Action & Adventure
The Legion of Lazarus
Read by Peter Eastman
Edmond Hamilton
Those convicted of the most heinous crimes are sentenced to the Humane Penalty: they are ejected from the airlock of a ship, to freeze in th…
The Wizard
Read by Michael Monhollon
H. Rider Haggard
Described by the author, best known for his King Solomon's Mines, as "a tale of victorious faith," this story begins on a Sunday a…
The Young Railroaders
Read by Mark F. Smith
Francis Lovell Coombs
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, tra…
Pollyanna
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Eleanor H. Porter
The story begins when Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly, a strict and dutiful middle aged woman. Pollyanna imme…
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night
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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…
In the Reign of Terror
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G. A. Henty
Like all Henty books, this one centers around a young English lad whose courtesy and courage win the day. Harry Sandwith travels to France t…
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Read by James K. White
John Relly Beard
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revol…
Tom Swift and His War Tank
Read by Mark F. Smith
Victor Appleton
Tom Swift, that prolific youthful inventor, is engaged in trying to help the Allies win WWI. After reading newspaper accounts of the British…
The Scouts of Stonewall
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Joseph A. Altsheler
In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenan…
God's Country
Read by Esther
James Oliver Curwood
James Curwood wrote many adventures of the far north. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that pro…
The Pawns Count
Read by Tom Weiss
E. Phillips Oppenheim
"I am for England and England only," John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted."I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti,…
The Mysterious Island
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Jules Verne
The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, dur…
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
H. Rider Haggard
This is a great book if you're looking for an adventure filled novel. It takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and describes some of th…
Typhoon
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Joseph Conrad
Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…
The Tale of Three Lions
Read by Kristine Bekere
H. Rider Haggard
Taking place in the heart of Africa, “The Tale of Three Lions” is one more thrilling adventure from the eventful life of old hunter Quaterma…
The Land of Frozen Suns
Read by Roger Melin
Bertrand W. Sinclair
Bertrand W. Sinclair was known for his novels which centered in and around the rugged and frozen terrain of Montana and later, British Colum…
The Call of the Wild
Read by Tom Crawford
Jack London
This is the story of Buck, dog napped from sunny California to snowy Arctic during the Alaska gold rush. This deservedly famous book has bee…
Swamp Island
Read by Bellona Times
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
Late entry in the Penny Parker teen girl mystery series (1939-47) by one of the early ghostwriters (as Carolyn Keene) of Nancy Drew concerns…
The Great White Queen
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
How to describe this book? In a word – savage. For those regular LibriVox Le Queux mystery listeners, this book is a step in a different dir…
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Read by Tom Weiss
Victor Appleton
Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially-designed prototype electric race car. But as he makes the final preparations and adjust…