12 best-selling adventure books like The Waif of the "Cynthia" by André Laurie

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The Waif of the "Cynthia"

By: André Laurie

3.76

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

1886 novel by Andre Laurie and Jules Gabriel Verne. Verne was a French author who pioneered the sci…

If you liked the adventure plot in The Waif of the "Cynthia" by André Laurie , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. First Love

By: Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev

3.77

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Jealous Othello, ready for murder, was suddenly transformed into a schoolboy."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to acknowledge to myself that I was not loved;"

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"I should not wish ever to have it repeated; but I should consider myself unhappy if I had never experienced it."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"Aprovéchate todo lo que puedas, pero no te entregues tú mismo: el sentido de la vida es no pertenecer a nadie más que a si mismo."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

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2. The Greenhouse

By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir , Brian FitzGibbon

3.81

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a profound catalyst. Their shared love of … read more

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  • roman
  • fiction
"Can a person who has been brought up in the heart of a thick dark forest, where one has to beat a path through multiple layers of trees just to take a letter to the post office, have any conception o…"

-Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, The Greenhouse

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3. The Survivors of the Chancellor (Extraordinary Voyages, #13)

By: Jules Verne

3.87

Format: 411 pages,

The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger is an 1875 novel written by Jul… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
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4. The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

Format: 625 pages, Paperback

First published in 1844, The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical nov… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
"All for one and one for all."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

"Love is the most selfish of all the passions."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

"The merit of all things lies in their difficulty."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

"I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death."

-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

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5. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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6. Miguel Strogoff

By: Jules Verne

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

En el siglo XIX se produce una sublevacion en Siberia, liderada por el tartaro Feofar-Khan, secunda… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
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7. The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more

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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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8. The Master of the World

By: Jules Verne

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

If I speak of myself in this story, it is because I have been deeply involved in its startling even… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
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9. The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12)

By: Jules Verne , Caleb Carr , Jordan Stump

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash… read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
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10. Eva Luna

By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden

3.02

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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11. The Purchase of the North Pole

By: Jules Verne

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure

12. The Children of Noisy Village

By: Astrid Lindgren , Ilon Wikland , Florence Lamborn

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Noisy Village! Go crayfishing in the summer at Nocken, "dipping in the pot" at Christmas… read more

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13. Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Axel,"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"Then don’t you despair?"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"I dream with my eyes open."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

14. The Underground City

By: Jules Verne

5.00

Format: None pages,

The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community at Aberfo… read more

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15. Kaptan Grant'in Çocukları (3. Cilt)

By: Jules Verne , Işık Ergüden

3.68

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Lord Glenarvan ve kafilesi butun umutlari tukenmis halde eve donmeye ugrasirken; kendilerini Yeni Z… read more

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16. Üç İstanbul

By: None

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Yirmiyi askin, onde gelen roman kahramani, bir romani roman yapan butun ruh cozumlemeleriyle karsin… read more

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17. The Blockade Runners

By: Jules Verne

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"The Blockade Runners" (French: Les forceurs de blocus) is a 1865 short story by Jules Verne. In 18… read more

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18. The Mighty Orinoco

By: Jules Verne , Arthur B. Evans , Walter James Miller , None

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. W… read more

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19. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

By: Dan Ariely

3.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent a… read more

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20. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant (Extraordinary Voyages, #5)

By: Jules Verne

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

ALL that could be discovered, however, on these pieces of paper was a few words here and there, the… read more

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21. Planet of the Apes

By: Pierre Boulle , Xan Fielding

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Em pouco tempo, os desbravadores do espaco descobrem a terrivel verdade: nesse mundo, seus pares hu… read more

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22. Yesterday And Tomorrow

By: Jules Verne

3.23

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

A collection of short stories by Jules Verne translated for this volume. Stories included are 1. Th… read more

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23. The Black Tulip

By: Alexandre Dumas , Robin Buss

4.34

Format: 592 pages,

'To have discovered the black tulip, to have seen it for a moment...then to lose it, to lose it for… read more

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24. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

By: Albert Einstein , Robert W. Lawson , Nigel Calder

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According t… read more

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25. Richard II

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more

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26. Around the World in Eighty Days

By: Jules Verne , Brian W. Aldiss , Michael Glencross

3.96

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe … read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Boy, why are you crying?"

-Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

"Oh, the cleverness of me!"

-Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

"Two is the beginning of the end."

-Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

"Forever is a very long time Peter"

-Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

27. Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday

By: Jules Verne

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A group of boys find themselves adrift at sea, and after a terrible storm they are cast upon a dese… read more

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28. Le Pilote du Danube

By: Jules Verne

3.70

Format: None pages, None

Ce jour-lagrave;, samedi 5 aoucirc;t 1876, une foule nombreuse et bruyante remplissait le cabaret a… read more

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  • roman
  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • fiction
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29. The Waif of the "Cynthia"

By: André Laurie

3.76

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

1886 novel by Andre Laurie and Jules Gabriel Verne. Verne was a French author who pioneered the sci… read more

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  • roman
  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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30. L' Agence Thompson & Co

By: Jules Verne

3.84

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Robert Morgand, a Frenchman, finds himself without employment and very little money in London, Engl… read more

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  • fiction
  • adventure
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31. The Castaways of the Flag

By: Jules Verne

3.64

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

This story is a sequel to "Their Island Home," which takes up the adventures of the Swiss Family Ro… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure

16 must-read fiction books like The Waif of the "Cynthia" by André Laurie

Transform Your Habits

First Love

Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Greenhouse

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir , Brian FitzGibbon

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Survivors of the Chancellor (Extraordinary Voyages, #13)

Jules Verne

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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17 Best fiction books like Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lowell Bair

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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