Action & Adventure

The Elusive Pimpernel

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Karen Savage 4.8
In The Elusive Pimpernel, Baroness Emma Orczy continues the thrilling saga of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a daring Englishman who risks his life …

King Solomon's Mines

by H. Rider Haggard Read by John Nicholson 4.6
King Solomon’s Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It relates a jou…

Space Tug

by Murray Leinster Read by Mark Nelson 4.4
Joe Kenmore heard the airlock close with a sickening wheeze and then a clank. In desperation he turned toward Haney. "My God, we've bee…

Four-Day Planet

by H. Beam Piper Read by Mark Nelson 4.5
Fenris isn't a hell planet, but it's nobody's bargain. With 2,000-hour days and an 8,000-hour year, it alternates blazing heat with killing …

Allan and the Holy Flower

by H. Rider Haggard Read by laineyben 4.7
In "Allan and the Holy Flower," the legendary hunter Allan Quatermain embarks on yet another thrilling expedition into the heart o…

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoeve…

Black Jack

by Max Brand Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.6
The son of a notorious outlaw is adopted into a wealthy, law-abiding family as an infant after his father is killed in an attempted robbery.…

The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the r…

The Mark of Zorro

by Johnston Mcculley Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
In Spanish California, a troubling pattern had developed. The natives were reduced to peasants, the Franciscan friars that ministered to the…

The Railway Children

by E. Nesbit Read by Karen Savage 4.8
Edith Nesbit’s classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with their …

The Voyage South

by Seymour Hamilton Read by Seymour Hamilton 4.7
When Astreya is 17, his widowed mother gives him his father's knife, riddling notebook and bracelet. Searching for the meaning of his stran…

Tales of the Left Hand

by John Meagher Read by John Meagher 4.8
In the tropical-island region known as the Frees, magic is growing stronger, and gunpowder is becoming less reliable. Amid this world of &qu…

Mr. Midshipman Easy

by Frederick Marryat Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.8
One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of J…

Hoofbeats on the Turnpike

by Mildred A. Wirt Benson Read by Cheryl Adam 4.7
Penny Parker is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysterie…

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, …

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The last of the famous "Scarlet Pimpernel" books, the "Triumph" tells the story of the final confrontation between the S…

Wulf the Saxon

by G. A. Henty Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wul…

The Return of Alfred

by Herbert George Jenkins Read by Anna Simon 4.7
The hero of the book is at a loose end, weary and bored of his old life after returning from the Great War. After an argument with his uncle…

Behind the Green Door

by Mildred A. Wirt Benson Read by Cheryl Adam 4.6
Penny Parker is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysterie…

The Last Trail

by Zane Grey Read by John W. Michaels 4.6
Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear as Mike Vendetti narrates this early Zane Grey novel of hardy pioneers taming the wild …

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