Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for creating the iconic character Tarzan, the jungle hero who has captured the imaginations of readers for over a century. Burroughs had a varied career, initially working in several fields including a stint in the military and even as a pencil sharpener salesman, before turning his attention to writing. His adventurous spirit and fascination with the exotic led him to craft stories that whisked readers away to distant worlds, from the jungles of Africa to the mysterious planet of Mars.

Throughout his prolific career, Burroughs published over 70 novels, many of which became instant classics, blending adventure, science fiction, and romance in ways that were innovative for his time. His works have inspired countless adaptations in film, television, and comics, ensuring his legacy endures. If you're curious to dive into the imaginative realms he created, explore his collection in this app and discover the thrilling journeys that await. You might just find a new favorite among his timeless tales!

The Moon Maid

Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.4
Sabotage accidentally takes Earth's first manned interplanetary expedition to the Moon, where a sublunar adventure ensues, involving two int…

The Man-Eater

Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.6
Africa: The land of savagery and splendor. Where a marriage between an adventurer and a missionary's daughter is cut short by invading local…

The Girl from Farris's

Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.4
Ever want to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, only to have the whole world fight to keep you down? Ever been upstanding and righteous, o…

The Cave Girl

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Blueblooded mama's boy Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones is swept overboard during a south seas voyage for his lifelong ill health. He finds himself…

The Girl From Hollywood

Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.6
The countryside outside of Los Angeles is a paradise on Earth: nature gives bounty on the land, the animals are majestic, the oaks breathe a…

Pirates of Venus

Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
Edgar Rice Burroughs, of Tarzan fame, wrote many great adventure stories that were serialized in the magazines of t he 1930s. This is the fi…

The Master Mind of Mars (Version 2)

Read by Mark Nelson 4.6
World War I infantry captain Ulysses Paxton is transported to Barsoom, where he encounters evil scientist Ras Thavas and his diabolical brai…

A Fighting Man of Mars

Read by Mark Nelson 4.8
Under the double moons of Barsoom, an invisible flier sped to the mysterious city of Jahar where Sanoma Tora, the kidnapped princess of Heli…

The Land of Hidden Men

Read by Mark Nelson 4.6
Gordon King, child of the twentieth century, was not to be frightened away by what seemed foolish superstition. The young American was soon …

Tarzan and the Lost Empire

Read by Mark Nelson 4.7
The disappearance of a noted archaeologist hunting the secret of the Lost Tribe of the Wiramwazi Mountains was a signal to the one man who c…

Lost On Venus

Read by KirksVoice 4.7
When Carson Napier, Californian, pierced the mist-laden cloud blanket that shrouded the mysterious planet Venus, he embarked on an unparalle…

The Moon Men

Read by Ben Tucker 4.4
The second book in the Moon Maid trilogy, this novel details the exploits of a descendant of the protagonist of the first novel as he leads …

The Eternal Savage

Read by Mark Nelson 4.7
Here is Nu, son of Nu, seeking to test his mettle against the terrible fangs of the ferocious saber-tooth tiger.Here is Victoria Custer, gue…

Tanar of Pellucidar

Read by Mark Nelson 4.7
Pellucidar—the hollow center of the Earth, a land of savage men and prehistoric beasts—is the scene of this exciting novel. In Pellucidar dw…

A Princess of Mars (Version 4)

Read by Terry Kroenung 4.6
A Confederate soldier travels to Mars and is embroiled in its politics and wars, becoming a great swordsman and hero. - Summary by Terry Kro…

The Tarzan Twins

Read by Ben Tucker 4.1
Dick and Doc aren't actual twins. They're technically cousins, being the sons of twin sisters. But having been born on the same day and look…

The Master Mind of Mars

Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.7
Across the the vast reaches of space went he: another man of Earth (Ulysses Paxton) finds himself transported to Mars ("Barsoom"),…

The Cave Girl (Version 2)

Read by Gerald Moe 4.5
Waldo Smith-Jones shipwrecked from Boston, desperately tries to survive on a lost island of primitive men and beasts. Given the name of Than…

The Red Hawk

Read by Ben Tucker 4.2
This third book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Moon Sequence (preceded by The Moon Maid and The Moon Men) finds Julian 20th, The Red Hawk, leading…

Tarzan Triumphant

Read by Mark Nelson 4.5
LOST PEOPLE IN A TRACKLESS JUNGLE How strange the ways of fate—to bring together such an odd assortment of people to face the perils of the …

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