Best Jules Verne Books

The best books by Jules Verne — 7 titles spanning Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, averaging 3.99 BLT stars.

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Jules Verne invented the adventure of ideas. Before science fiction was a genre, he was writing novels where the central thrill wasn't just where characters went — to the ocean floor, to the center of the earth, around the entire globe in eighty days — but how they might plausibly get there. His prose is brisk and declarative, packed with technical detail that reads as wonder rather than lecture. Captain Nemo commanding the Nautilus in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remains one of fiction's great antiheroes: brilliant, bitter, and impossible to look away from. Journey to the Center of the Earth has the same quality — scientific speculation dressed as breathless exploration. Verne is the writer for readers who want their imagination stretched by possibility, not just fantasy. The ideas have aged better than almost anything else from the nineteenth century.

Jules Verne's highest-rated book in our collection is Around the World in 80 Days (4.28 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    Around the World in 80 Days

    by Jules Verne

    ★ 4.28 BLT Score (285.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (285.4K)
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    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne

    Capitaine Nemo • Book 2

    by Jules Verne

    ★ 4.21 BLT Score (279.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (279.0K)
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    Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Signature Performance

    by Jules Verne, Tim Curry

    ★ 4.15 BLT Score (227.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.5K)
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    A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

    by Jules Verne

    ★ 3.91 BLT Score (227.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.3K)
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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    Capitaine Nemo • Book 2

    by Jules Verne

    ★ 3.86 BLT Score (278.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (278.7K)
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    Journey to the Centre of the Earth

    by Jules Verne, David Brin

    ★ 3.86 BLT Score (227.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.5K)
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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
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