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Best Adventure Stories

Members: 13 participating members (show all)

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1
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
25,168 members, 339 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), ahef1963 (2), cej1027 (3), Dilara86 (4), thecoroner (10), Bretzky1 (12)

2
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
13,660 members, 225 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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

3
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
26,745 members, 285 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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

4
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
21,328 members, 267 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (1), Dilara86 (3), sturlington (8), aulsmith (10)

Thumbs down: Friederike.Geissler

5
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
25,373 members, 355 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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

6
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
17,928 members, 218 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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

7
Beau Geste
by Percival Christopher Wren
829 members, 21 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

8
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4,120 members, 104 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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

9
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
15,715 members, 326 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), cej1027 (4), sturlington (9), Dilara86 (10)

10
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
14,500 members, 215 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5), longway (9), sturlington (10), ahef1963 (19)

11
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
78,555 members, 1,047 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), ahef1963 (3), Dilara86 (7), sturlington (11)

Thumbs down: Friederike.Geissler

12
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
36,457 members, 467 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

13
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
10,732 members, 110 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

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

14
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
20,330 members, 271 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

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

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

15
The Lost World
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3,967 members, 85 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: longway (3), aulsmith (11), sturlington (12)

16
The Old Man and The Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
25,751 members, 429 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: dsp501 (4), ahef1963 (10), sturlington (13)

17
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen
5,261 members, 127 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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

18
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
29,668 members, 275 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (12), sturlington (14)

19
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
17,660 members, 393 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ahef1963 (11), sturlington (15)

20
King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
4,783 members, 114 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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

21
The Odyssey
by Homer
43,314 members, 399 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), aulsmith (6)

22
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,238 members, 310 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (11), ahef1963 (13), sturlington (16)

23
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
31,498 members, 676 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (14), ahef1963 (15), sturlington (17)

24
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
15,336 members, 304 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), sturlington (18)

25
His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
12,643 members, 191 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2), ahef1963 (22)

26
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
11,761 members, 184 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6), Bretzky1 (7)

27
The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
7,149 members, 74 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: dsp501 (3), Dilara86 (17)

28
The Prisoner of Zenda
by Anthony Hope
2,220 members, 65 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: longway (5), aulsmith (13)

29
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,022 members, 318 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (5), sturlington (19)

30
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
by Michael Chabon
2,709 members, 136 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5), sturlington (20)

31
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
19,221 members, 514 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (6), ahef1963 (17)

32
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
3,057 members, 75 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), Dilara86 (15)

33
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
15,465 members, 154 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (9), ahef1963 (14)

34
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
14,391 members, 393 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), sturlington (21)

35
The Man Who Would Be King [short story]
by Rudyard Kipling
708 members, 16 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (15), thecoroner (18)

36
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
15,355 members, 405 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), sturlington (22)

37
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
20,805 members, 355 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (18), ahef1963 (20)

38
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
22,018 members, 325 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (19), ahef1963 (21)

39
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
20,286 members, 320 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

40
The Aeneid
by Virgil
19,061 members, 169 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2)

41
The Sea Wolf
by Jack London
3,588 members, 47 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (2)

42
Stuart Little
by E B White
11,212 members, 124 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: sturlington (3)

43
Twenty Years After
by Alexandre Dumas
2,485 members, 33 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

44
The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged)
by Alexandre Dumas
1,380 members, 13 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3)

45
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
29,358 members, 462 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (4)

46
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
9,277 members, 217 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

48
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
39,224 members, 947 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5)

49
Orzowei
by Alberto Manzi
33 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: longway (7)

50
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
9,741 members, 114 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (8)

51
The Deerslayer
by James Fenimore Cooper
2,377 members, 23 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (10)

52
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
15,683 members, 271 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (11)

53
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
21,229 members, 483 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (12)

54
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
10,041 members, 192 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (12)

55
The Pioneers
by James Fenimore Cooper
1,018 members, 9 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (13)

56
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
7,275 members, 162 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14)

57
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
3,932 members, 66 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (14)

58
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
by Rudolf Erich Raspe
976 members, 12 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (14)

59
Kim [Norton Critical Edition]
by Rudyard Kipling
137 members, 3 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15)

60
Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks
by Rudyard Kipling
4,016 members, 42 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (16)

61
Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini
1,530 members, 45 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (17)

62
Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
1,444 members, 46 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (19)

63
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
10,819 members, 99 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7)

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

64
Sphere
by Michael Crichton
8,575 members, 102 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Thumbs down: JeffersonBallard

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Started by: sturlington (February 2012)

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