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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
44 days •
ⓘ 1884 • Ride down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and Jim in this, the seminal Great American Novel.
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
28 days •
ⓘ 1912 • A hidden plateau deep in the jungles of the Amazon harbors wonders beyond imagination, and only the fiery Professor Challenger knows the way.
Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne
29 days •
ⓘ 1873 • In 1872, how fast could you circumnavigate the globe? Englishman Fogg bets it can be done in 80 - literally. Ride with him from London to Calcutta, Hong Kong to San Francisco and beyond.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
29 days •
ⓘ 1881 • Sail away with Long John Silver and Jim in this classic tale of buccaneers and buried gold.
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
79 days •
ⓘ 1851 • Ishmael narrates the unforgettable tale of Ahab and his obsessive quest for revenge against the white whale.
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
50 days •
ⓘ 1719 • The original castaway. Follow the adventures of Robinson Crusoe as he battles storms, pirates, shipwrecks, cannibals, and struggles to survive.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
33 days •
ⓘ 1876 • Travel back to the 19th century in St. Petersburg, alongside the Mississippi River, and join Sid, Huck, Aunt Polly, and of course the mischievous Tom Sawyer.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
208 days •
ⓘ 1844 • During turbulent times in France, Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned for years. He plots his revenge but is doomed to hurt the innocent as well as the guilty.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
47 days •
ⓘ 1870 • Travel with Captain Nemo aboard his futuristic vessel the Nautilus as he explores the wonders of the ocean, does battle with giant squid, and seeks revenge.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
38 days •
ⓘ 1864 • Professor Otto Lidenbrock believes he has unlocked the key to reaching the very center of the planet. But if he's right, what is waiting there, and how will he return?
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard
38 days •
ⓘ 1885 • Daring explorers plunge into the unexplored depths of Africa in seek of family, adventure, and Biblical riches.
The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling
6 days •
ⓘ 1888 • Two adventurers set out for a remote part of Afghanistan to set themselves up as kings. But years later, things have not gone as they expected.
The Land That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
18 days •
ⓘ 1918 • In WWI, a captured German U-boat heads into the Antarctic and rediscovers a forgotten island, filled with wonders - and dangers - from the distant past.
The Coming Race
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
25 days •
ⓘ 1871 • Discover the Vril-ya, angel-like beings who - for now - live in an underground Utopia.
She
H. Rider Haggard
53 days •
ⓘ 1887 • A mysterious package sends a professor and his ward on a quest deep into Africa where they discover a hidden kingdom and its enigmatic ruler: "She-who-must-be-obeyed."
A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
33 days •
ⓘ 1912 • Civil War vet John Carter finds himself transported to Mars and is soon warring with six-limbed nomads to save Princess Dejah Thoris.
Typhoon
Joseph Conrad
14 days •
ⓘ 1902 • Captain MacWhirr, a hard man who "never walked on this Earth," puts his crew on the line as he guides his Siamese steamer straight into a tropical cyclone - a typhoon.
Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
42 days •
ⓘ 1912 • Raised in the deep jungles of Africa by apes, Tarzan dominates his primate brethren but struggles with his identity as other humans soon penetrate into the forest.
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
24 days •
ⓘ 1894 • This collection of stories includes classics like the adventures of Mowgli, Baloo the bear, Shere Khan the deadly tiger, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Toomai and more.
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
66 days •
ⓘ 1826 • Plunge into the adventure, betrayal, and bravery in this classic tale as war - and "civilization" - sweep the American frontier.
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
47 days •
ⓘ 1726 • Travel with Lemuel Gulliver as he encounters wonders across the world: lands of tiny people, lumbering giants, and other strange funhouse mirror-like projections of human behavior in this classic satire.
White Fang
Jack London
37 days •
ⓘ 1906 • A young part-dog, part-wolf struggles to survive in the harsh frozen wilds of Canada where it's often kill or be killed.
The Star Lord
Boyd Ellanby
10 days •
ⓘ 1953 • A luxury passenger rocket sets off on its maiden voyage into space, but meets only disaster in this sci-fi allegory.
