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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, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, The Tarzan Trilogy

The TriffidsSeries

series3 books1951

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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Start with The Day of the Triffids →

CavorSeries

series2 books1901

Science fiction, about space exploration, set in the moon and early 20th century.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
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Start with The First Men in the Moon →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universeSeries

series24 books1922

Adventurous in tone, set in lost world and underground & caves.

Start with At the Earth's Core →

Allan QuatermainSeries

series25 books1885

Adventure, adventurous in tone, 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 →

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