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

The Last Patriot Summary

The Last Patriot

by Brad Thor 2008 352 pages

To Build a Fire Summary

To Build a Fire

by Jack London 1902 32 pages

Sidecountry Summary

Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports

by John Branch 2021 368 pages

Enna Burning Summary

by Shannon Hale 2004 317 pages

All the Weyrs of Pern Summary

All the Weyrs of Pern

by Anne McCaffrey 1991 404 pages

Science Fiction

The Secret Knowledge of Water Summary

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs 2000 304 pages

A Spell for Chameleon Summary

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony 1977 344 pages

Science Fiction Fantasy

Enchanters' End Game Summary

Enchanters' End Game

by David Eddings 1984 384 pages

Black Order Summary

by James Rollins 2006 448 pages

Map of Bones Summary

by James Rollins 2005 523 pages

The Lieutenants Summary

The Lieutenants

by W.E.B. Griffin 1982 416 pages

Historical Fiction

Military Fiction

Star Wars Summary

Dawn of the Jedi - Into the Void

by Tim Lebbon 2013 263 pages

Science Fiction

Skeleton Key Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2002 327 pages

The Twenty-One Balloons Summary

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois 1947 180 pages

Sandstorm Summary

by James Rollins 2004 574 pages

Ice Station Summary

by Matthew Reilly 1998 513 pages

The Infernal City Summary

The Infernal City

by Greg Keyes 2009 288 pages

Robin Hood Summary

The Prince of Thieves

by Alexandre Dumas 1862 224 pages

Historical Fiction

Forsaken Summary

by Oliver Bowden 2012 464 pages

Historical Fiction

The Rogue Knight Summary

The Rogue Knight

by Brandon Mull 2014 480 pages

Shipwrecked! Summary

Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor

by Martin W. Sandler 2023 138 pages

A Life on the Edge Summary

A Life on the Edge

Memoirs of Everest and Beyond

by Jim Whittaker 1999 320 pages

Last Breath Summary

Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance

by Peter Stark 2001 320 pages

The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary

The Call of the Wild / White Fang

by Jack London 1906 292 pages

Under the Black Flag Summary

Under the Black Flag

The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

by David Cordingly 1995 296 pages

The Breach Summary

by Patrick Lee 2009 372 pages

Science Fiction

The Star Outside My Window Summary

The Star Outside My Window

by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019 306 pages

House Harkonnen Summary

House Harkonnen

by Brian Herbert 2000 752 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Icebound Land Summary

The Icebound Land

by John Flanagan 2005 266 pages

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe 1838 288 pages

The White Company Summary

The White Company

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1891 416 pages

Historical Fiction

The Bear and the Dragon Summary

The Bear and the Dragon

by Tom Clancy 2000 1137 pages

Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary

Shōgun, Volume 1

by James Clavell 1975 533 pages

Historical Fiction

The Hobbit Summary

by Chuck Dixon 1989 133 pages

The Harry Potter Collection 1-4 Summary

The Harry Potter Collection 1-4

by J.K. Rowling 1999 1500 pages

by Matthew Reilly 1999 523 pages

Get Rich or Get Lucky Summary

Get Rich or Get Lucky

by Max Nowaz 2019 276 pages

The Dragon Reborn Summary

The Dragon Reborn

by Robert Jordan 1991 624 pages

Unhooking the Moon Summary

Unhooking the Moon

by Gregory Hughes 2010 374 pages

Moby-Duck Summary

The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them

by Donovan Hohn 2011 416 pages

Star Wars Summary

by Michael A. Stackpole 1998 464 pages

Science Fiction

Fate Is the Hunter Summary

Fate Is the Hunter

by Ernest K. Gann 1961 416 pages

Mastiff Summary

by Tamora Pierce 2011 596 pages

The Dark Secret Summary

The Dark Secret

by Tui T. Sutherland 2013 336 pages

The Lake of Tears Summary

The Lake of Tears

by Emily Rodda 2000 144 pages

From the Earth to the Moon Summary

From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne 1865 136 pages

Science Fiction

The Cay Summary

by Theodore Taylor 1969 156 pages

Historical Fiction

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Summary

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

by Lewis Carroll 1871 228 pages

The Taken Summary

by Inbali Iserles 2015 252 pages

The Chase Summary

by Clive Cussler 2007 404 pages

Historical Fiction

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