18 books like Schweizerische Robinson

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Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson Johann D. Wyss · 1986 · 72p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Shipwreck survival, Islands, Survival, Family life with this book.

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe · 1686 · ★ 3.7 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Challenging During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Shares Islands, Survival, Classics, Adventure

The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1858 · ★ 3.7 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging A nineteenth century adventure story of three teenaged boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island. At first they lead an idyllic life but this is soon interrupted by the arrival on the island of rival Polynesian war parties and then pirates. After various adventures the boys find themselves in possession of the pirate’s ship and can sail for home. Shares Shipwrecks, Survival after airplane accidents, Islands, Survival

The Railway Children Edith Nesbit · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Moderate When Father mysteriously goes away, the children and their mother leave their happy life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. 'The Three Chimneys' lies beside a railway track - a constant source of enjoyment to all three. They make friends with the Station Master and Perks the Porter, as well as the jovial 'Old Gentleman' who waves to them everyday from the train. But the… Shares Family life, Family, Families, Classics

Gospoda Golovlevy Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin · 1922 · ★ 3.0 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Searingly hot in summer, bitterly cold in winter, the ancestral estate of the Golovlyov family is the end of the road. There Arina Petrovna rules over her servants and family with an iron hand - until she loses power to her son Porphyry. One of the most memorable monsters in all of world literature, Porphyry is a perfect hypocrite and indefatigable schemer who preys remorselessly on everyone who… Shares Family, Families, Classics

Relato de un náufrago Gabriel García Márquez · 1970 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate On t.p.: . . . who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government and forgotten for all time. Shares Shipwreck survival, Shipwrecks, Survival after airplane accidents, Survival

Island Aldous Huxley · 1962 · ★ 3.8 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world. Shares Shipwreck survival, Survival after airplane accidents, Islands, Survival

The Terror Dan Simmons · 2007 · ★ 4.1 · 768p · ≈ 25h · Moderate The bestselling author of Ilium transforms the story of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into a devastating historical adventure that will chill you to your core.The men on board Her Britannic Majesty's Ships Terror and Erebus had every expectation of triumph. They were part of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition – as scientifically advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth – and theirs were… Shares Shipwreck survival, Shipwrecks, Survival after airplane accidents, Survival

The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells · 1896 · ★ 3.7 Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The… Shares Shipwreck survival, Survival after airplane accidents, Islands

The Black Pearl Scott O’Dell · 1967 · ★ 3.5 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Moderate In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner. Shares Islands, Survival, Adventure

Sami and the time of the troubles Florence Parry Heide · 1992 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street. Shares Family life, Families

Ramona the Pest Beverly Cleary · 1968 · ★ 4.1 · 145p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary, is the second book of the Ramona series and the first to focus on Ramona Quimby as the protagonist. This children's book chronicles the adventures of Ramona's first few months at kindergarten. The book's title is derived from the characterization of Ramona as a "pest" by many, including her older sister Beatrice, known as "Beezus." Ramona the Pest was first… Shares Family life, Family, Families, Classics

The Book of the Banshee Anne Fine · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Will Flowers doesn't understand what could have happened. His sister, Estelle, used to be really cool. She was quiet, responsible, and most times you'd never even know she was around(which was the cool part). But lately, Estelle has been acting totally weird - to everyone. All she does is get mad and yell. She yells at Mom. She yells at Dad. She even yells at little Muffy. But mostly she yells at… Shares Family life, Family, Families

Harriet Spies Again Helen Ericson · 2002 · ★ 3.9 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Harriet M. Welsch is up to her old spying tricks when her beloved nanny Ole Golly, who had married and moved to Montreal, returns without her husband, Harriet's friend Sport announces he has a crush on a schoolmate, and the people across the street appear to be holding a child hostage. Shares Family life, Family, Families, Adventure

The Emperor's candlesticks Baroness Emmuska Orczy · 1908 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) is a historical novel by Baroness Orczy and was her first book as an author. Shares Adventure

The Cabin at the End of the World

The Cabin at the End of the World Paul Tremblay · 2018 · ★ 3.4 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls Stephen King's Misery, Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, and Jack Ketchum's cult hit The Girl Next Door"-- Shares Survival

Blue Hand Edgar Wallace · 1923 · ★ 4.1 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jim Steele, a clerk for a prominent London attorney, has the distasteful task of assisting a notorious client, Digby Groat, who stands to inherit the Jonathan Danton fortune. Danton’s infant daughter and closest heir, Dorothy, was thought to have died in a boating accident twenty years ago. Adding to the mystery, Dorothy’s mother, Lady Mary Danton, also disappeared around the same time. Jim… Shares Adventure

The House Without a Key Earl Derr Biggers · 2015 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Published in 1925, The House Without a Key introduces the kindly detective Charlie Chan, conceived by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes common in the era’s society. John Quincy Winterslip, having been sent by his family to convince his aunt to return to Boston, arrives in Honolulu to find that a rich family member with a shady past has been murdered. Detective… Shares Adventure

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