Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBloody Jack by L.A. MeyerPirates! by Celia Rees
Pirates!
59th out of 656 books — 783 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickSix Frigates by Ian W. TollOver the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenLongitude by Dava SobelCaptain Kidd by Samuel Marquis
Age of Sail Nonfiction
10th out of 355 books — 90 voters

American Sphinx by Joseph J. EllisThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamThomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-ReedThe Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-ReedThomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens
Jeffersonian Books (fiction and nonfiction)
6th out of 82 books — 31 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Odyssey by Homer
Nautical Tales
164th out of 746 books — 400 voters

Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
125th out of 469 books — 276 voters
Jefferson's War by Joseph WheelanSix Frigates by Ian W. TollTo the Shores of Tripoli by A.B.C. WhippleThe Pirate Coast by Richard ZacksThe End of Barbary Terror by Frederick C. Leiner
Barbary Wars 1801-1815
4th out of 20 books — 10 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
690th out of 1,693 books — 1,441 voters
Go Down Together by Jeff GuinnJesse James by T.J. StilesThe Last Gunfight by Jeff GuinnUnder the Black Flag by David CordinglyBilly the Kid by Robert M. Utley
Bandits, Robbers, Outlaws and Desperados
22nd out of 176 books — 43 voters

Six Frigates by Ian W. TollVictory in Tripoli by Joshua LondonJefferson's War by Joseph WheelanThe Barbary Wars by Franklin T. LambertTo the Shores of Tripoli by A.B.C. Whipple
Books About the Barbary Wars
20th out of 20 books — 1 voter
The Wager by David GrannDead in the Water by Matthew CampbellThe Outlaw Ocean by Ian UrbinaDead Wake by Erik LarsonThunderstruck by Erik Larson
Maritime true crime
76th out of 86 books — 7 voters

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Alfred Thayer MahanPacific Crucible by Ian W. TollThe Two-Ocean War by Samuel Eliot MorisonDiplomacy by Henry KissingerThe Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future by Alfred Thayer Mahan
Geopolitical Strategies: Maritime Power
65th out of 90 books — 4 voters
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe 57 Bus by Dashka SlaterThe Wonder of Water by Michael DentonThe Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe
Bibliography.com Summer Reading Challenge 2022
96th out of 141 books — 3 voters

Washington by Ron ChernowJohn Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThe Ride by Kostya KennedyFounding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
US Founding Fathers (nonfiction)
177th out of 241 books — 32 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
1117th out of 1,322 books — 706 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Can you keep a Secret?
1462nd out of 1,766 books — 171 voters
Dead Wake by Erik LarsonThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Wager by David GrannThunderstruck by Erik LarsonSea Fights and Shipwrecks by Hanson W. Baldwin
Narrative Nonfiction: Set at Sea
137th out of 226 books — 9 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Secret Scripture by Sebastian BarryThe Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Whispered Secrets
356th out of 372 books — 12 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisTruman by David McCulloughTheodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Best books on USA president(s) (nonfiction)
149th out of 211 books — 118 voters

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
59th out of 74 books — 37 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1215th out of 1,834 books — 2,225 voters

Three Years Behind the Guns by John B. TisdalePacific Crucible by Ian W. TollSix Frigates by Ian W. TollMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Young Nelson in the Americas by Tom Pocock
Naval History
14th out of 17 books — 7 voters
Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Forgotten Governor by John WillsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Enlightening Books About Western Colonization
30th out of 121 books — 16 voters

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor HeyerdahlSea of Glory by Nathaniel PhilbrickTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Best Seafaring History books
99th out of 176 books — 33 voters
Night by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerWhat Papa Told Me by Felice CohenThe Nostradamus Prophecies by Mario ReadingA Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Great Non-Fiction to Read
56th out of 129 books — 6 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Boat Books
755th out of 772 books — 501 voters


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