My favorite action/adventure classics

Explore the ultimate list of action/adventure book classics that every fan must read. Discover timeless favorites and thrilling tales that define the genre.

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The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne

Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The …
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King Solomon's Mines

by H. Rider Haggard

Touted by its 1885 publisher as “the most amazing story ever written,” King Solomon’s Mines was one of the bestselling novels of the nineteenth century. …
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Adventures of Huck Finn

 

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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and …
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

Magician, Mr. Norrel of Hurtfew Abbey, uses his powers against Napoleon and the French in 1806 and is soon challenged by Jonathan Strange, a novice …
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Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

On a desolate tropical island, a shipwrecked British seaman tries to master his hostile environment and remain civilized.
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Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott

"Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives!" Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father's wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard the Lion …
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