8 Top classics books like The Watchers by A.E.W. Mason

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The Watchers

By: A.E.W. Mason

3.48

Format: 221 pages, ebook

First published in 1899 by the Frederick A. Stokes Company. Excerpt: I had never need to keep …

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Cover of Pirates of Venus (Venus, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, F. Paul Wilson, Thomas Floyd, Phillip R. Burger

1. Pirates of Venus (Venus, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , F. Paul Wilson , Thomas Floyd , Phillip R. Burger

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful … read more

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  • classics
"I had aimed at Mars and was about to hit Venus; unquestionably the all-time cosmic record for poor shots."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pirates of Venus (Venus, #1)

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2. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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  • classics
  • historical fiction
"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

Cover of The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

3. The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant … read more

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  • classics
  • historical fiction
Cover of Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6) by Brian Jacques

4. Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)

By: Brian Jacques

4.16

Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the shore of the Eastern Sea, in a cold stone fortress, a stoat named Badrang holds dozens of in… read more

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"Don't think about what you could have done, concentrate on what you plan to do; it is more useful."

-Brian Jacques, Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)

5. The Man in Lower Ten

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Lawrence Blakely, attorney-at-law, sets off by train to deliver valuable documents in a criminal ca… read more

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6. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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  • classics
  • audiobook
"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

7. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

By: C.S. Lewis

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Lifeis a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion… read more

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8. The House Without a Key (Charlie Chan, #1)

By: Earl Derr Biggers

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the classic novel in which Charlie Chan makes his debut as Inspector of the Honolulu Police… read more

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9. The Most Dangerous Game

By: Richard Connell

3.94

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more

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  • classics
"But you can’t mean—"

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

Cover of Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

10. Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.90

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin … read more

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  • classics
  • historical fiction
"Teach me to speak the language of men."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"P43- that the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

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11. The Black Arrow

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys' adventure… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • historical fiction
"Well! marriage is like death, it comes to all."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

"He is one that goes to bed Lancaster and gets up York."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

"[H]e began to understand what a wild game we play in life; he began to understand that a thing once done cannot be undone nor changed by saying "I am sorry!"

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

"... and for the first time began to understand the desperate game that we play in life; and how a thing once done is not to be changed or remedied, by any penitence."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

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12. The Watchers

By: A.E.W. Mason

3.48

Format: 221 pages, ebook

First published in 1899 by the Frederick A. Stokes Company. Excerpt: I had never need to keep … read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • classics
  • historical fiction

5 must-read historical fiction books like The Watchers by A.E.W. Mason

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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

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The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

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Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.90

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The Black Arrow

Robert Louis Stevenson

3.80

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10 Top fiction books like The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Dragon and the Raven, or, The Days of King Alfred

G.A. Henty

3.90

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

4.07

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Captains Courageous

Rudyard Kipling

3.73

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