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Jibby Jones
Ellis Parker Butler
Five boys who live near the Mississippi River embark on an adventure to find hidden pirate treasure.
The Mystery of Cabin Island
Franklin W. Dixon
A group of amateur detectives unravel the mystery of a missing stamps collection.
Room 13
Edgar Wallace
A recently-released prisoner discovers that his love, the daughter of an old friend, has married a sinister imposter.
The Shore Road Mystery
Franklin W. Dixon
Two amateur slueths endeavor to break up a carjacking ring.
The Secret of the Caves
Franklin W. Dixon
Four boys vacation at nearby caves only to be swept up in a mystery.
The Tower Treasure
Franklin W. Dixon
After a tower mansion is robbed, two boys are determined to find the culprit and exonerate their friend’s father.
The House on the Cliff
Franklin W. Dixon
After visiting a suspected haunted house, two brothers and their friends embark on an adventure to see if there’s trouble afoot.
Hunting for Hidden Gold
Franklin W. Dixon
Two boy sleuths unravel a mystery about stolen gold.
The Missing Chums
Franklin W. Dixon
Two friends go missing on a boat trip, and the Hardy Boys investigate.
The Secret of the Old Mill
Franklin W. Dixon
The police are out of their depth as counterfeit bills circulate through the city, but two amateur sleuths are on the case.
When God Laughs
Jack London
The eleventh collection of short stories by Jack London.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey
On a ranch in southern Utah, Jane Withersteen refuses to marry a local church elder, and together with her ranch hand and a mysterious gunman she must face retaliatory violence, theft, and murder.
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
An orphaned street-urchin follows a holy man across India during the time of the British Raj, eventually gaining an education and becoming a recruit to the Great Game of espionage against the Russians.
Blue Hand
Edgar Wallace
A law clerk takes an interest in the disappearance of a well-known woman and her infant daughter, just as their fortune is about to be distributed to a notorious client.
Huntingtower
John Buchan
A retired grocer seeking a change in his mundane life finds more than he bargained for when he’s asked to aid in the rescue of an imprisoned Russian princess.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
A kindhearted doctor who can speak the language of animals embarks on a whimsical adventure to Africa.
Greenmantle
John Buchan
The story of a chase through war-torn Europe to prevent an uprising during the First World War.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
King Rudolph V of Ruritania is drugged and abducted on the eve of his coronation, and a gentleman on holiday who happens to look like the king has to stop the sinister plot.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
A young boy begins his apprenticeship with Doctor Dolittle, accompanying him on a series of adventures in search of a floating island and a missing naturalist.
White Fang
Jack London
A wild half-wolf survives a harsh existence before finding love and domestication in civilization.
The Sea-Wolf
Jack London
Literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is pressed into service aboard a seal-hunting schooner by its cruel, ruthless, but intelligent captain.
Mr. Standfast
John Buchan
An army general chases a network of German spies through Scotland, the Swiss Alps, and the First World War’s Western Front.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
An expatriate returning to England after many years in South Africa is accused of a murder he did not commit, and has to flee from the police and other more dangerous pursuers.
The Three Hostages
John Buchan
A former man-of-adventure is coaxed out of comfortable retirement and into danger as he aids in the rescue of three hostages.
Perishable Goods
Dornford Yates
A group of men hunt for the kidnappers of a friend’s wife.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
E. Nesbit
Six siblings search for treasure in order to restore their lost family fortune.
The Son of the Wolf
Jack London
A collection of stories entailing life during the gold rush in the harsh wilderness of northwestern North America.
The Black Arrow
Robert Louis Stevenson
During the War of the Roses, a young knight must rescue his lady and find out who killed his father.
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Journeys, times, and cultures collide as two expeditions seek the riches of known and fabeled lands.
Behind That Curtain
Earl Derr Biggers
A Chinese detective is asked to assist in the solution of a missing woman and the murder of a detective from Scotland Yard.
The Chinese Parrot
Earl Derr Biggers
A Chinese detective of the Honolulu Police Department is recruited to safeguard the transfer of a valuable pearl necklace to a famous tycoon.
The Splendid Spur
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Events force a young man to act for the Royalist side in the English Civil War, bringing many adventures in consequence.
The Blue Lagoon
H. de Vere Stacpoole
After a shipwreck, two surviving children are stranded on an island paradise, experiencing its bounties and resources, facing the dangers of the natural world, and undergoing their own maturation and romance.
The House Without a Key
Earl Derr Biggers
Upon arriving in Honolulu, a member of a prominent Boston family is asked to aid in the investigation of his relative’s murder.
Catriona
Robert Louis Stevenson
After coming into his fortune and evading his uncle’s schemes, young gentleman David Balfour continues his adventures in 18th century Scotland, helping a politically unwelcome friend escape into France, avoiding the hangman himself, finding his place as a gentleman in Edinburgh society, and falling in love with the daughter of a notorious Macgregor clansman.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
A young boy finds adventure on the high seas as he battles bloodthirsty pirates in search of a long-lost treasure.
Doctor Syn
Russell Thorndike
A king’s enforcer searching for smugglers uncovers the dark past of the inhabitants of a small English town.