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
168 days •
ⓘ 1605 • In love with the romance of days past, Alonso Quixano seeks to revive justice and chivalry in the modern world. Together with his "squire" Sancho Panza, the misguided knight spars with windmills and enchantments.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy
35 days •
ⓘ 1905 • With his mastery of disguises and cunning plans, a mysterious Englishman rescues French aristocrats from the dangers of the Terror of the Revolution. He is known only by his symbol: the pimpernel.
The Poison Belt
Arthur Conan Doyle
13 days •
ⓘ 1913 • The Earth is hurtling towards a mysterious - and deadly - "belt" in space. Professor Challenger predicts the threat and rushes to save his companions.
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
55 days •
ⓘ 1900 • A young British seaman is haunted by an unescapable crime of his past. It follows him on the high seas, even to a remote Pacific island, where he finds his ultimate redemption.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Jack London
49 days •
ⓘ 1914 • After the death of the captain, the crew of a ship headed around the treacherous Cape Horn is thrown into a violent conflict.
The Sea Wolf
Jack London
45 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Van Weyden is saved from drowning by Captain Wolf Larsen and thrown into the man’s evil games and sick drive to control, torture, and destroy his crew.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas
72 days •
ⓘ 1847 • Hidden deep in the Bastille, a man has been imprisoned for decades. He knows neither his crime nor his true identity. But soon his fate is intertwined with the Kind of France and the Three Musketeers.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Edgar Allan Poe
29 days •
ⓘ 1838 • Stowaway Arthur Pym survives shipwrecks and cannibals on his epic - and increasingly strange - journey south, eventually approaching the South Pole.
King of the Khyber Rifles
Talbot Mundy
49 days •
ⓘ 1916 • Secret agent King, with the mystical Princess Yasmini, sets out beyond India on a quest for the mysterious Khinjan Caves and the fantastic "sleepers."
The Well at the World's End
William Morris
94 days •
ⓘ 1896 • Ralph, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, journeys through a land of fantasy surviving many adventures and seeking the fabled Well at the World's End.
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
90 days •
ⓘ 1844 • Join young d'Artagnan as he befriends the King's most formidable musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - and combats the forces of the Cardinal Richelieu.
The Lost Continent
Edgar Rice Burroughs
18 days •
ⓘ 1915 • It is the 22nd century. The Old World, after centuries of war, has descended into barbarism and darkness. An adrift crew from the Americas finds themselves forced back into this unknown land.
An Antarctic Mystery
Jules Verne
33 days •
ⓘ 1897 • A sequel of sorts to Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," Captain Len Guy goes in search of his brother and others from the vanished ship Jane, taking them into the strange reaches of the Antarctic.
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
34 days •
ⓘ 1886 • A young orphan struggles to survive shipwrecks, assassinations, and redcoats as he journeys across Scotland in this classic adventure tale.
Ivanhoe
Walter Scott
69 days •
ⓘ 1820 • Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to find England in the midst of the Norman Conquest. He takes up arms in the conflict between his brother John and Richard Coeur de Lion as tries to win the love of Rowena and claim his inheritance.
At the Earth's Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs
22 days •
ⓘ 1914 • With a remarkable new machine, David Innes drills 500 miles into the Earth to discover a new world: Pellucidar. There he finds stone age humans under assault from strange creatures.
From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
16 days •
ⓘ 1865 • Following the American Civil War, a gun club embarks upon a novel endeavor: building a cannon to fire a projectile - with 3 men aboard - to the moon.
Around the Moon
Jules Verne
23 days •
ⓘ 1870 • A sequel to his earlier novel 'From the Earth to the Moon,' Verne describes the adventures and dangers of the men inside the projectile headed for the moon.
Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss
52 days •
ⓘ 1812 • After surviving a shipwreck, the Robinsons find themselves stranded in a beautiful - but empty - island. They struggle to make a new life for themselves in this new world.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
46 days •
ⓘ 1883 • Follow the adventures of Robin Hood as he becomes an outlaw, recruits his band of Merry Men, and fights against tyranny in Nottingham.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
22 days •
ⓘ 1894 • On the very eve of the coronation of King Rudolf of Ruritania, a desperate plot to disrupt the succession leaves the future king dangerously ill. In order to prevent a usurper from taking power, a decoy is sought.
