Books like The Count of Monte Cristo

1. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because also by Alexandre Dumas; shares tags: classics, adventure, france.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

2. 

   A Tale of Two Cities

   Charles Dickens · 1859

   Because shares tags: classics, historical, france.

   Lucie Manette frees her father from the Bastille while Sydney Carton loves her from afar through London and Paris revolt.

3. 

   The Horse and His Boy

   C. S. Lewis · 1954 · Chronicles of Narnia #5

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.

4. 

   The Amber Spyglass

   Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

   Because shares tags: adventure, classics.

   Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.

5. 

   Peter Pan

   J.M. Barrie · 1911

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.

6. 

   Madame Bovary

   Gustave Flaubert · 1857

   Because shares tags: classics, france.

   Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.

7. 

   Howl's Moving Castle

   Diana Wynne Jones · 1986 · Howl's Castle #1

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon…

8. 

   The Witches

   Roald Dahl · 1983

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.

9. 

   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

   L. Frank Baum · 1900 · Oz #1

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.

10. 

    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    C. S. Lewis · 1952 · Chronicles of Narnia #3

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Lewis sends Lucy, Edmund and Eustace aboard Caspian's Dawn Treader to find seven lost lords, past dragon gold, dark dreams and the world's…

11. 

    The Call of the Wild

    Jack London · 1903

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Stolen pet Buck learns club and fang on the Klondike trail from Perrault to Thornton and the wolves.

12. 

    Prince Caspian

    C.S. Lewis · 1951 · Chronicles of Narnia #2

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    The Pevensies return to ruins at Cair Paravel and help Caspian take back Narnia from Miraz.

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