Action & Adventure

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Dr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, have encountered d…

She and Allan

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 4.5
H Rider Haggard’s “She and Allan”, first published in 1921 is a gripping adventure about Allan Quatermain, who together with Hans, the Hotte…

Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad Read by Stewart Wills 4.5
A classic of early literary modernism, Lord Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who loses his honor in…

The Amateur Cracksman

by E. W. Hornung Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021) 4.5
"I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial bille…

The Black Tulip

by Alexandre Dumas Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.5
The Black Tulip, written by Alexandre Dumas père and published in 1850, is a historical novel placed in the time of Tulipmania in the…

The Adventures of Peter Cottontail

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is the story of Peter Rabbit, a mischievous, but cautious, lagomorph who lives in the Green Meadows. Peter Rabbit begins his adventures…

The Yukon Trail

by William Macleod Raine Read by Delmar H Dolbier 4.5
The Yukon Trail invites listeners into the rugged wilderness of the North, where adventure and survival intertwine. Set against the backdrop…

Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit Read by Jenny Lundak 4.7
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…

The Journey of Coronado

by Pedro De Castañeda Read by Sue Anderson 4.5
In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an army from Mexico is search of the fabled golden cities of Cíbola. The Spaniards …

Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvio…

Under Drake's Flag

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together w…

The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton

by Daniel Defoe Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.5
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton follows the extraordinary journey of a man who rises from humble beginnings to beco…

The Brethren

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Abigail Rasmussen 4.8
Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtfu…

The Sea Fairies

by L. Frank Baum Read by Judy Bieber 4.7
In 1910, Baum hoped to end the Oz series and follow with a new series about a little girl named Trot and her sailor companion, Cap'n Bill. T…

The Wolf Hunters

by James Oliver Curwood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Follow Roderick and his friends Wabi and Mukoki on their adventures in the pristine North. They fight voracious wolves, hostile natives, and…

A Study in Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.6
A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book…

Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Phil Chenevert 4.8
The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz. As Baum says in the introduction "It aspires to bei…

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain Read by Steve Andersen 4.6
Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankee who inexplicably finds …

The Hunt

by Mercedes Lackey Read by Mercedes Lackey 4.5
The Hunt portrays the frenzied aftermath of the devastating Thule Society attacks. Famed fantasy and sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey and newco…

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