7 must-read childrens books like The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2) by Charles Geer, Bertrand R. Brinley

Cover of The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2) by Charles Geer, Bertrand R. Brinley

The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2)

By: Charles Geer , Bertrand R. Brinley

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

A secret cavern becomes the perfect spot to restore a midget submarine, bank robbers must be appreh…

If you liked the childrens plot in The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2) by Charles Geer, Bertrand R. Brinley , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Congo

By: Michael Crichton

3.62

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
"No one escapes from life alive."

-Michael Crichton, Congo

"It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important."

-Michael Crichton, Congo

"His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure."

-Michael Crichton, Congo

"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch wi…"

-Michael Crichton, Congo

Cover of Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1) by George MacDonald Fraser

2. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

By: George MacDonald Fraser

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250 Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, … read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • adventure
"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down."

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

"If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth …"

-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

Cover of The Great Brain at the Academy (Great Brain, #4) by John D. Fitzgerald

3. The Great Brain at the Academy (Great Brain, #4)

By: John D. Fitzgerald

4.29

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Everyone knew that Tom Fitzgerald, alias The  Great Brain, would get into trouble when he went off … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3) by William Gibson

4. Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

By: William Gibson

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback

William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his m… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"He'd grown up in white Jersey stringtowns where nobody knew shit about anything and hated anybody who did."

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

"está cambiando las cosas. Redistribuye el poder a su conveniencia. Información. Poder. Datos duros y puros. Pon la cantidad suficiente en manos de un solo hombre y..."

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

"in the blue-white flicker of freeway lights Mona had seen her own hand beside Angie's, and they weren't the same, not the same, not really the same shape, and that had made her glad."

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

"No,' [Angie] said, 'not like mine. Do you know anything about Africa religions, Porphyre?' He smirked, 'I'm not African.' 'But when you were a child...' 'When I was a child,' Porphyre said, 'I was wh…"

-William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

Cover of The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Perry, Sidney Paget, Maria Buitoni Duca

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

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

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage gho… read more

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  • fiction
"The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Cover of Again, Dangerous Visions by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, Kate Wilhelm, Piers Anthony, Ray Bradbury, David Gerrold, Gene Wolfe, Thomas M. Disch, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Gahan Wilson, Dean Koontz, James Sallis, Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, James Tiptree Jr., Ben Bova, James Blish, Chad Oliver, Barry N. Malzberg, Richard A. Lupoff, Terry Carr, M. John Harrison, Edward Bryant, Andrew J. Offutt, Lee Hoffman, H.H. Hollis, Richard Hill, Ross Rocklynne, Bernard Wolfe, Andrew Weiner, Ray Faraday Nelson, Leonard Tushnet, T.L. Sherred, John Heidenry, None, None, None, Josephine Saxton, Ken McCullough, None, None, Judith Ann Lawrence, None, None

6. Again, Dangerous Visions

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Gregory Benford , Kate Wilhelm , Piers Anthony , Ray Bradbury , David Gerrold , Gene Wolfe , Thomas M. Disch , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Gahan Wilson , Dean Koontz , James Sallis , Harlan Ellison , Joanna Russ , James Tiptree Jr. , Ben Bova , James Blish , Chad Oliver , Barry N. Malzberg , Richard A. Lupoff , Terry Carr , M. John Harrison , Edward Bryant , Andrew J. Offutt , Lee Hoffman , H.H. Hollis , Richard Hill , Ross Rocklynne , Bernard Wolfe , Andrew Weiner , Ray Faraday Nelson , Leonard Tushnet , T.L. Sherred , John Heidenry , None , None , None , Josephine Saxton , Ken McCullough , None , None , Judith Ann Lawrence , None , None

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Again, Dangerous Visions, first published in 1972, is the sequel to the sf short story anthology Da… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2) by Charles Geer, Bertrand R. Brinley

