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Jungle BookUniverse
universe44 books1893
Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century and jungle.
“The Law of the Jungle is older than any animal reciting it, and a naked man-cub who wandered into a wolf den at dusk will have to learn every clause of it.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Jungle Book →
includes The Jungle Books
The People of the MistNovel
H. Rider Haggardstandalone novel1894
About survival and expeditions, set in lost world.
Allan QuatermainSeries
series25 books1885
About expeditions, set in africa.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Marie →
TarzanUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Tarzan of the Apes →
includes Tarzan, The Tarzan Trilogy, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, Tarzan's Africa / Opar / Khokarsa, Tarzan and the Martian Legion
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
The Witch's HeadNovel
H. Rider Haggardstandalone novel1885
Set in africa.