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
The story of a domesticated dog’s return to a primitive state in the late 19th-century Yukon.
Cleopatra
H. Rider Haggard
An Egyptian patriot relates the tale of the fall of Cleopatra.
The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
Anne Beddingfeld travels to South Africa after finding a cryptic note beside the body of a man whose death she witnessed in the London Underground.
When the World Shook
H. Rider Haggard
A writer of adventure stories indulges in a sudden urge to travel to the islands of the Pacific, and soon finds himself shipwrecked on a remote South Sea island.
The Master of Ballantrae
Robert Louis Stevenson
The relationship of two noble brothers is blighted by hostility and vengeance in Jacobite Scotland.
Stand by for Mars!
Carey Rockwell
Young Tom Corbett finally realizes his dream of becoming a Space Cadet but soon he and his classmates find themselves fighting to stay alive in the harsh Martian desert.
King Solomon’s Mines
H. Rider Haggard
Allan Quatermain leads a group of adventurers into an unknown region of Africa in a search for fame and glory.
Terror Keep
Edgar Wallace
An employee at the Department of Public Prosecutions with the special gift of a criminal mind is called upon to track down a notorious escaped convict.
The Just Men of Cordova
Edgar Wallace
The Four Just Men travel to Spain to bring justice to criminals operating in aristocratic high finance.
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
After his parents die, a young Scottish man travels to see his only remaining relative, expecting to be welcomed, but instead finds his life and liberty in grave danger.
The Avenger
Edgar Wallace
When a severed head is discovered, a detective from the Foreign Office is asked to investigate.
The Square Emerald
Edgar Wallace
Scotland Yard’s first female investigator sets out to prove the innocence of a convicted forger.
Blind Corner
Dornford Yates
A chance overhearing of an argument leads to a race for long-lost treasure.
Bulldog Drummond
H. C. McNeile
A demobilized officer places a newspaper advert for adventure, and its response leads him to discover a conspiracy.
Maiwa’s Revenge
H. Rider Haggard
A famed hunter aids a tribe in their plot for revenge.
The Three Just Men
Edgar Wallace
A group of recently-pardoned former vigilantes aids Scotland Yard in bringing a gang of thugs and murderers to justice.
The Door with Seven Locks
Edgar Wallace
A soon-to-retire Scotland Yard investigator, insulted when asked to investigate the theft of a library book, finds that it’s a case he can’t put down.
The Law of the Four Just Men
Edgar Wallace
A group of wealthy vigilantes continue their quest to bring justice to those criminals beyond the reach of conventional law.
The Melody of Death
Edgar Wallace
A recently disinherited man-about-town devises a scheme to provide for his newly wedded wife.
Sailing Alone Around the World
Joshua Slocum
A sailor gives his account how he completed the first solo sailing voyage around the world.
The Clue of the New Pin
Edgar Wallace
A newspaper reporter aids the local police in investigating how a wealthy man was murdered in a room locked from the inside.
The Man Who Knew
Edgar Wallace
A English millionaire with a seedy past in Africa discovers that his worst fears have come true.
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder
Edgar Wallace
A meek and unassuming employee at the Department of Public Prosecutions exercises his remarkable skills to solve puzzling crimes.
The Courts of the Morning
John Buchan
A Scottish laird foments rebellion in a South American country threatened by a hostile regime.
Bellarion the Fortunate
Rafael Sabatini
An orphan develops his talents in intrigue, romance, and war in fifteenth-century Italy.
The Outlaw of Torn
Edgar Rice Burroughs
A powerful knight terrorizes the aristocracy and protects the poor in 13th century England.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Edgar Wallace
A successful writer is asked to help solve a locked-room murder mystery that has the authorities baffled.
The Secret House
Edgar Wallace
During the course of a murder investigation, the Assistant Commissioner of Police uncovers a blackmail scheme involving a seedy newspaper and members of British high society.
The Four Feathers
A. E. W. Mason
A young man sets off to regain his honor after his resignation from the military on the eve of deployment brands him a coward.
The Defiant Agents
Andre Norton
Rival colonies are stranded on an alien world, their memories mixed with those of their ancestors and pitted against each other by the Western and Soviet forces who sent them.
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
An English doctor is caught up in a rebellion and sentenced to transportation to the Caribbean, but later escapes slavery to become a pirate.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
Prompted by a mysterious Icelandic manuscript, a professor and his nephew, with the aid of a local guide, adventure to the center of the earth through the crater of a dormant volcano.
Ashenden
W. Somerset Maugham
A collection of short stories based on the experiences of an intelligence agent during World War I.
Allan Quatermain Stories
H. Rider Haggard
A collection of short stories about a legendary hunter.
Twenty Years After
Alexandre Dumas
Four musketeers are drawn back together by current events after many years apart, try to save Charles I from Cromwell, and are pursued by the now-grown son of a former female adversary.
Pimpernel and Rosemary
Baroness Orczy
A famous journalist is drawn into the intrigues of two Eastern European nations in the aftermath of World War I.
The Child of the Cavern
Jules Verne
An engineer returns to a depleted coal mine at an old friend’s request and investigates mysterious happenings.
