People who love adventure also love to read adventure books. It’s the best way to feel the adrenaline in your veins dodging bullets, or jumping off a cliff, or racing downhill in a car chase, all the while in your bedroom.
Adventure books not only entertain us but also inspire us to live more happening lives, and so it is always a good idea to pick up some adventure books from the bookstore whenever you feel that there is a drag in your life.
To help you choose the best ones, here is a list of some great adventure books:
- Into The Ether – David Sherer
When Adrian Wren MD, takes the opportunity to use confidential patient information for his financial benefit, there is more at stake than he expects. An impulsive love affair, vengeance with an attorney, going underground, getting arrested, and finally becoming a part of a team whose motivations relate to a past crime that deeply affected the President of the USA; all of these rollercoaster events are packed in 280 pages of this novel available on amazon.com.
- Congo by Michael Crichton
This famous science fiction novel can be considered one of the classic adventure books from the ’80s. The story is set in Congo, where an expedition is in search of diamonds and investigating some mysterious deaths of the previous expedition members. When two of their missions converge into a revelation, the adventure becomes quite thrilling.
- Sahara: A Dirk Pitt Adventure – Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler is an adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His novels have frequented the New York Times best-seller list.
The novel Sahara is another instalment in the books featuring his character Dirk Pitt. The book is set in Egypt, where a scientist investigates a disease-causing madness and cannibalism in Africa. Dirk Pitt is on the mission to save the scientist whose life is on the line.
- Sharpe’s Tiger – Bernard Cornwell
An exciting read from the ’90s, this novel is a prequel to the story of private Richard Sharpe. The lead character has to escape the inescapable prison of the Tippoo of Mysore and then save the British Army from a cruel showdown. It would require more than some wit, courage, and luck just to make it out alive.
- Jaws – Peter Benchley
This thrilling novel of the deadliest shark imaginable deserves to be on the list. The quest to hunt the great white shark got so much attention that Steven Spielberg adapted it into a movie.
- Life of Pi – Yann Martel
Piscine Patel, aka Pi, tells the most unbelievable story of living on a boat for more than 200 days with four animals that could barely live with each other for a few minutes.
The story unveils possibilities of unlikely friendships and how humans can display courage when the times call for it.
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
This mind-boggling piece of adventure is likely to stick to your brain weeks after you have finished the book. The novel takes the reader into the body of Arthur Dent, who is taken from the demolished planet into the galaxy for hitchhiking. The characters he meets along the way are queerer than you can think, but each has something special for Arthur and the reader.
- The Martian – Andy Weir
The futuristic story of a botanist stuck on the surface of Mars after a storm is one of the stories that went abuzz all over the media. While businessmen may be looking to find real estate opportunities on Mars, the author has presented a different view of the planet.
- The Right Stuff – Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was a renowned journalist and author who turned the spotlight from the space missions to the lives of the astronauts. This book reveals many insights about how astronauts lived on the moon and back on Earth in space.
- The Call of the Wild – Jack London
Over a hundred years old, the story of Buck the dog is still fresh. It is an exciting read about the strong sled dogs in demand and how that resulted in Buck’s life-changing when he is stolen and sold away to traders.
- Watership Down – Richard Adams
Watership Down is a story of some rabbits in England. The story is famous for its point of view from the rabbits’ side, viewing humans as interfering and destructive, causing harm to their homes for their irrational benefits.
