Adventure novel

Hello! A child in my life has a birthday coming up, and I would love to gift her a book to encourage her love of reading. She is turning 10 (in 4th grade), and I would say she reads at grade level or slightly above, and because she does have reading stamina I would prefer to gift her a chapter book rather than a graphic novel.

She has expressed liking adventure books, has a wild imagination, and does not at the moment really like princess or "girly" characters or storylines (not opening a discussion on whether or not girls can be both girly and brave, I am just communicating what resonates with this child rn.) So, I would like if the book had a brave/spunky female MC she could see herself in. Anyone have a suggestion for a book that fits the bill? :)

I am 25 year old male. I had cancer and a very bad year. Battling anxiety and depression and bad loneliness. Things don’t seem to peek my interest because of the depression.

I liked A man called Otto and some of Frederick Backman’s books, but I am hoping to find a book like Harry Potter, etc.

Please if possible something without murder and death. Thanks 🩵🙏

What’s your favorite “young man boards a ship to embark on a great adventure” novel?

Hello All,

As the title says, I’m looking for adventure novels with a female protagonist. Not super picky, it can have romance or no romance, be historical or set in modern-day, etc. I’ve just been on a real adventure novel and movie kick lately, but most of the protagonists seem to be men. I was watching one of the Tomb Raider films over the weekend, and it got me to wondering.

Open to any and all suggestions. Thanks in advance!

Looking for what you think is the classic literature adventure story that is the easiest to read and is a major pageturner. Preferably swords and travels and a good unexpected story. But mostly easy to read and a pageturner.

Thank you.

Hi,

My father is looking for a series he read. It's about a young man during the age of sail, who is pressed into service in the british navy. He is a ballistic genius, clever with anything from pistol to cannon, and during the series advances in the ranks to become a recognized captain. He is no noble man, he is either from a simple family or maybe an orphan.

So far we have ruled out these series:

• Sharpe

• Hornblower

• Master & Commander

• Kydd

• Horatio Lyle

• Bolitho

• Ramage

• Alan Lewrie

• Nathaniel Drinkwater

• By the mast divided

Fingers crossed that some of you may know what this series is!

I'm attempting national novel writing month this year and my plot is a lovecraftian psychological thriller.

I devoured a ton of lovecrafts stories recently, but i think I need something longer to read while I write for the next month.

My fav lovecraft story is at the mountains of madness if that helps you choose.

(Also if anyone is interested in reading a reddit randos story when/as I write it, that would be pretty cool)

Im having so much trouble finding a James Bond/Indiana Jones/Zorro type historical adventure novel.

One male adventurer always in over his head on a globetrotting adventure with romance and close escapes.

Any help appreciated.

Swashbuckling high adventure focusing on a male hero. But not all ship-based please. Sword fights, travels, romance, close calls, clever escapes and deceptions! Already read Hornblower, Aubrey-Maturin and Wilbur Smith.

Thank yall.

"I took pictures of everything but the evidence."

Y'all...I can't. She takes pictures of EVERYTHING and records EVERYTHING but has no images of abuse that comport to her testimony. THEN she claims she gave the images to her lawyers and they aren't using them? Oh, and the police body cam footage is wrong too. But it happened. I swear. I have pictures. Oh, and #JusticeforJohnnyDepp has almost 1 million tweets, which should not be interpreted as pro-Johnny Depp, but rather negative Amber Heard tweets.

What on Earth are we all watching here?

So I recently came back to KoboldAI using Skien 6B and I feel like the ai is better than ever. my adventures turn out really good and right now im playing as a failed knight turned demon. I sometimes need to edit the text but rarely cuz I use 3 prompts generated with one action. Anyway how are y'all stories currently going and what is your personal favorite.

The book followed two young women, friends or cousins, one in a city and the other in the countryside. The entire book is made up of the two characters' letters to one-another. It follows their social schedules and respective high society balls, eventually revealing conspiracy, scandals, and (occult/magic?) plots that they must foil. Their respective enemies are revealed to be in league by the end. I imagine there's likely some romance but it is not the focus of the book.

As I recall the book has two authors, who wrote the letters to one another as their chosen character and eventually edited it into a novel. I believe it was written in the 90's or earlier.

I'm picturing an old colonel in the beige safari outfit exploring the world and daring hunts, or the young adventurer discovering ancient cities, fighting in wars, and just general adventuring, à la Flashman, during the British Empire.

Edit: thanks so much for all the recommendations. I'll be adding most to my reading list and start whittling away at them. Thanks again.