Adventure

Adventure lives in the heart-pounding moments of human determination, whether scaling deadly peaks, racing across uncharted wilderness, or pushing through seemingly impossible challenges. These stories and accounts capture the raw spirit of exploration and survival, chronicling both epic real-world journeys and pulse-racing quests that test the limits of body, mind, and spirit.

Adventure Book Summaries

American Shaolin Summary

American Shaolin

Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China

by Matthew Polly 2007 384 pages

Great Circle Summary

by Maggie Shipstead 2021 608 pages

Historical Fiction

The Hobbit, Part One Summary

The Hobbit, Part One

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 230 pages

The Hammer of Thor Summary

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan 2016 459 pages

The Republic of Thieves Summary

The Republic of Thieves

by Scott Lynch 2013 650 pages

The Templar Legacy Summary

The Templar Legacy

by Steve Berry 2006 511 pages

Historical Fiction

Watership Down Summary

by Richard Adams 1972 478 pages

The Most Dangerous Game Summary

The Most Dangerous Game

by Richard Connell 1924 48 pages

The Eagle of the Ninth Summary

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff 1954 294 pages

Historical Fiction

Executive Orders Summary

Executive Orders

by Tom Clancy 1996 1273 pages

Military Fiction

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J.K. Rowling 2003 412 pages

The Hunger Games Summary

The Hunger Games

Official Illustrated Movie Companion

by Kate Egan 2012 160 pages

Harry Potter Series Box Set Summary

Harry Potter Series Box Set

by J.K. Rowling 2007 4100 pages

by Michael Crichton 1980 442 pages

Science Fiction

The Final Warning Summary

The Final Warning

by James Patterson 2008 256 pages

Science Fiction

A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

by Robyn Davidson 1980 288 pages

The Angel Experiment Summary

The Angel Experiment

by James Patterson 2005 445 pages

Science Fiction

Framed! Summary

by James Ponti 2016 304 pages

Chasing Chaos Summary

My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid

by Jessica Alexander 2013 400 pages

The Bourne Legacy Summary

The Bourne Legacy

by Eric Van Lustbader 1995 597 pages

Everblaze Summary

by Shannon Messenger 2014 624 pages

The Climb Summary

Tragic Ambitions on Everest

by Anatoli Boukreev 1997 297 pages

The Austere Academy Summary

The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket 2000 221 pages

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton 2000 113 pages

by Louis L'Amour 1953 194 pages

Historical Fiction

Red Seas Under Red Skies Summary

Red Seas Under Red Skies

by Scott Lynch 2007 578 pages

House Atreides Summary

by Brian Herbert 1999 681 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Search for WondLa Summary

The Search for WondLa

by Tony DiTerlizzi 2009 484 pages

Science Fiction

The Amber Spyglass Summary

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman 2000 465 pages

Wizard's First Rule Summary

Wizard's First Rule

by Terry Goodkind 1994 836 pages

by Kristin Cashore 2009 480 pages

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Summary

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan 2014 417 pages

The Thief Summary

by Megan Whalen Turner 1996 280 pages

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Summary

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The Original Screenplay

by J.K. Rowling 2016 293 pages

Graceling Summary

by Kristin Cashore 2008 471 pages

Trollhunters Summary

by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages

The Lincoln Highway Summary

The Lincoln Highway

by Amor Towles 2021 576 pages

Historical Fiction

The Bourne Supremacy Summary

The Bourne Supremacy

by Robert Ludlum 1986 688 pages

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 2 Summary

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Light Novel), Vol. 2

by Fuse 2014 304 pages

Tiddler Summary

by Julia Donaldson 2008 30 pages

The Billionaire and the Mechanic Summary

The Billionaire and the Mechanic

How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, The America's Cup

by Julian Guthrie 2013 304 pages

The Call of the Wild Summary

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London 1903 172 pages

Convergence Summary

by TurtleMe 2017 446 pages

The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce 1983 274 pages

The Waste Lands Summary

The Waste Lands

by Stephen King 1991 422 pages

Science Fiction

True Grit Summary

by Charles Portis 1968 224 pages

Historical Fiction

Born to Run Summary

A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall 2009 287 pages

Things I Learned from Falling Summary

Things I Learned from Falling

by Claire Nelson 2020 272 pages

The Songlines Summary

by Bruce Chatwin 1987 304 pages

Chasing Vermeer Summary

Chasing Vermeer

by Blue Balliett 2004 254 pages

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