On these pages you can find details of books by Jules Verne and websites dedicated to him, along with other relevant books, websites and resources. For details of material relating to Brunel go to the Resources and Links section of the Brunel 200 website.

If you liked Around the World in Eighty Days, we recommend you also try:
Other classic adventure stories including Anthony Hope's Prisoner of Zenda, H Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, Rudyard Kipling's Kim, John Buchan's Prester John, Graham Greene's Stamboul Train, Eric Ambler's Mask of Dimitrios. Wilbur Smith's A Falcon Flies, Rory Maclean's Stalin's Nose: Across the Face of Europe and The Oatmeal Ark: From the Western Isles to a Promised Sea, Leslie Thomas' The Adventures of Goodnight and Loving, Julian Barnes' A History of the World in 10.5 Chapters.

Children's suggestions include Gillian Cross' The Great Elephant Chase, Geraldine McCaughrean's The White Darkness, Joshua Mowll's Operation Red Jericho.