10 audiobooks for fans of Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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The Uplift War
The Uplift Saga • Book 3
by David Brin
Narrated by George K. Wilson
★ 4.03 ABR Score (28.2K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.38 Audible (718)27h 52m listening time • Released 2008 -
Old Venus
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick
Narrated by Diana Rigg, Full Cast, Michael Dorn, Stephen Fry, Jake Stormoen, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gethin Anthony, Wil Wheaton, Janis Ian, Ron Donachie, Various
★ 3.61 ABR Score (821 ratings)★ 3.57 Goodreads (734) ★ 3.99 Audible (87)22h 17m listening time • Released 2015 -
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 -
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 -
The Postman
by David Brin
Narrated by Kevin Kenerly
★ 4.05 ABR Score (39.7K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (37.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (2.0K)9h 55m listening time • Released 2020 -
Startide Rising
The Uplift Saga • Book 2
by David Brin
Narrated by George K. Wilson
★ 3.99 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (33.5K) ★ 4.32 Audible (938)17h 25m listening time • Released 2008 -
A Journey To The Center Of The Earth
by Jules Verne
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 3.91 ABR Score (227.8K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.3K) ★ 4.27 Audible (443)7h 43m listening time • Released 2008Simon Prebble's measured, intelligent delivery transforms Verne's Victorian adventure into something that feels genuinely urgent—he makes the geological wonder and mounting danger feel equally real, which is exactly what this annotated edition needs to land.
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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 2013Michael 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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Sundiver
The Uplift Saga • Book 1
by David Brin
Narrated by George K. Wilson
★ 3.57 ABR Score (29.1K ratings)★ 3.69 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 3.9 Audible (1.3K)12h 32m listening time • Released 2008 -
The Practice Effect
by David Brin
Narrated by Andy Caploe
★ 3.74 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.23 Audible (179)12h 13m listening time • Released 2012
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