Action & Adventure

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Phil Griffiths 4.6
The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is u…

The Watchers

by A. E. W. Mason Read by Jacquerie 4.4
A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence to …

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 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 …

Famous Sea Fights

by John R. Hale Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…

The Road to Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.5
The Road to Oz takes Dorothy and her friends on an adventure in Oz to a grand party in honor of Ozma's birthday. It all starts near her home…

The Skylark of Space

by E. E. “Doc” Smith Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
The Skylark of Space by E. E. “Doc” Smith invites listeners into a groundbreaking adventure of interstellar travel, marking a pivotal moment…

The Mutiny of the Elsinore

by Jack London Read by Tom Crawford 4.4
This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 an…

The Wizard That Wasn't

by Ben Rovik Read by Ben Rovik 4.4
Never trust a wizard. They’re all filthy, addle-brained con artists peddling superstitious nonsense. Horace Lundin doesn’t believe in their…

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe Read by David Leeson 4.4
“THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travel…

Star Hunter

by Andre Norton Read by Leonie Rose 4.3
"Somewheres on the jungle world of Jumala, there was a man in hiding—a man whose mind had been reconditioned with another's brain patte…

Allan's Wife

by H. Rider Haggard Read by laineyben 4.5
Allan's Wife continues the adventures of the intrepid Allan Quatermain, a character made famous by H. Rider Haggard. This tale delves into t…

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a…

An Eye For An Eye

by William Le Queux Read by Tom Weiss 4.2
Frank Urwin and Richard Cleugh are two bachelor journalists sharing a flat in London. One evening while chatting, Urwin receives a telegram …

Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Follows the fortunes of the son of a noble Saxon family in Norman England as he woos his lady, disobeys his father, and is loved by another.…

The Arwen

by Timothy P. Callahan Read by Timothy P. Callahan 4.2
When a comet the size of a small moon threatens the remote world of Regal the Earth Alliance assigns the most decorated ship in the fleet, t…

Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X

by Victor Appleton Read by Mark Nelson 4.3
Tom Swift Jr. and his associates at Swift Enterprises wait breathlessly for what may well be the most important scientific event in history—…

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 Man Who Would Be King

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Philippa 4.6
The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afgha…

Saint George for England

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A tale written for children in 1885.It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed i…

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