The Four Just Men
Edgar Wallace
To prevent the passage of a controversial government bill, four vigilantes take the law into their own hands.
Allan Quatermain
H. Rider Haggard
Adventurer Allan Quatermain sets out on a mission to Africa to locate a mysterious tribe of white-skinned people.
The Sea Hawk
Rafael Sabatini
A Cornish gentleman becomes a Barbary corsair and seeks vengeance on the jealous half brother who betrayed him.
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
A young Gascon moves to Paris to join the King’s Musketeers where he starts to investigate the kidnapping of his landlord’s wife.
The Council of Justice
Edgar Wallace
The Four Just Men match wits with the Red Hundred, an anarchist group bent on raising havoc in Britain.
The Coral Island
R. M. Ballantyne
Three shipwrecked youths encounter delights and dangers as they attempt to escape their uninhabited tropical island paradise.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne
Alexandre Dumas
The events of the early days of Louis XIV’s majority reign in France, including the continuing story of the four musketeers who served both Louis XIV’s father and himself.
The Special Correspondent
Jules Verne
A Parisian news reporter is assigned to travel across Asia by train and report on the sights, experiences, and interesting characters along the way.
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
A woman is kidnapped in order to trap her husband.
A High Wind in Jamaica
Richard Hughes
After their parents’ plantation in Jamaica is destroyed by a hurricane, a group of children returning to England are kidnapped by pirates.
The Mucker
Edgar Rice Burroughs
A street tough undergoes a transformation as he navigates the dangerous worlds of Chicago’s slums, a South Pacific island, and the wilds of Mexico.
The Son of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Upon discovering his father’s past life in the jungles of Africa, Tarzan’s son sets out to follow in his footsteps.
The First Sir Percy
Baroness Orczy
A man and his followers try again to overthrow the Stadtholder of the Netherlands.
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
A team of scientists and adventurers explores a prehistoric land.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Jules Verne
Three men attempt to cross Africa by balloon.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
A collection of short stories featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore
A young yeoman farmer falls in love with a beautiful girl who belongs to the outlaw clan which killed his father.
An Antarctic Mystery
Jules Verne
An American naturalist travels south beyond the remote Kerguelen Islands.
The Return of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan attempts to leave behind life in the jungle but rapidly discovers that life among humans contains just as many dangers.
I Will Repay
Baroness Orczy
A young woman pursues revenge against the man who killed her brother in a duel years before.
The Maracot Deep
Arthur Conan Doyle
A scientific expedition stumbles upon the remnants of Atlantis.
Sir Percy Hits Back
Baroness Orczy
A young woman doing a good deed is inadvertently caught up in the injustice of the French Revolution.
Lord Tony’s Wife
Baroness Orczy
A young woman and her father are kidnapped by a man intent on revenge for his father’s death.
El Dorado
Baroness Orczy
Two separate interests want to free the imprisoned Dauphin of France.
The Old Man in the Corner
Baroness Orczy
An elderly man explains to a woman reporter how he solved crimes that stumped the local police.
Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
An orphan is raised by apes in Africa and goes on various adventures.
The Giant Raft
Jules Verne
A former slave trader with an encrypted note schemes about its meaning, while a man with a secret past travels with his family down the Amazon in a giant raft to attend his daughter’s wedding.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
A daring Englishman with a secret identity rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution.
Beyond Thirty
Edgar Rice Burroughs
A young naval officer finds himself in a forbidden part of the world after storms waylay his ship.
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan adopts a lion cub while he battles a team of thieves seeking the treasures of the lost city of Opar.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
A collection of short stories about Tarzan growing up in the jungle.
The Laughing Cavalier
Baroness Orczy
An ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel is recruited to kidnap a woman for a few days.
Tarzan and the Ant Men
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The legendary lord of the jungle Tarzan finds himself trapped in an unfamiliar land inhabited by a tiny people.
The Fur Country
Jules Verne
A group of colonists attempt to settle in the Arctic Circle.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
After seeking the riches of Opar, Tarzan must save his wife from captivity.
The Elusive Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
A French official schemes to finally catch the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of leading the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during World War I.
The Land That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Stranded U-boat survivors and their rescuers contend with dangerous beasts and prehistoric people in a strange lost world.
Tarzan the Terrible
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan seeks to rescue his kidnapped wife from a lost city hidden in a prehistoric jungle.
After London
Richard Jefferies
A young man tries to understand his place in the world as he explores a post-apocalyptic England.
The Survivors of the Chancellor
Jules Verne
A record of the ill-fated voyage of the Chancellor as told by one of the passengers.
Tarzan the Untamed
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan embarks on a perilous journey through war-torn Africa to exact revenge against those who wronged him.
The Purple Land
W. H. Hudson
An Englishman becomes embroiled in adventure, politics, and romance in 19th-century Uruguay.
The Beasts of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
An old enemy kidnaps Tarzan’s family, and Tarzan must rescue them with the help of his panther and ape friends.
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
William Craft
The authors escape from slavery by posing as a slaveowner and his slave.
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
Frontiersmen and Native Americans help transport a colonel’s daughters through upper New York during the French and Indian War.