8 must-read adventure books like The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper

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The Red Rover

By: James Fenimore Cooper

3.49

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond…

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Cover of Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak

1. Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

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2. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By: Charles Dickens , David Paroissien

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers si… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away."

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds."

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to t…"

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carryin…"

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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3. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines

3.92

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"

-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."

-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"

-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"

-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

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4. Night over Water

By: Ken Follett

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world’s most luxurious air… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
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5. Jude the Obscure

By: Thomas Hardy

3.83

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy … read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Always wanting another man than your own."

-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

"But no one came. Because no one ever does."

-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

"Love has its own dark morality when rivalry enters in."

-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

"We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more."

-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

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6. The Maltese Falcon

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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7. 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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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • adventure
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8. Tuf Voyaging

By: George R.R. Martin

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From the multiple award-winning, best-selling author of The Song of Ice and Fire series: Haviland T… read more

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  • fiction
  • adventure
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9. Kamienie na szaniec

By: Aleksander Kamiński

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Kamienie na szaniec - utwor-dokument (literatura faktu) autorstwa Aleksandra Kaminskiego szczegolow… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier, Julie Myerson

10. Frenchman's Creek

By: Daphne du Maurier , Julie Myerson

3.98

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Bored and restless in London's Restoration Court, Lady Dona escapes into the British countryside wi… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • pirates
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You have no hobby then?" "Moths interest me, my lady."

-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek

"I am notorious," said Dona, "for making unfortunate remarks."

-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek

"—in reality it was escape she wanted, escape from her own self—"

-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek

"I had become like a prisoner in chains, and the dungeon was deep."

-Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman's Creek

Cover of The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5) by Camilla Läckberg, Tiina Nunnally, Anna Ragnhildur Ingólfsdóttir

11. The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)

By: Camilla Läckberg , Tiina Nunnally , Anna Ragnhildur Ingólfsdóttir

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover a Nazi medal among her late mother's possessions. H… read more

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  • fiction
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12. W pustyni i w puszczy

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.58

Format: 366 pages,

Stas Tarkowski i Nel Rawilison to dzieci inzynierow budujacych Kanal Sueski w Egipcie, gdzie toczy … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Tuesday Night Club is a venue where locals challenge Miss Marple to solve recent crimes...One T… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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14. Pompeii

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his trademark elegance and intelligence Robert Harris recreates a world on the brink of disast… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

15. The Postman Always Rings Twice

By: James M. Cain

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Cain's first novel - the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston and the inspiration for Camus's Th… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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16. Utopia

By: Paul Turner , Thomas More

3.55

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation whe… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
"The change of the word does not alter the matter"

-Paul Turner, Utopia

"Isn't this conception of absolute justice absolutely unjust?"

-Paul Turner, Utopia

"Dünyada kaygısız, rahat yürekle, sevinçle yaşamaktan daha büyük zenginlik olabilir mi?"

-Paul Turner, Utopia

"Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all."

-Paul Turner, Utopia

17. Conclave

By: Robert Harris

4.00

Format: None pages,

The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals… read more

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18. Beyond This Place

By: A.J. Cronin

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

Paul Mathry, a student about to graduate and embark upon a teaching career, finds out that his fath… read more

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19. The Citadel

By: A.J. Cronin

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"Cronin's distinguished achievement....No one could have written as fine, honest, and moving a stud… read more

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20. Burmese Days

By: George Orwell

3.97

Format: 68 pages, Hardcover

Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, this book describes corruption and… read more

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21. The Talisman

By: Walter Scott

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades -- a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virt… read more

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22. War with the Newts

By: Karel Čapek , Ewald Osers

4.17

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"V holandských koloniích žádní čerti nejsou; jsou-li nějací, tedy ve francouzských. kapitán J. van Toch"

-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts

"Without a sense of art, it is impossible ever to think of something new. We need to be poets if we are to keep the world moving."

-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts

"His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is …"

-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts

"They all had a thousand good economic and political reasons why they couldn’t stop. I’m not a politician or a businessman; how am I supposed to persuade them about these things. What are we supposed …"

-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts

Cover of Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1) by Zane Grey, None

23. Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

By: Zane Grey , None

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Lassiter is a gunslinger, an avenger in black. In a remote Utah town, he saves beautiful rancher Ja… read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I've seen runnin' molasses that was quicker 'n him."

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet."

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"So that's troublin' you? I reckon it needn't. You see it was this way. I come round the house an' seen that fat party an' heard him talkin' loud. Then he seen me, an' very impolite goes straight for …"

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"While she waited there she forgot the prospect of untoward change. The bray of a lazy burro broke the afternoon quiet, and it was comfortingly suggestive of the drowsy farmyard, and the open corrals,…"

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

24. Всадник без головы

By: Thomas Mayne Reid , Томас Майн Рид

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Strannyi vsadnik dvizhetsia v iasnom lunnom svete po nochnoi savanne, navodia uzhas na ee obitatele… read more

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25. The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)

By: Noah Gordon

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In the 11th century, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hus… read more

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26. 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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27. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Mark Twain

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back… read more

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28. Konečne normálna vražda

By: Dominik Dán

4.24

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Na jeseň 2008 rozohral detektív Krauz špionážno-detektívnu hru netušiac, kedy a ako sa skončí. Čaka… read more

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29. Mačacia stopa

By: Dominik Dán

4.05

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Detektívi z oddelenia vrážd práve vyriešili vraždu šoféra dodávky známej tabakovej firmy. Radosť z … read more

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30. Bremeno minulosti

By: Dominik Dán

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Práca na oddelení vrážd pripomínala niekedy Krauzovi jazdu na horskej dráhe – raz hore, raz dolu, r… read more

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31. The Red Rover

By: James Fenimore Cooper

3.49

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more

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18 must-read fiction books like The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper

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Quo Vadis

Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens , David Paroissien

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Night over Water

Ken Follett

3.90

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Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon

3.09

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The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

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The Faerie Queene, Book One

Edmund Spenser , Andrew Hadfield , None , None , None

3.09

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