Nautical Novels (232 books)

Nautical Novels

Vote on your favorite nautically-themed novels. That means NOVELS, as in FICTION and NOT biographies, histories, or memoirs. Thanks

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1	Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian 4.02 avg rating — 7,862 ratings score: 2,621, and 27 people voted	My rating:
2	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.70 avg rating — 51,467 ratings score: 2,412, and 25 people voted	My rating:
3	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.49 avg rating — 108,512 ratings score: 1,751, and 18 people voted	My rating:
4	Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 3.31 avg rating — 203,637 ratings score: 1,726, and 18 people voted	My rating:
5	Mid Ocean by T. Rafael Cimino (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 1,689, and 17 people voted	My rating:
6	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 3.67 avg rating — 27,304 ratings score: 1,638, and 17 people voted	My rating:
7	The Odyssey by Homer 3.60 avg rating — 342,257 ratings score: 1,355, and 14 people voted	My rating:
8	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester 3.99 avg rating — 2,592 ratings score: 1,231, and 13 people voted	My rating:
9	The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #5) by C.S. Lewis 4.05 avg rating — 71,936 ratings score: 1,045, and 11 people voted	My rating:
10	The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy 3.72 avg rating — 138,187 ratings score: 1,028, and 11 people voted	My rating:
11	Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy (Bloody Jack, #1) by L.A. Meyer 4.17 avg rating — 5,340 ratings score: 889, and 9 people voted	My rating:
12	The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk 4.11 avg rating — 3,819 ratings score: 843, and 9 people voted	My rating:
13	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.44 avg rating — 38,517 ratings score: 739, and 8 people voted	My rating:
14	Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard Nordhoff 3.86 avg rating — 1,571 ratings score: 734, and 8 people voted	My rating:
15	The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers 3.45 avg rating — 588 ratings score: 713, and 8 people voted	My rating:
16	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.79 avg rating — 215,684 ratings score: 685, and 7 people voted	My rating:
17	The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat 4.02 avg rating — 525 ratings score: 678, and 7 people voted	My rating:
18	The Sallee Rovers (Pirates of the Narrow Seas, #1) by M. Kei (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 587, and 6 people voted	My rating:
19	On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 3.93 avg rating — 1,515 ratings score: 572, and 6 people voted	My rating:
20	Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini 4.13 avg rating — 1,704 ratings score: 510, and 6 people voted	My rating:
21	Das Boot: The Boat by Lothar-Günther Buchheim 4.17 avg rating — 395 ratings score: 476, and 5 people voted	My rating:
22	Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11. by C.S. Forester 4.32 avg rating — 348 ratings score: 462, and 5 people voted	My rating:
23	The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx 3.64 avg rating — 32,198 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	My rating:
24	The Golden Ocean by Patrick O'Brian 4.00 avg rating — 433 ratings score: 455, and 5 people voted	My rating:
25	Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad 3.47 avg rating — 5,703 ratings score: 420, and 5 people voted	My rating:
26	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi 3.81 avg rating — 22,344 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	My rating:
27	Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West (Bloody Jack, #5) by L.A. Meyer 4.17 avg rating — 2,241 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	My rating:
28	The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat 3.96 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	My rating:
29	Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack, #3) by L.A. Meyer 4.31 avg rating — 2,865 ratings score: 385, and 4 people voted	My rating:
30	Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack, #2) by L.A. Meyer 4.21 avg rating — 3,397 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	My rating:
31	The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels (5 Volumes) by Patrick O'Brian 4.74 avg rating — 453 ratings score: 366, and 4 people voted	My rating:
32	Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville 2.90 avg rating — 4,948 ratings score: 359, and 4 people voted	My rating:
33	Captains Corageous by Rudyard Kipling 3.68 avg rating — 2,496 ratings score: 323, and 4 people voted	My rating:
34	Pirates! by Celia Rees (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 3,595 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	My rating:
35	To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker 3.79 avg rating — 2,168 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	My rating:
36	In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack, #4) by L.A. Meyer 4.27 avg rating — 2,616 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	My rating:
37	A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes 3.83 avg rating — 1,375 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	My rating:
37	The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age by Frans G. Bengtsson 4.27 avg rating — 642 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	My rating:
37	The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay (Bloody Jack, #8) by L.A. Meyer 4.29 avg rating — 1,026 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	My rating:
40	The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket & Related Tales by Edgar Allan Poe 3.61 avg rating — 1,397 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	My rating:
41	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 3.46 avg rating — 34,055 ratings score: 253, and 3 people voted	My rating:
42	Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.63 avg rating — 9,016 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	My rating:
43	The Master Of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.61 avg rating — 791 ratings score: 229, and 3 people voted	My rating:
43	Peter Pan by James M. Barrie 4.07 avg rating — 36,203 ratings score: 229, and 3 people voted	My rating:
45	The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini 3.96 avg rating — 407 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	My rating:
46	Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy 4.31 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
