50 Must-Read 50 Beta
← The Must-Read 50
Cover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Classic · Fiction, Science Fiction, Classics

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne
1869 · 512 pages · Fiction
Reserve shelf
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

53.7Must-Read Score
  • Readers9 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller33 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%

Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.

On our reserve shelf: it's well reviewed, but isn't currently a prize winner, a lifetime bestseller or a book everyone's talking about, so we don't rank it. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.

Reads as

Adventurous, Thought-provoking

How we rank

Already read it? Upload your Goodreads or StoryGraph history and get the 50 best books you haven't read, tuned to your taste.Get my 50

More by Jules Verne

Cover of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne
Cover of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneJourney to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the EarthJules Verne

If you like this, read next

Cover of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien
Cover of Foundation by Isaac AsimovFoundation
FoundationIsaac Asimov
Cover of Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesFicciones
FiccionesJorge Luis Borges
Cover of Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeRendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with RamaArthur C. Clarke
Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin
Cover of The Gods Themselves by Isaac AsimovThe Gods Themselves
The Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov

Explore the best-of lists

All 47 best-of lists →