Adventure Books
Swashbuckling adventure — lost worlds, treasure hunts, duels and expeditions. Our list leans toward classic adventure that inspired steampunk, much of it free to read.
This list collects 2,892 books tagged Adventure by 1,454 authors, published between 1488 and 2025. 1,277 are free to read and 675 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
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From Wikipedia
Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas
- FREE🎧
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling
- 🎧
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
- FREE🎧
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
- FREE🎧
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
- FREE
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
- FREE🎧
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
- FREE🎧
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
- FREE🎧
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
- FREE🎧
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, II
Alexandre Dumas
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan
- FREE🎧
The Sign of Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
Les trois Mousquetaires
Alexandre Dumas
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
- FREE🎧
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Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories]
Arthur Conan Doyle
- FREE🎧
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin
- FREE🎧
Five Children and It
Edith Nesbit
- FREE🎧
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
Shatter Me Complete Collection
Tahereh Mafi
- 🎧
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin
The Mark of Athena
Rick Riordan
The Gunslinger
Stephen King
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man)
Stephen King
The Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis
House of Hades
Rick Riordan
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
- FREE🎧
A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Rick Riordan
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
Top Adventure authors
- H. Rider Haggard54 books
- Edgar Rice Burroughs50 books
- Jules Verne48 books
- Jack London31 books
- G. A. Henty69 books
- Mark Twain60 books
- Elisabetta Dami70 books
- Burt L. Standish21 books
- Arthur Conan Doyle88 books
- Stanley R. Matthews17 books
- Luis Senarens18 books
- Harry Castlemon17 books
- Rick Riordan38 books
- Daniel Defoe24 books
- James Oliver Curwood15 books
- Herbert Strang15 books
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Frequently asked questions
What are the most popular Adventure books?
By reader shelving on Open Library and downloads, the most popular include Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), A Game of Thrones (1996), A Court of Mist and Fury (2014), Dracula (1897) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998).
Are there free Adventure books?
Yes — 1277 adventure titles are in the public domain and free to read, including Dracula (1897), Treasure Island (1880) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1899).