Adventure Books of the 1970s
The 17 most-read adventure books first published between 1970 and 1979, led by The Silmarillion (1977), The Gunslinger (1976) and The Chronicles of Narnia (1970).
This list collects 17 books from the 1970s by 16 authors, published between 1970 and 1979. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
17 books
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
The Gunslinger
Stephen King
The Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
Jaws
Peter Benchley
Dragonquest
Anne McCaffrey
The Wolf and the Dove
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
The Cave of Time
Edward Packard
The Dragonriders of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
Assassin of Gor
John Norman
Ali und Nino
Kurban Said
The Farthest-Away Mountain
Lynne Reid Banks
Nightwing
Martin Cruz Smith
Nothing Lasts Forever
Roderick Thorp
The Witchmaster's Key
Leslie McFarlane
The Devil on the Road
Robert Westall
Two Hawks From Earth
Philip José Farmer, Christopher Paul Carey