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Listopia > Stephen's votes on the list The Art of Manliness' 50 Best Fiction Adventure Books (50 Books)
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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"A tale of survival, Hatchet traces the story of young Brian, who is left stranded in the Canadian wilderness when his plane crashes. Forced to survive with little food or gear, Brian’s will to live is put to the test."
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Treasure Island
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"Easily the best known adventure novel, this is Stevenson’s masterpiece. The son of an innkeeper, young Jim Hawkins finds himself thrust into the world of piracy as he joins Long John Silver in the search for buried treasure."
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The Swiss Family Robinson
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"Stranded on a desert island as a result of a catastrophic shipwreck, a family is forced to survive with nothing but the natural resources available. Eventually, they are able to create an impressive compound within which they are able to live at ease in their jungle surroundings."
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Captains Courageous
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"Follow the adventures of Harvey Cheyne, son of a railroad tycoon, as he is thrown overboard on a steamship journey, only to be rescued by fishermen who eventually mold him into a true seafarer."
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She (She, #1)
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"A college professor and his young apprentice follow instructions on a broken pottery shard that lead them to a fabled lost city in the jungles of Africa, where they encounter She Who Must Be Obeyed, the seemingly immortal ruler of the land."
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Ayesha: The Return of She (She #2)
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"A college professor and his young apprentice follow instructions on a broken pottery shard that lead them to a fabled lost city in the jungles of Africa, where they encounter She Who Must Be Obeyed, the seemingly immortal ruler of the land."
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King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
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"Adventurer Allan Quatermain is drafted into a search and rescue party that leads into the great unknown of unexplored Africa, where entire civilizations are discovered and rumors of the location of the mines of King Solomon lead the team on one of the greatest adventures in all of literature.
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Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere." See Review |
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Southern Mail; Night Flight
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"A two for one deal, this book chronicles the dangerous lives of the early mail pilots as told by Saint-Exupery, author of Wind, Sand and Stars and himself an accomplished pilot."
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The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
by See Review |
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The Man Who Would Be King
by See Review |
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The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
by See Review |
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Le tigri di Mompracem
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Sandokan: The Pirates of Malaysia
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Sandokan: The Two Tigers
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Congo
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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by See Review |
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The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2)
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The Odyssey
by See Review |
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
by See Review |
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The Lord of the Rings
by See Review |
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The Silmarillion
by See Review |
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Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by See Review |
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The Mysterious Island
by See Review |
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Around the World in Eighty Days
by See Review |
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The Three Musketeers
by See Review |
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
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True at First Light
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The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
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The Call of the Wild
by See Review |
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The Sea Wolf
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Roughing It
by See Review |
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The Beach
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
by See Review |
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Robinson Crusoe
by See Review |
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Captain Blood
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The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy, #2)
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Lord of the Flies
by See Review |
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Heart of Darkness
by See Review |
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Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt, #12)
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Sahara (Dirk Pitt, #11)
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Treasure (Dirk Pitt, #9)
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The Lighthouse at the End of the World
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Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
by See Review |
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
by See Review |
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Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
by See Review |
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by See Review |
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The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
by See Review |
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In Search of the Castaways
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The People of the Mist
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