Browsing: Action and Adventure

A dystopian thriller follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard…

A New York Times bestseller: After a tragic accident leaves them stranded on a freezing mountain, strangers Ashley and Ben come to terms with the lives they’re leading — and rediscover the magnificent power of love. An inspirational novel with over 12,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A New York Times bestselling author delivers “a natural for book club discussions” (Booklist). After the influenza epidemic of 1919, schoolteacher Agnes travels to Egypt — where she forms unexpected friendships with Winston Churchill and Lawrence of Arabia. “Will keep readers hooked to the end” (Publishers Weekly).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the war in Europe winding down in the spring of 1945, the United States turns its…

Can Wil Ohmsford protect elf princess Amberle and save Shannara? Read the spellbinding fantasy classic that inspired the recent TV series! “If Tolkien is the grandfather of modern fantasy, Terry Brooks is its favorite uncle” (Peter V. Brett).

A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Shadow of the Wind: Bookseller Daniel and his friend Fermín embark on a dangerous adventure that takes them into the past… A masterful historical novel “with the blissful narrative drive of a high-class mystery” (The Guardian).

With nearly 2,400 five-star Goodreads ratings: Francis Crawford of Lymond embarks on a frenzied search across the Ottoman Empire to find his missing son — and is soon drawn into a world of betrayal and murder… “Dunnett is a master of suspense and misdirection” (The New York Times).

Like a modern Scheherazade, incarcerated Libertad González spins a spellbinding tale for her fellow inmates. Written by an award-winning screenwriter, this “warm and ingenious novel” (Alexander Payne, screenwriter of Sideways) is also a “whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery” (Univision’s Jorge Ramos).

A dazzling #1 New York Times bestseller: Lyra risks everything on a daring quest to the North — a land of clever witches, intelligent polar bears, and unimaginable danger. “Marvelous… elegant and challenging” (The New Yorker).

A New York Times bestseller: As Christmas approaches, wayward angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy set out to help a little boy, a lonely young woman, and a maternity nurse longing for a child of her own… “Heartfelt, touching” (Library Journal).