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Hilobrow's 200 Greatest Adventure Novels

A great list of 200 classic adventures.
The list on the site goes up to 1983 only. As the creator says, "Why does my Top Adventures List project stop in 1983? I figure that adventure fans already know which adventure novels from the Eighties, Nineties, and Twenty-Oughts are worth reading; so I'm interested in directing attention to older, sometimes obscure or forgotten adventures. Also, I have friends who've published adventures since 1983 — and I don't want these lists to be biased!"
The list only has 199 entries, though, and counts one book twice. I tracked down two other books he marked as being on this list on other pages but that don't actually appear on the main list and added them :) (The Most Dangerous Game and The Night Mail, if you're curious.) The original web page has a TON of additional best-of classic adventure lists; I highly recommend checking it out.
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Waverly (Sir Walter Scott)
Waverly
Sir Walter Scott
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
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The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
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Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Edgar Allen Poe
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The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
9
The Crater (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Crater
James Fenimore Cooper
10
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
11
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
12
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
13
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
14
The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
15
Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar
Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar
16
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
17
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
18
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard
19
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
20
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
H. Rider Haggard
21
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King
22
The White Company (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The White Company
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
23
Eric Brighteyes (H. Rider Haggard)
Eric Brighteyes
H. Rider Haggard
24
The Prisoner of Zenda (Anthony Hope)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
25
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau
26
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
Bram Stoker
27
Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician (Alfred Jarry)
Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician
Alfred Jarry
28
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
29
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
30
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
31
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
32
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
33
The Sea-Wolf (Jack London)
The Sea-Wolf
Jack London
34
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (G. K. Chesterton)
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
G. K. Chesterton
35
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
Joseph Conrad
36
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
37
With the Night Mail (Rudyard Kipling)
With the Night Mail
Rudyard Kipling
38
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
Jack London
39
Ozma of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
Ozma of Oz
L. Frank Baum
40
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
Arsene Lupin Gentleman Thief
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