Audiobooks Like A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Simon Prebble narrates A Journey to the Center of the Earth with an old-world precision that suits Verne's expedition narrative — the eight hours move with the momentum of a story that never doubts its own sense of wonder, and Prebble's clear diction keeps the scientific vocabulary from slowing the adventure. Two other Prebble recordings appear in the recommendations alongside the Tim Curry version, offering a useful comparison of what different narrators do with the same text.

10 audiobooks for fans of A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

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    Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Signature Performance

    by Jules Verne, Tim Curry

    Narrated by Tim Curry

    4.15 ABR Score (238.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (11.2K)
    8h 20m listening time • Released 2011
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    An Antarctic Mystery; or, The Sphinx of the Ice Fields: A Sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym cover

    An Antarctic Mystery; or, The Sphinx of the Ice Fields: A Sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

    by Jules Verne

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    3.65 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.62 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.13 Audible (24)
    8h 48m listening time • Released 2013
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    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne

    Capitaine Nemo • Book 2

    by Jules Verne

    Narrated by David Linski

    4.21 ABR Score (287.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (279.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (8.5K)
    11h 13m listening time • Released 2017
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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    Capitaine Nemo • Book 2

    by Jules Verne

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    3.86 ABR Score (278.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (278.7K) ★ 4.33 Audible (9)
    11h 43m listening time • Released 2013

    Michael Kramer's narration transforms this Victorian submarine adventure into an immersive deep-sea descent, giving Captain Nemo's obsessive genius a voice as commanding and mysterious as the ocean itself.

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    Journey to the Centre of the Earth

    by Jules Verne, David Brin

    Narrated by David DeVries, Kristin Kalbli

    3.86 ABR Score (227.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.5K) ★ 4.16 Audible (228)
    26h 5m listening time • Released 2012
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    The War of the Worlds

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.86 ABR Score (352.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (352.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (9)
    6h 13m listening time • Released 2019

    Simon Prebble's narration transforms this sci-fi classic into pure dread—his measured voice makes the Martian invasion feel terrifyingly inevitable, turning a 126-year-old novel into genuine suspense.

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    The Revenant Express

    Newbury and Hobbes • Book 5

    by George Mann

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.69 ABR Score (512 ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (495) ★ 4.47 Audible (17)
    6h 40m listening time • Released 2019

    Simon Prebble's crisp British delivery transforms this steampunk heist into pure propulsive entertainment, keeping you locked in even as the plot twists pile up across a continental railway.

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    All These Worlds

    Bobiverse • Book 3

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.68 ABR Score (134.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (65.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (68.9K)
    7h 56m listening time • Released 2017

    Ray Porter's performance captures each Bob clone's distinct personality so perfectly that you'll forget you're listening to one narrator—it's like having a full cast in your head. The emotional stakes hit harder than the first two books, making this the trilogy's most rewarding installment.

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    For We Are Many

    Bobiverse • Book 2

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)
    8h 59m listening time • Released 2017

    Ray Porter's performance transforms the Bobiverse's multiple Bobs from a gimmick into genuinely distinct voices—each one feels like a real person making impossible decisions while the stakes keep escalating in ways that actually land.

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    The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation / The Stars, Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I, Robot

    Foundation (Publication Order) #1-3 • Book 1

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Jon Lindstrom

    4.22 ABR Score (110.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (109.2K) ★ 4.38 Audible (900)
    8h 13m listening time • Released 2020

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