Best Books About Journeys and Quests

1

The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

108,003 members

1,307 reviews

½ 4.3

11 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, suitable1, Dilara86, cej1027, fuzzi, MissBrangwen, ahef1963, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

2

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

57,249 members

497 reviews

½ 4.5

11 Members: dhm, avatiakh, suitable1, fuzzi, MissBrangwen, ahef1963, jeffza, Nero56, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

3

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

26,545 members

433 reviews

½ 3.6

9 Members: Stbalbach, aulsmith, dhm, avatiakh, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, Jonella_Kahala

4

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

49,648 members

588 reviews

3.9

9 Members: hipdeep, smcwl, avatiakh, suitable1, cej1027, ahef1963, Nero56, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

5

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

41,114 members

494 reviews

3.8

9 Members: Stbalbach, avatiakh, thecoroner, Dilara86, cej1027, fuzzi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

6

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

by Jules Verne

17,804 members

267 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, EMS_24, thecoroner, cej1027, fuzzi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

7

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

20,806 members

476 reviews

4.1

7 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, MissBrangwen, ahef1963, Jonella_Kahala

8

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

45,585 members

1,041 reviews

4

8 Members: hipdeep, smcwl, merrystar, suitable1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

9

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,813 members

480 reviews

3.9

8 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, suitable1, cej1027, fuzzi, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

10

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

28,090 members

519 reviews

4.2

6 Members: inge87, EMS_24, thecoroner, fuzzi, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda

11

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,400 members

323 reviews

4.1

7 Members: aulsmith, avatiakh, merrystar, suitable1, Dilara86, ahef1963, msjudy

12

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

25,130 members

185 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: hipdeep, smcwl, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

13

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome

8,720 members

329 reviews

3.9

7 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, avatiakh, merrystar, suitable1, thecoroner, cej1027

14

Gulliver's Travels [Dover Thrift Editions]

by Jonathan Swift

411 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

7 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

15

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

30,526 members

427 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: aulsmith, dhm, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, Nero56

16

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,406 members

473 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hipdeep, smcwl, merrystar, cej1027, fuzzi, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

19,048 members

460 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, dhm, avatiakh, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Odyssey

by Homer

63,231 members

534 reviews

4

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Dilara86, valeriepatton, pjmac61

19

Around the World in Eighty Days / Five Weeks in a Balloon

by Jules Verne

662 members

7 reviews

3.8

6 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, thecoroner, fuzzi, ahef1963, valeriepatton

20

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

47,464 members

1,055 reviews

3.9

5 Members: EMS_24, Roro8, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, pjmac61

21

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

39,365 members

523 reviews

4.1

6 Members: aulsmith, EMS_24, thecoroner, Dilara86, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

by C. S. Lewis

30,149 members

300 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, EMS_24, fuzzi, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

23

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

21,658 members

284 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: smcwl, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

24

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

13,976 members

253 reviews

4.1

5 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, EMS_24, Dilara86, MissBrangwen

25

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

42,056 members

622 reviews

3.8

5 Members: dhm, thecoroner, MissBrangwen, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

26

James and the Giant Peach

by Roald Dahl

23,794 members

386 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

27,850 members

231 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, thecoroner, Nero56, valeriepatton

28

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,485 members

441 reviews

4

5 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman

35,024 members

966 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, avatiakh, Dilara86, ahef1963, threadnsong,jeffza ,ManWithAnAgenda

30

A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster

13,948 members

171 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dhm, merrystar, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

40,249 members

794 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

31,070 members

497 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dhm, avatiakh, thecoroner, fuzzi

33

Kim

by Rudyard Kipling

10,271 members

220 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, avatiakh, thecoroner, ahef1963

34

Lost Horizon

by James Hilton

4,479 members

109 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, dhm, avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

35

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)

by Philip Pullman

15,454 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: avatiakh, Dilara86, ahef1963

36

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,700 members

101 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: aulsmith, avatiakh, merrystar

37

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

44,130 members

811 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dhm, avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer

20,300 members

486 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dhm, Nero56, ManWithAnAgenda

39

Crusade in Jeans

by Thea Beckman

1,133 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: avatiakh, EMS_24

40

Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season

by Pete Dunne

50 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: mkbird, suitable1

41

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

11,607 members

321 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dhm, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

42

A Maze Of Stars

by John Brunner

288 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aulsmith, dhm

43

Stardust

by Neil Gaiman

24,148 members

597 reviews

4

4 Members: aulsmith, avatiakh, merrystar, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

44

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

12,674 members

248 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dhm, merrystar, ahef1963

