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"

The Eye of Leviathan (The Sea Beyond, #1)
Gems of the Sea (Gems Rising, #1)
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam (Six of Crows, #2.5)
When You Loved Me
Scandal of the Summer
A Prince Among Pirates
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Pasha the Storm
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
When You Loved Me
Scandal of the Summer
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2)
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Steelborn (The Steelborn Saga, #1)
Fallen Stars (Heavenly Bodies, #2)
Bloody Black
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
Stay for a Spell
The Wicked Sea (The Wicked Sea, #1)
The Mist Thief (The Ever Seas, #3)
The Wicked and the Damned (Dark Inheritance Trilogy, #2)
The Sea Child
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia LevensellerCinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli BrownDaughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia LevensellerPirates! by Celia ReesSea Queens by Jane Yolen
Lady Pirates
302 books — 157 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
589 books — 521 voters

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Falling in Deep Collection
23 books — 22 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonSweet Vengeance by Elizabeth St. MichelDread Pirate Arcanist by Shami StovallColiseum Arcanist by Shami Stovall
Best Books Featuring Nasty PIrates
29 books — 10 voters

Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
Treasure Island
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
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
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
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

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I’m also Sturmhond, commander of the Volkvony, scourge of the True Sea.’ 'Scourge?’ 'Well, I’m vexing at the very least. ...more
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Tricia Levenseller
Imagine that you traveled all over the world, looking for happiness, looking for thrills to pass the time. Imagine seeing everything there is to see and still not finding happiness. Well, that would give you a very bleak outlook on life, would it not?
Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King

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