20 Best Adventure Book Series For Adults (2022 Updated)

So far really nice stories, easy to read and good length per chapter but not too long. There a lots of themes which help my little one question his understanding of the world and social situations and how these can differ in different environments.

Really nice stories that keep him interested and want to read more.

Our children love being outdoors and are always encouraged to make new adventures either with or without us. These books have helped to build on what knowledge we have already shared with them but also to develop their own ideas on adventures.

We are enjoying reading the books – they are an easy bedtime read.

Love these Robyn Carr /Virgin River series. Now on my 6 book. Reading them in order as they are wrote. After watching 2 seasons of Virgin River on Netflix these books are so easy to follow. Very good read.

The newest Virgin River book by Robyn Carr puts our heroine, Shelby MacIntyre, in quite a dilemma. She has her dream man who is clean shaven, respectable and well educated, but she longs for Luke Riordan, a Blackhawk pilot who has been in four wars and is as jaded as they come.

He hates commitments and prefers one night stands, so the last thing he expects is to be drawn to Shelby. Luke knows they are complete opposites and shouldn’t have a chance together, but they are in Virgin River! I love the way the people in the town show them the way to finding love and how unexpected things can happen when they are worth fighting for.

This is Robyn’s second book in the Virgin River series and is just as charming and sexy as the first.

Loved it The book is in wonderful conditions And the story is so good, I was in Virgin River as I read. True Robyn Carr style!

These adventures are great on their own as one (or two-ish) shots, but also make excellent filler in a campaign when the DM needs a few sessions to let their batteries recharge. I very much appreciated the inclusiveness present in a lot of these adventures; it is good to see D&D stretch itself and become more welcoming for diverse sets of players.

Of course, some people have seen this as the biggest negative of these adventures. To them, I say that you can still have fun with these adventures, just modify them to better fit your idea of what fantasy can be.

Candlekeep Mysteries has fantastic modular adventures that you can run as minis, one-shots, fold into your own homebrew campaign world or even turn into a campaign of its own! It ha story hooks, suggestions for level scaling and plenty of variation for you to choose what best suits your players.

This is definitely a D&D book for a Dungeon Master, as it is ultimately a campaign book (of sorts) rather than a source book. However, if you’re a D&D player wanting a gift for your DM, or you’re keen to try one of these adventures at your table, this is a great book to treat your DM to!.

The adventures we have tried are all great. There’s something for every niche, from horror to romp. They’re easy to adjust for character level, as long as it’s not too far. It’s been easy to insert them as a short session or two in our ongoing campaign, especially since one character is from Candlekeep.

It really should be called CandleDeep.

This book for me was a solid 5 stars, this story is much more then just a young girl looking for her brother. I really enjoyed my time reading this book, wonderful story line with a big impact. I loved the world that B.

B Alston brought to life, I could clearly see myself there in the pages. I loved the magic system and the modern take on the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs it gave me Harry Potter mixed with Men in black vibes.

I think that B. B Alston has done a fantastic job of adding real world issues into a middle Gard book, touching on school bullying, self confidence, low income households, even bringing light to young children of low socioeconomic status and the impact this can have on there choices in life and even schooling opportunity.

Over all I think this book was amazing from start to finish, definitely looking forward to reading more of Amari and her adventures.

My daughter read all of the nevermore series and then we found Amari and the night brothers. Evelyn said they are similar in a lot of ways but Amari is just a extra special character. My daughter says ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! I couldn’t not get her to put this book down and her excitement over the characters was infectious.

We are all taking turns with the book now!!.

My 10 year old daughter loved this book. She said it had similar themes with Harry Potter. She liked that the main character was a female and appreciated the challenges she overcame in her journey.

This book contains some of the best Stephen King novella’s, 3 of which have been made into films (The Shawshank Redemption / Stand By Me / Apt Pupil). I love the film adaptation The Shawshank Redemption but the written story is far more potent with interesting characters that you really get a feel for.

