Adventure stories books

The Mucker

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Mucker reads as a gritty, street‑level adventure set in early‑20th‑century Chicago.

Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Herman Melville

Mardi, and a Voyage Thither, Vol. 1 is a maritime adventure that begins with a vivid launch from the island…

The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)

Daniel Defoe

The work is a first‑person narrative that blends the conventions of eighteenth‑century adventure fiction with…

Hearts and the highway: A romance of the road

Cyrus Townsend Brady

Hearts and the Highway is a sprawling romance of adventure set against the turbulent backdrop of…

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808)

Daniel Defoe

The work is a work of early‑18th‑century fiction that treats shipwreck survival, island life, and the…

Tom Sawyer Abroad

Mark Twain

The work is an adventure tale that follows Tom Sawyer after the river exploits that earned him fame and a…

At the Earth's Core

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Burroughs’s At the Earth’s Core is a hybrid of science‑fiction, fantasy adventure and speculative travel, set…

Allan Quatermain

H. Rider Haggard

The opening places you squarely in the world of H. Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain, a blend of African…

The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2

Charlotte Lennox

The work is an eighteenth‑century romance that presents itself as a genteel adventure of a young lady raised…

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island is a science‑fiction adventure that begins with a dramatic, almost…

Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

Jules Verne

Ce roman s’inscrit dans le genre de l’aventure et du voyage, comme l’indiquent les sujets « Adventure stories…

The Son of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel opens on the river‑bound boat Marjorie W., where a weary crew spots a gaunt, half‑clothed stranger…

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

Jules Verne

Ce roman de Jules Verne s’inscrit dans le genre de la science‑fiction maritime, où l’aventure naît d’un…

The Elusive Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel is a historical adventure set against the blood‑soaked backdrop of the French…

The Mystery of the Sea

Bram Stoker

The work is a Scottish‑set adventure that folds mystery, prophecy and cryptic intrigue into a single…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)

Mark Twain

The novel is a humorous adventure that follows the misadventures of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer’s comrade, as he…

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Edgar Rice Burroughs

This volume is a pulp‑era adventure that thrusts the reader straight into the oppressive heat of the Congo,…

Pellucidar

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The work is a science‑fiction adventure that begins with a self‑referential letter from a desert‑traveling…

The Moonlit Way: A Novel

Robert W. Chambers

The Moonlit Way is a sprawling adventure that mixes romance, intrigue and espionage against a backdrop of…

The Beasts of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel thrusts the legendary ape‑man, Lord Greystoke, better known as Tarzan, into a frantic urban chase…

Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome IV

Dumas, Alexandre; Maquet, Auguste

Le tome IV poursuit l’épopée du comte de Monte‑Christo dans le même registre d’aventures historiques que les…

Pelham — Complete

Edward Bulwer Lytton

The novel opens with a self‑portrait of its narrator, an only child of an aristocratic but financially…

The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana

Daniel Defoe

The work is a sprawling historical‑fiction narrative that blends picaresque adventure with a…