Adventure Books of the 1850s
The 12 most-read adventure books first published between 1850 and 1859, led by Moby Dick (1851), The Coral Island (1858) and It Is Never Too Late to Mend (1856).
This list collects 12 books from the 1850s by 10 authors, published between 1850 and 1858. 2 are free to read and 12 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
12 books
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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The Coral Island
Robert Michael Ballantyne, Ralph Crane
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It Is Never Too Late to Mend
Charles Reade
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Convict
George Payne Rainsford James
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War Trail
Thomas Mayne Reid
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Osceola the Seminole
Thomas Mayne Reid
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Benito Cereno
Herman Melville
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Frozen Deep
Wilkie Collins
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Missing Bride
E.D.E.N. Southworth
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Wreck of the Golden Mary
Charles Dickens
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Moorland Cottage
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars
Bampfylde Moore Carew, Robert Goadby