Action & Adventure

Plague Ship

by Andre Norton Read by Mark Nelson 4.5
Lured by its exotic gems, the space trader Solar Queen lands on the little-known planet of Sargol, only to find the ruthless Inter-Solar Com…

The First Men in the Moon

by H. G. Wells Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, E…

The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.7
First published in 1812, The Swiss Family Robinson may sometimes seem old-fashioned to modern readers, especially the family’s attitude towa…

The Escaping Club

by A. J. Evans Read by Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

Skylark Three

by E. E. “Doc” Smith and E. E. "Doc" Smith Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
Skylark Three continues the thrilling adventures of Richard Seaton and his companions as they navigate the vastness of space. In this sequel…

Jewels of Gwahlur

by Robert E. Howard Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
Conan The Barbarian is after fabulous treasure in this exciting story. But he finds himself in more difficulties than he had counted on. Cr…

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…

The Emperor's Candlesticks

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Kevin Green 4.6
When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agre…

813

by Maurice Leblanc Read by Cate Barratt 4.7
In 813, the clever gentleman thief Arsène Lupin is once again embroiled in a web of intrigue and deception. Wrongfully accused of mur…

Shadows in Zamboula

by Robert E. Howard Read by Mark Nelson 4.6
Despite a warning received in the Suq by an elderly desert nomad, Conan stays the night in a cheap tavern in Zamboula, run by Aram Baksh. As…

The Green Odyssey

by Philip José Farmer Read by Mark Nelson 4.6
Alan Green is a space traveler stranded on a barbaric planet who has been taken slave and made a consort to an insipid and smelly queen. His…

The City at World's End

by Edmond Hamilton Read by Mark Nelson 4.5
The City at World's End by Edmond Hamilton presents a unique vision of a post-apocalyptic world, where the aftermath of a nuclear war unfold…

The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
A story of castaways, similar to Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, this book details the escape from Civil War-era Richmond, Vi…

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…

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.8
The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, d…

The Arwen

by Timothy P. Callahan Read by Timothy P. Callahan 4.6
Part three of a four part adventure that will stretch across the vastness of space and time. An exciting follow-up to The Water Planet, and …

Winning His Spurs

by G. A. Henty Read by Jennifer Gasiecki 4.7
Set in the late twelfth century during the Third Crusade, the Norman Conquest having occurred not much more than a hundred years ago, Winnin…

The Clue of the Silken Ladder

by Mildred A. Wirt Benson Read by Cheryl Adam 4.6
In THE CLUE OF THE SILKEN LADDER, Penny investigates multiple mysteries. What is the purpose of the singular silken ladder made by the secre…

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…

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…

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