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

Akarnae Summary

by Lynette Noni 2015 436 pages

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne 1869 269 pages

Science Fiction

The Gunslinger Summary

by Stephen King 1982 231 pages

Science Fiction

The Bourne Ultimatum Summary

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Robert Ludlum 1990 725 pages

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes Summary

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

by Rick Riordan 2015 404 pages

The Lost City of Z Summary

The Lost City of Z

A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by David Grann 2009 339 pages

Ship of Destiny Summary

Ship of Destiny

by Robin Hobb 2000 789 pages

Last Argument of Kings Summary

Last Argument of Kings

by Joe Abercrombie 2008 536 pages

On the Road Summary

by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages

Wizard and Glass Summary

Wizard and Glass

by Stephen King 1997 845 pages

Science Fiction

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Summary

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein 2013 304 pages

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages

Gulliver’s Travels Summary

Gulliver’s Travels

by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages

Woodsong Paperback Book by Gary Paulsen Summary

Woodsong Paperback Book by Gary Paulsen

by Gary Paulsen 1990 144 pages

Before They Are Hanged Summary

Before They Are Hanged

by Joe Abercrombie 2007 441 pages

The Shadow Rising Summary

The Shadow Rising

by Robert Jordan 1992 1007 pages

Ready Player Two Summary

Ready Player Two

by Ernest Cline 2020 370 pages

Science Fiction

The Scarlet Pimpernel Summary

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Emmuska Orczy 1905 182 pages

Historical Fiction

The Knife of Never Letting Go Summary

The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness 2008 479 pages

Science Fiction

Daughter of the Pirate King Summary

Daughter of the Pirate King

by Tricia Levenseller 2017 308 pages

Lord Jim Summary

by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages

Vagabonding Summary

An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts 2002 205 pages

The Return of the King Summary

The Return of the King

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1955 404 pages

Inheritance Summary

by Christopher Paolini 2011 849 pages

Miracle in the Andes Summary

Miracle in the Andes

by Nando Parrado 2006 304 pages

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission Summary

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission

by Thea Stilton 2013 176 pages

The Miserable Mill Summary

The Miserable Mill

by Lemony Snicket 2000 194 pages

Pawn of Prophecy Summary

Pawn of Prophecy

by David Eddings 1982 304 pages

The Hidden School Summary

The Hidden School

Return of the Peaceful Warrior

by Dan Millman 2017 304 pages

The Celestine Vision Summary

The Celestine Vision

Living the New Spiritual Awareness

by James Redfield 1997 288 pages

Natural Born Heroes Summary

Natural Born Heroes

How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

by Christopher McDougall 2013 337 pages

The Blacktongue Thief Summary

The Blacktongue Thief

by Christopher Buehlman 2021 416 pages

A Darker Shade of Magic Summary

A Darker Shade of Magic

by Victoria E. Schwab 2015 400 pages

Fool's Errand Summary

by Robin Hobb 2001 661 pages

Left for Dead Summary

My Journey Home from Everest

by Beck Weathers 2000 352 pages

Elephant Run Summary

by Roland Smith 2007 318 pages

Historical Fiction

The Ice Monster Summary

The Ice Monster

by David Walliams 2018 496 pages

The Silver Chair Summary

The Silver Chair

by C.S. Lewis 1953 243 pages

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain 1884 327 pages

Historical Fiction

A Walk in the Park Summary

A Walk in the Park

The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

by Kevin Fedarko 2024 488 pages

Walden on Wheels Summary

Walden on Wheels

On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom

by Ken Ilgunas 2013 297 pages

The Two Towers Summary

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 322 pages

Tower Lord Summary

by Anthony Ryan 2014 608 pages

Shibumi Summary

by Trevanian 1979 472 pages

The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset Summary

The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset

by Suzanne Collins 2010 1155 pages

The Drawing of the Three Summary

The Drawing of the Three

by Stephen King 1987 463 pages

Science Fiction

The Mad Ship Summary

by Robin Hobb 1999 906 pages

Papillon Summary

by Henri Charrière 1969 544 pages

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

Rise of the Wolf Summary

Rise of the Wolf

by Curtis Jobling 2011 432 pages

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