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Best Adventure Stories

Members: 13 participating members (show all)

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1
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
14,669 members, 242 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Friederike.Geissler (1), Bretzky1 (3), thecoroner (6), longway (8), aulsmith (8), ahef1963 (9)

2
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
27,365 members, 366 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), cej1027 (3), Dilara86 (4), thecoroner (10), Bretzky1 (12)

3
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
27,191 members, 404 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (1), Dilara86 (1), thecoroner (4), Bretzky1 (9)

4
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
28,987 members, 309 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), Bretzky1 (6), aulsmith (7), cej1027 (8), thecoroner (12)

5
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas père
19,242 members, 233 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: longway (1), aulsmith (2), Dilara86 (8), thecoroner (11)

6
Beau Geste
by Percival Christopher Wren
884 members, 23 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), aulsmith (1), longway (2)

7
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
23,612 members, 305 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (1), Dilara86 (3), aulsmith (10)

Thumbs down: Friederike.Geissler

8
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4,456 members, 109 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: dsp501 (1), longway (4), aulsmith (9), thecoroner (20)

9
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
38,974 members, 493 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1), cej1027 (5), ahef1963 (8)

10
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
11,579 members, 118 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (2), Bretzky1 (5), thecoroner (9)

11
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
21,831 members, 296 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: dsp501 (2), ahef1963 (7), thecoroner (8), Dilara86 (16)

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

12
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
16,953 members, 339 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), cej1027 (4), Dilara86 (10)

13
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen
5,903 members, 132 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), cej1027 (9), Dilara86 (13)

14
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
15,536 members, 227 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5), longway (9), ahef1963 (19)

15
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
83,500 members, 1,105 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), ahef1963 (3), Dilara86 (7)

Thumbs down: Friederike.Geissler

16
King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
5,113 members, 122 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: longway (6), thecoroner (13), ahef1963 (18)

17
The Odyssey
by Homer
46,417 members, 423 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), aulsmith (6)

18
The Lost World
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4,258 members, 95 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: longway (3), aulsmith (11)

19
His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
13,194 members, 196 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2), ahef1963 (22)

20
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
27,386 members, 456 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: dsp501 (4), ahef1963 (10)

21
The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
7,916 members, 84 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: dsp501 (3), Dilara86 (17)

22
The Prisoner of Zenda
by Anthony Hope
2,368 members, 70 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: longway (5), aulsmith (13)

23
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
31,949 members, 290 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (12)

24
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
19,148 members, 421 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ahef1963 (11)

25
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
20,074 members, 532 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (6), ahef1963 (17)

26
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
3,325 members, 78 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), Dilara86 (15)

27
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
1,022 members, 11 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (9), ahef1963 (14)

28
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
14,167 members, 345 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (11), ahef1963 (13)

29
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
33,030 members, 699 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (14), ahef1963 (15)

30
The Man Who Would Be King
by Rudyard Kipling
748 members, 18 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (15), thecoroner (18)

31
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
21,709 members, 374 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (18), ahef1963 (20)

32
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
23,001 members, 336 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (19), ahef1963 (21)

33
The Aeneid
by Virgil
20,318 members, 183 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2)

34
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
15,779 members, 321 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2)

35
The Sea Wolf
by Jack London
3,841 members, 48 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (2)

36
Twenty Years After
by Alexandre Dumas
2,645 members, 38 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

37
The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged)
by Alexandre Dumas
1,471 members, 12 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3)

38
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
31,360 members, 494 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (4)

40
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,933 members, 344 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (5)

41
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
by Michael Chabon
2,792 members, 139 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5)

42
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
15,421 members, 404 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7)

43
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
12,773 members, 199 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (7)

44
Orzowei
by Alberto Manzi
43 members, 2 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: longway (7)

45
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
10,396 members, 125 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (8)

46
The Deerslayer
by James Fenimore Cooper
2,526 members, 29 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (10)

47
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
17,140 members, 293 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (11)

48
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
22,631 members, 501 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (12)

49
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
10,713 members, 208 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (12)

50
The Pioneers
by James Fenimore Cooper
1,090 members, 11 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (13)

51
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
7,814 members, 179 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14)

52
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
4,270 members, 73 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (14)

53
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
by Rudolf Erich Raspe
1,069 members, 15 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (14)

54
Kim [Norton Critical Edition]
by Rudyard Kipling
149 members, 4 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15)

55
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
16,191 members, 419 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

56
Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling
4,362 members, 47 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (16)

57
Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini
1,591 members, 47 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (17)

58
Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
1,532 members, 51 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (19)

59
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
11,607 members, 108 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7)

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

60
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,809 members, 970 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)
61
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
21,333 members, 353 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)
62
Stuart Little
by E. B. White
12,340 members, 132 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)
63
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
9,696 members, 229 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)
64
Sphere
by Michael Crichton
9,021 members, 106 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Thumbs down: JeffersonBallard

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