The most popular action & adventure books of 2025

Action and adventure books are about journeys and danger. Treasure hunts, lost cities, jungle expeditions, daring rescues and escapes keep the pages turning, and the heroes win by nerve and skill. They are made to sweep you along, whether a classic adventure tale or a modern blockbuster. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

Cover of Ultimate Level 1

Ultimate Level 1

Shawn Wilson

Published 2025

478 pages

Cover of The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah

The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah

Jean Meltzer

Published 2025

368 pages

Cover of The Eyes and the Impossible (Newbery Medal Winner)

The Eyes and the Impossible (Newbery Medal Winner)

Dave Eggers

Published 2025

256 pages

Cover of Best of All Worlds

Best of All Worlds

Kenneth Oppel

Published 2025

256 pages

Cover of Archive of Unknown Universes

Archive of Unknown Universes

Ruben Reyes Jr.

Published 2025

288 pages

Cover of One Wrong Step

One Wrong Step

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Published 2025

336 pages

Cover of Sunward

Sunward

William Alexander

Published 2025

224 pages

Cover of Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites Revised and Enhanced 2nd Edition

Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites Revised and Enhanced 2nd Edition

Chris Heimerdinger

Published 2025

188 pages

Cover of Lives of Bitter Rain

Lives of Bitter Rain

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Published 2025

126 pages

Cover of Keep Your Friends Close

Keep Your Friends Close

Cynthia Murphy

Published 2025

384 pages

Cover of Thrice Married to a Salted Fish (Novel) Vol. 1

Thrice Married to a Salted Fish (Novel) Vol. 1

Bi Ka Bi

Published 2025

431 pages

Cover of Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective

Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective

Kelly Gardiner, Sharmini Kumar

Published 2025

368 pages

Cover of The Last Dance You Saved (The Hatley Family)

The Last Dance You Saved (The Hatley Family)

L. J. Evans

Published 2025

450 pages

Cover of Body Count (Rogue Warrior Thrillers)

Body Count (Rogue Warrior Thrillers)

Ian Loome

Published 2025

350 pages

Cover of On the Moon (Berenstain Bears)

On the Moon (Berenstain Bears)

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

Published 2025

48 pages

Cover of Chaos

Chaos

K. Loraine, Meg Anne

Published 2025

426 pages

Cover of Captain of Fates

Captain of Fates

Katherine Webber

Published 2025

384 pages

Cover of Wild Rum

Wild Rum

Tripp Ellis

Published 2025

276 pages

Cover of Wild Torque

Wild Torque

Tripp Ellis

Published 2025

320 pages

Cover of Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

John Wagner, Pat Mills

Published 2025

336 pages

Cover of Nightwing Vol. 1

Nightwing Vol. 1

Dan Watters

Published 2025

160 pages

Cover of WIND BREAKER, Vol. 20

WIND BREAKER, Vol. 20

Satoru Nii

2025 · 2026 edition

192 pages

Cover of Higher Magic

Higher Magic

Courtney Floyd

Published 2025

432 pages

Cover of Born to Be Killed (A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West)

Born to Be Killed (A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West)

William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

2025 · 2026 edition

320 pages

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