The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
31 days •
ⓘ 1922 • Low on money but high on desire for adventure, Tommy and Tuppence start up Young Adventurers Ltd. - "willing to do anything, go anywhere." But their first assignment may be more than they expected.
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
41 days •
ⓘ 1901 • In the midst of the imperialistic Great Game between sparring world powers, young Kim and an old priest, the lama, embark on a life-changing quest.
The Tragedy of the Korosko
Arthur Conan Doyle
19 days •
ⓘ 1898 • A group of Europeans sailing up the River NIle in Egypt are attacked by Dervish warriors in this late 19th commentary on Imperialism and Islam.
The Coral Island
R.M. Ballantyne
40 days •
ⓘ 1858 • Shipwrecked on a coral reef, three young boys find survival no struggle at all. Until, that is, cannibals and a pirate ship arrive. The inspiration for William Goulding's Lord of the Flies.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
16 days •
ⓘ 1915 • After years in Africa, Richard Hannay aims to start a new life in London. Instead he is pulled into a web of espionage and murder on the eve of World War I and finds himself a hunted man, fleeing for his life.
The Return of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
32 days •
ⓘ 1913 • The Ape Man is back. Forlorn, Tarzan heads to Europe but is soon wrapped up in a new adventure that takes him to Algeria, back to his jungle home, and lost cities within.
The Road
Jack London
18 days •
ⓘ 1907 • London's autobiography of his time trying to survive as a hobo in one of the worst economic slumps in U.S. history: from hopping freight trains to joining Kelly's Army.
To Have and to Hold
Mary Johnston
42 days •
ⓘ 1899 • As the fledging colony of Jamestown struggles to survive, Ralph endeavors to win the love of his new wife Jocelyn despite pirates and the plots of her enraged betrothed.
Moonfleet
J. Meade Falkner
32 days •
ⓘ 1898 • An adventure of mystery, smuggling, and a hidden treasure amidst the downs of Dorset. A captivating adventure for children and adults alike.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey
40 days •
ⓘ 1912 • Often called one of the most popular western novels of all time and even the work that most shaped the entire genre. Jane Withersteen alongside gunslingers and friends, struggles against evil members of her Mormon church.
Robur the Conqueror
Jules Verne
20 days •
ⓘ 1886 • Equipped with an incredible flying machine, Robur aims to become conqueror of the world! An above-the-clouds companion to Verne's adventures under the sea.
The Crater
James Fenimore Cooper
62 days •
ⓘ 1847 • Amongst the desolate volcanic islands in the remote Pacific, shipwrecked sailors struggle to survive.
South!
Ernest Shackleton
46 days •
ⓘ 1919 • The story of Shackleton's harrowing 1915 expedition to Antarctica in which 28 men fight to survive after being marooned on an ice flow.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
James De Mille
30 days •
ⓘ 1888 • A shipwrecked sailor uncovers a lost world in the depths of Antarctica full of wonders.
Roughing It
Mark Twain
57 days •
ⓘ 1872 • A semi-autobiographical account of Twain's travels and adventures through the American west during the 1860s.
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
43 days •
ⓘ 1922 • An adventure tale filled with revolution, war, corruption, pirates, and betrayal. From England to the Caribbean, these are the exploits of the unforgettable Dr. Peter Blood.
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
65 days •
ⓘ 1874 • Union prisoners mount a daring escape from their Civil War prison via balloon, but are soon marooned on an uncharted island.
The Prairie
James Fenimore Cooper
63 days •
ⓘ 1827 • Cooper's storied Trapper, trying to flee the reaches of civilization, here is caught in struggles between class, race, and family on the western plains.
Armageddon 2419 AD
Philip Francis Nowlan
10 days •
ⓘ 1928 • The original Buck Rogers sci-fi adventure! Our hero finds himself in the far future where America groans under the tyranny of the hated Hans.
The Lost Continent
C.J. Cutliffe Hyne
38 days •
ⓘ 1899 • A warrior-priest of ancient Atlantis tells of the heroic struggle to save the fabled civilization from doom.
Greenmantle
John Buchan
38 days •
ⓘ 1916 • In the midst of WWI, Richard Hannay is called upon to stop a plot to spark a holy war in the Middle East.
