⚔️ Adventure · International
Best Adventure Books from International
Adventure fiction is driven by action, danger, and the romance of going somewhere — into the unknown, into the past, into the wild. International has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in adventure, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best adventure from International by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1880
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
Анна Каренина
Лев Толстой· 1876
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#3
literary-fiction
Kim
Rudyard Kipling· 1901
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#4
literary-fiction
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#5
literary-fiction
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#6
literary-fiction
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers· 1903
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#7
literary-fiction
She
H. Rider Haggard· 1886
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#8
literary-fiction
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie· 1911
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#9
literary-fiction
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
Jules Verne· 1872
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#10
literary-fiction
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
Jules Verne· 1870
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#11
literary-fiction
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1886
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#12
science-fiction
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton· 1976
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#13
science-fiction
Beast Quest
Adam Blade· 2007
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#14
science-fiction
Clockwork
VRDraco· 2015
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#15
fantasy
Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi· 2008
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#16
fantasy
鋼の錬金術師 1
荒川弘· 2002
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#17
fantasy
鋼の錬金術師 2
荒川弘· 1999
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#18
mystery-thriller
Dog Man
Dav Pilkey· 2002
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#19
adventure
The Legend of Zelda
姫川明· 2000
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#20
adventure
W.I.T.C.H.
Elisabetta Gnone· 2018
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#21
literary-fiction
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard· 1876
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#22
literary-fiction
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper· 1826
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#23
literary-fiction
Le petit prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry· 1943
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#24
literary-fiction
The Coral Island
Robert Michael Ballantyne· 1858
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#25
literary-fiction
After London
Richard Jefferies· 1885
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#26
literary-fiction
David Balfour
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1883
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#27
literary-fiction
The Beasts of Tarzan (Classic Ace SF, F-203)
Edgar Rice Burroughs· 1914
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#28
literary-fiction
Lost Horizon
James Hilton· 1933
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#29
literary-fiction
Eragon
Christopher Paolini· 2000
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#30
literary-fiction
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell· 1960
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#31
literary-fiction
Novels (The Call of the Wild / White Fang)
Jack London· 1962
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#32
literary-fiction
The Talisman
Sir Walter Scott· 1800
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#33
literary-fiction
Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink· 1935
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#34
literary-fiction
Plein Ciel
Danielle Steel· 1988
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#35
literary-fiction
El Amo Del Juego/Masters of the Game
Sidney Sheldon· 1905
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#36
literary-fiction
A Dance With Dragons
George R. R. Martin· 2008
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#37
literary-fiction
With a Mind to Kill
Anthony Horowitz· 2022
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#38
literary-fiction
Solo
William Boyd· 2013
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#39
classic-literature
The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman· 1986
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#40
classic-literature
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson· 1976
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#41
science-fiction
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard· 2015
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#42
science-fiction
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer· 2014
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#43
science-fiction
Nicolae
Tim F. LaHaye· 1997
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#44
science-fiction
Toll the hounds
Steven Erikson· 2008
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#45
fantasy
Reckless
Cornelia Funke· 2010
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#46
mystery-thriller
Lie Down With Lions
Ken Follett· 1985
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#47
mystery-thriller
The Quest
Nelson DeMille· 1975
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#48
adventure
When a Man's a Man
Harold Bell Wright· 1916
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#49
adventure
Alive!
Piers Paul Read· 1920
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#50
adventure
Pincher Martin
William Golding· 1874
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100