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The Retired English Teacher's List of Classic Adventure Stories

From juvenile/YA fiction through potboilers and commercial bestsellers to great literary classics, here are 80 prime examples of the adventure story. 74 are fiction, with 6 classic non-fiction accounts.
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Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
1
Piers Paul Read
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Argonautica
2
Apollonius of Rhodes
Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
3
Banner in the Sky (Ullman)
Banner in the Sky
4
Ullman
Beau Geste (P.C. Wren)
Beau Geste
5
P.C. Wren
Beowulf (Wright -Trans)
Beowulf
6
Wright -Trans
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
7
A. B. Guthrie
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
8
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Blue Lagoon (Henry De Vere Stacpoole)
The Blue Lagoon
9
Henry De Vere Stacpoole
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
10
Jack London
Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
Captain Blood
11
Rafael Sabatini
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
12
Rudyard Kipling
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
13
Alexandre Dumas
The Dark Frigate (Charles Hawes)
The Dark Frigate
14
Charles Hawes
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
15
James Fenimore Cooper
The Golden Rendezvous (MacLean)
The Golden Rendezvous
16
MacLean
The Guns of Navarone (MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone
17
MacLean
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
18
Conrad (Signet )
Hornblower Series (C.S. Forester)
Hornblower Series
19
C.S. Forester
Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
20
Twain
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
21
Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Reign of Terror (G. A. Henty)
In the Reign of Terror
22
G. A. Henty
The Island at the Top of the World (Ian Cameron)
The Island at the Top of the World
23
Ian Cameron
The Island of Dr Moreau (H. G. Wells)
The Island of Dr Moreau
24
H. G. Wells
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
25
Walter Scott
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
26
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
27
Rudyard Kipling
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
28
Haggard
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki
29
Thor Heyerdahl
The Last Englishman (Hebe Weenolsen)
The Last Englishman
30
Hebe Weenolsen
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
31
James Fenimore Cooper
The Lion of the North (G. A. Henty)
The Lion of the North
32
G. A. Henty
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
33
Bengtsson
Lord Jim (Conrad - Signet)
Lord Jim
34
Conrad - Signet
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
35
William Golding
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
36
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask
37
Alexandre Dumas
The Maracot Deep (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Maracot Deep
38
Arthur Conan Doyle
The March Up Country (Xenophon)
The March Up Country
39
Xenophon
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
40
Robert Louis Stevenson
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