Action

The action genre is characterized by more emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. That is not to say that the action-adventure story does not have memorable characters or circumstances, however. Generally heroes are seen as larger than life, and many times they are prime examples of the epic hero archetype.

Action can also be known as Action-Adventure depending on criteria met. This applies to all age groups, especially popular in Middle Grade adventure stories and adult fiction with spy or adventure leads.

Also see Adventure.
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Twenty Years Later
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Double Tap (Mitch Rapp #25)
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He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)

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