Great adventure stories

Try these books if you're looking for:

  • adventure stories
  • great plot
  • read like Jack London

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 
By C.S. Forester
F FORESTER Hornblow #1
Young Horatio Hornblower leaves his home at seventeen to begin a life in His Majesty’s Navy, learning the trade while serving his country in the French wars and the Spanish wars. 

Sitka 
By Louis L’Amour
LP F LAMOUR
Jean LaBarge, drawn by the beauty and strength of Sitka, the gateway to Alaska, takes on the dangers of the distant land, but the men who control Sitka move to destroy him, sparking a fight in which Jean attempts to win Alaska for America. 

Pirate Latitudes 
By Michael Crichton
F CRICHTON
English Captain Charles Hunter and his crew of ruffians sail from colonial Jamaica to infiltrate a Spanish-controlled port, commandeering the galleon El Trinidad and its fortune in gold after a bloody battle. 

Captains Courageous 
By Rudyard Kipling
F KIPLING
Harvey Cheyne, the son of a millionaire, learns lessons about life, responsibility, determination, and self-reliance when, saved from drowning by a fishing schooner, he is forced to share the life and hard work of his rescuers. 

King Solomon’s Mines 
By H. Rider Haggard
F HAGGARD
A bold elephant hunter journeys to an unknown land in search of fabled lost treasure. But terrible dangers threaten anyone who approaches the wonderful diamond mines of King Solomon. This great African adventure novel is an enduring favorite among those who love excitement and romance.

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