The Boy's Own Annual
Published 1879
620 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.
Published 1879
620 pages
Victor Hugo, Aline Delano
1874 · 1893 edition
250 pages
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Owen Seaman, Francis Cowley Burnand, Shirley Brooks
1841 · 1895 edition
670 pages
Jules Verne
Published 1879
710 pages
Edward Clodd
Published 1898
304 pages
Samuel Pepys
1891 · 1895 edition
412 pages
B. Kroupa
Published 1890
432 pages
Frederick Marryat
Published 1887
386 pages
Alexander Dyce
Published 1880
548 pages
Thomas Mayne Reid
Published 1880
374 pages
George Ade
Published 1897
290 pages
Daniel Defoe
Published 1888
210 pages
Wilkie Collins
Published 1872
344 pages
Bertram Mitford
Published 1893
412 pages
T. Buchanan Price
Published 1881
336 pages
Henry Howe
Published 1859
748 pages
Jerome Klapka Jerome
Published 1898
352 pages
Published 1891
864 pages
Daniel Defoe
1831 · 1883 edition
618 pages
James Main Dixon
Published 1887
366 pages
William Bell
Published 1876
260 pages
Augustus Allen Hayes
Published 1881
208 pages
Andrew Russell Forsyth
Published 1890
364 pages
George Ticknor Curtis
Published 1872
948 pages