Adventure story books are an all time favorite with young readers. The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, Adventures of Superman, Medieval Romances, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea , are all famous Adventure Story Books .
Adventure Story Books fall under a genre of writing which is characterized by exciting exploits, escapades, journeys, explorations and voyages. These books undertake many spine-chilling events, suspense, risky endeavors, and dangerous actions.
Adventure Story Books have been a popular genre for many centuries. The earliest adventure stories can be found in The Arabian Nights . The sea voyages of Sinbad the sailor makes very interesting adventure stories. Then you have the medieval romances which were also adventure stories. Romance of the Rose, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Guillaume de Palerme, the Arthurian legends of England are some famous medieval adventure series.
From 18 th century onwards, adventure story books came to be written in great numbers. Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne, H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Wallace, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle are some very famous writers of Adventure Story Books. Here is a lost of some of the well-known adventure story books of these celebrated authors:
Jules Verne
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1864)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (1870)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)
Alexandre Dumas
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)
- The Three Musketeers
- The Man in the Iron Mask
Robert Louis Stevenson
- Treasure Island (1883)
- Kidnapped (1886)
- The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1884)
- The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
Adventure story books are enjoyed by readers of all age groups. Read them and enter into a world of mystery, quests, exploits and suspense.
