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.
The Shekinah Legacy Synopsis In this controversial Amazon best-selling thriller, international cable TV journalist Charlotte Ansari and her Asperger’s son are caught literally in the crossfire of history when terrorists, the CIA, Mossad and the Vatican all converge in a pulse-pounding…
Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son is one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking novels I have read. Read on for my full review. The Orphan Master’s Son Synopsis Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen”…
Today Booklover Book Reviews has the great pleasure of hosting the TLC Book Tour for John Verdon’s latest thriller Let The Devil Sleep. Let The Devil Sleep Synopsis In this latest novel from bestselling author John Verdon, ingenious puzzle solver Dave…
Love Synopsis Love is a collection of short stories, ranging from Elsewhen, in which an alternative Muslim Ireland is the home to a doomed love affair, to Wolf and Water, a Stone Age adventure, to And the Green Sea Ebbs Away, among colonists and…
Mockingjay (Hunger Games Book 3) Synopsis Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants…
Catching Fire is the second book in Suzanne Collins’ ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. But is it as good as the first novel? Read our full review. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Book 2) Synopsis After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss…
The Golden Scales by Parker Bilal features colourful characterisation and a complex and thrilling mystery that kept me guessing. The Golden Scales Synopsis A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry. In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring… Makana…
Graven Images Synopsis 2005 – the year of the London terrorist bombings. A young Cambridge biologist, Owen, penetrates a sinister pagan group while seeking to avenge the death of his archaeologist girlfriend, whom he believes was killed to halt her research…
Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens was a Library Journal Best Book of 2014: Historical Fiction. Bitter Greens Synopsis Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from court by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted…
A Partial History of Lost Causes Synopsis In Jennifer duBois’s mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. In St. Petersburg, Russia, world chess champion Aleksandr Bezetov begins…
Due Preparations for the Plague Synopsis This electrifying novel chronicles the lives of two strangers connected by the tragic loss of parents in a hijacked Paris-New York flight. As an adult, Samantha, one of the children set free by the terrorists,…
Showdowns, Shootouts and Rivalries Synopsis Showdowns, Shootouts and Rivalries! Cool illustrations and amazing facts about some of the worlds greatest duels and confrontations. From David and Goliath to Blackbeard the Pirate, this title includes 13 illustrations from new and established illustrators…
Love in the Years of Lunacy by Mandy Sayer is a moving, tender and compelling story of forbidden love set amid the devastation of war. Love in the Years of Lunacy Synopsis Sydney, 1942. Pearl is eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She plays…
Socialpunk Synopsis Ima would give anything to escape The Dome and learn what’s beyond its barriers, but the Chicago government has kept all its citizens on lockdown ever since the Scorched Years left most of the world a desert wasteland. When…
The Curse of the Pharaohs is the second title in Elizabeth Peters’ bestselling Amelia Peabody Series. The Curse of the Pharaohs Synopsis The sun rides high over the British Empire and the light still sparkles brightly in Amelia Peabody’s eye…
Sink or Swim Synopsis Harry Gordon, sports hero and merchant banker, finds that despite his best efforts, a year after taking over the family steel business it is on the brink of collapse. Then he discovers that the seemingly random events…
