Adventure/Western Fiction

New and recommended adventure and western fiction

Updated October 6, 2025
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Adventure/Western Fiction

New and recommended adventure and western fiction

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Don't let the devil ride : a novel
Atkins, Ace
Paper Book
'An instant Southern noir classic' S.A. Cosby 'Full of wily humour and epic bad behavior, this is an ebullient, rollicking ride you don't dare miss' Megan Abbott Hell is empty... and Addison McKellar's husband is missing. Addison...
The heart in winter : a novel
Barry, Kevin
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEARTHE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, INDEPENDENT, IRISH INDEPENDENT, IRISH EXAMINER, TLS, SCOTSMAN, THE TIMES AND ECONOMISTWhat if we ride out tonight?What if we ride out and...
Northern spy
Berry, Flynn
Paper Book
The Warsaw protocol
Berry, Steve
Paper Book
Silverview
Le Carré, John
Paper Book
Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a couple of months into his new career, Edward, a Polish émigré, shows up at his door with a very keen interest in Julian's new enterprise and a lot...
The boy from the woods
Coben, Harlan
Paper Book
Sharpe's assassin : Richard Sharpe and the occupation of Paris, 1815
Cornwell, Bernard
Paper Book
SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter,...
Lucky Red : a novel
Cravens, Claudia
Paper Book
A feminist coming-of-age story from a debut author - playful, feminist historical fiction forreaders of Sarah Waters, Charles Portis and Anna North.
The devil's sea
Cussler, Dirk
Paper Book
DIRK PITT IS BACK. AND ON HIS SHOULDERS RESTS THE FATE OF THE ENTIRE PLANET. JOIN THE LATEST THRILL RIDE FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER _________ Tibet, 1959. In the turmoil of the Communist takeover of the...
Haven : a novel
Donoghue, Emma
Paper Book
James : a novel
Everett, Percival
Paper Book
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the...
Winter work
Fesperman, Dan
Paper Book
An exhilarating spy thriller inspired by a true story about the precious secrets being kept hidden just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. BERLIN, 1990. On a chilly early morning walk, Emil Grimm finds the body of his neighbour, fellow Stasi officer Lothar, lying dead with a bullet...
Never
Follett, Ken
Paper Book
The Sunday Times Thriller of the Month 'Stunning . . . one of the most compelling reads of the year' - Daily Express Expertly researched and visionary in scale, international number one bestseller Ken Follett's Never is more than a...
Hold fast : a novel
Gelernter, J. H.
Ebook
A desperate sea battle; a fortune risked on the turn of a card; a duel at dawn with the loser...Patrick O'Brian meets James Bond. It's 1803. The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty's Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Deeply...
Alias Emma : a novel
Glass, Ava
Paper Book
Emma Makepeace is about to spend the longest night in her life. She's on her first operation with a shadowy organisation known only as 'The Agency', assigned to track down and save an innocent man wanted by the Russian government All Emma has to do is bring him in to...
The bullet swallower : a novel
Gonzalez James, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Goodreads, CrimeReads, The Millions, StyleCaster, The EveryGirl, Sunset, Book Riot, and HipLatina January Recommended Reading by The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, Nerd Daily, The Mary Sue, and Reading Between the Spines "Mesmerizing.....
Relentless
Greaney, Mark
Paper Book
The vaster wilds
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Exhilarating' GUARDIAN 'Her writing has a timeless quality' THE TIMES '[Has] a visionary quality' OBSERVER A profound and explosive novel about a spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive
The Apollo murders : a novel
Hadfield, Chris
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race, by astronaut and New York Times bestselling author Chris Hadfield 'An exciting...
Precipice : a novel
Harris, Robert
Paper Book
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley - aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless - is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than...
The guide : a novel
Heller, Peter
Paper Book
The secret hours
Herron, Mick
Paper Book
The prince of the skies
Iturbe, Antonio
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Librarian of Auschwitz, Antonio Iturbe, comes a captivating historical novel based on a true story - the extraordinary life and mysterious death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince. Writer. Romantic. Pilot. Hero. All Antoine de Saint Exupéry...
The fervor : a novel
Katsu, Alma
Paper Book
As World War II rages, Meiko shares eerie childhood stories, of yokai and malevolent demons, with her daughter, Aiko. These stories hold them together as they must confront the horror of being shipped to an internment camp in the Midwest. Never mind that Aiko is American, that her father is in the...
Whalefall : a novel
Kraus, Daniel
Paper Book
The Martian meets 127 Hours in this powerfully humane thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.
Creation lake : a novel
Kushner, Rachel
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Imagine Slow Horses' Jackson Lamb in the body of Jodie Comer's character in Killing Eve' SUNDAY TIMES 'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill<...
Damascus Station : a novel
McCloskey, David
Paper Book
A CIA officer and his recruit arrive in Damascus to hunt for a killer
Once there were wolves
McConaghy, Charlotte
Paper Book
A wild and gripping novel about one woman's quest to reintroduce wolves to the Scottish Highlands at any cost. Inti Flynn arrives in the Scottish Highlands with fourteen grey wolves, a traumatised sister and fierce tenacity. As a biologist, she knows the animals...
Drowning : the rescue of Flight 1421 : a novel
Newman, T. J.
Paper Book
Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman - whose first book Falling was an instant international bestseller and the biggest thriller debut of 2021 - returns for her second book, an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into...
Outlawed : a novel
North, Anna
Paper Book
My father's house
O'Connor, Joseph
Paper Book
The Helsinki affair : a novel
Pitoniak, Anna
Moonlight and the pearler's daughter
Pook, Lizzie
Paper Book
Picked as one of Stylist magazine's 'Fiction Books You Can't Miss' and longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Fortune favours the brave in Lizzie Pook's mesmerising and fiercely feminist historical novel, Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter. ...
Extinction : a novel
Preston, Douglas J.
Paper Book
An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. Extinction explores the very real effort to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Erebus Resort,...
The rose code : a novel
Quinn, Kate
Paper Book
The brand-new historical novel from the bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress! *Winner of Historical Novel of the Year in NetGalley UK's Books of 2021* 'A terrific book bursting with vivid atmosphere' Dinah Jefferies, #1...
The cellist : a novel
Silva, Daniel
Paper Book
Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva follows up his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestsellers The Order, The New Girl, and The Other Woman with this riveting, action-packed tale of espionage and suspense featuring art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon. ...
Legacy of war
Smith, Wilbur A.
Paper Book
A brand-new Courtney Series adventure.
Termination shock : a novel
Stephenson, Neal
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change 'Stephenson's reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved' Sunday Times 'His most visionary, and timely, book yet' Chicago Review of Books 'Absorbing speculative fiction'...
The lamplighters
Stonex, Emma
Paper Book
The Sunday Times Bestseller. Rich with the salty air of the Cornish coast, The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, inspired by true events. 'The Lamplighters is a whodunnit, horror novel, ghost story and...
Hard by a great forest
Vardiashvili, Leo
Paper Book
*LONGLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025* * AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST FOR 2024 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2024 * 'A spellbinding achievement' FINANCIAL TIMES'Poignant and often...
Harlem shuffle
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show) 'Dazzling' Guardian 'Gloriously entertaining' Evening Standard 'A rich, wild book' New York Times '<...
All the white spaces : a novel
Wilkes, Ally
Paper Book
In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. Aboard the expeditionary ship Jonathan may live as his true self - and true gender - and have the adventures he has always been denied. But not all is...
City in ruins : a novel
Winslow, Don
Paper Book
*A Times thriller of the year* Following City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow's epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career. ...
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