The same with The Body (Stand By Me), although watching Stand By Me feels like a magic elixir and will always make me smile on the greyest of days. Anyway, less of me yabbering and just pick up the book – you won’t be disappointed.

I paid $17 for what appears to be a pocket paperback cut out of it’s bindings and put into a cheap hardback binding with a xeroxed copy of the paperback’s cover. Not exactly what I was looking to get out of a hardback listed for that much.

Especially from what is probably my favorite collection from one of my favorite authors.

Iconic stories that have ingrained themselves in the fabric of America’s consciousness. I highly recommend this read!

A gift for our son. He has read ALL of the books in the series and can’t seem to put the books down. He loves the series. This was the last book he needed and wanted it to finish his set. Glad I bought it as he finally is back to reading and doesn’t put them down till finished and then goes on to the next.

Seems like a very good buy on my part.

If you enjoyed play any of the witcher games, and maybe looking forward to the netflix show about the witcher and enjoy to read, I recommend this and all 7 others in Andrzej Sapkowski’s books on Geraltof Rivia, the white wolf.

I enjoy reading before watching.

My son is in the army and we both love the witcher series. We are reading these in order together, 1000 miles apart. It was great that BAM had all the books, it has been a challenge

Why were these books even produced. ! Shocked at the explicitly violent storylines & menacing illustrations. Very poorly written & should never be available to children of any ages. Not the fantastic choose your own adventure books I grew up with.

I loved reading these as a child so I shared them with my own kids. These days games and apps have taken over and it’s hard to get kids to read. Why not try a choose your own adventure book? The story’s ending is yours to decide as you encounter plot twists.

Be part of your story! A bit pricey, but hey. If I can spark s child’s love for reading, that’s priceless.

Purchased for my 7 year old nephew. My brother is having a great time reading the series with his son. I loved reading these at school and enjoyed flipping through the books again. Cool bananas!

This book series has been an absolute favorite of mine for years and years. It is so well written! I just love Suzanne Collins as an author. I think I got the first book when I was around 11 or 12 and ever since then, I reread this series every couple of years! The characters are so incredibly written and the whole subject of the series is so creative.

I would recommend this book to anyone of any age. There are definitely some themes in this series, such as death and war, that might not be suitable for young children. Truly amazing book series, though!.

Given the (mild) violence and creepy villains, it might not be the best choice for sensitive readers, but if you (or your child) enjoy vivid battles with giant bugs and rats, this is sure to please. High stakes and a likeable protagonist make it a page-turner.

I bought this book to start the entire Overland series, as I really like the author. The book is pretty good so far, and I am enjoying it overall. I am excited to purchase and read the following books within the series.

I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.

A must read for and fans of the games or show. I found it a little hard to follow at first because it keeps jumping from one adventure to the next. However, it is full of character development, action, adventure, and magic.

Would highly recommend for any fans of fantasy books.

Having read The Last Wish I was hooked on the series. I find both it and The Sword of Destiny to be really good stories in fact almost as good as Katharine Kerr. and that’s saying a lot. Both of these books are short stories to introduce The Witcher and they do.

as the build up towards the end of S. O D. leads one right into The Blood of Elves. I have only read 111 pages of The Blood of Elves so far Both books contain all the usual good guys and bad guys and of course the monsters, even a Golden Dragon and the humour is really good sometimes subtle sometimes right at you.

In fact I have just ordered the next three titles. That’s how much I think of them.

I lover the short story set-up, and how it comes together as one cohesive tale. It definitely sets up an enjoyable way to get to know characters without a bunch of “intermission” during the main series which I appreciate.

Keeps it fluid. I was genuinely surprised at how well the stories translate into the English language. You can’t even tell that they were once Polish. Overall these books are re-readable and very enjoyable to anyone who is looking for a high fantasy with a mature themes and tone.

Enjoyed the suspense. Easy to read. I have read and enjoyed every Clive Cussler book and am looking forward to the next release coming up soon.

Never ending action which is a trademark of Clive Cussler books. This one does not dissappoint! Fun, and adventurous, and easy read.

