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"

The Lost Guardian
The Throwaways
The Jewel of Corlivo
This Is a Door
The Moonlit Spiral: A Graphic Novel
Karabos (The Timebound Duology Book 1)
Reign
An Empire in the Clouds
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True North: On the Road in Canada
A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8)
The Pirate Queen
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
Sagaras (Bumi #13)
The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)
The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon, #6)
The Astral Library
Si Putih (Bumi, #11)
Bibi Gill (Bumi # 12)
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)
The Last to Drown
Matahari Minor
Lumpu (Bumi, #10)
Janji
Heartwood
A Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill  BrysonThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Have Passport Will Travel
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A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Tiger's Eye by Scott B DelaneyMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  RowlandHACKEO EN VUELO by Paul W. ProvoThose Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea
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Allegiant by Veronica RothClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareScarlet by Marissa MeyerRequiem by Lauren OliverBoundless by Cynthia Hand
YA & MG Novels of 2013
401 books — 640 voters
Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasPoison Study by Maria V. SnyderA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasFire by Kristin Cashore
Magic, Adventure, Romance
2,700 books — 5,626 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Most Interesting World
8,302 books — 5,364 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,514 books — 2,762 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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)

Edward Abbey
“ One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the river ...more ”
― Edward Abbey

Oprah Winfrey
“ The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. ”
― Oprah Winfrey

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