Portal:Adventure
Adventure fiction is a genre of that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. Adventure stories almost always move quickly, and the pace of the plot is at least as important as characterization, setting and other elements of a creative work.
The works here are sorted by setting or theme.
Desert adventure
[edit]Afghanistan
[edit]- The Country of the Knife
- The Daughter of Erlik Khan
- The Lost Valley of Iskander
- Hawk of the Hills
- Son of the White Wolf
Extraordinary journeys
[edit]Historical adventure
[edit]- The Blood of Belshazzar
- Hawks of Outremer
- Scaramouche
- Red Blades of Black Cathay
- The Shadow of the Vulture
- The Lion of Tiberias
- Blood of the Gods
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Gates of Empire
- The Sowers of Thunder
- The Saga of Eric Brighteyes
Swashbuckling
[edit]Jungle adventure
[edit]- The Beasts of Tarzan
- The Return of Tarzan
- Tarzan and the Ant Men
- Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
- Tarzan of the Apes
- The Son of Tarzan
Sea adventure
[edit]- 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas
- Captains Courageous, 1897 by Rudyard Kipling
- Mr. Midshipman Easy
- A Floating City
- The Three Cutters
Pirates
[edit]See also: Portal:Pirates
- Captain Blood
- The Sea-Hawk
- Black Vulmea's Vengeance
- The Isle of Pirate's Doom
- Treasure Island
- Treasure Island (1911)
- The Pirate (Marryat)
- Swords of the Red Brotherhood
- The Privateersman, or One Hundred Years Ago
Science fiction adventure
[edit]See also: Portal:Science fiction
Lost World
[edit]- King Solomon's Mines
- Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
- Out of Time's Abyss
- The People That Time Forgot
- Journey into the Interior of the Earth
- At the Earth's Core
- The Return of Tarzan
- The Lost Continent
Edisonade
[edit]Planetary romance
[edit]Spy adventure
[edit]See also: Portal:Thriller
War adventure
[edit]Collections
[edit]Verse
[edit]Unsorted
[edit]- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Allan and the Holy Flower
- Allan Quatermain
- Allan's Wife
- The Cave Girl
- The Efficiency Expert
- The Geebung Polo Club
- The Mission
- The Mucker
- The Oakdale Affair
- Oonomoo the Huron
- The Prisoner of Zenda, 1894 by Anthony Hope Hawkins
- The Return of the Mucker
- Up The Country
- The Wizard
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Adventure fiction at WorldCat