Excellent author – these books are of great quality, highly recommend to readers who don’t want to think too much.

The Expanse serial for television is the BEST science fiction series I have ever seen. It is realistic, and based on known scientific principles. It also introduces new essential pseudo-science that is necessary for us as a species to be able to explore our solar system realistically.

It ticks all the boxes necessary for me to believe and to be fascinated by the plot and the characters. It’s your perfect realistic Sci-Fi drama future tale. It has realistic heroes and villains. It contains characters with realistic flaws and we see them develop and grow alongside an enthralling, evolving story line that details the evolution of our expansion of this planet into space.

It’s exactly what I expect our human evolution to be like in the future. While I’m waiting for series 4 to come out on DVD, the books are my only refuge in the meantime. The books give the series another dimension.

Full marks for both the series and the books. If you are into Sci-Fi you can’t miss this phenomenon.

The SyFi series alerted me to these stories. The books are worth reading even if you already watched the show. The story is well fleshed out and developed. The writing flows well. I love the characters even more in the book (if that’s even possible).

On an odd note, I like the size and print of the books as well. The don’t feel like a cheap, quick print; thrown together to meet demand. Even though they are paperback. I also like the dimensions of the book (strange, I know).

Not to small, not too large, makes it comfortable to sit and read.

It was a Christmas present for my son. I bought the boxed set which was a great buy because I got a three book set for less than if I bought them individually. I also bought him 3 more books individually that also belonged to the set.

He was very excited and impressed with the books that I bought him from Target. I found his wish list for these books on another website and they were less expensive when I purchased them from Target.

I bought this gift set of books after I had bought one book from the series for my grand daughter. She loved the first one and requested the beginning books of the series. She has such glowing reports of the books that I have asked her to pass them onto me when she is finished.

It is wonderful that the material is so exciting, it keeps her busy reading and wanting more. I highly recommend these books for the pre-teen set or even older.

This book box set was bought for my 11 year old grandson’s birthday and he absolutely loves it and has devoured it – he already asked for the next books in the same series for Christmas. His younger sister is now reading and loving them and I have recommended them to a number of grandmother friends who also bought them so very happy with these books.

I have read the entire series and am catching up on some of her latest books, but I wanted to recommend these books to anyone who loves cats, or talking animal books or Erin hunter. These are a middle school reading level but I LOVE this series.

I started it in third grade and have been hooked ever since. These would be a great nightly read.

Wow!!!!! The first book left me speechless, can’t wait to finish the trilogy. N. K. Jemisin can WRITE. This would make a good gift for anyone who is into post-apocalyptic/alternate societies. If you liked Hunger Games as a teen, you’d probably like this as an adult.

Be warned it gets SUPER dark. But there’s enough light to balance it out. And the price is amazing for all three books.

The books were in great condition, I was surprised to receive the organizing box (unfortunately not in great shape but holding on!). Still great purchase, I am very pleased!

Well packed, MARVELOUS content, beautiful cover artwork. NK Jemisin’s worldbuilding is powerful and relevant in all the best way.

Overall, Waterdeep Dragon Heist is an excellent module for creating a nuanced setting, and an interesting quest line. It does require an experienced DM however, as there’s a vast number of things to consider when running the opening arc, let alone the branching possibilities as the story goes on.

Lost Mines of Phandelver is far easier to DM, whereas Dragon Heist offers far more rich complexity for storytellers and players. There are also a few minor printing errors, largely due to a few misalignments with ink for some titles and maps.

It’s minor, however, and only on a few pages. Either way, it’s a great springboard for Fifth Edition, and good for intermediate players.

Great book IMO. People like different adventures for different reasons or sometimes feel one is better than the other but call me a sucker for adventure and intrigue no matter the journey or outcome.

I won’t reveal any spoilers, play the adventure and have some fun, you deserve it.

A visually amazing book, an awesome adventure, lets you feel the life of city. A good starting adventure for 1st to 5th level characters

Since his first appearance in Beetons Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyles classic hero – a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmess adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world.

