Treasure hunts books
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis StevensonThe model for the treasure map, the sea voyage and the rival treasure-seekers that many later stories reuse.
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider HaggardShows the treasure search as an expedition into unknown country, with a map and a dangerous journey.
The Gold-Bug
Edgar Allan PoeAn early treasure story built around deciphering a coded message that points to buried gold.
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising #1)
Susan CooperA children's fantasy in which three siblings search for a grail-like object using a clue-filled manuscript, linking treasure hunting to myth.
Holes
Louis SacharA contemporary novel in which a treasure search is threaded through a backstory about an old buried fortune and a current labour camp setting.
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More treasure hunts books
- Ready Player Two
Ready Player TwoErnest Cline - The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown2003 - The Inheritance Games
The Inheritance GamesJennifer Lynn Barnes2020 - The devil's dictionary
The devil's dictionaryAmbrose Bierce1840 - The Reef
The ReefNora Roberts1998 - MUSTANG MAN
MUSTANG MANLouis L'Amour1966 - Reckless
RecklessCornelia Funke2010 - The Story of the Treasure Seekers
The Story of the Treasure SeekersEdith Nesbit - The Midnight Folk
The Midnight FolkJohn Masefield - The Castle of Adventure
The Castle of AdventureEnid Blyton - Trixie Belden and the Secret of the Mansion
Trixie Belden and the Secret of the MansionJulie Campbell1948 - Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
Lost Treasure of the Emerald EyeElisabetta Dami2000