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.
Part satire, part revenge tale, part wilderness adventure — with a heavy dash of noir espionage — This Is How It Really Sounds explores the seductive power of the Other Life, and what happens when you finally grasp it. This…
Today we welcome Peter d’Plesse, Aussie author of Fire Eye to Booklover Book Reviews. Fire Eye Synopsis: ADVENTURE TURNED NIGHTMARE. How did Alexander Dulaine’s search for a lost aircraft become a life and death struggle in the unforgiving Australian landscape? Alexander…
The Void Synopsis : 2403 AD It would be easier to kill him than to trust him. Transporting a serial killer might seem like a simple job for CCF Homicide Investigator Kyle Tanner. After spending years apprehending murderers, he’s ready to hang…
Review Summary: The world-wise, snappy dialogue in Malla Nunn’s Present Darkness, no holes barred action and uncensored brutality places it squarely in the category of ‘page-turner’. Present Darkness Synopsis: Five days before Christmas, Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper sits at his desk at…
Today we welcome Alan Carter, Aussie author of Bad Seed to Booklover Book Reviews. When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes his…
Today we welcome Robert Edeson, Aussie author of The Weaver Fish to Booklover Book Reviews. Cambridge linguist Edvard Tossentern, presumed dead, reappears after a balloon crash. When he staggers in from a remote swamp, gravely ill and swollen beyond recognition, his…
The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner by Mark David Green is a warm-hearted rom-com that would both male and female audiences will enjoy. Read my review. The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner Synopsis Harry Straight doesn’t want any complications in…
The Great Zoo of China Synopsis : ‘Now, I know what you are thinking,’ Hu Tang paused. ‘You are thinking that there are hundreds of zoos, why does the world need another one? Indeed, what can China do with a zoo that…
Whip Smart, Lola Montez Starts a Revolution Synopsis : A wild and sexy romp through history based on the real-life adventures of the audacious, Lola Montez. In her most flamboyant adventure yet, Lola Montez gallops to Bavaria and on an outrageous dare, seduces…
Wolf Haas’s Brenner and God, a humorous hard-boiled translated crime novel, features one of the most engaging narrative voices I have come across. Read on for our full review. Brenner and God Synopsis Simon Brenner is an ex-detective who’s now…
Read the book that started the Piers Alexander’s “Calumny’s Republic” trilogy, The Bitter Trade, before Scatterwood (Book 2) is released. The Bitter Trade Book Synopsis I am Calumny Spinks. Between me and the satin blue sky hangs the hempen noose. It has…
House of Ashes Synopsis : The City of Silk is seething. The corrupt government has been ruling over the people too long and the city is becoming restless. Then one hot evening The Leader, a head of a group of rebels, gathers…
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas) is a kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman’s life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival. Read our full review. The Bone Clocks Book Synopsis: Longlisted for the Man Booker…
Today we welcome Kit Brennan, author of the recently released novel Whip Smart: Lola Montez Starts a Revolution to Booklover Book Reviews. A wild and sexy romp through history based on the real-life adventures of the audacious, Lola Montez. In her most flamboyant adventure…
Making Soapies in Kabul Synopsis : Hot days, crazy nights and dangerous liasons in a war zone On an impulse, Trudi-Ann Tierney, Sydney producer and former actress, goes to Kabul to manage a bar. She quickly falls into the local TV industry,…
Melissa Delport’s The Legacy contains the quintessential elements of hard-to-put-down dystopian fiction – good and evil, love and passion, right and wrong, plus sacrifice (and lots of it). The Legacy Synopsis One man obsessed with power. One woman prepared to sacrifice everything…
