Captain Singleton
By: Daniel Defoe
3.36
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
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1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels
By: Jules Verne
3.89
Format: 739 pages, Hardcover
Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne captured his era's fascination with advent… read more
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- classics
- adventure
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- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
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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- classics
- british literature
- literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
3. Captain Blood
By: Rafael Sabatini
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Short Description: Peter Blood, an Irish physician and soldier in England in the 1680's, is wrongly… read more
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- classics
- adventure
- pirates
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. The Woman of Colour
By: Lyndon J. Dominique
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Woman of Colour, Olivia Fairfield, the biracial heroine and orphaned daughter of an English … read more
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- classics
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. 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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- literature
- classics
- fiction
- adventure
6. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Mary Dows Herter Norton
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Briggeis Rilke's major prose work and was one of the earliest public… read more
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- literature
- novels
- classics
- fiction
7. Treasure Island
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth
3.85
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more
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- adventure
- literature
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"Doctors is all swabs."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
"We must go on, because we can't turn back."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
8. Five Weeks in a Balloon (Extraordinary Voyages, #1)
By: Jules Verne
0.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
There was a large audience assembled on the 14th of January, 1862, at the session of the Royal Geog… read more
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9. From the Earth to the Moon
By: Jules Verne
3.76
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Een in de 19e eeuw geschreven verhaal over een reis naar de maan, waaruit blijkt dat de schrijver i… read more
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- adventure
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"Time has no business to keep a whole country in suspense."-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
"No sé si los mundos están habitados, y como no lo sé, voy a verlo."-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
"It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure"-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
"In fact they did to others that which they would not they should do to them— that grand principle of immortality upon which rests the whole art of war."-Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
10. The Golem
By: Gustav Meyrink , Mike Mitchell
4.04
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
First published in serial form as Der Golemin the periodical Die weissen Blatterin 1913-14, The Gol… read more
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11. The Sea Wolf
By: Jack London
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
The novel begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the se… read more
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12. The Captain's Daughter
By: Alexander Pushkin , Robert Chandler
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Pushkin's version of the historical novel in the style of Walter Scott, this final prose work also … read more
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13. 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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14. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner
3.89
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more
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- classics
- adventure
- literature
- fiction
- novels
- audiobook
"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
15. The Castle of the Carpathians
By: Jules Verne
5.00
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
The descriptions of the quaint villagers of Werst, their costumes, manner of living, and belief in … read more
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16. Reincarnation Blues
By: None
2.83
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
A magically inspiring tale of a man who is reincarnated through many lifetimes so that he can be wi… read more
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17. The Mayor of Casterbridge
By: Thomas Hardy , Keith Wilson
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I've not always been what I am now' In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and… read more
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18. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco
3.55
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more
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- classics
- adventure
- literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
19. Joseph Andrews / Shamela
By: Henry Fielding , Judith Hawley
4.00
Format: 131 pages,
Henry Fielding wrote both Joseph Andrews(1742) and Shamela(1741) in response to Samuel Richardson's… read more
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20. Titus Andronicus
By: William Shakespeare
3.68
Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful… read more
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- classics
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"Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust. (Act V, Scene 2, 2503)"-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
"Sorrow concealèd, like an oven stopped, Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
"Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother."-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
"Now is a time to storm; why art thou still? TITUS ANDRONICUS: Ha, ha, ha! MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this hour. TITUS ANDRONICUS: Why, I have not another tear to shed:"-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
21. The Wild Ass's Skin
By: Honoré de Balzac , Herbert J. Hunt
3.71
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
The Wild Ass's Skin is Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel that tells the story of a young man, Raphaël d… read more
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"He looked like some plant bleached by darkness."-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin
"Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society."-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin
"Notre conscience est un juge infaillible, quand nous ne l'avons pas encore assassinée."-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin
"La verdadera pasión se expresa con gritos, con suspiros fastidiosos para el hombre frío."-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin
22. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more
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- adventure
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"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
23. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
By: Marie Favereau
3.84
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builder… read more
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24. After Sappho
By: Selby Wynn Schwartz
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
What did we want? To begin with, we wanted what half the population had got by just being born. … read more
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"The death of a child makes a barbaric sound, even in print."-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
"We were going to be sappho, but how did Sappho begin to become herself? P.40"-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
"But some of us have always seen the modern world as a sea meant to drown us."-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
"There is always this risk, in life, that we have our parts in a tragedy and we do not know it."-Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho
25. Wild Houses
By: Colin Barrett
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A darkly funny and deeply moving debut novel about crimes of desperation, dreams abandoned, and sma… read more
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"What you are in, Dev, is a holding pattern, only you're not holding out for anything."-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"All boys, all children, are capable of cruelty at the right juncture of opportunity and circumstance, but only a few become committed prodigies of sadism..."-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"In the dream, exactly as he had in real life, he sensed the slow, inexorable approach of the shapeless, prospectless days to come, days when there would be no need to get out of bed or brush his teet…"-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"He looked around the empty kitchen. A part of him wanted this of course. A part of him had always wanted this, to be alone, away from even the prospect of any demand upon him to talk, to interact, to…"-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
26. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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- audiobook
- historical fiction
- fiction
- british literature
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
27. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
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- fiction
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"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
28. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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- audiobook
- pirates
- adventure
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
29. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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- literature
- audiobook
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
30. Captain Singleton
By: Daniel Defoe
3.36
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Large format for easy reading. The life, adventures and piracies of a young man, the book portrays … read more
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- 18th century
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31. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
