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Jules Verne

Born

in Nantes, France

February 08, 1828

Died

March 24, 1905

Genre

Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

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Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,128,159 ratings · 55,465 reviews · 6,519 distinct works • Similar authors

	Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 283,677 ratings — published 1872 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 3.89 avg rating — 277,484 ratings — published 1869 — 6727 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 226,118 ratings — published 1864 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Island 4.13 avg rating — 59,370 ratings — published 1875 — 587 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Earth to the Moon 3.75 avg rating — 39,484 ratings — published 1865 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Weeks in a Balloon 3.75 avg rating — 26,093 ratings — published 1863 — 1444 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant 4.07 avg rating — 14,823 ratings — published 1867 — 1179 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels 3.87 avg rating — 15,342 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miguel Strogoff 3.93 avg rating — 10,944 ratings — published 1876 — 827 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Calico Illustrated Classics Set 3) by Jules Verne, Eric Scott Fisher (Illustrator), Jan Fields (Adapter) 3.99 avg rating — 8,253 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Capitaine Nemo (3 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 16,442 ratings

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3.47 avg rating — 5,200 ratings

La Jangada (The Giant Raft) (2 books)
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Mehveş Sorkun (Translator)

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July 2015 Revisit the Shelf, Group Reread

1952, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 601 pages

12 votes, 27.9%

1872, Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 252 pages

8 votes, 18.6%

1929, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 351 pages

6 votes, 14.0%

1815, Emma by Jane Austen, 474 pages

5 votes, 11.6%

1932, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 268 pages

4 votes, 9.3%

1844, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 786 pages

4 votes, 9.3%

1957, Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 513 pages

2 votes, 4.7%

1887, A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, 108 pages

2 votes, 4.7%

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