Adventure Novels to Choose for Your Next Read

With so many titles to choose from in the world of action and adventure literature, it may be difficult to choose your next read. Here are three adventure novels that are well worth reading, and would make great choices for your next book.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Thanks in no small part to Steven Spielberg's hit adaptation, 2011’s Ready Player One managed to become one of the bestsellers of 2018. Set in 2045, Cline tells the story of Wade Watts, a teen competing for fame and fortune in a virtual competition filled with 80s themed puzzles.

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The timeless tale of the man raised by apes who came to rule the Jungle remains to this day one of the most famous and most adapted stories ever told. Orphaned in the jungle after a plane crash, Tarzan learns of his heritage when coming into contact with humans. A true classic!

Beau Geste by Percival Christopher Wren. Considered by many to be an accurate depiction of life in the French Foreign Legion, Beau Geste is set in the years before World War I and depicts scenes of battle and cruelty. Led by eldest Michael (known by his nickname Beau),the Geste brothers enlist in the Foreign Legion as a way of following their old-fashioned ideals of “doing the right thing.”

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Bombs Away! Unusual Explosive Tales

War can often be tragic and devastating, with losses adding up on both sides and justification for the battles often blurred at best. That said, some unusual and entertaining stories have certainly come from war and the military, particularly when it comes to bombs and bombings. Here are two strange and unusual bomb-related tales that are bound to have you scratching your head.

Bombs away! Allied forces dropped an estimated 2.7 million tons of bombs on Germany during World War II. However, due to certain defects in their delay timers, many of those bombs never exploded, an estimated 200,000 tons worth. Unexploded bombs are routinely found throughout Germany to this very day, resulting in many emergency evacuations of thousands of German citizens while the materials are removed.

Bombs away! Part 2. In 1958, a B-47 plane armed with an atomic bomb larger than the one dropped on Nagasaki was heading to the United Kingdom from the United States. When the pilots noticed an indicator light reporting a fault one of them decided to investigate,and in doing so he accidentally released the emergency pin, resulting in the bomb dropping from the plane over the unsuspecting populace of South Carolina. Luckily, a critical component required in setting off the bomb was still on the plane, and the bomb never exploded.

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The Many Lives of Tarzan

Fans of all ages have been entertained for decades with stories of the mighty Tarzan, but with so many adaptations of the character it may be hard to pinpoint his origins.

Tarzan was created by author Edgar Rice Burroughs, who was also quite known for creating the much loved character John Carter, among others. Tarzan of the Apes, published in 1912, served as the world’s introduction to the character and Burroughs would pen 25 sequels before his death. Countless others would borrow Tarzan to tell his tale, be it authorized or not, making Tarzan one of the most widely recognizable characters in literary fiction.

As the story goes, at the tender age of one Tarzan and his parents, a British lord and lady, were marooned on the Atlantic coast of Africa by mutineers. Tarzan’s mother would perish in the incident, while his father would die at the hands of Kerchak, the leader of the ape tribe who would later adopt the boy. Raised by apes, Tarzan, once known as John Clayton, would lose his connection to humanity until a young woman named Jane Porter would find herself marooned, alongside her father and members of their crew, on the same part of the coast. When Jane left the island Tarzan did as well in search of his love, and the two would eventually marry.

Although the main plot devices and characters remain largely unchanged, the story of Tarzan has seen countless adaptations in the worlds of radio, television, film, novels, and comic books, each adaptation bringing its own unique tone to the timeless tale.

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