Adventure
Read Adventure Classics in English
38 adventure books as graded readers — learn English by reading the stories worth reading. Tap any word for an instant translation, hear natural audio narration, and save the vocabulary you meet. Pick your level and start with a free chapter.
What are the best adventure classics to read in English as a learner?
The best adventure classics for English learners are graded readers of well-known titles — start with The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself, Under the Red Dragon: A Novel and Kidnapped. Each is rewritten at a clear CEFR level with tap-to-translate, audio narration and saved vocabulary, so you read a real story while building English at your own pace.
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Level C1HistoricalThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By HimselfThe classic historical novel by Olaudah Equiano.
Level B2RomanceUnder the Red Dragon: A NovelThe classic mystery novel by James Grant.
Level B2AdventureKidnappedThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level C1MysteryPaul Clifford — CompleteThe classic mystery novel by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton.
Level C2ClassicsThe History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, CompleteThe classic romance novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Level B2Science FictionA Honeymoon in SpaceThe classic science-fiction novel by George Chetwynd Griffith.
Level B2AdventureCatrionaThe classic romance novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level B2RomanceThe Landloper: The Romance of a Man on FootThe classic romance novel by Holman Day.
Level B2RomanceThe Blue Lagoon: A RomanceThe classic romance novel by H.
Level B2AdventureRoughing ItThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C1RomanceLorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorThe classic romance novel by R.
Level B2HistoricalThe Prince and the PauperThe classic historical novel by Mark Twain.![Cover of Peter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy] by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie](https://dsx1pat3ljtul.cloudfront.net/books/book-peter-pan-b-peter-and-wendy-cover.jpg)
Level B1Children'sPeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]The classic adventure novel by J.
Level C1AdventureBidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in SolitudeThe classic mystery novel by Austin Bidwell.
Level C1AdventureGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldThe classic adventure novel by Jonathan Swift.
Level C1AdventureTravels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846The classic adventure novel by James Richardson.
Level B2Science FictionThuvia, maid of MarsThe classic science-fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Level C1Science FictionA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtThe classic science-fiction novel by Mark Twain.
Level B2AdventureThe Yeoman AdventurerThe classic romance novel by George W.
Level C1MysteryThe Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareThe classic mystery novel by G.
Level B2MysteryThe Green MummyThe classic mystery novel by Fergus Hume.
Level B1FantasyThe Wonderful Wizard of OzThe classic adventure novel by L.
Level B2AdventureTreasure IslandThe classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Level C1RomanceCarmenThe classic mystery novel by Prosper Mérimée.
Level B2AdventureAdventures of Huckleberry FinnThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C2AdventureThe Adventures of Roderick RandomThe classic adventure novel by T.
Level C2ClassicsHistory of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe classic classics novel by Henry Fielding.
Level B2HistoricalLife on the MississippiThe classic adventure novel by Mark Twain.
Level C2ClassicsThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerThe classic adventure novel by T.
Level B2AdventureTwenty years afterThe classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Level C2AdventureMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleThe classic adventure novel by Herman Melville.
Level B2AdventureThe Count of Monte CristoBetrayed and imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes to engineer a decade-spanning revenge.
Level B2Science FictionTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaCaptain Nemo's submarine Nautilus carries its captives across the world's oceans.
Level B2AdventureAround the World in Eighty DaysPhileas Fogg wagers his fortune on circling the globe in just eighty days.
Level B2AdventureThe Adventures of Tom SawyerMischief, caves and buried treasure along the Mississippi River.
Level B1FantasyAlice's Adventures in WonderlandDown the rabbit-hole into a logic-bending world of riddles and talking creatures.
Level B2AdventureThe Call of the WildStolen into the Yukon gold rush, a dog heeds the ancient call of the wild.
Level B2Adventure25 Principles of the PlayaA newcomer's guide to Burning Man — 25 hard-won principles, learned in the dust.