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Jules Verne: Audiobooks in English
compiled by Tad Davis
The following list is selective. Many of Verne’s novels have been recorded, but most audio versions use public domain, Victorian-era translations that are not always noted for their accuracy or completeness. For that reason, the list is divided into two parts: the first includes audiobooks that are based on recent, complete translations; the second includes additional titles that use older translations that are considered “respectable.” In both lists, the books are arranged in chronological order of the French publication.
Audiobooks using New Translations
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Translated by Jessie Campbell (1876), updated by Tad Davis (2023), narrated by Tad Davis. Author’s Republic, 2023.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon
Translated by Ron Miller, narrated by Tad Davis. Author’s Republic, 2023.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
Translated by William Butcher, narrated by Patrick Barker. Voices of Today, 2021.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Translated by Anthony Bonner (1962, revised 2003), narrated by James Frain. Listening Library/Penguin Random House, 2011.Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Translated by David Coward, narrated by Tony Law. Penguin Classics, 2020.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Libro.fm.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Translated by Michael Glencross, narrated by Jim Dale. Listening Library/Penguin Random House, 2005.Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Translated by Michael Glencross, narrated by Tania Rodrigues. Penguin Classics, 2021.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Libro.fm.
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The Mysterious Island
Translated by Sidney Kravitz, narrated by Tad Davis. Wesleyan University Press, 2023.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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The Purchase of the North Pole
Translated by Ron Miller, narrated by Tad Davis. Author’s Republic, 2023.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
The Mighty Orinoco
Translated by Stanford L. Luce, Introduction by Walter James Miller, Edited by Arthur B. Evans, narrated by Tad Davis. Wesleyan University Press, 2024.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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Audiobooks using Older Translations
There are dozens if not hundreds of Verne audiobooks using older translations. This is a sampling; others are being evaluated, and the list will be updated if the translations are considered acceptable. (Bibliographies of English translations like the one prepared by Arthur Evans are consulted when evaluating older works.)
From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon
Translated by TH Linklater, narrated by Bill Homewood. Naxos Audiobooks, 2019.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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The Mysterious Dr. Ox [Dr. Ox’s Experiment]
Translated by George Makepeace Towle, narrated by B.J. Harrison. SAGA Egmont, 2022.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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Michael Strogoff
Translated by WHG Kingston, narrated by John Bolen. Tantor Audio, 2003.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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The Underground City
Translated by WHG Kingston, narrated by John Bolen. Tantor Audio, 2009.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
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800 Leagues on the Amazon
Translated by WJ Gordon, narrated by John Bolen. Tantor Audio, 2002.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.
Books About Jules Verne
Jules Verne: The Biography
By William Butcher, narrated by Simon Vance. Oasis Audio, 2020.Available at Audible.
Available at Audiobooks.com.
Available at Chirp Books.
Available at Libro.fm.