Books Like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas

French author Jules Verne wrote numerous science fiction novels that have gone on to become classics. One of the most widely acclaimed is Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, which was first released as a serial and then as a book in 1870. The story is narrated by a marine biologist who joins an expedition trying to find and destroy a supposed sea monster. However, the beast turns out to be an advanced submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. The book is filled with awe-inspiring travels under the ocean to various factual and fictitious regions. For more novels that use an underwater setting filled with mystery and intrigue, check out the following books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas.Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the SeaBy Adam RobertsTwenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea by Adam Roberts is heavily inspired by the Jules Verne classic and is set in 1958. The story is centered around Plongeur, France's first nuclear submarine, crewed by the Navy's most experienced captains as well as a small group of sailors, engineers, and scientists. However, during its first sea trial, the submarine plummets out of control past a depth where everyone onboard knows they will be killed by the pressure crushing the hull. Much to their surprise, this doesn't happen, and the submarine continues to descend to unimaginable depths. During this frightening voyage, the crew begins to succumb to madness, betrayal, religious mania, and even murder. Traitor's HonorBy JD WorthTraitor's Honor is the first book in JD Worth's Hydronia series. It is set in an undersea world torn apart by a war between the Hydronian loyalists and the Crux separatists. While the loyalists are trying to maintain their control, the separatists want to set up a nation of their own. The protagonist, Nex Dalvor, is part of an elite warrior group called the Crux Brotherhood, fighting in mechanical exosuits instead of regular combat armor. All his life, Nex has been taught that the Hydronians are hateful and dangerous, while the Crux stands for everything good and just. However, Dalvor's beliefs are shaken when he sees how a Hydronian soldier sacrifices himself to save a civilian. However, discovering the truth puts him in a precarious position as he can't simply leave or refuse to do what he's instructed.     Oceania: The Underwater CityBy Eliza TayeOceania: The Underwater City is the first book in Eliza Taye's series of the same name. It takes place in 2276, a time when oil ran out long ago, and the human population skyrocketed while ocean levels rose. After decades of pollution and inadequate waste management, the planet has been ravaged by natural disasters and diseases, including the worldwide Great Plague of 2083. In fear of another outbreak that could cause the extinction of humanity, a city called Oceania is constructed in secret under the sea. At a depth of two miles beneath the surface, it is home to the best and brightest each country has to offer. While trespassing on a restricted government beach, a fourteen-year-old girl named Allie encounters a boy from Oceania who was convinced his city held the only survivors on the planet. Since the beach has direct access to Oceania, Allie accepts his invitation to visit, where she discovers a world very different from her own underneath the waves.    Dark LifeBy Kat FallsDark Life is the first book in Kat Falls's Dark Life series. It is set in a world where the oceans have risen to swallow the lowlands, and earthquakes have shattered the continents and toppled entire regions into the water. The protagonist, Ty, has spent his whole life living deep undersea as the ocean floor is the only place where people have space of their own. However, when outlaws attack his homestead, Ty finds himself fighting to save the only home he has ever known. Ty is joined by a girl from Topside named Gemma as they venture into the frontier's rough underworld to discover secrets that could destroy everything. From BelowBy Darcy CoatesFrom Below by Darcy Coates is set sixty years after the disappearance of the SS Arcadia during a routine voyage. The only trace of its fate was a strange garbled message it broadcast before vanishing without a trace. When the wreck is finally discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course, Cove and her dive team are granted permission to explore its rusting hull. The simple mission involves examining the wreck while filming everything, hoping to discover how the supposedly unsinkable ship vanished. Unfortunately, Cove and her team find something dark and hungry waiting for them beneath the ocean.The DeepBy Nick CutterThe Deep by Nick Cutter features a strange plague decimating the human population on a global scale by making them forget things. There's no cure, and the plague progresses to the point where people's bodies forget how to function involuntarily. Hope comes in the form of an "ambrosia" that is discovered far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. A research lab was constructed eight miles deep under the ocean to study this universal healer. Unfortunately, all communication with the station is lost, so a brave few take the plunge to descend into the depths to try and uncover what went wrong. Unfortunately, there are more than just mysteries lurking in the crushing deep.