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The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. 1924.

Full of action! The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The ‘game’ refers to hunting animals … what is the most dangerous game? Could it be humans?

Readability: Grade 8. Approximate length: 8000 words. Audiobook available here.