Books that belong to the Action and Adventure genre pertain to extraordinary events, that include consistent elements of danger. Adventure and Adventure novels feature quick moving plots, with settings that may involve war, criminal activity, and international intrigue. Examples include: Adrift in the Pacific, Robinson Crusoe, The Man Who Would Be King, The island of Doctor Moreau, The Garibaldians in Sicily, The History of a Crime, and Don Quixote.
Biographies and Autobiographies in this category are about Adventurers and Explorers open windows into the often extraordinary lives people who travelled, fought wars, were imprisoned, sailed, climbed, set up missions, pioneered, and found new lands for settlement and colonization. This long list of adventurers includes such men and women as: Lieutenant-Colonel William Martin Leake, General John Coffin, Col. James Smith, Reginald G. Wilberforce, Sacajawea, Jasper Douthit, Field-Marshal Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Lieutenant General Crommelin, Captain James Cook, Prince Serge Dmitriyevich Urussov, Colonel David Crockett, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edith Cavell, Lord Kitchener, Captain Henry Cribben, and Hernando de Soto.
The genre known as Coming-of-Age examines the early life and development of a youth, who over time develops into an adult, and the difficulties or challenges that she or he face in that metamorphosis.
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