/25
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hateful theatre messiness
  12/18/25
I’m not even sure which author you’re talking ab...
light internal respiration
  12/18/25
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hateful theatre messiness
  12/18/25
he doesn't like the term gay or homo and instead prefers &qu...
Swashbuckling talking menage
  12/21/25
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage 18000
House-broken splenetic jew new version
  12/18/25
No young man of any worth can finish that and not have a bet...
light internal respiration
  12/18/25
James Bond novels Conan (only read the flemming and howard...
Fishy tattoo legend
  12/18/25
The first Bond novel is so good. Amazing call.
Salmon idiotic national security agency
  12/18/25
Once I got into the first one I burned through the rest (12 ...
Fishy tattoo legend
  12/18/25
Any chance you can recommend your top 5? I need some new boo...
Salmon idiotic national security agency
  12/18/25
1. Goldfinger 2. Moonraker 3. Casino Royale 4. From Russ...
Fishy tattoo legend
  12/19/25
tyft. I loved Moonraker. Will check out Goldfinger next I th...
Salmon idiotic national security agency
  12/21/25
cr
House-broken splenetic jew new version
  12/18/25
Anabasis
Abusive Home
  12/18/25
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hateful theatre messiness
  12/18/25
Flowers for Algernon
Underhanded Insane Giraffe
  12/18/25
...
hateful theatre messiness
  12/18/25
a song of ice and fire. I'm not a fantasy guy and I loved it...
exhilarant flirting macaca
  12/18/25
Patrick O'Byrne's Master and Commander and related books in ...
Sinister filthpig
  12/18/25
Hardy Boys (how old is your kid?) Zen and the Art of Motorc...
cheese-eating medicated gaming laptop
  12/18/25
...
hateful theatre messiness
  12/18/25
read that, among others, for my contemporary thought class i...
Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault
  12/18/25
zorba the greek
House-broken splenetic jew new version
  12/18/25
...
light internal respiration
  12/18/25
Several good recs already upthread. Some others: The Thin...
Thirsty dull range nibblets
  12/18/25
Cr. list I feel like The Things They Carried got a bit ov...
light internal respiration
  12/18/25
The Things They Carried is the most classic writer's favorit...
Arousing area
  12/18/25
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Thirsty dull range nibblets
  12/18/25
agree with the first sentence and rec. need to exercise cau...
Swashbuckling talking menage
  12/22/25
Watership Down A Day No Pigs Would Die 2nd Where the R...
Emerald hell boiling water
  12/18/25
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Blue thriller preventive strike theater
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Starship Troopers Enders Game Johnny Tremain Childhoods E...
mint theater stage
  12/18/25
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
floppy church building son of senegal
  12/19/25
Neon Bible better rec for younger kid
Abusive Home
  12/19/25
abridged edgar allen poe short stories
ungodly step-uncle's house affirmative action
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Date: December 18th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Misunderstood fortuitous meteor 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

(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: Saffron party of the first part degenerate

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: Heady violet bawdyhouse mexican

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: translucent piazza mad cow disease



(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: floppy church building son of senegal

"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: floppy church building son of senegal

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 fiercely-loyal old irish cottage

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: Salmon idiotic national security agency

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: floppy church building son of senegal

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: Judgmental Pit

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: wine address regret



(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: drunken indian lodge multi-billionaire

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: Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault

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: drunken indian lodge multi-billionaire

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: Misunderstood fortuitous meteor 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: drunken indian lodge multi-billionaire

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: gold provocative pistol

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: House-broken splenetic jew new version

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: gold provocative pistol

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: House-broken splenetic jew new version



(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: Judgmental Pit

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: Thirsty dull range nibblets

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: Misunderstood fortuitous meteor 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: Big bbw principal's office

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: Misunderstood fortuitous meteor 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: Khaki Base Hairy Legs

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: Soul-stirring rigpig

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: Chestnut diverse puppy center

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: gold provocative pistol

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: Contagious Sanctuary Mood

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: light internal respiration

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: hateful theatre messiness



(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: light internal respiration

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: hateful theatre messiness



(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: Swashbuckling talking menage

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: House-broken splenetic jew new version

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: light internal respiration

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: Fishy tattoo legend

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: Salmon idiotic national security agency

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: Fishy tattoo legend

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: Salmon idiotic national security agency

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: Fishy tattoo legend

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: Salmon idiotic national security agency

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: House-broken splenetic jew new version

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: Abusive Home

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: hateful theatre messiness



(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: Underhanded Insane Giraffe

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: hateful theatre messiness



(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: exhilarant flirting macaca

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: Sinister filthpig

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: cheese-eating medicated gaming laptop

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: hateful theatre messiness



(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: Misunderstood fortuitous meteor double fault

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: House-broken splenetic jew new version

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: light internal respiration



(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: Thirsty dull range nibblets

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: light internal respiration

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: Arousing area

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: Thirsty dull range nibblets



(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: Swashbuckling talking menage

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: Emerald hell boiling water

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: Blue thriller preventive strike theater



(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: mint theater stage

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: floppy church building son of senegal

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: Abusive Home

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: ungodly step-uncle's house affirmative action

abridged edgar allen poe short stories

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



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Date: December 26th, 2025 12:37 AM
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