2018 Goodreads Choice Awards
Genres > Fiction

Action

The action genre is characterized by more emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling.

New Releases Tagged "Action"

Empress of All Seasons
Sea of Greed (NUMA Files, #16)
Wait for Me (Montana Rescue, #6)
Oath of Office (Jack Ryan Universe #26)
Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning (The Guardians, #5)
Join the Club (Four Kings Security, #3)
Wolves (Hell Divers, #4)
Remote Access (Thick as Thieves, #1)
The Wayward Prince (Mind + Machine #2)
An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason
Light Years
Knights vs. Dinosaurs
The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1)
The Three Secret Cities (Jack West Jr #5)
Otherearth (Last Reality, #2)
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Most Read This Week

Past Tense (Jack Reacher, #23)
Long Road to Mercy (Atlee Pine, #1)
The President Is Missing
The Christmas Scorpion (Jack Reacher, #22.5)
Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
Cut and Run
A Steep Price (Tracy Crosswhite, #6)
Mister Bodyguard (Morgan Brothers #4)
Twisted Truth (Rogue Justice #1)
Justice Redeemed (Darren Street #1)
Sea of Greed (NUMA Files, #16)
The Cleaner (John Milton #1)
The Trapped Girl (Tracy Crosswhite, #4)
Red War (Mitch Rapp, #17)
To Die in Vienna
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Lists

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Best Spy Novels
1,018 books — 1,830 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGraceling by Kristin CashoreMoon Called by Patricia BriggsDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Most Proactive Female Protagonist
242 books — 192 voters

Cut & Run by Abigail RouxZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleFair Game by Josh LanyonFatal Shadows / A Dangerous Thing by Josh LanyonAmong the Living by Jordan Castillo Price
Favorite Gay Thrillers
458 books — 319 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Fantastic YA Books
589 books — 381 voters

Dork Diaries Book 1 by Rachel Renée RussellSmile by Raina TelgemeierThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDork Diaries Book 3 by Rachel Renée RussellDork Diaries Book 2 by Rachel Renée Russell
books you'll enjoy (feminine)
681 books — 756 voters
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Ability by M.M. VaughanHatchet by Gary Paulsen
4th-7th Grade Reluctant Boy Readers
233 books — 186 voters

Popular Action Books

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 Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)

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Fiction

Quotes Tagged “Action”

C.G. Jung
“ You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. ”
― Carl Gustav Jung
1550 likes

Mitch Albom
“ Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. ”
― Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: a True Story
783 likes

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Videos Tagged “Action”

Shadow Government - Puppet Masters Pulling Strings (The Ninth Orphan)
Shadow Government - Puppet Masters Pulling Strings (The Ninth Orphan)
Hot Ice Book Trailer
Hot Ice Book Trailer
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Groups Tagged "Action"

T.A.D C.O.O.P.E.R we spill tea over books, i guess?

3 members, last active 3 months ago

RJ Scott Books... All the books...

49 members, last active 5 months ago

Comics & Manga This group is to help others find good Manga to read, to comment on with others or to simply par…more

6 members, last active 3 months ago

BücherWelt & LeseRausch Diese Gruppe ist für alle, die gerne englische oder deutschsprachige Bücher lesen und sie auf De…more

457 members, last active 16 hours ago

Writing Tagged “Action”

My Name Is James Maglavio
17 chapters — updated May 13, 2015 06:30PM — 122 people liked it
Enlightened
5 chapters — updated May 13, 2015 06:27PM — 28 people liked it

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