Little Men
Louisa May Alcott
Published 1871
400 pages
Action and adventure books are about journeys and danger. Treasure hunts, lost cities, jungle expeditions, daring rescues and escapes keep the pages turning, and the heroes win by nerve and skill. They are made to sweep you along, whether a classic adventure tale or a modern blockbuster. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.
Louisa May Alcott
Published 1871
400 pages
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Published 1922
396 pages
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Published 1896
494 pages
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1870 · 1874 edition
1276 pages
Aluísio Azevedo
Published 1973
339 pages
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Published 1883
634 pages
Mark Twain
Published 1872
282 pages
James Fenimore Cooper
Published 1867
232 pages

Joshua Slocum
1970 · 2006 edition
316 pages
Mark Twain
Published 1872
616 pages
Walter Scott
Published 1899
496 pages
Thomas Mayne Reid
Published 1892
522 pages
Franklin W. Dixon
Published 1927
228 pages
Thomas Hardy
Published 1884
274 pages
Samuel Richardson
Published 1883
576 pages
Marco Polo
Published 1854
530 pages
William Shakespeare
Published 1864
554 pages
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
1865 · 1871 edition
480 pages
Robert Louis Stevenson
Published 1896
192 pages
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1885 · 1890 edition
808 pages
Mary Lamb
Published 1878
444 pages
Edith Nesbit
Published 1899
364 pages
Victor Hugo, Aline Delano
Published 1874
372 pages
Laurence Sterne
Published 1884
276 pages