These books take readers on a journey into another world: where nature reigns supreme and a blade of grass can be the height of the Empire State Building. The world is 71% sea, which might explain why so many adventure novels take place on these thrashing, unknown waters.

Terabithia is the imaginary sanctuary of their minds, but the consequences of building it might be more tragic than they anticipated in this children’s book. If you’re dreaming of escaping to another country, look no further than these adventure books, which can transport you anywhere from Transylvania to India. When fifth grader Jesse Aarons befriends his new neighbor, Leslie Burke, a beautiful friendship — and kingdom — is born. Sometimes the best adventures are the ones that originate from our heads — and these fantasy adventure novels certainly bring us worlds that we couldn’t have begun to imagine for ourselves. year old Charlotte Doyle finds herself the only passenger on a sea voyage that bristles with danger.So, don’t miss out on the opportunity to embark on your own adventure and preserve your most treasured memories. The Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell is famous for its exhilarating depictions of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars — and Sharpe’s Tiger is no exception. One of the most famous and acclaimed English novels in history happens to be a grim adventure story. Regarded as one of the greatest works in literature, Don Quixote recounts the adventures of Alonso Quixano: a middle-aged man so obsessed with chivalric books that he decides to imitate them and become a knight-errant.

Another one of Jules Verne’s magnum opuses — and one of the most famous examples of subterranean fiction.

Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss, this book about a family shipwrecked in the East Indies ignited Europe’s imagination in 1812. But his life changes the day that he befriends a Tibetan Lama — and he embarks on an adventure of espionage and enlightenment in the Himalayas. The first installment of the Dune series, Dune is an interstellar adventure that revolves around several different noble houses battling to control the desert island Arrakis, upon which the coveted spice mélange resides. It’s a sparse, tightly-written book about the hunting that he pursued there, with some choice nuggets about writing interspersed in between. In doing so, he befriends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis — the King’s most celebrated musketeers — and embarks on a journey of his own.