45

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

by Paul Theroux

2,036 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: avatiakh, EMS_24

46

Creation: A Novel {restored}

by Gore Vidal

889 members

18 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, dhm, avatiakh

47

The Farthest Shore

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,944 members

138 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

48

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

20,497 members

309 reviews

3.8

3 Members: msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda, valeriepatton

49

The Epic of Gilgamesh

by Gilgamesh Poet

10,500 members

135 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

50

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Marvel Illustrated)

by Eric Shanower

707 members

28 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, valeriepatton

51

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell

19,733 members

719 reviews

4.1

2 Members: jeffza, msjudy

52

Huntingtower

by John Buchan

420 members

8 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, dhm

53

The Space Trilogy

by C. S. Lewis

3,361 members

23 reviews

4

2 Members: EGBERTINA, valeriepatton

54

The Long Earth

by Terry Pratchett

4,641 members

218 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963

55

The Aeneid (translations)

by Virgil

26,986 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, thecoroner

56

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

45,746 members

1,127 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, fuzzi,ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Thirty-Nine Steps

by John Buchan

6,025 members

204 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: inge87, dhm

58

Glory Road

by Robert A. Heinlein

3,908 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aulsmith, suitable1

59

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

15,253 members

247 reviews

4

2 Members: jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

10,461 members

272 reviews

4

2 Members: dhm, suitable1

61

Daisy Miller

by Henry James

4,015 members

92 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

10,967 members

227 reviews

3.9

2 Members: MissBrangwen, ahef1963

63

Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure

by Michael Chabon

3,118 members

150 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: aulsmith, avatiakh

64

Stuart Little

by E. B. White

18,533 members

157 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, fuzzi

65

Firestarter

by Stephen King

11,017 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

A Search for the King

by Gore Vidal

216 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: aulsmith, dhm

67

Le Morte d'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

8,100 members

58 reviews

3.9

Member: smcwl

68

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

7,816 members

158 reviews

4

Member: dara85

69

The Trumpeter of Krakow

by Eric P. Kelly

2,319 members

23 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: EGBERTINA

70

Hawk Quest

by Robert Lyndon

241 members

13 reviews

4.1

Member: Roro8

71

The African Equation

by Yasmina Khadra

124 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

72

Now You See It...

by Teresa Roblin

5 members

1 review

3

Member: TeresaRoblin

73

Desperation

by Stephen King

11,050 members

114 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Rolling Stones

by Robert A. Heinlein

2,346 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, dhm

75

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

15,740 members

212 reviews

4

2 Members: dhm, ahef1963

76

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers

7,678 members

444 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, msjudy

77

The Blue Sword

by Robin McKinley

6,711 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, fuzzi

78

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams

4,641 members

47 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

79

The Eye of the World

by Robert Jordan

23,644 members

404 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

7,068 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: EGBERTINA

81

Take Me With You

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

459 members

37 reviews

4

Member: dara85

82

Marco Polo and The Sleeping Beauty

by Avram Davidson

86 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: aulsmith

83

Sea of Poppies

by Amitav Ghosh

3,475 members

155 reviews

4

Member: Roro8

84

River of Smoke

by Amitav Ghosh

1,158 members

56 reviews

3.9

Member: Roro8

85

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen

31,627 members

1,219 reviews

4.1

Member: Roro8

86

Just So Happens

by Fumio Obata

216 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

87

Peace Like a River

by Leif Enger

6,303 members

184 reviews

4

Member: Nero56

88

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

44,410 members

1,132 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

89

The Sparrow

by Mary Doria Russell

8,560 members

438 reviews

4.1

Member: msjudy

90

The Beach

by Alex Garland

5,378 members

96 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: MissBrangwen

91

Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy

1,872 members

109 reviews

4.1

Member: EMS_24

92

The Captain of the "Polestar" [short story]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

95 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith

93

Journey to Fusang

by William Sanders

44 members

3.9

Member: hipdeep

94

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

39,002 members

1,514 reviews

4.1

Member: suitable1

95

Voyager

by Diana Gabaldon

13,700 members

225 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: msjudy

96

The Confusion

by Neal Stephenson

6,829 members

81 reviews

4.2

Member: hipdeep

97

Roverandom

by J. R. R. Tolkien

2,815 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: MissBrangwen

98

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

by Walter Moers

3,142 members

85 reviews

4.1

Member: MissBrangwen

99

Lord Valentine's Castle

by Robert Silverberg

2,649 members

39 reviews

3.8

Member: msjudy

100

Miss Benson's Beetle

by Rachel Joyce

1,296 members

98 reviews

4

Member: msjudy

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