This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmess famous seven percent solution and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked – room mystery.

Also included are Holmess feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling The Adventure of the Speckled Band, the baffling riddle of The Musgrave Ritual, and the ingeniously plotted The Five Orange Pips, tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

A study in scarlet — The sign of four — Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A scandal in Bohemia; The red-headed league; A case of identity; The Boscombe Valley mystery; The five orange pips; The man with the twisted lip; The adventure of the blue carbuncle; The adventure of the speckled band; The adventure of the engineer’s thumb; The adventure of the noble bachelor; The adventure of the beryl coronet; The adventure of the copper beeches; Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Silver blaze; The yellow face; The stock-broker’s clerk; The “Gloria Scott”; The musgrave ritual; The Reigate puzzle; The crooked man; The resident patient; The greek interpreter; The naval treaty; The final problem; The return of Sherlock Holmes: The adventure of the empty house; The adventure of the Norwood builder; The adventure of the dancing men; The adventure of the solitary cyclist; The adventure of the priory school; The adventure of Black Peter; The adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton; The adventure of the six Napoleons; The adventure of the three students; The adventure of the golden pince-nez; The adventure of the missing three-quarter; The adventure of the abbey grange; The adventure of the second stain.

Great writing! Keeps your interest from start to finish. Each story is unique and keeps you guessing until the master detective reveals all the answers. Highly recommend Sherlock Holmes and his creator Conan Doyle.

My daughter wanted an A. C. Doyle collection, and Bantam books are just the right physical size for bedside, purses, and bookbags. Of course, Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street has been made into movies, and translated to many languages.

my review of the work is really superfluous, I think.

My wife and I really enjoy reading Clive Cussler and Issac Bell. Tons of adventure and many twist along the way.

If you like to go back 100 years then the book is for you. With all his different co-writers you never know what you get. I would suggest to read the first 50 pages before you buy it. That’s the first book I did not finish reading.

I love Clive Cussler and will buy his books. But not this series.

This is a fast moving novel which maintains the high quality expected of Cusslers ” Isaac Bell adventures.”

When I finished Fablehaven, it was a little left feelings that need to complete the story of kendra and Seth. Finally new episode came out so I was very excited to read. The author always write well but Fablehaven was a little too much information and slows down to read but this one improved the speed and grabbed me so well.

I finished reading within 2 days and reread again. Now I have to wait for the sequels. Great book for young ready 9-13 if they love fantasy action. I recommended to read Fablehaven first.

I love the Fablehaven books, and was so excited when I learned of this new series. It definitely reads as a straight sequel, except that it presents the main characters, Kendra and Seth, with a new category of challenges.

I am an adult who loves kids’ books, and I’m a librarian. I especially love these books because they appeal so well to boys and to girls (I hate the concept of “boy” or “girl” books!) and the siblings both get to be heroes.

Only complaint is like other person mentioned, the small continuity error. Not at all a big deal though. Definitely worth buying.

My gaming group currently consists of my roommate, my fiancee and our 10 year old. My roommate is along for the ride and will play whatever I throw at him but my fiancee and 10 year old were clearly getting bored with chasing bandits in The Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure.

LMoP had the downfall of not drawing you in with teases to the greater storyline. It starts with a goblin ambush and a frontier town plagued with bandits. Though I loved the idea of a sort of Old West type town in D&D, my girls were not so enthralled.

So I bought this. My fiancee loves horror and the kid loves vampires. I chose the first adventure hook offered in the book, having them enter a tavern in Phandalin, the town of LMoP, as a light mist drifts into the night air.

Whilst in the tavern, I ran the adventure hook and when they exited later, the mist was now a thick fog, the town of Phandalin was gone and as soon as the tavern door was closed behind them it disappeared as well.

