Adventure Books

The Mysterious Island

Author:Jules Verne Category:Adventure Published: 01/01/1874  Language: English  File Size: 3.3 MB  Tags:Adventure | Classics | Fantasy | Fiction | France | Literature | novel | Science fiction |  Description: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, explores the  theme of the relation between humans and natural resources. It follows the adventures of a group of castaways who use their survivalist savvy to build a functional community on an uncharted island. A hot-air balloon carrying five passengers and a dog escapes from Richmond, […]

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

 Author:Becky Chambers Category:Adventure Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Published: 29/07/2014  Language: English  File Size: 2.4 MB  Tags:Adventure | Fantasy | Fiction | Science fiction | Space | Space Opera |  Description: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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The Little Prince

Author:Antoine de Saint Exupéry Category:Adventure Publisher:Paperback Published: 06/04/1943  Language: English  File Size: 1.1 MB  Tags:Children’s literature | Classics | Fantasy | Fiction | France | French Literature | Philosophy |  Description: The Little Prince is an honest and beautiful story about loneliness, friendship, sadness, and love. The prince is a small boy from a tiny planet (an asteroid to be precise), who travels the universe, planet-to-planet, seeking wisdom. On his journey, he discovers the unpredictable nature of adults.

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The Call of the Wild

 Author:Jack London Category:Adventure Published: 01/01/1903  Language: English  File Size: 932 KB  Tags:Adventure | Children’s literature | Classics | Fiction | novel | School |  Description: The Call of the Wild by Jack London, the story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he

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The Alchemist

Author:Paulo Coelho Category:Adventure Published: 01/01/1988  Language: English  File Size: 296 KB  Tags:Adventure | Classics | drama | Fantasy | Fiction | Novels | self help | Spirituality | Description: An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. He is both a simple sheep herder and an ambitious explorer. He follows his dreams, literally, a well as “signs” from his environment.

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The Adventures of Pinocchio

 Author:Carlo Collodi Category:Adventure Published: 01/02/1883  File Size: 680 KB  Tags:19th Century | Adventure | Children’s literature | Classics | fairy tale | Fantasy | Fiction | folktale | Italy | Literature |  Description: A poor man named Geppetto wants to carve himself a marionette in order to make a living as a puppeteer. He is given a piece of enchanted wood, and as soon as Geppetto carves the puppet, which he names Pinocchio, it begins abusing the old man.

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Tarzan of the Apes

 Author:E R Burroughs Category:Adventure Publisher:Book-of-the-Month Club Published: 01/01/1995  Language: English  File Size: 1.6 MB  Tags:Adventure | animal | Classics | Fantasy | Fiction | novel | Romance | Science fiction | Travel |

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Life of Pi

Author:Yann Martel Category:Adventure Published: 11/09/2001  Language: English  File Size: 1.1 MB  Tags:Adventure | Classics | Fantasy | Fiction | Literature | novel | Philosophy |

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