Mr Standfast
John Buchan
47 days •
ⓘ 1919 • In the later years of WWI, Richard Hannay is pulled from active service for a dangerous new mission: track down a German agent in the heart of Britain.
The Deerslayer
James Fenimore Cooper
77 days •
ⓘ 1841 • A prologue to the Leatherstocking Tales chronicling the origins Natty Bumppo, a daring youth who clashes with others on the frontier and the onslaught of civilization.
Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling
21 days •
ⓘ 1897 • The spoiled son of a wealthy railroad magnate is nearly drowned but saved by gruff fishermen. On board he finds challenges, humor, and a life-changing adventure.
The Gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
31 days •
ⓘ 1913 • Ten years after The Princess of Mars, John Carter finally returns to Mars but finds himself trapped in the planet's deadly Eden.
The Warlord of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
18 days •
ⓘ 1914 • To save his wife from the depths of a daunting prison, John Carter battles across Mars to the farthest reaches of the icy north.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
16 days •
ⓘ 1916 • Civil war looms on Mars as Thuvia of Ptarth disappears. John Carter's son Carthoris sets out to find her.
The Chessmen of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
28 days •
ⓘ 1922 • John Carter's daughter Princess Tara of Helium battles horrific monsters after being stranded in a fierce storm.
Prester John
John Buchan
27 days •
ⓘ 1910 • Young Scotsman David Crawfurd finds himself in South Africa in the midst of a Zulu uprising led by a mysterious priest king, a man David recognizes.
Allan Quatermain
H. Rider Haggard
37 days •
ⓘ 1887 • The hero of King Solomon's Mines, longing for adventure, journeys back to Africa to brave kidnapping, murder, and civil war.
Maiwa's Revenge
H. Rider Haggard
12 days •
ⓘ 1888 • A hunting expedition becomes a rescue operation for the heroic Allan Quatermain.
Allan's Wife
H. Rider Haggard
17 days •
ⓘ 1889 • More tales of Allan Quatermain's adventures in Africa including the fate of his wife Stella.
The Beasts of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
21 days •
ⓘ 1914 • Lord Greystoke, formerly Tarzan of the Apes, finds his settled life turned upside down: his wife and child abducted and himself stranded on a desert island.
The Son of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
29 days •
ⓘ 1915 • Tarzan's enemies return, targeting his son Jack only to have him escape into the jungle his father once called home.
Tales of Space and Time
H.G. Wells
22 days •
ⓘ 1899 • A collection of fantasy and sci-fi stories including runaway stars, stone age breakthroughs, and a mysterious glowing egg.
Triplanetary
Edward E. Smith
29 days •
ⓘ 1934 • An eons-long breeding program, initiated in the human race by super-intelligence aliens, weaves its way through history in this pulp space opera classic.
The Spy
James Fenimore Cooper
49 days •
ⓘ 1821 • In the midst of the American Revolution, the rebels hunt down a suspected British spy who has escaped capture twice. But not all is as it seems.
Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
17 days •
ⓘ 1915 • David Innes returns to the fantastical interior world of Pellucidar to search for his friends and aid the humans' war against the reptilian Mahar.
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
38 days •
ⓘ 1903 • What Carruthers thought would be a relaxing yachting holiday turns out to be a perilous expedition to uncover German secrets in this popular pre-WWI spy novel.
Travels in West Africa
Mary Kingsley
60 days •
ⓘ 1897 • Defying Victorian norms for women, Mary Kingsley sets out alone to journey through Africa. There she befriends the local people and collects valuable plant and animal specimens for research.
How I Found Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
48 days •
ⓘ 1871 • The firsthand account of the famous adventure through Africa to find one of the great explorers.
Lost Face
Jack London
15 days •
ⓘ 1910 • A collection of short stories including adventures in the Yukon and the Klondike.
The Oregon Trail
Francis Parkman
41 days •
ⓘ 1847 • A first-person travelogue of the first segment of the Oregon Trail - through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas - including buffalo hunting with a group of Oglala Sioux.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
22 days •
ⓘ 1916 • Tarzan seeks for the hidden treasure of Opar, rumored to be a colony of the long lost Atlantis.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Jules Verne
29 days •
ⓘ 1863 • Explorer Dr. Samuel Fergusson sets out to travel across Africa - at the time still largely untraversed by Europeans - aboard a novel balloon.
