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Return to reading: Adventure

Discover a thrilling collection of adventure fiction designed to captivate and ignite your imagination. Perfect for those returning to reading, this list features fast-paced tales of daring quests, unforgettable characters, and high-stakes challenges. From epic journeys to heart-pounding escapes, each story promises to transport you to exciting worlds where anything is possible. Whether you're craving fantasy, mystery, or survival, these adventures will keep you hooked from start to finish. Reignite your love for reading and embark on a new adventure today!

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  • Billy Summers has spent a long time being a hit man. But he follows his own code, and will only take a job if the hit is a truly bad person. Billy is hired for one last job, but as the job get closer, Billy starts to suspect that all is not as it…
    Book, 2021London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2021. — ADVENTURE
  • What happens when reality TV goes wrong? This engrossing debut novel is a classic survival-in-the-wilderness tale with a modern twist. When things start to unravel during the filming of Civilization, a Survivor-esque reality show taking place in a…
    Book, 2022New York : Ecco, [2022] — ADVENTURE
  • A thrilling new adventure taking place at a remote fishing lodge in the heart of Colorado. Heller's writing is lyrical and descriptive, perfectly capturing all of the intimate details, whilst maintaining pace and delivering a menacing air of…
    Book, 2021New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. — MYSTERY
  • Picture A remote location, deadly weather and even deadlier Russian fighter jets. While stationed in the Arctic, Nicholas Flynn witnesses some russian fighter jets invade friendly airspace and a fatal collision happens that has both the Americans…
    Book, 2021New York : William Morrow, [2021] — ADVENTURE
  • Robert Harris is known for writing accessible and intelligent historical novels and this exciting adventure is set in the height of the Roman empire. Marcus Attilius Primus, a young engineer, is tasked with taking care of the aqueduct Aqua Augusta.…
    Book, 2003London : Hutchinson, 2003. — HISTORICAL
  • Part adventure, part warning, this futuristic, thoughtful masterpiece is the ultimate read for all lovers of dystopian fiction, and remains as fresh and fascinating as it was when it was first written over 80 years ago. Bernard Marx lives in a world…
    Book, 1970London : Chatto & Windus, 1970. — FICTION
  • Pi lives in India, the son of the city zoo owner, until he decides to emigrate by sea with his family. On the way tragedy strikes, and their ship is sunk. Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, a tiger and an orangutan. As the food…
    Book, 2002Edinburgh : Canongate, 2002, c2001. — FICTION MAR
  • the year is 1793. Europe is at war. regular men are being sent to battle on British warships. Our young hero, Thomas Kydd, is a wig maker by trade, but he soon learns the harsh realities of war and life onboard a ship. With vivid descriptions and…
    Book, 2012London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. — ADVENTURE STO
  • (Colter Shaw #1) A gripping and page turning read from one of the best in the genre, and the first of a new series. Colter Shaw is a man who was raised for survival. It's been many years since he was back at the secluded family ranch however. These…
    Book, 2019London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. — THRILLER
  • This classic adventure tale is told through the eyes of a young orphan, Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, as he traverses the Mississippi with a runaway slave. On their journey they encounter many an adventure, including run-ins with criminals, slave…
    Book, 2010London : Puffin, [2010] — OLDER FICTION
  • This novel charts the collective descent into savagery of a group of marooned schoolboys. Allegorical and impactful, Golding looks at the fine line between civilisation and savagery and explores the theme of man’s inhumanity to man. Fascinating and…
    Book, 1958London : Faber and Faber, 1958. — FICTION GOL
  • Wilderness survival combines with suspenseful thriller in this action-packed story of two killers hunting down a teenage witness through the Montana mountains. Jace is only fourteen when he witnesses a brutal murder, and to keep him safe, he's given…
    Book, 2015London : Hodder, 2015. — MYSTERY
  • The first in a series about ancient Greece in the 5th century BC. Pericles is at the helm of the Greek army and facing tumultuous times as the persian Army makes its strength know. He is a born hero, but does he have what it takes to keep the…
    Book, 2022[London] : Michael Joseph, 2022. — HISTORICAL
  • A standalone offering from the prolific king of page-turners, 1st Case follows Angela Hoot through the ranks of the FBI, in a mystery exploring how the opportunity of a lifetime can come from unexpected places. Hoot lands her dream job in the FBI…
    Book, 2020London : Century, 2020. — MYSTERY
  • The classic book that sparked the movie of the same name, this story follows the hunt for the elusive assassin rumoured to be targeting Charles De Gaulle (leader of the French resistance in WWII). With his icy nerve, a talent for disguise, and a…
    Book, 1971London, Hutchinson, 1971. — THRILLER