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Adventure

Adventure fiction is a genre of fiction in which an adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, forms the main storyline. Adventure novels and short stories were popular subjects for American pulp magazines, which dominated American popular fiction between the Progressive Era and the 1950s. Adventure fiction often overlaps with other genres, notably war novels, crime novels, sea stories, Robinsonades, spy stories (as in the works of John Buchan, Eric Ambler and Ian Fleming), science fiction, fantasy, (Robert E. Howard and J.R.R. Tolkien both combined the secondary wo ...more

New Releases Tagged "Adventure"

Firstborn of the Sun
Outside
The Door on the Sea (The Raven and Eagle, #1)
Scarlet Morning (Scarlet Morning, #1)
We Were Men Once (Malediction's Embrace, #1)
Among the Cursed Gods
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
Never Lie
The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon, #6)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
Heartwood
The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
A Flicker in the Dark
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
Isola
Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,514 books — 2,701 voters
Murder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandThose Empty Eyes by Charlie DonleaHidden Pictures by Jason RekulakDeeper Than the Dead by Debra WebbOn Her Watch by Melinda Leigh
Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers
2,090 books — 1,699 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareTwilight by Stephenie MeyerUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books for Teen Readers
1,161 books — 1,394 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1,055 books — 1,147 voters

Gabriel's Fire by Lotchie BurtonSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzJoey and His Friend Water by Ellen J. LewinbergChasing Headlines by J. Rose BlackThe Art of Avoiding Your Werewolf by Lola Glass
Sizzling Summer Sensations
3,203 books — 972 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayRebel Angels by Libba BrayThe Sweet Far Thing by Libba BrayThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Teen Historical Novels
954 books — 1,319 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Treasure Island
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)

William Goldman
He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes. ...more
William Goldman, The Princess Bride

Terry Pratchett
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.
Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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