The Pathfinder
James Fenimore Cooper
59 days •
ⓘ 1840 • One of Cooper's most picturesque novels, set on the Great Lakes, it finds Natty Bumppo finding his way through adventure and love.
The Pioneers
James Fenimore Cooper
55 days •
ⓘ 1823 • On the borders of the ever-advancing frontier of New York state, elements of the wild old world clash with new European-style developments.
Rupert of Hentzau
Anthony Hope
22 days •
ⓘ 1898 • A swashbuckling adventure taking place after The Prisoner of Zenda amidst the intrigue of Ruritania's royal family.
Parnassus on Wheels
Christopher Morley
13 days •
ⓘ 1917 • Helen McGill buys a traveling bookstore - partly to spite her brother - and heads out on a strange adventure.
The House of Pride
Jack London
11 days •
ⓘ 1912 • A collection of six stories set in Hawaii.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi
14 days •
ⓘ 1881 • The beloved story of the puppet come-to-life and his adventures on the road to becoming a real boy.
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
67 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A record of the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole from 1910-1913.
The Headless Horseman
Mayne Reid
70 days •
ⓘ 1865 • In Texas shortly after the Mexican War, a tumultuous love triangle is rocked by murder and a ghostly specter riding across the plantations.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
10 days •
ⓘ 1920 • John Dolittle, MD may be a respected physician, but his menagerie of animals drives potential patients away. His fortunes change when he uncovers a new skill.
The Boxcar Children
Gertrude Chandler Warner
10 days •
ⓘ 1924 • Four orphaned children make a new home and life for themselves in an abandoned rail car in the forest.
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
3 days •
ⓘ 1924 • A big-game hunter is shipwrecked onto an isolated Caribbean island where he must survive a barbaric test from his new host.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
L. Frank Baum
13 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Our hero Tip adventures through Oz, meeting old friends and new favorites to overcome evil.
The Black Star Passes
John W. Campbell
23 days •
ⓘ 1953 • Scientists Arcot and Morey set off on a series of adventure pursuing space pirates, contacting new alien races, and defending the solar system from a sinister threat.
The Open Boat
Stephen Crane
4 days •
ⓘ 1897 • A semi-autobiographical retelling of Crane's experience being shipwrecked and stranded for days off the coast of Florida.
The Mark of Zorro
Johnston McCulley
22 days •
ⓘ 1919 • Hidden behind a mask, a deadly swordsman rides the highways of old California dealing justice to a corrupt governor and his army.
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
John Henry Patterson
23 days •
ⓘ 1907 • An account of the two lions who killed and consumed dozens of workers during the construction of a railway in Kenya.
The Sea Hawk
Rafael Sabatini
39 days •
ⓘ 1915 • Cornish gentlemen falls from the victory over the Spanish Armada to betrayal at the hands of an unexpected foe. He travels to the Middle East seeking revenge.
Out of Time's Abyss
Edgar Rice Burroughs
12 days •
ⓘ 1918 • Bradley's expedition back to Fort Dinosaur is beset by a chilling banshee-like creature and death is not far behind, in this conclusion to the Caspak lost world trilogy.
The People That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
13 days •
ⓘ 1918 • Sequel to The Land That Time Forgot, an expedition heads out to rescue Bowen J. Tyler but soon finds their own lives in peril.
The Black Arrow
Robert Louis Stevenson
30 days •
ⓘ 1888 • In the midst of the War of the Roses, Dick Shelton finds his loyalties tested as secret fellowships, shipwrecks, murder, love, and war storm into his life.
Flemington
Violet Jacob
28 days •
ⓘ 1911 • In the aftermath of the Jacobite rising, political turmoil rock the lives of those in Montrose, Scotland. Described as one of the best Scots romances.
The Tower Treasure
Franklin W. Dixon
14 days •
ⓘ 1927 • The Hardy Boys are pulled into an escalating mystery of theft, fake identities, and false acquisations with a friend's livelihood on the line.
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