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universe100 books1912

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
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Start with Tarzan of the Apes →

includes Tarzan, Tarzan's Africa / Opar / Khokarsa, The Tarzan Trilogy, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan

AyeshaSeries

series8 books1886

About immortality, set in 19th century.

“The Ayesha books follow H. Rider Haggard's immortal sorceress-queen Ayesha, introduced in his 1887 novel She as the ruler of a hidden civilization who has waited millennia for her lost love to be reborn.”
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Start with She →

The Day of CreationNovel

J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1987

Literary & general, challenging in tone, about madness, set in late 20th century.

Zulu NationSeries

series1 book1892

Historical fiction and adventure, about forbidden love, set in 19th century.

“H. Rider Haggard's Nada the Lily is set during the rise of the Zulu king Shaka, following Umslopogaas, Shaka's unacknowledged son, and his love for the celebrated beauty Nada.”
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Start with Nada the Lily →

Solomon KaneSeries

series39 books1928

Sword and sorcery, dark in tone, about monster hunting, set in renaissance and early modern.

“Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard.”
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Start with Red Shadows →

The Nsibidi ScriptsSeries

series3 books2011

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary.

“The Nsibidi Scripts follows Sunny Nwazue, a Nigerian-American albino girl living in Nigeria, as she discovers latent magical ability and is inducted into a hidden society of Leopard People with its own laws, dangers, and hierarchy.”
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Start with Akata Witch →

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