Library of Adventures explained

The Library of Adventures (Russian: Библиотека приключений|Biblioteka priklyuchenii) is a popular series of adventure novels published by Detgiz in the Soviet Union in 1955 and reprinted in 1981.^[1] The series, much sought after by Soviet book collectors, comprised twenty books, more or less accurately reflecting the tastes of an adolescent Russophone readership.

• Alexandre Dumas, père. The Three Musketeers.
• Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Aleksei Tolstoy. The Garin Death Ray. Aelita.
• Anatoly Rybakov. The Dagger. The Bronze Bird.
• Vladimir Obruchev. Plutonia. Sannikov Land.
• Veniamin Kaverin. The Two Captains.
• Walter Scott. Quentin Durward.
• Rider Haggard. King Solomon's Mines. Fair Margaret.
• Gustave Aimard. Gambusino. Stronghand.
• Georgy Adamov. The Mystery of Two Oceans.
• Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
• Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels.
• Jules Verne. In Search of the Castaways.
• Ivan Efremov. The Land of Foam. The Starships.
• Louis Boussenard. The Diamond Raiders.
• Thomas Mayne Reid. Osceola.
• Mark Twain. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
• Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island. The Black Arrow.
• Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• James Fenimore Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=b2zJ0imx91kC&pg=RA5-PA32 "What Soviet Children Read"