7. The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2)

By: Charles Geer , Bertrand R. Brinley

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

A secret cavern becomes the perfect spot to restore a midget submarine, bank robbers must be appreh… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 by James D. Hornfischer

8. The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.33

Format: 308 pages, ebook

The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy … read more

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9. Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

10. Childhood’s End

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

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11. Nemesis

By: Isaac Asimov

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orb… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Swiss Family Robinson by Arthur Pober, Johann David Wyss, Scott McKowen

12. The Swiss Family Robinson

By: Arthur Pober , Johann David Wyss , Scott McKowen

3.91

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, fi… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • adventure
"It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven."

-Arthur Pober, The Swiss Family Robinson

Cover of Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (Encyclopedia Brown, #6) by Donald J. Sobol

13. Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (Encyclopedia Brown, #6)

By: Donald J. Sobol

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • childrens
  • young adult
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14. Grasshopper Jungle

By: Andrew Smith

3.50

Format: 93 pages,

Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • humor
  • young adult

15. Maniac Magee

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.00

Format: 222 pages,

Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

16. Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Centerburg mightbe your town. Grampa Hercules and his never-ending tall tales, Dulcy Dooner, the un… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke

17. The City and the Stars

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.08

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel. Men had… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
"When the reality was depressing, men tried to console themselves with myth."

-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars

"He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral."

-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars

"Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget."

-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars

"Does it not seem strange to you, began Yarlan Zey, that though the skies are open to us, we have tried to bury ourselves in the Earth? It is the beginning of the sickness whose ending you have seen i…"

-Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars

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18. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • fiction
  • humor
  • childrens
  • young adult
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

19. Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan Universe, #6)

By: Tom Clancy

3.88

Format: 588 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At what point does crimanal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as… read more

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20. Fantastic Voyage

By: Isaac Asimov

3.00

Format: None pages,

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21. Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens , Mark Ford

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I shall never regret doing as I have--never, if I starve or beg in consequence' When Nicholas Nick… read more

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22. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

By: Jean Lee Latham

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more

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23. Prey

By: Michael Crichton

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robo… read more

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24. The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)

By: Bryce Courtenay

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first s… read more

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25. 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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26. Without Remorse (Jack Ryan Universe, #1)

By: Tom Clancy

3.44

Format: 406 pages,

WITHOUT REMORSE is the epic bestseller Tom Clancy fans have been waiting for. Its hero is a man ver… read more

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27. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)

By: Laurie R. King

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more

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28. Patriot Games (Jack Ryan Universe, #2)

By: Tom Clancy

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguish… read more

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Cover of Howards End by E.M. Forster

29. Howards End

By: E.M. Forster

3.96

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A már életében klasszikusnak számító angol írónak ez volt a negyedik, a kritikusok szerint a legjob… read more

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  • fiction
"So never give in,"

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

"Tulips were a tray of jewels."

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

"Love and Truth, their warfare seems eternal."

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

"Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him."

-E.M. Forster, Howards End

Cover of Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All by Michael Shellenberger

30. Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

By: Michael Shellenberger

4.18

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’… read more

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Cover of Every Living Thing  (All Creatures Great and Small, #8) by James Herriot

31. Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small, #8)

By: James Herriot

4.49

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

For more than twenty years, James Herriot has captivated millions of readers and television viewers… read more

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  • humor
  • short stories

18 Top fiction books like The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientists' Club, #2) by Charles Geer, Bertrand R. Brinley

Transform Your Habits

Congo

Michael Crichton

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

George MacDonald Fraser

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Great Brain at the Academy (Great Brain, #4)

John D. Fitzgerald

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

William Gibson

4.01

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29 best-selling fiction books like Second Foundation (Foundation #3) by Isaac Asimov

Transform Your Habits

Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy, #1)

Gregory Benford

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Foundation's Triumph (Second Foundation Trilogy, #3)

David Brin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

Greg Bear

4.18

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