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Books like The Three Musketeers

If you liked The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas · 1844

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

    Edmond Dantes escapes Chateau d'If and returns as the Count to repay friends and ruin betrayers.

  2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain · 1884

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure, historical fiction.

    Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river…

  3. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.

    Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

  4. Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe · 1958

    Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.

    Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

  5. The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco · 1980

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, classics.

    Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.

  6. 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.

  7. The Blood of Olympus

    Rick Riordan · 2014 · The Heroes of Olympus #5

    Because shares tags: adventure, friendship.

    Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.

  8. 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.

  9. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    Lisa See · 2005

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, friendship.

    Footbound Lily and Snow Flower share laotong bond through 19th century Hunan hardship.

  10. 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.

  11. My Brilliant Friend

    Elena Ferrante · 2011 · Neapolitan Novels #1

    Because shares tags: friendship, historical fiction.

    Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.

  12. 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.

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