Big Books of 2026
Genres

Sailing


Sailing Books

Sailing Alone around the World
The Long Way
A Voyage for Madmen
Maiden Voyage
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
World of My Own
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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Lists

Secrets of the Realm by Bev StoutSea Witch by Helen HollickThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James FaroUncharted by J.B. ChicoineThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro
Best Adventure Books with or about Sailing
73 books — 103 voters
Into the Sunken City by Dinesh ThiruPandora by Joshua GrantThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James FaroThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James FaroThe Code by James Faro
Best Sea Adventure Novels
40 books — 45 voters

Play Me by Adriana LockeSummers' Love by Stu SummersFrom Lukov with Love by Mariana ZapataStroked by Meghan QuinnScraps by Matthew Francis
Best Romance Novels about Unusual Sports
134 books — 45 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyLords and Ladies by Terry PratchettThe Darkness Drops Again by Christopher L. BennettThe Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks
Titles from Yeats' Byzantium Poems
17 books — 6 voters

Disney's Treasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyTreasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyTreasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyDisney's Treasure Planet Read Along by Ron KiddDisney's Treasure Planet by Steve Williams
Disney Treasure Planet books
13 books — 1 voter
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Classic Adventure Novels
28 books — 18 voters

Quotes Tagged “Sailing”

Richard Halliburton
“ Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. ...more ”
― Richard Halliburton
38 likes

Guy Gavriel Kay
“ When I'm all grown up, come what may, I'll build a boat to carry me away ...more ”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
32 likes

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Videos Tagged “Sailing”

Caution to the Wind
Caution to the Wind
...Sara Sails to the Hamish Islands in Yemen
...Sara Sails to the Hamish Islands in Yemen
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Groups Tagged "Sailing"

SAILING 24/7 Anyone who LOVES to sail, or simply read about it, whether from the days of Hornblower or Ted Tu…more
60 members, last active 6 years ago
Sailing Books about sailing, autobiographies, fiction, and everything in between.
4 members, last active 2 years ago
...August 12, 2019 to September 11, 2019...
1 member, last active 5 years ago
Lōkahi Ocean Science Reading, sailing, and sciencing.
2 members, last active 4 years ago