Adventure & war
Sea stories, quests, survival and the literature of war.
New books in this genre
Landmark works
- 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
- 1719 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe · read free
- 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
- 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
- 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
- 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
- 1897 The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- 1885 King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
- 1963 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
- 1887 She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard · read free
- 1894 The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope · read free
- 2003 Warriors by Victoria Holmes
- 1955 The Quiet American by Graham Greene
- 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson
- 1872 A Dog of Flanders by Ouida
- 1914 The World Set Free by H. G. Wells · read free
- 1974 The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth
- 1719 The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe · read free
- 1994 Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
- 1893 Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard · read free
- 1889 Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard · read free
- 1924 Beau Geste by P. C. Wren
- 1943 Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton
- 1982 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
- 1947 Five on Kirrin Island Again by Enid Blyton
- 1942 Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
- Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
- 1902 The Four Feathers by Alfred Edward Woodley Mason · read free
Writers
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J. K. Rowling1965 · English author (born 1965) -
H. G. Wells1866–1946 · English writer (1866–1946) -
Alfred Tennyson1809–1892 · British Poet Laureate (1809–1892) -
Graham Greene1904–1991 · British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991) -
Enid Blyton1897–1968 · English author (1897–1968) -
John le Carré1931–2020 · British novelist and spy (1931–2020) -
H. Rider Haggard1856–1925 · English adventure novelist (1856–1925) -
Frederick Forsyth1938–2025 · English novelist (1938–2025) -
Rebecca West1892–1983 · British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983) -
Siegfried Sassoon1886–1967 · English war poet and writer (1886-1967) -
George Meredith1828–1909 · British novelist and poet (1828–1909) -
Richard Adams1920–2016 · English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down -
China Miéville1972 · English writer, critic, and activist (born 1972) -
Daniel Defoe1660–1731 · English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731) -
Ford Madox Ford1873–1939 · English writer and publisher (1873-1939) -
Richard Aldington1892–1962 · English writer and poet (1892–1962) -
Ben Elton1959 · British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director -
John Masefield1878–1967 · English poet and writer (1878–1967) -
Pat Barker1943 · British writer -
Michael Morpurgo1943 · British children's writer -
Erskine Childers1870–1922 · Irish nationalist and author (1870-1922) -
Ouida1839–1908 · British novelist (1839–1908) -
Sebastian Faulks1953 · British journalist and novelist -
William Hope Hodgson1877–1918 · British writer (1877–1918)
And 26 more
- Frederick Marryat (1792)
- Anthony Hope (1863)
- Richard K. Morgan (1965)
- Darren O'Shaughnessy (1972)
- Dan Abnett (1965)
- Kim Newman (1959)
- Helen Dunmore (1952)
- Malorie Blackman (1962)
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863)
- Nicholas Monsarrat (1910)
- Rose Macaulay (1881)
- Hall Caine (1853)
- Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865)
- David Jones (1895)
- P. C. Wren (1875)
- Aidan Chambers (1934)
- A. P. Herbert (1890)
- H. C. McNeile (1888)
- J. Meade Falkner (1858)
- Cicely Hamilton (1872)
- Michael Z. Williamson (1967)
- Peter Carter (1929)
- Anthony Horowitz (1955)
- Jonathan Stroud (1970)
- Louis de Bernières (1954)
- Victoria Holmes (1975)