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The Retired English Teacher's List of Classic Adventure Stories

From juvenile/YA fiction through potboilers and commercial bestsellers to great literary classics, here are 80 prime examples of the adventure story. 74 are fiction, with 6 classic non-fiction accounts.
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Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
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Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
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Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
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Banner in the Sky (Ullman)
Banner in the Sky (Ullman)
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Beau Geste (P.C. Wren)
Beau Geste (P.C. Wren)
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Beowulf (Wright -Trans)
Beowulf (Wright -Trans)
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The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
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The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
9
The Blue Lagoon (Henry De Vere Stacpoole)
The Blue Lagoon (Henry De Vere Stacpoole)
10
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini)
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Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
13
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
14
The Dark Frigate (Charles Hawes)
The Dark Frigate (Charles Hawes)
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The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
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The Golden Rendezvous (MacLean)
The Golden Rendezvous (MacLean)
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The Guns of Navarone (MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone (MacLean)
18
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
19
Hornblower Series (C.S. Forester)
Hornblower Series (C.S. Forester)
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Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
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In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
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In the Reign of Terror (G. A. Henty)
In the Reign of Terror (G. A. Henty)
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The Island at the Top of the World (Ian Cameron)
The Island at the Top of the World (Ian Cameron)
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The Island of Dr Moreau (H. G. Wells)
The Island of Dr Moreau (H. G. Wells)
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Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
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Kidnapped
Kidnapped
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Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
28
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
29
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
30
The Last Englishman (Hebe Weenolsen)
The Last Englishman (Hebe Weenolsen)
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The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
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The Lion of the North (G. A. Henty)
The Lion of the North (G. A. Henty)
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The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
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Lord Jim (Conrad - Signet)
Lord Jim (Conrad - Signet)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
36
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J. R. R. Tolkien)
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The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
38
The Maracot Deep (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Maracot Deep (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The March Up Country (Xenophon)
The March Up Country (Xenophon)
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The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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