Young Jim Hawkins finds a map to buried pirate gold and sails with a crew that includes the charming, treacherous Long John Silver. The archetypal pirate adventure.
Books that mention Treasure Island (14)
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers: “nor was there an empty apple-barrel, such as Jim of _Treasure Island_ found so useful.”
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster: “Isn't Treasure Island fun?”
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie: “The only parallel I can think of is the case of Stevenson's Long John Silver.”
The Secret History by Donna Tartt: “He stayed in his room eating peanuts, and drinking, and looking out the window like the old pirate in Treasure Island.”
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller: “There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The Last of the Mohicans.”
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño: “Stevenson's Treasure Island and Martí's The Golden Age remained on all the lists.”
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai: “I wondered if Sonya would let Ian stay up to finish Treasure Island.”
The Shining by Stephen King: “The surroundings reminded her of the old seafaring captain's cry in Treasure Island after old blind Pew had passed him the Black Spot: We'll do em yet!”
Lord of the Flies by William Golding: “'Treasure Island—' 'Swallows and Amazons—' 'Coral Island—' Ralph waved the conch.”
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene: “Same quoted store advertisement listing real novels for sale.”
Everyman by Philip Roth: “Then he tried Treasure Island.”
Italo Calvino by Martin McLaughlin: “mixing Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls and Stevenson's Treasure Island (I, 1196; The Path, 20).”
Light, Wind and Dreams by Atsushi Nakajima: “The South Sea Letters are said to have disappointed editors and readers. The author of Treasure Island, they seem to feel, ought to go on writing about pirates and buried treasure for ever. [auto-translated]”