Pirates

Fiction or non-fiction books involving pirates, those who engage in acts of robbery or criminal violence at sea. A sub-genre of the Maritime and Adventure genres.

Piracy has existed from ancient times to the modern day, but much literature focuses on the "Golden Age of Piracy" from about the 1650s to the 1730s. Many of the common tropes in the pirate genre originate in "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates" (1724) by Charles Johnson and "Treasure Island" (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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New Releases Tagged "Pirates"

Saltswept (The Earthsalt Duology, #1)
This Vicious Sea
The Sea Child
Fire Sword and Sea
When Fate is Cruel: A Short Story Collection
Bound by the Sky (Aether & Industry, #1)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
In the Veins of the Drowning (The Siren Mage, #1)
Bloody Black
Fallen Stars (Heavenly Bodies, #2)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)
The Sea Child
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
The Treasure Hunters Club
This Vicious Dream (Kingdom of Death, #1)
Vengeance of the Pirate Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #3)
A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea, #2)
Nightweaver (Nightweaver, #1)
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Under the Black Flag by David CordinglyCaptain Kidd by Samuel MarquisVillains of All Nations by Marcus RedikerA Pirate of Exquisite Mind by Diana PrestonEmpire of Blue Water by Stephan Talty
True-life Pirates & Privateers
74 books — 37 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhHuế  1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. Kramer
History Books - Fact and Fiction
1,283 books — 435 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  FurstenbergBlameless by Gail CarrigerBreathe by Sara FujimuraThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
History, Adventure, Romance
145 books — 145 voters
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du MaurierShip of Dreams by Elaine LeclaireThe Sea-Hawk by Rafael SabatiniPirates! by Celia ReesDead Reckoning by K.A. Perkins
Best Pirate Adventure Books for Women
63 books — 31 voters

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserBloody Jack by L.A. MeyerPirates! by Celia ReesBoston Jane by Jennifer L. Holm
Seafaring Middle Graders
159 books — 49 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
570 books — 503 voters

Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
Treasure Island
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)
All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)
The Ever King (The Ever Seas, #1)
Pirate Latitudes
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Sea of Ruin (Sea of Ruin, #1)
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

Justin Somper
Look," Grace said. "How strange! In spite of the rain, you can still see the stars. How bright they are tonight." She pointed, but Lorcan didn't look. His eyes remained fixed intently on her. "I can't think of a finer sight in the whole world than the one I'm looking at right now," he said. In spite of being drenched, Grace flushed at his words. Lorcan's eyes sparkled at her, brighter than ever before. It was as if the rare blue gems of his iriseshad been washed by the rain amd buffed by the mo ...more
Justin Somper, Black Heart

Emily Skrutskie
And it sucks, because I want to kiss her. It's infuriating how perfect it would be to kiss her right now, perched on a cannon on a pirate ship under the stars. That sounds like something off the pages of an adventure novel. But my life isn't one of those stories. My story is a hurricane, and here with Swift is just the eye. ...more
Emily Skrutskie, The Abyss Surrounds Us

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