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American adventure novels, a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction .
These adventure books are great for those who love travel and the great outdoors. Picks like ‘Wild’ by Cheryl Strayed and ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ by Nathaniel Philbrick are examples.
1987–present: 55 million [250] Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: John Gray: English: 15: 1992–present: 50 million [251] The Hardy Boys: Various authors as Franklin W. Dixon: English: 190: 1927–present: 50 million [252] The Bobbsey Twins: Various authors as Laura Lee Hope: English: 72: 1904–1979: 50 million [253] Tarzan: Edgar ...
Adventure fiction often overlaps with other genres, notably war novels, crime novels, detective novels, sea stories, Robinsonades, spy stories (as in the works of John Buchan, Eric Ambler and Ian Fleming), science fiction, fantasy, (Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien both combined the secondary world story with the adventure novel) [7] and ...
4 out of 10 best-selling American books in the 1900s were written by Winston Churchill (1871 – 1947) This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1900s, as determined by The Bookman, a New York–based literary journal. [1] The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1900 through 1909.
A list of the ten best graphic novels of the period was subsequently published as a supplement to the list. [3] Watchmen (1986) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons appears on both the 100 Best Novels and 10 Best Graphic Novels lists, giving the combined lists a total of 109 entries.
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A dime Western is a modern term for Western-themed dime novels, which spanned the era of the 1860s–1900s.Most would hardly be recognizable as a modern western, having more in common with James Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking saga, but many of the standard elements originated here: a cool detached hero, a frontiersman (later a cowboy), a fragile heroine in danger of the despicable outlaw ...