The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island is an adventure fiction and Victorian science fiction novel. Key subjects include castaways and Islands of the Pacific.
On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 9,034 times in the last 30 days.
It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 23 h 22 min LibriVox audiobook.
About The Mysterious Island
"The Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne is a novel serialized from 1874 to 1875. Five Union prisoners escape the American Civil War by balloon, crash-landing on a remote volcanic island in the Pacific. Led by engineer Cyrus Smith, they transform themselves from castaways into colonists, building tools, shelter, and even a ship. Yet mysterious events suggest an unseen presence watching over them—unexplained rescues, strange gifts, and invisible protection. When pirates threaten their sanctuary, the island's deepest secret finally emerges, connecting their fate to another legendary adventure.
Free audiobook
The Mysterious Island — LibriVox recording, 23 h 22 min in 62 sections.
Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.
Quick answers
Who wrote The Mysterious Island?
The Mysterious Island was written by Jules Verne.
What genre is The Mysterious Island?
It is usually shelved as Adventure, Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.
Is The Mysterious Island free to read?
Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.
Is there a free audiobook of The Mysterious Island?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 23 h 22 min.
What books are similar to The Mysterious Island?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Time Machine, A Princess of Mars and After London.
More by Jules Verne
All books →- FREE🎧
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
- FREE
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Jules Verne
- FREE🎧
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
- FREE🎧
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World
Jules Verne
- FREE🎧
From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon
Jules Verne
- FREE🎧
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
Jules Verne
Books like The Mysterious Island
- FREE🎧
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
- FREE🎧
A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
- FREE🎧
After London
Richard Jefferies
- FREE🎧
Dracula
Bram Stoker
- FREE🎧
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
- FREE🎧
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
- FREE🎧
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
- FREE🎧
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain