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Reviewed on June 1, 2025 | Arts & Humanities
The second most translated author in the world—behind Agatha Christie and ahead of the Bible—Jules Verne (1828–1905) remains popular more than a century after his death. His first book, 1863's Five Weeks in a Balloon, introduced a new genre: adventure stories based on science. Throughout his productive life, he published 64 novels, including Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Vern...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
