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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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Tarzan of the Apes →

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

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

Allan QuatermainSeries

series25 books1885

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in 19th century and 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 →

Time PatrolSeries

series24 books1955

Time travel and science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in our world.

“Poul Anderson's Time Patrol stories follow Manson Everard, recruited in 1957 into a secret organization that polices time travel, hunting down unauthorized travelers and anyone who would alter history.”
from the catalogue

Start with Time Patrol →

Voyages extraordinairesSeries

series59 books1863

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century.

“The cycle features some of Verne's best known titles, such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, Around the World in Eighty Days and The Mysterious Island.”
from the catalogue

Start with Five Weeks in a Balloon →

KairosSeries

series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Start with A Wrinkle in Time →

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