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universe100 books1912

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, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, Tarzan and the Martian Legion, The Tarzan Trilogy, Tarzan's Africa / Opar / Khokarsa

Allan QuatermainSeries

series25 books1885

Set in africa and 19th century.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
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Start with Marie →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

series12 books1962

completed

Set in 19th century and british isles.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
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Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

Doctor DolittleSeries

series27 books1920

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in early 20th century.

“Lofting wrote twelve novels between 1920 and 1936, beginning with The Story of Doctor Dolittle, with two further story collections published after his 1947 death.”
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Start with The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts →

Duke de RichleauSeries

series4 books1933

completed

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in early 20th century.

Start with The Forbidden Territory →

Cairo Jim and/or Jocelyn OsgoodSeries

series18 books1991

Adventure.

“Jocelyn Osgood, a pilot and flight attendant, joins him on many of the later expeditions.”
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Start with Cairo Jim on the Trail to ChaCha Muchos →

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