Adventure genre books (306)


181.

Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
After winning India's biggest quiz show, Ram Mohammad Thomas is put in jail as authorities question how a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest.

182.

Smiley's People by John le Carre EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
A spy story that gives the final convulsive confrontation between George Smiley and his mortal enemy, Karla.

183.

Somewhere around the Corner by Jackie French EN

0 Ratings
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Just shut your eyes and picture yourself walking around the corner. that's what my friend told me. Somewhere around the corner and you'll be safe. the demonstration was wild, out of control. Barbara was scared. She saw the policeman running towards her. She needed to escape. She closed her eyes and did precisely that: she walked somewhere around the corner - to another demonstration - to another time. Barbara was lucky she meet young Jim who took her out of this strange, frightening city to his home. It was 1932, when Australia was in the grip of the depression, and Jim lived in a shantytown. ... continue

184.

Stardust by Neil Gaiman EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing, not even a fallen star, is what he imagined. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman comes a remarkable quest into the dark and miraculous—in pursuit of love and the utterly impossible.

185.

Sundiata : An Epic of Old Mali by Djibril Tamsir Niane EN

0 Ratings
Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
Description:
"The son of Sogolon, the hunchback princess, and Maghan, known as 'the handsome', Sundiata grew up to fulfil the prophesies of the soothsayers that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into one of the most powerful empires ever known in Africa, which at its peak stretched right across the savanna belt from the shores of the Atlantic to the dusty walls of Timbuktu." "Retold by generations of griots - the guardians of African culture - this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is an epic ta... continue


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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient mysteries, and one woman's quest to seize a final chance at glory... A pirate of infamy and one of the most storied and scandalous captains to sail the seven seas. Amina al-Sirafi has survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural. But when she's... continue

188.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
A feisty young boy fakes his own death to escape his abusive father and heads off down the Mississippi River with his newfound friend Jim, a runaway slave.

189.

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
"The Adventures of Pinocchio is a book by Carlo Collodi, first published in 1883. It tells the story of a poor carpenter named Geppetto who creates a marionette called Pinocchio. A full of mischief boy who gets into trouble the moment he is created, having adventures along the way. He meets lots of characters; one of which is a fairy, who eventually turns Pinocchio into a real boy after he saves her life."

190.

The Adventures of Tintin: Volume 1 by Hergé EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Three classic graphic novels in one deluxe hardcover edition: Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Blue Lotus.