Maritime

Maritime fiction has several names - Nautical Fiction, Naval Fiction, Sea Fiction, Sea Stories or Naval Adventure Fiction. It is a genre of literature with a setting at or near the sea, focusing on human relationships to the sea and sea voyages. Nautical culture is highlighted. The settings vary widely, including merchant ships, liners, naval ships, sea ports, etc.

Maritime fiction may focus on oceanic wildlife such as Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851), or fantasy creatures and legends such as the Mermaid or Kraken.

Common themes include the sub-genres Shipwreck and Pirates.

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New Releases Tagged "Maritime"

The Sea Captain's Wife
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
The Sea Captain's Wife
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
Clive Cussler’s The Corsican Shadow (Dirk Pitt #27)
Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
Clive Cussler Ghost Soldier (The Oregon Files Book #18)
Hellburner (Oregon Files #16)
Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury (NUMA Files #20)
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Treasure Island
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonDead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie       JonesThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie       JonesPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieCurse of the Black Avenger by Eddie       Jones
Pirate Books
70 books — 44 voters
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyRed Storm Rising by Tom ClancyDas Boot by Lothar-Günther BuchheimVoyage of the Devilfish by Michael DiMercurioRun Silent Run Deep by Edward L. Beach
Best Submarine Thrillers
122 books — 95 voters

A Pirate's Life for She by Laura Sook DuncombeBlackbeard the Pirate by Robert Earl LeePirate Queens by Leigh  LewisJoey Kelly and the Astonishing Discovery of Veiled Lake by Robert RovegnoThe Cove Walking the Plank by Bryant Johnson
Great Pirate Books
13 books — 6 voters
Mythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanSlave Catching In The Indian Ocean by Philip Howard ColombThose Vulgar Tubes by Joe J. Simmons IIIWe, the Navigators by David        LewisKlabautermann of the Northern Seas by Reinhard J. Buss
Leaky Maritimes
103 books — 6 voters

Jaws by Peter BenchleyRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Cruise of the Snark by Jack LondonThe Spear in the Sand by Raoul C. Faure
The Sea Is Calling ...
59 books — 8 voters
Ten Fathoms Deep by Arthur CatherallThe English Corsair by Kevin J. GlynnSalvage from Strosa by Ray PopeSalvage Diver by Zachary BallFEAR IS THE KEY By ALISTAIR MacLEAN Fawcett Gold Medal PB 196... by Alistair MacLean
Maritime Salvage in Fiction
43 books — 2 voters


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