40 books
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12 voters
Action and Adventure Books
Showing 1-50 of 14,017
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by (shelved 78 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.55 — 615,261 ratings — published 2011
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.22 — 305,730 ratings — published 2006
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,785,337 ratings — published 2008
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,052,828 ratings — published 1990
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
by (shelved 48 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.29 — 328,600 ratings — published 2015
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.10 — 986,875 ratings — published 2001
Monster Hunter International (Monster Hunter International, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.07 — 30,053 ratings — published 2009
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,103,791 ratings — published 2009
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
by (shelved 42 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.33 — 164,734 ratings — published 2017
Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)
by (shelved 41 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.23 — 76,546 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,280,155 ratings — published 1997
The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.40 — 30,438 ratings — published 2013
Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.22 — 40,664 ratings — published 2016
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,417,332 ratings — published 1937
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.29 — 193,743 ratings — published 2016
The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.33 — 42,785 ratings — published 2013
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,397,127 ratings — published 2005
Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 36 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.22 — 65,303 ratings — published 2011
The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.41 — 93,143 ratings — published 2012
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.10 — 92,216 ratings — published 2011
The Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3)
by (shelved 34 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.45 — 68,657 ratings — published 2014
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,345,183 ratings — published 2011
Trouble on Paradise (Expeditionary Force, #3.5)
by (shelved 32 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,805 ratings — published 2017
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,675,019 ratings — published 2010
Kill Decision (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 3.98 — 11,919 ratings — published 2012
The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,917 ratings — published 2015
Heir of Novron (The Riyria Revelations, #5-6)
by (shelved 30 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.51 — 54,709 ratings — published 2012
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,012,697 ratings — published 1844
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 30 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,074,864 ratings — published 2007
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,137,043 ratings — published 2015
Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.25 — 50,618 ratings — published 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,782,271 ratings — published 1999
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.03 — 510,531 ratings — published 2008
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,439,900 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 28 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,150,004 ratings — published 2000
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,330,989 ratings — published 2012
Shattered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #7)
by (shelved 27 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.28 — 32,382 ratings — published 2014
Reamde (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 3.99 — 57,135 ratings — published 2011
Rise of Empire (The Riyria Revelations, #3-4)
by (shelved 27 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.36 — 56,724 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 27 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,624,330 ratings — published 2005
Ex-Heroes (Ex-Heroes, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 3.86 — 16,665 ratings — published 2010
Scourged (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #10)
by (shelved 26 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,920 ratings — published 2018
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,665,692 ratings — published 2009
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 3.58 — 19,993 ratings — published 2019
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 25 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,758,732 ratings — published 2003
Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 3.90 — 358,776 ratings — published 2017
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
by (shelved 24 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.52 — 11,947 ratings — published 2022
Promise of Blood (Powder Mage, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.13 — 63,503 ratings — published 2013
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 3.89 — 274,717 ratings — published 1869
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as action-and-adventure)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,114,665 ratings — published 1954
“Case...is an impressively crafted protagonist who stands strongly at the center of the action. At first, he seems an unlikely hero, but his dogged observational skills and skeptical nature make him a valuable investigator...
Eshleman proves to be an adept writer of action scenes, but what makes his work stand out are his hyperrealistic treatments of diving and marine life.
An...engaging action novel, bolstered by its exotic location and realistic protagonist.”
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Eshleman proves to be an adept writer of action scenes, but what makes his work stand out are his hyperrealistic treatments of diving and marine life.
An...engaging action novel, bolstered by its exotic location and realistic protagonist.”
―
“Stand in the machine there, let’s see what state your internal organs are in. The images
will be projected on screen, and I can go through the diagnosis with you, step by step.”
Brown did as he was told and soon images of his vital organs appeared on the screen.
As you can see, your heart is slightly enlarged and your lungs and kidneys are not in
good shape either. Have you been experiencing any pain lately?”
“Not that I can think of. What can you do to help?”
“Difficult to say, you see you are dying” said the Doctor. You can see the
discolouration in your kidneys.” Brown strained his eyes.”
― The Arbitrator
― The Arbitrator












