Audiobooks Like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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Michael Kramer brings the same steady authority to Verne that he applies to the Cosmere novels — technically reliable, clear-voiced, and unobtrusive in a way that lets the prose carry the weight. At 12 hours this version of the voyage has room to settle into its oceanic rhythms. Six of the recommendations also feature Kramer, and the list leans heavily on the Jules Verne catalog, so if the combination of Kramer's delivery and Verne's world-building is what you're here for, there's a whole library of it waiting.

10 audiobooks for fans of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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    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)
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    Tim Curry's theatrical flair turns Otto Lidenbrock's volcanic expedition into pure audio entertainment, perfect for Verne's fantastical underground world.

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    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)
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    Simon Prebble guides you through volcanic tubes and subterranean dangers as Professor Von Hardwigg pursues his impossible geological theory.

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    Journey to the Centre of the Earth

    by Jules Verne, David Brin

    Narrated by David DeVries, Kristin Kalbli

    ★ 3.86 ABR Score (227.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.5K) ★ 4.16 Audible (228)
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    Professor Lindenbrock's descent through an Icelandic volcano into prehistoric underground realms gets full adventure treatment from dual narrators.

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    Soul Mirrors

    by Wiley A. Haydon III

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading

    ★ 3.60 ABR Score (24 ratings)
    ★ 4.67 Goodreads (15) ★ 4.89 Audible (9)
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    Twins who absorb others' memories face government contracts and a deadly gift that's killed children before them—Kramer and Reading's dual narration emphasizes the psychological toll of their shared burden.

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    An Old Man's Journey: A LitRPG Adventure

    by Gregory Allanther

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 3.96 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (945) ★ 4.52 Audible (403)
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    Lonely widower Charles discovers purpose in a VR world after his friend Bert introduces him to Crossroads, where twilight years become epic adventure.

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    Origins of The Wheel of Time

    by Harriet McDougal - contributor, Robert Jordan

    Narrated by Harriet McDougal, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer, Michael Livingston

    ★ 3.93 ABR Score (178 ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Audible (178)
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    The Good, the Bad, and the Merc

    The Revelations Cycle • Book 8

    by Chris Kennedy, Kacey Ezell, Jason Córdova, Terry Mixon, Terry Maggert, Kal Spriggs, T. Allen Diaz, Stephanie Osborn, Chris Smith, Mark Wandrey

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 3.87 ABR Score (352 ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (259) ★ 4.67 Audible (93)
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    Multiple authors tackle humanity's role as galactic underdogs in this sprawling mercenary anthology set in the 22nd century's alien-dominated universe.

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    Endeavour

    The Sleeping Gods • Book 1

    by Ralph Kern

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 3.74 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.16 Audible (1.2K)
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    In 2118, humanity's first mission to Tau Ceti seeks to solve the Fermi Paradox—why we've never found alien life. Michael Kramer's narration captures both the wonder of interstellar travel and the mystery awaiting the crew.

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    An Antarctic Mystery; or, The Sphinx of the Ice Fields: A Sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

    by Jules Verne

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    ★ 3.64 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.62 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.13 Audible (24)
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    Verne's direct sequel to Poe's Antarctic nightmare benefits from Tim Gerard Reynolds' atmospheric delivery of this bizarre polar expedition.

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    Advent 9 (Superpunk Book 1)

    by T. Alan Horne, Paul Pederson, David Farland

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 3.62 ABR Score (78 ratings)
    ★ 3.51 Goodreads (67) ★ 4.45 Audible (11)
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    When the great Powered heroes walked away, they left only one child to carry their burden in a world that lost its inspiration. Kramer's performance captures the weight of legacy as Advent 9 faces nightmares while dodging bullets and carrying impossible strength.

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