Hit New Books
Genres > Fiction > Action

Most Read This Week In 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.
 ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Action"

The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon, #6)
The Safe Room
Twenty Years Later
Revenge Prey (Lucas Davenport #36)
The Fourth Option
Absolute Batman, Vol. 1: The Zoo
Cross and Sampson (Alex Cross #35)
Don't Be In Love
Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher, #30)
チェンソーマン 23 [Chainsaw Man 23]
He Who Fights with Monsters 2 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #2)
Veiled Court (Legacy of Avalon #1)
The Orphanage by the Lake
Choke Point (Scot Harvath #25)
He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)
Return of the Spider (Alex Cross, #34)
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
Eruption
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
Pictures of You
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
The Wrong Daughter
The Primal Hunter (The Primal Hunter, #1)
The Amendment (The Arrangement, #2)
The Kings' List (Never List, #2)
Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
Cold Zero
The Picasso Heist
The Lumber Baron's Wife
Catch the Sun
In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)
The King's Ransom (Recovery Agent #2)
Fated to the Wolf Maiden (The Hunted Omegas #6)
The Blonde Identity (Blonde Identity, #1)
The Primal Hunter 2 (The Primal Hunter, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 12 (He Who Fights with Monsters #12)
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
Don’t Forget to Write
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
In His Wake
Fated to the Scarred Wolf (The Hunted Omegas, #5)
Waybound (Cradle, #12)
呪術廻戦 30 [Jujutsu Kaisen 30]
The First Death (Columbia River, #4)
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
Antihero (Orphan X, #11)
The Primal Hunter 6 (The Primal Hunter #6)
The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)
Cry Havoc (Tom Reece #1)
Hopeless Necromantic (The Catseye Chronicles, #1)
A Place Between (Lightfall, #4)
The Inheritance (Breach Wars, #1)
Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22)
The Girl from Devil's Lake (Joanna Brady Mysteries)
Make It Out Alive (Quinn & Costa, #7)
呪術廻戦 23 [Jujutsu Kaisen 23]
The Recovery Agent (Recovery Agent, #1)
Magical Midlife Rogue (Leveling Up, #12)
チェンソーマン 21 [Chainsaw Man 21]
呪術廻戦 28 [Jujutsu Kaisen 28]
呪術廻戦 26 [Jujutsu Kaisen 26]
The Primal Hunter 7 (The Primal Hunter #7)
Better Off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26)
Between Sun and Moon (Between Life and Death, #2)
Private Rome (Private, #18)
Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)
The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold (Blonde Identity, #2)
呪術廻戦 25 [Jujutsu Kaisen 25]
Extinction (Cash & Colcord, #1)
呪術廻戦 29 [Jujutsu Kaisen 29]
In the Pines (Columbia River, #3; Mercy Kilpatrick, #7)
On Her Watch (Bree Taggert, #8)
チェンソーマン 12 [Chainsaw Man 12]
The House of Cross (Alex Cross, #33)
Catch Her Death (Bree Taggert, #7)
呪術廻戦 24 [Jujutsu Kaisen 24]
No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27)
Not Our Daughter
Denied Access (Mitch Rapp, #24)
Echo Road (Mercy Kilpatrick, #9; Bree Taggert, #8.5)
呪術廻戦 27 [Jujutsu Kaisen 27]
Safari Murder Party
Bound by Fate (Blind Fury, #1)
Trust No One
Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4)
チェンソーマン 20 [Chainsaw Man 20]
チェンソーマン 13 [Chainsaw Man 13]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
SPY×FAMILY 7
The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed, #2)
ダンダダン 19 [Dan Da Dan 19]
チェンソーマン 19 [Chainsaw Man 19]
The Swimmer
チェンソーマン 15 [Chainsaw Man 15]
チェンソーマン 14 [Chainsaw Man 14]
Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)
チェンソーマン 24 [Chainsaw Man 24]
チェンソーマン 16 [Chainsaw Man 16]
The Second Son (Chase Burke #1)

Related Genres

Fiction
Ficțion
Fiçtion

Quotes Tagged “Action”

Roy T. Bennett
“ Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words. ”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
2564 likes

Susan Sontag
“ Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager. ...more ”
― Susan Sontag
2114 likes

More quotes...

Videos Tagged “Action”

Cassandra Clare Discusses Her Audiobooks
Cassandra Clare Discusses Her Audiobooks
The Monstrumologist
The Monstrumologist
More videos...

Groups Tagged "Action"

SSG: Spy/Spec-Ops Group Dedicated to those who love spy, spec-ops, and clandestine books from Tom Clancy, Vince Fly…more
1,364 members, last active 14 days ago
World, Writing, Wealth Friends, would you care to partake in a learned discussion of current events, the global economy…more
4,855 members, last active 17 hours ago
Talking about how books, comics, and graphic novels leave their marks on us
3 members, last active 4 months ago
Coffee Break Book Club ☕ NEWS & UPDATES We're back and under construction! Currently, it's not letting me add new …more
1,102 members, last active 26 days ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: action and action-adventure