Beth Revis’ Last Chance to Save the World: Sizzling banter
Last Chance to Save the World is the final title in Beth Revis’ sizzling romantic suspense science fiction novella trilogy, Chaotic Orbits. Read my full review.
Action & Adventure
Action and adventure fiction is the epitomy of escapist reading. Browse all our articles, starting with the most recent, featuring books that contain elements of action and adventure, whether it is travel, charting new frontiers, hunting down others or being hunted themselves. Often there is some sort of peril to evade, mystery to solve and/or justice to deliver.
Recent stand out reads in this genre for us include The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Stuart Turton’s The Devil and the Dark Water and TJ Newman’s Falling, and then of course you can’t go wrong with the iconic bestsellers Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. All these novels are guaranteed to entertain. There is a book to satisfy everyone’s quest for adventure from the safety and comfort your favourite reading chair.
Natasha Lester’s The Mademoiselle Alliance, Review: Stirring
In our The Mademoiselle Alliance review we explain how Natasha Lester’s historical fiction inspired by fact is a stirring reminder to stand up for what’s right.
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy: Moving must-read
Wild Dark Shore is another intimate, moving and thought-provoking literary thriller from the supremely talented Charlotte McConaghy. Read my full review.
Head Cases by John McMahon, Review: Smart engaging thriller
Head Cases marks the start of a highly engaging new crime thriller series from John McMahon, starring a team of genius misfit FBI agents. Read my full review.
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy: Deep literary thriller
Migrations (aka The Last Migration) is Charlotte McConaghy’s breakout worldwide bestselling and deeply moving eco-aware literary thriller. Read my full review.
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao: Captivating beauty
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao is a captivatingly beautiful and memorably romantic mystery fantasy adventure novel. Read my review.
The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan: Sticky web of mystery
The Treasure Hunters Club is Tom Ryan’s first adult novel jam-packed with much-loved crime caper mystery tropes and a diverse ensemble cast. Read my review.
The Valley by Chris Hammer, Review: Evocative and intense
The Valley (aka The Broken River) is the fourth novel in Chris Hammer’s bestselling crime mystery series starring homicide Detectives Nell Buchanan & Ivan Lucic. Read my review.
India Holton’s Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love, Review
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love is the first hilarious romance historical fantasy adventure in India Holton’s new Love’s Academic series. Read my review
Mark Lawrence’s The Book That Broke the World, Review: Epic
The Book That Broke The World is the second thrilling title in Mark Lawrence’s captivating fantasy adventure trilogy, The Library. Read my full review.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis: Fiesty banter
Full Speed to a Crash Landing is the first title in Beth Revis’ new romantic suspense science fiction novella trilogy, Chaotic Orbits. Read my full review.
Shadowheart by Meg Gardiner, Unsub 4: Serial twists
Shadowheart is the fourth crime mystery and suspense thriller in Meg Gardiner’s UNSUB series starring FBI behavioural analyst Caitlin Hendrix. Read my review.
What The River Knows by Isabel Ibanez: YA romance fantasy
What The River Knows is the first entertaining title in Isabel Ibanez’s young adult fantasy romance and adventure duology, Secrets of the Nile. Read my review.
Hangman by Jack Heath, Audiobook: Nail biting suspense
Hangman is the first nail-biting crime thriller in Jack Heath’s bestselling series starring one of a kind protagonist Timothy Blake. Read my audiobook review.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley audaciously entertains
Kaliane Bradley’ The Ministry of Time is an audaciously entertaining story and an appealingly unhinged and thought-provoking page-turner.
Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar, Review: Magically compelling
The Familiar is Leigh Bardugo’s gritty yet magically compelling historical fiction filled with romantic suspense set in the Spanish Golden Age. Read my review.