47	Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 2,811 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	My rating:
48	Iron Men (Pirates of the Narrow Seas, #3) by M. Kei (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	My rating:
49	HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean 3.83 avg rating — 670 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	My rating:
49	Men of Honor (Pirates of the Narrow Seas, #2) by M. Kei (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	My rating:
51	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe 4.04 avg rating — 1,088 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	My rating:
52	The Nigger of the Narcissus and the Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad 3.83 avg rating — 206 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	My rating:
53	Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin 3.84 avg rating — 2,698 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	My rating:
54	Dark Voyage (Night Soldiers, #8) by Alan Furst 3.86 avg rating — 570 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	My rating:
55	Doctor Syn On The High Seas by Russell Thorndike 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	My rating:
56	Depths by Henning Mankell 3.08 avg rating — 465 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	My rating:
57	All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud by Armstrong Sperry 3.27 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	My rating:
58	Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat 3.79 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	My rating:
59	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham 4.09 avg rating — 2,354 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	My rating:
60	Peter Simple (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series) by Frederick Marryat 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	My rating:
61	Powder Monkey: Adventures of a Young Sailor by Paul Dowswell 3.69 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	My rating:
62	Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1) by Dave Barry 4.00 avg rating — 14,762 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	My rating:
63	Pirate's Passage by William Gilkerson 3.24 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	My rating:
64	The Sea Wolf by Jack London 3.89 avg rating — 3,933 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	My rating:
65	Up Periscope by Robb White 3.91 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	My rating:
66	The Guardship (Thomas Marlowe, #1) by James L. Nelson 3.92 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	My rating:
66	Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach, Jr. 4.03 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	My rating:
68	The Bounty Mutiny by William Bligh 3.81 avg rating — 232 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	My rating:
69	Men Against the Sea: A Novel by Charles Bernard Nordhoff 4.14 avg rating — 165 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	My rating:
70	The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo 4.03 avg rating — 478 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	My rating:
71	Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville 3.46 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	My rating:
72	Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh 3.81 avg rating — 288 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	My rating:
73	Sinbad the Sailor and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights by N. J. Dawood 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 137, and 2 people voted	My rating:
74	The Black Swan by Raphael Sabatini 3.70 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 129, and 2 people voted	My rating:
75	Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier 3.80 avg rating — 2,061 ratings score: 123, and 2 people voted	My rating:
76	Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck 3.29 avg rating — 549 ratings score: 121, and 2 people voted	My rating:
77	Gloriana's Torch (David Becket and Simon Ames, #3) by Patricia Finney 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	Doctor Dogbody's Leg (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series) by James Norman Hall 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Sian Rees 3.44 avg rating — 209 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	The Longest Race by Hal Roth 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols 4.13 avg rating — 421 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	Pieces of Eight: A Story of Sex & Love, Trust & Betrayal by Michael Reed McLaughlin (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco 3.35 avg rating — 3,749 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	Prisoner of the Raven by Kirby Crow 3.56 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman 3.92 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen 4.19 avg rating — 541 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	The Zhukov Briefing by Antony Trew 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
77	Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) by Robin Hobb 4.02 avg rating — 7,037 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	My rating:
89	The Pirates! In An Adventure With Ahab: A Novel by Gideon Defoe 4.03 avg rating — 551 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
89	King of the Vagabonds (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 2) by Neal Stephenson 4.11 avg rating — 420 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
89	Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica) by Apollonius of Rhodes 3.69 avg rating — 776 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
89	The Buccaneers of America by Alexander O. Exquemelin 3.74 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: A Novel by Gideon Defoe 4.08 avg rating — 545 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica (Loeb Classical Library No. 286) by Gaius Valerius Flaccus 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	The Tale by Joseph Conrad 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
93	Corsair (Hector Lynch, #1) by Tim Severin 2.98 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	My rating:
97	The Wanderer by Sharon Creech 3.78 avg rating — 3,485 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
97	Midshipman Bolitho (Richard Bolitho, #1) by Alexander Kent 3.71 avg rating — 269 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
97	Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating:
97	Heart of Oak (Pirates of the Narrow Seas, #4) by M. Kei (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	My rating: