Voyages Extraordinaires Books in Order

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The "Voyages Extraordinaires" is a series of novels and short stories written by Jules Verne, spanning from 1863 to 1914 and consisting of 40 works. Notable titles within the series include Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, Around the World in Eighty Days, and The Mysterious Island. The series is known for blending scientific speculation with adventure, often exploring themes of exploration, technology, and discovery. Verne's works in this collection were among the first to popularize the science fiction genre. The series was initially published in separate installments before being compiled into collections.

Publication order

In the order the books were originally released.

  1. Cover of Five Weeks in a Balloon

    Five Weeks in a Balloon

    1863 · Jules Verne

    "Five Weeks in a Balloon," published in 1863, was the first novel in Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages" series. The story follows a 4,000-mile…

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  2. Cover of The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

    The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

    1864 · Jules Verne

    The Adventures of Captain Hatteras is an 1866 adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in two parts: The English at the North Pole and The Desert of…

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  3. Cover of Journey to the Centre of the Earth

    Journey to the Centre of the Earth

    1864 · Jules Verne

    Three explorers descend to the center of the earth, where they encounter tumultuous storms, wild prehistoric animals, and fierce cavemen. An 1864…

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  4. Cover of From the Earth to the Moon

    From the Earth to the Moon

    1865 · Jules Verne

    From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes is a 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It follows the Baltimore Gun Club, a group of…

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  5. Cover of In Search of the Castaways

    In Search of the Castaways

    1868 · Jules Verne

    On the 26th of July, 1864, the yacht Duncan was moving quickly through the North Channel with a strong northeast wind. The Union Jack flew from the…

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  6. Cover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

    1869 · Jules Verne

    A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, anticipating many of the…

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  7. Cover of Around the Moon

    Around the Moon

    1870 · Jules Verne

    A 1870 novel by Jules Verne. Members of the Gun-Club, an artillery society founded in Baltimore, send a projectile toward the Moon under the…

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  8. Cover of A Floating City

    A Floating City

    1871 · Jules Verne

    A Floating City is an adventure novel written by French author Jules Verne, first published in 1871 in France. It was well received and achieved a…

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  9. Cover of The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa

    The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa

    1872 · Jules Verne

    The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa is a 1872 book by Jules Verne. It is book 9 of the series Voyages…

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  10. Cover of The Fur Country

    The Fur Country

    1873 · Jules Verne

    The Fur Country or Seventy Degrees North Latitude is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, part of his Extraordinary Voyages series. It was first…

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  11. Cover of Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    1872 · Jules Verne

    Phileas Fogg is a very punctual man who gets into an argument while discussing a recent bank robbery. To prove he can travel around the world in 80…

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  12. Cover of The Mysterious Island

    The Mysterious Island

    1875 · Jules Verne

    This 1874 novel by Jules Verne is a survival story set in the south Pacific Ocean. A group of hot-air balloon castaways struggle to survive on a…

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  13. Cover of The Survivors of the Chancellor

    The Survivors of the Chancellor

    1875 · Jules Verne

    "The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger" is an 1875 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the final voyage of the…

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  14. Cover of Michel Strogoff

    Michel Strogoff

    1876 · Jules Verne

    A novel by Jules Verne in which Michael Strogoff, in the service of Alexander II, carries a message from Moscow to Irkutsk during a Tatar rebellion,…

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  15. Cover of Hector Servadac

    Hector Servadac

    1877 · Jules Verne

    Off on a Comet is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story follows several people who are carried away by a comet after it comes into…

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  16. Cover of The Child of the Cavern

    The Child of the Cavern

    1877 · Jules Verne

    This 1877 novel by Jules Verne follows engineer James Starr, who revisits a depleted Scottish coal mine at the request of an old friend, Simon Ford,…

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  17. Cover of Un capitaine de quinze ans

    Un capitaine de quinze ans

    1878 · Jules Verne

    Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen is a novel by Jules Verne published in 1878. The story addresses the theme of slavery, with a focus on the African…

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  18. Cover of The Begum's Fortune

    The Begum's Fortune

    1879 · Jules Verne

    The Begum's Fortune, also known as The Begum's Millions, is an 1879 novel by Jules Verne. The story contains elements of utopian fiction as well as…

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  19. Cover of Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

    Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

    1879 · Jules Verne

    Tribulations of a Chinaman in China is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1879. The story follows a rich Chinese man named Kin-Fo,…

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  20. Cover of The steam house

    The steam house

    1880 · Jules Verne

    The Steam House is an 1880 novel by Jules Verne that follows a group of British colonists traveling through the Raj in a wheeled house pulled by a…

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  21. Cover of The Giant Raft

    The Giant Raft

    1881 · Jules Verne

    The Giant Raft is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1881. It was also published under the incorrect title of its first part, Eight Hundred Leagues…

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  22. Cover of Godfrey Morgan

    Godfrey Morgan

    1882 · Jules Verne

    Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery, also known as School for Crusoes, is an 1882 adventure novel by Jules Verne. The story follows Godfrey Morgan,…

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  23. Cover of The Green Ray

    The Green Ray

    1882 · Jules Verne

    The Green Ray is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne and published in 1882. The story takes its title from the optical phenomenon known as the…

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  24. Cover of Kéraban the Inflexible

    Kéraban the Inflexible

    1883 · Jules Verne

    Kéraban the Inflexible is a 1883 book by Jules Verne. It is book 24 of the series Voyages Extraordinaires. Catalog genres: Adventure Fiction.

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  25. Cover of The Vanished Diamond

    The Vanished Diamond

    1884 · Jules Verne

    The Vanished Diamond, also known as The Southern Star, is an 1884 French novel attributed to Jules Verne. It is based on a manuscript written by…

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  26. Cover of L’Archipel en feu

    L’Archipel en feu

    1884 · Jules Verne

    The Archipelago on Fire is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne, taking place during the Greek War of Independence. (Summary adapted from…

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  27. Cover of Mathias Sandorf

    Mathias Sandorf

    1885 · Jules Verne

    This 1885 adventure book by Jules Verne was first serialized in Le Temps in 1885. It employs devices familiar from his earlier novels: islands,…

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  28. Cover of Un Billet de loterie

    Un Billet de loterie

    1886 · Jules Verne

    The Lottery Ticket is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It was also published in the United States under the title Ticket…

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  29. Cover of Robur the Conqueror

    Robur the Conqueror

    1886 · Jules Verne

    The story begins with a sudden and unexpected event: pistol shots ring out, and a cow, grazing peacefully fifty yards away, is struck by a bullet.…

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  30. Cover of Nord contre Sud

    Nord contre Sud

    1887 · Jules Verne

    Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South is a novel by Jules Verne, originally published in 1887. The story follows James Burbank, an antislavery…

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  31. Cover of The Flight to France

    The Flight to France

    1887 · Jules Verne

    The Flight to France is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne, published in 1887. Set in the year 1792 just before the French Revolutionary Wars,…

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  32. Cover of Deux ans de vacances

    Deux ans de vacances

    1888 · Jules Verne

    Two Years' Vacation is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888. The story follows a group of schoolboys who find themselves stranded on…

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  33. Cover of Famille-sans-nom

    Famille-sans-nom

    1889 · Jules Verne

    Family Without a Name is an 1889 novel by Jules Verne set during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838. The story follows a family living in…

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  34. Cover of Sans dessus dessous

    Sans dessus dessous

    1889 · Jules Verne

    The Purchase of the North Pole or Topsy-Turvy is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1889. It is the third and final book in the…

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  35. Cover of César Cascabel

    César Cascabel

    1890 · Jules Verne

    César Cascabel is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1890. It is part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series. The novel was published in English in…

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  36. Cover of Mistress Branican

    Mistress Branican

    1891 · Jules Verne

    Mistress Branican is an 1891 adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The story draws inspiration from the accounts of Colonel Peter Egerton-Warburton…

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  37. Cover of The Carpathian Castle

    The Carpathian Castle

    1892 · Jules Verne

    The Carpathian Castle is a 1892 book by Jules Verne. It is book 37 of the series Voyages Extraordinaires. Catalog genres: Vampire Fiction, Gothic…

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  38. Cover of Claudius Bombarnac

    Claudius Bombarnac

    1893 · Jules Verne

    A flamboyant French reporter named Claudius Bombarnac is assigned to chronicle a railway journey across Central Asia aboard a new Trans-Asian…

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  39. Cover of P’tit-Bonhomme

    P’tit-Bonhomme

    1893 · Jules Verne

    Foundling Mick is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne, published in 1893. Its social elements seem to be inspired by the works of Charles…

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  40. Cover of Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer

    Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer

    1894 · Jules Verne

    Captain Antifer is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The story follows the seaman Pierre Antife of Saint-Malo and others of different…

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  41. Cover of Propeller Island

    Propeller Island

    1895 · Jules Verne

    Propeller Island is a science fiction novel by French author Jules Verne, first published in 1895 as part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series. The…

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  42. Cover of Face au drapeau

    Face au drapeau

    1896 · Jules Verne

    Facing the Flag or For the Flag is an 1896 patriotic novel written by Jules Verne. It is part of the Voyages extraordinaires series, a collection of…

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  43. Cover of Clovis Dardentor

    Clovis Dardentor

    1896 · Jules Verne

    Clovis Dardentor is an 1896 novel by French writer Jules Verne, written partly as a travel narrative. The original illustrations were drawn by…

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  44. Cover of An Antarctic Mystery

    An Antarctic Mystery

    1897 · Jules Verne

    An Antarctic Mystery is a two-volume novel by Jules Verne, published in 1897. It serves as a continuation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel The…

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  45. Cover of The mighty Orinoco

    The mighty Orinoco

    1898 · Jules Verne

    "The Mighty Orinoco" is a 1898 novel by Jules Verne, part of his "Voyages Extraordinaires" series. It follows a young man's journey along the Orinoco…

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  46. Cover of The Will of an Eccentric

    The Will of an Eccentric

    1900 · Jules Verne

    The Will of an Eccentric is a 1900 book by Jules Verne. It is book 46 of the series Voyages Extraordinaires. Catalog genres: Travel Literature,…

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  47. Cover of The castaways of the flag

    The castaways of the flag

    1900 · Jules Verne

    The Castaways of the Flag is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. It was initially published in English translation as two separate volumes,…

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  48. Cover of The Village in the Treetops

    The Village in the Treetops

    1901 · Jules Verne

    The Village in the Treetops is a 1901 novel by French author Jules Verne. It is part of Verne's Voyages extraordinaires series. The book explores…

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  49. Cover of The Sea Serpent

    The Sea Serpent

    1901 · Jules Verne

    The Sea Serpent: The Yarns of Jean Marie Cabidoulin is an adventure novel by French author Jules Verne first published in 1901. The story centers on…

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  50. Cover of The Kip Brothers

    The Kip Brothers

    1902 · Jules Verne

    The Kip Brothers is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, part of his Voyages extraordinaires series. Karl and Pieter Kip are castaways on a barren…

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  51. Cover of Bourses de voyage

    Bourses de voyage

    1903 · Jules Verne

    Bourses de voyage is a 1903 book by Jules Verne. It is book 51 of the series Voyages Extraordinaires. Catalog genres: Bildungsroman, Travel…

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  52. Cover of Un drame en Livonie

    Un drame en Livonie

    1904 · Jules Verne

    A Drama in Livonia is a tragic mystery novel written by Jules Verne in 1893. It was later revised in 1903 and first published in 1904. The story is…

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  53. Cover of Master of the World

    Master of the World

    1904 · Jules Verne

    Master of the World, published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French science fiction writer Jules Verne. At the time of its writing, Verne's…

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  54. Cover of Invasion of the Sea

    Invasion of the Sea

    1905 · Jules Verne

    Invasion of the Sea is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1905, the last of his works to be released during his lifetime. The story…

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Companion & related books

Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read the Voyages Extraordinaires books in?

Publication order — Publication order — the order in which the books were first published. This is the standard, most widely recommended way to read the series. Start with “Five Weeks in a Balloon.”

How many books are in the Voyages Extraordinaires series?

We list 61 books by Jules Verne , published between 1863–1914.

Where can I buy the Voyages Extraordinaires books?

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Sub-series within Voyages Extraordinaires

Distinct reading paths inside the wider series — each has its own page and order.

Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted a wrong order, a missing book, or any other mistake? and we'll correct it.