18 books like Allan and the Holy Flower

What to read after Allan and the Holy Flower — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Challenging An adventure novel, originally published in 1894, set in the fictitious European Kingdom of Ruritania. An English tourist is persuaded to impersonate the new king after he is abducted before he can be crowned. This act draws upon him the wrath of the Prince who has had the king abducted and his partner in crime the villainous Rupert of Hentzau. Shares: Classic Literature, Adventure

Allan and the Ice-Gods H. Rider Haggard · 1920 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging In "Allan and the Ice-gods," H. Rider Haggard crafts an enthralling tale of adventure that merges the worlds of fantasy and imperial exploration. Set against the icy backdrop of an unexplored Arctic region, this novel features Allan Quatermain, a quintessential hero driven by courage and curiosity. Haggard employs a vivid, descriptive literary style that immerses readers in the harsh landscapes… Shares: Allan Quatermain, Supernatural

Tarzan the Untamed (Book #7) Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1920 · ★ 4.3 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging From the book:Hauptmann Fritz Schneider trudged wearily through the somber aisles of the dark forest. Sweat rolled down his bullet head and stood upon his heavy jowls and bull neck. His lieutenant marched beside him while Underlieutenant von Goss brought up the rear, following with a handful of askaris the tired and all but exhausted porters whom the black soldiers, following the example of their… Shares: Africa, Classic Literature, Adventure

Tarzan the Terrible (#8) Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1921 · ★ 4.5 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Tarzan's search for Jane takes him to the warlike Pal-U-Don. Shares: Africa, Classic Literature, Adventure

Men of Men Wilbur Smith · 1981 · 506p · ≈ 16h · Moderate This vivid historical novel is the second of the Ballantyne sequence of four books about the origins of Rhodesia and its later violent transformation into Zimbabwe. During the reign of Queen Victoria Englishmen answering the call of Empire voyaged out to take possession of half their known world. Their leaders were such men as Cecil Rhodes, Leander Starr Jameson and Zouga Ballantyne. Some of… Shares: Africa, Adventure

Tuareg Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa · 1981 · ★ 4.3 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Los tuareg constituyen un pueblo altivo cuyo código moral difiere del de los árabes. Auténticos hijos del desierto, los tuareg no tienen rival en cuanto a sobrevivir en las condiciones más adversas. El noble inmouchar Gacel Sayah, protagonista de esta novela, es amo absoluto de una infinita extensión de desierto. Cierto día llegan al campamento dos fugitivos procedentes del norte, y el inmouchar,… Shares: Africa, Adventure

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux · 1921 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young enman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room - that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table." Shares: English literature, Classic Literature

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1916 · ★ 3.9 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Challenging From the book:Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered. At first he had been humbly thankful, too, that they had sent him to this Godforsaken Congo post instead of court-martialing him, as he had so justly deserved; but now six months of the monotony, the frightful isolation and the loneliness had wrought a… Shares: Africa, Classic Literature, Adventure

Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton · 1910 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Tales of Men and Ghosts is a collection of ten Edith Wharton short stories: "The Bolted Door," "His Father's Son," "The Daunt Diana," "The Debt," "Full Circle," "The Legend," "The Eyes," "The Blond Beast," "Afterward," and "The Letters." Shares: Supernatural, Classic Literature

The melody of death Edgar Wallace · 1927 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Gilbert Standerton learns that he has been disinherited by his cantankerous uncle, and is forced to find a way to provide for his newly-wedded high-society wife. After quitting his appointment at the Foreign Office, he develops a new interest in the stock market, and takes an avid interest in the antics of a gang of safe-cracking burglars. His wife becomes concerned as he frequently begins… Shares: English literature, Adventure

She H. Rider Haggard · 1886 · ★ 3.6 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging An enduring adventure yarn set in pre colonial Africa, culminating in the discovery of a lost civilization ruled by a beautiful eternally youthful queen. "She is generally considered to be one of the classics of imaginative literature and with 83 million copies sold by 1965, it is one of the best-selling books of all time." See more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel) Shares: Allan Quatermain, Adventure

Lost Empire Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt for a relic--but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death. Shares: Africa, Adventure

Claudius Bombarnac Jules Verne · 1892 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Reporter Claudius Bombarnac, is assigned by the "Twentieth Century " to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Shares: Classic Literature, Adventure

The Beasts of Tarzan (Classic Ace SF, F-203) Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1914 · ★ 3.7 · 155p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Beasts of Tarzan, the third book in the Tarzan series, was first published in All-Story Cavalier magazine in 1914. It was later published as a novel in 1916. Tarzan’s old enemy, Nikolas Rokoff, escapes prison and plans his revenge by kidnapping the Tarzan’s son, the heir of Greystoke. He also captures Tarzan and Jane, and takes them all back to Africa, where he strands the Ape-man on an… Shares: Africa, Classic Literature, Adventure

The African Queen C. S. Forester · 1935 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Challenging English missionary's sister enlists aid of mechanic in blowing up German gunboat on African lake. Shares: Africa, English literature

Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1912 · ★ 3.9 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Set amidst the vibrant colors and sounds of the savage African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a glorious journey to romance and pure adventure. This is the story of the ape-man Tarzan, raised in the wild by the great ape Kala, and how he learns the secrets of the jungle to survive -- how to talk with the animals, swing through the… Shares: Africa, Classic Literature, Adventure

The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Demanding A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Shares: English literature, Classic Literature

Congo Michael Crichton · 1980 · ★ 3.6 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Crichton calls Congo a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines,… Shares: Africa, Adventure

About the book Allan and the Holy Flower →