Robinson Crusoe

A young Spaniard sets out for university and lands among robbers, quacks and courtiers instead. Smollett's lively translation of the picaresque classic that shaped the adventure novel.

Alain-René Lesage

D'Artagnan rides to Paris and joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis in duels, intrigues and a race to save the queen's honor. The swashbuckling classic in the William Robson translation.

Alexandre Dumas

Kidnapped as a child, Bob Singleton crosses Africa on foot and later turns pirate on the high seas. Defoe's rough, fast-moving tale of mutiny and treasure.

Daniel Defoe

Crusoe can't stay home. He returns to his island, then sails on to Madagascar, China and Siberia in Defoe's sequel to the famous castaway tale.

Daniel Defoe

Allan Quatermain leads a desperate trek across desert and mountains in search of a lost brother and a legendary diamond mine. The book that launched the lost-world genre.

H. Rider Haggard