Historical Adventure Fiction

Includes historical adventure stories.

Updated January 9, 2026
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Dragon teeth : a novel
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel--a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still...
The buried giant A novel
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.   In post-Arthurian...
House of the rising sun : a novel
Burke, James Lee
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller James Lee Burke returns with his latest masterpiece, the story of a father and son separated by war and circumstance--and whose encounter with the legendary Holy Grail will change their lives forever. From its opening scene in revolutionary Mexico to the...
The legend of Broken
Carr, Caleb
Paper Book
"A sprawling fantasy saga . . . Caleb Carr boldly goes where he's never gone before."--USA TodayLegend meets history in this mesmerizing novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Caleb Carr. Demonstrating the rich storytelling, skillful plotting, and depth of...
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre
Ebook
Betrayed by his closest companions who are jealous of his success and his beautiful fiancée, Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned in Château d'If in France. The prison is home to the most dangerous political prisoners, but Edmond befriends a wealthy Italian priest, who tells Edmond of his buried...
Sh?gun : the epic novel of Japan
Clavell, James
Paper Book
SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES * A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life. All brought together in an extraordinary saga aflame with passion, conflict, ambition, and the struggle for power. ...
Rurouni Kenshin : voyage to the moon world
Shizuka, Kaoru
Paper Book
In this novel based on the top-selling manga Rurouni Kenshin, the simple case of a missing book soon becomes a dangerous mystery as Kenshin and his friends are tangled in deep secrets and dark plots.
Quicksilver
Stephenson, Neal.
Paper Book
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, it is history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death, and alchemy. It sweeps across continents and...
Trail of the red butterfly
Schlesier, Karl H.
Paper Book
While ascending the Missouri in 1804, Lewis and Clark met trader Jean Valle, who had wintered in Cheyenne camps near the Black Hills and who recounted extensive horse-raiding upon Spanish settlements. Trail of the Red Butterfly is the first novel to depict such a raid through Cheyenne eyes.Cheyenne...
Brothers of the sword, Children of time
Reisig, Michael
Paper Book

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