2015 Book Challenge discussion

Discuss your ideas, suggestions or current reads for the "Action/Adventure" category here!

Are thrillers considered part of this group?

Sarah -

I would say that just depends on the nature of the book so just use your best judgement. Say if you're reading a political thriller, I would consider that action/adventure. Or maybe a Dan Brown book?

Hope this helps a bit! Happy reading!

Aimee

OK thx! :-)

Wilbur Smith is a good adventure author.

I am struggling to find a book for this category. Does anyone have recommendations or a link to a list that could be used? TIA.

Natasha wrote: "I am struggling to find a book for this category. Does anyone have recommendations or a link to a list that could be used? TIA."

I don't know what to read for this one either, but I found this list called 'Better Than Blockbusters: 14 Action-Packed Books for Summer'. Not all seem action/adventure to me, but there are some interesting ones.

http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2014/06/16/b...

And here are Amazon's bestsellers in this category:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Bo...

Hope you find something you like!

Thanks for the lists, Esther!

Thanks for the lists. The first list is questionable as you said, I would not for example include JoJo Moyes as an action writer. It does confirm that this a stretch category for me as I do not recognize many of the titles.

I just finished A Dark Lure and I think A Dark Lure fits this category. Its definitely a page turner and the title is very apt.

For action/adventure I finished the First Law trilogy. The third book was Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie. Really great epic fantasy tale.

I ended up reading The Lightning Thief for this. I've been meaning to read the series and realized it actually fits this category. It was definitely action/adventure non-stop and funnier than I expected.