They three were now alone on a road in the middle of the forest with a single dilapidated sign pointing West labeled Barovia. From this moment, they were hooked. Anything beyond that would be spoilers so I will just say I have scared them multiple times and we are only just in the town of Barovia, at the beginning of the book, and they are LOVING it! This adventure is so apart from any other I have read or run and has a lot of amazing moments.

The writing is superb and it ACTUALLY approaches the entire adventure as if the DM were running D&D for the first time, which I like. A plethora of useful tips, hints and information is provided here the level of which is rarely found in other published adventures.

I am thoroughly impressed and cant wait to see how my group’s story unfolds.

Best Adventure for 5E and Tabletop. Very RP heavy, there is combat(DEADLY COMBAT), in the extreme. Compared to the other adventures this one has a lot of talking and declensions you have to make compared to combat.

This is a big sandbox, so your characters could be going into a level 99 area at level 7 if you know what I mean (TPK). Its an amazing world, a demiplane, to play in and become a hero. You could also try Princess Mode or Diplomacy mode, and actually try to help the antogonist, sad story, very interesting twist.

The amount of supplemental material the online community has made for this is AMAZING. Lots of extra bits you can add to this adventure.

Great story, artwork, updated so much from the previous 2 originals which I admire as well being a Ravenloft devotee. Very nice hard cover, lot of new details, maps, characters and role playing options.

Even thou I myself stay with my crew in 2nd edition rules for most of the time, this advanture can be well played in other worlds and with various other rules which makes it an excellent piece of work for everyone.

Keep up with the great work! Long live Ravenloft!!! Kastelfranko.

I liked it, I found the idea and world this book created interesting, proceed to purchase the next two once I was finished. There was only a couple of problems for me reading this, one was it felt like the main female protagonist rambles on a bit too much when describing everything, I admit to skimming some parts because of this.

Secondly, which is a major pet hate for me, there is this almost whiny helpless quality some teenage female characters take on that is hard to tolerate. Some authors in the young adult genre seem to end up writing them like this when trying to portray who knows what trait, but for me having been a female teenager not that long ago with teenage friends, I am hard pressed to find any who act like this.

It just annoys me especially when it is almost the whole book until all of a sudden in the last 6 pages they have learnt a lesson. Luckily though it annoyed me about halfway through with this book it wasn’t enough to put me off.

I am hoping come the second book the main character has grown. I would still recommend this book, not everyone would be annoyed by the same attitudes as me, it has a really interesting world and the society structure was clever.

This is my absolute favorite book trilogy. These books had me hooked from the start. Kf you enjoy action and romance, these books are definitely for you. I have heard these is a movie about these books, but i have yet to find it.

I just hope its near as good as these books were.

This one was fairly predictable. I found it entertaining and enjoyed the development of the main character. Overall, it isn’t my favorite but it was worth the read. The story kept me engaged and enticed enough to purchase the last two books in the trilogy.

If you are looking for an easy read that will keep you entertained, this one fits the bill.

The beginning of a new trilogy by Nora Roberts always makes me happy! Being the first book in the trilogy, background has to be set so the motivations later in the novel make sense. In that respect, the book dragged a bit at first, but as Breen made her way to Ireland with Marco, then on to Talamh alone, the book picked up and the magic that is Nora Roberts took over.

Very enjoyable book, just right for a day long sit in front of the fireplace or wherever your cozy reading place is, to do nothing but immerse yourself in the story.

I’ve always loved Nora Roberts, and found myself engrossed by her Chronicles of the One trilogy, and her last two stand alone novels. I enjoyed The Awakening, but it seems to me that she’s taking quite a few elements from Chronicles of the One (minus the plague) and reworking them; I didn’t get that sense of satisfaction when I was done with this one.

Will I read the next installment? Sure. She left us with a cliffhanger.

Nora Roberts is an absolutely amazing writer! Many people say that she is a great romance writer, and I suppose that’s true to a point, But that’s not the case in many of her books. There is action, adventure, mystery, and intrigue as the major driving force in the story.

“Awakening” is one of those books. It makes me hunger for the next book! I know it will be a great book!.