11 must-read adventure books like Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lowell Bair

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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 …

"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

If you liked the adventure plot in Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lowell Bair , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Robinson Crusoe

By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more

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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

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2. The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosa… read more

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"better to be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"Há momentos, meu jovem, que cada um de nós deve se posicionar em prol da justiça e dos direitos humanos, ou você nunca mais se sentirá limpo outra vez."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure- these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

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3. 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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"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)

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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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"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. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Mervyn Peake , Vladimir Nabokov , Dan Chaon

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleas… read more

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6. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

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"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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7. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell

3.92

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy prota… read more

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"Tom!"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Company would be a palpable improvement"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"But old fools is the biggest fools there is."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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8. The Invisible Man

By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more

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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

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9. Dracula

By: Bram Stoker , David J. Skal , Nina Auerbach

4.02

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here. When Jonathan Harker visi… read more

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"Despair has its own calms."

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"This man belongs to me, I want him!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"Enter freely and of your own free will!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"We learn from failure, not from success!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

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10. 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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"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

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11. 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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"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

Cover of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Greg Bear, Carlo Pagetti

12. The Time Machine

By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti

3.89

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more

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"For after the Battle comes quiet."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

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13. Gulliver’s Travels

By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.

3.58

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more

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"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

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14. 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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"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

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15. The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London

3.91

Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on Lo… read more

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"The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck"

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"…and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"There is a patience of the wild – dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

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16. The Jungle Book

By: Rudyard Kipling

3.90

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

'There is no harm in a man's cub.' Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Ju… read more

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"Mark my trail..."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

"Each dog barks in its own yard."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

"Go, and peace go with thee. Only, another time do not meddle with my game."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

"It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

17. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… 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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"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

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19. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847. Mary Shelley's seminal novel of t… read more

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"I am malicious because I am miserable"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"One wondering thought pollutes the day"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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20. Un Dramma al Messico

By: Jules Vernes

2.65

Format: 33 pages, ebook

Un dramma in Messico (Un drame au Mexique) è stato pubblicato nel 1876 in appendice a Michel Strogo… read more

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21. 20.000 Leguas de Viaje Submarino

By: Javier Laborda López

4.05

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Un monstruo marino ha puesto en marcha todas las alarmas, y finalmente se organiza una expedición p… read more

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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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23 must-read classics books like The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

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The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Pinocchio

John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

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