Adventure Books of the 1880s
The 32 most-read adventure books first published between 1880 and 1889, led by Treasure Island (1880), A Study in Scarlet (1887) and The Sign of Four (1889).
This list collects 32 books from the 1880s by 22 authors, published between 1880 and 1889. 8 are free to read and 30 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
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A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Sign of Four
Arthur Conan Doyle

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
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H. Rider Haggard
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After London
Richard Jefferies
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David Balfour
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Sylvie and Bruno
Lewis Carroll
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Don Quixote - Vol. 2
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
Jules Verne
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How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion
George Wilbur Peck
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Edmond Dantès
Edmund Flagg
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Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous
John Habberton
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Godfrey Morgan: a Californian Mystery
Jules Verne
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Won by Crime
A. Frank Pinkerton
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White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-Five"
Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
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Daylight Land
William Henry Harrison Murray
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Allan's Wife and Other Tales
H. Rider Haggard
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Ice Queen
Ernest Ingersoll
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X Y Z: A Detective Story (Version 2)
Anna Katharine Green
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Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling
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Tramp Abroad
Mark Twain
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (version 2)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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True to the Old Flag
G. A. Henty
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Robbery Under Arms
Rolf Boldrewood
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Don Quixote - Vol. 1
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Mystery Of Cloomber
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Curse of Carne's Hold
G. A. Henty
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Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main
G. A. Henty
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Island Queen
R. M. Ballantyne
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Steam House
Jules Verne