The most popular adventurous books of 2023

Adventurous books are for readers who want to go somewhere. Voyages, expeditions, daring escapes and the lure of the unknown keep the story moving. Fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction and true accounts all deliver. Pack light and expect danger. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

Cover of A Book for Bear

A Book for Bear

Ellen L. Ramsey

Published 2023

32 pages

Cover of The Mossheart's Promise

The Mossheart's Promise

Rebecca Mix

2023 · 2024 edition

432 pages

Cover of Hospital

Hospital

Han Song

Published 2023

414 pages

Cover of Dual Memory

Dual Memory

Sue Burke

Published 2023

352 pages

Cover of Graveyard of the Pacific

Graveyard of the Pacific

Randall Sullivan

2023 · 2024 edition

272 pages

Cover of Juniper Mae

Juniper Mae

Sarah Soh

Published 2023

64 pages

Cover of Wild Girls How the Outdoors Shaped the Women who Challenged a Nation

Wild Girls How the Outdoors Shaped the Women who Challenged a Nation

Tiya Miles

Published 2023

172 pages

Cover of The Umbrella

The Umbrella

Beth Ferry

Published 2023

48 pages

Cover of I Am the Walrus

I Am the Walrus

Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman

Published 2023

401 pages

Cover of Epic of Helinthia

Epic of Helinthia

M. J. Pankey

Published 2023

859 pages

Cover of Implacable (The Lost Fleet

Implacable (The Lost Fleet

Jack Campbell

Published 2023

368 pages

Cover of Demon Wars

Demon Wars

Peach Momoko

Published 2023

144 pages

Cover of Time Trials

Time Trials

M.A. Rothman, D.J. Butler, Inc Diamond Comic Distributors

2023 · 2025 edition

436 pages

Cover of The Variable Man and Other Stories

The Variable Man and Other Stories

Philip K. Dick

Published 2023

176 pages

Cover of No One Leaves the Castle

No One Leaves the Castle

Christopher Healy

Published 2023

384 pages

Cover of Wild Massive

Wild Massive

Scotto Moore

Published 2023

496 pages

Cover of Coffee First, Then the World One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

Coffee First, Then the World One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

Jenny Graham

Published 2023

288 pages

Cover of A Thief's Justice A completely gripping historical mystery

A Thief's Justice A completely gripping historical mystery

Douglas Skelton

Published 2023

336 pages

Cover of Through the Storm

Through the Storm

John Ringo, Lydia Sherrer

2023 · 2024 edition

480 pages

Cover of You Are a Global Citizen A Guided Journal for the Culturally Curious

You Are a Global Citizen A Guided Journal for the Culturally Curious

Damon Dominique

2023 · 2024 edition

192 pages

Cover of Punycorn

Punycorn

Andi Watson

Published 2023

224 pages

Cover of After World A Novel

After World A Novel

Debbie Urbanski

Published 2023

368 pages

Cover of The Abandoned Realm

The Abandoned Realm

Brittany Hansen

Published 2023

457 pages

Cover of All Hands on Deck A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World

All Hands on Deck A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World

Will Sofrin

Published 2023

253 pages

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