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

Tiger's Tale (The Tiger Saga, #6)
The Found Boys
Countess
Luminous Beings: A Graphic Novel
Splinter & Ash (Splinter & Ash #1)
A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II
Pahua and the Dragon's Secret (Pahua #2)
Lola
The Long Way Around
My Salty Mary (Mary, #3)
Ash's Cabin
Ignite (Volume 1) (The Phoenix Flame)
Awakening (Unico #1)
Zombie Apocalypse Running Club
Death to All Monsters (Sebastian Winter #1)
James
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #7)
Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3)
The Polymorph
Keep It in the Family
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Ask for Andrea
The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #6)
The Swimmer
The Hike
Eruption
The Drowning Woman
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5)
SPY×FAMILY 1
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHatchet by Gary PaulsenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Survival Stories
1,149 books — 1,781 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Intro to Sci-Fi for Young Readers
1,326 books — 1,534 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovHyperion by Dan SimmonsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Space Opera
791 books — 942 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Top Ten Fantasy Adventure Novels
344 books — 782 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSecrets of the Realm by Bev StoutDark Demands by Nell HendersonLost In Time by Bridgitte LesleyIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara Foley
Indie/Self-Published Books
3,309 books — 2,238 voters
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger11/22/63 by Stephen        KingOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsReplay by Ken Grimwood
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
769 books — 1,724 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Treasure Island
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)
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)
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)

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