Action & Adventure

The Blockade Runners

by Jules Verne Read by Mark F. Smith 4.4
Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the …

The High Hander

by William Turner and William Oliver Turner Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
Tesno was a troubleshooter. That's why the railroad construction company had hired him. His job was to make sure that nobody interfered with…

The Ivory Child

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Elaine Twiddle 4.7
In The Ivory Child, H. Rider Haggard invites listeners to join the legendary hunter Allan Quatermain on a thrilling expedition into the hear…

Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll Read by Craig Franklin 4.8
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is…

Fame and Fortune

by Horatio Alger, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, …

Rogues of the Black Fury

by Travis Heermann Read by Travis Heermann 4.7
"Rogues of the Black Fury mixes a berserk action thriller sharp as a mercenary's sword with hard-bitten fantasy so gritty it might scou…

The Lost World

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Imagine a strange, tropical place that is almost inaccessible. Time appears to have stood still there. Species of animal and plant life not …

A Princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.8
John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a …

The Ebb-Tide

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Mark F. Smith 4.3
Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires …

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must tou…

The Island of Doctor Moreau

by H. G. Wells Read by Bob Neufeld 4.6
In this classic of H. G. Wells, Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a beautiful island in the South Seas and is drawn into the wild and cruel …

Ragged Dick

by Horatio Alger, Jr. Read by Alys AtteWater 4.8
Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becomi…

Rebel Spurs

by Andre Norton Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
In 1866, only men uprooted by war had reason to ride into Tubacca, Arizona, a nondescript town as shattered and anonymous as the veterans dr…

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
This is the extraordinary tale of a boy, Jim Hawkins, who comes into possession of Captain Flint's treasure map, after a buccaneer takes a r…

Isobel

by James Oliver Curwood Read by Roger Melin 4.7
Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mount…

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Susan Umpleby 4.8
In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel…

Beneath

by Jeremy Robinson Read by Jeremy Robinson 4.5
Three thousand years after a chunk of iron the size of Khufu’s pyramid collides with Europa, Jupiter’s sixth moon, an asteroid borne of the …

The House of a Thousand Candles

by Meredith Nicholson Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.6
A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Gl…

Scarhaven Keep

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Cate Barratt 4.5
Set against the rugged beauty of the northern English sea coast, Scarhaven Keep weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue. When a sudden disappe…

The Marvelous Land of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Phil Chenevert 4.8
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman is the second of L. Frank Baum's b…

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