Action

The action genre is characterized by more emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. That is not to say that the action-adventure story does not have memorable characters or circumstances, however. Generally heroes are seen as larger than life, and many times they are prime examples of the epic hero archetype.

Action can also be known as Action-Adventure depending on criteria met. This applies to all age groups, especially popular in Middle Grade adventure stories and adult fiction with spy or adventure leads.

Also see Adventure.
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Not Our Daughter
Twenty Years Later
The Orphanage by the Lake
The King's Ransom
Ashes (Post-Apocalyptic Fairy Tales #2)
The Amendment (The Arrangement, #2)
The Picasso Heist
Don't Be In Love
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Absolute Batman, Vol. 1: The Zoo
Pictures of You
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters (He Who Fights with Monsters, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
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