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There are dozens, if not hundreds, of novels that prominently feature lighthouses and there are other lists that feature those titles.
This is intended as a list of non-fiction works about lighthouses - their history, design, architecture and the stories of those who built them and operated them.
This is intended as a list of non-fiction works about lighthouses - their history, design, architecture and the stories of those who built them and operated them.
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SPOOKIEST LIGHTHOUSES
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Terrance Zepke (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
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Eric Jay Dolin (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 581 ratings
score: 194,
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The Lighthouse Stevensons
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3.98 avg rating — 742 ratings
score: 193,
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Seashaken Houses
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4.06 avg rating — 810 ratings
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Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers
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Mary Louise Clifford (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 159 ratings
score: 184,
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Henry Winstanley and the Eddystone Lighthouse
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3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 176,
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The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses
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4.32 avg rating — 50 ratings
score: 100,
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Lighthouses of the Georgia Coa
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Lighthouse: An Illuminating History of the World's Coastal Sentinels
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3.98 avg rating — 83 ratings
score: 99,
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Georgia's Lighthouses and Historic Coastal Sites
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4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 99,
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Lighthouses of the World: A Celebration of the World's Most Beautiful Lighthouses
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3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 98,
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Georgia's Lighthouses
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
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Eric Jay Dolin (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 581 ratings
score: 97,
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Ghostly Lighthouses From Maine To Florida
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Sheryl Monks (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 97,
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Guardians of the Lights: Stories of U.S. Lighthouse Keepers
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Elinor Dewire (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 95,
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The Lighthouse Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference (Lighthouse Series)
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Ray Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 94,
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Lighthouses of North America: Beacons from Coast to Coast
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3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 92,
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The World's Greatest Lighthouses
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score: 91,
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The Lighthouse Story (Story series)
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 90,
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Sentinel of the Seas: Life and Death at the Most Dangerous Lighthouse Ever Built
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3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 89,
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A History of Lighthouses
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3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 87,
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A Natural History of Lighthouses
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A rudimentary treatise on the history, construction and illumination of lighthouses
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 85,
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A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
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4.16 avg rating — 154 ratings
score: 84,
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Star for Seamen: The Stevenson Family of Engineers
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score: 83,
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Beacon On The Rock: Dramatic History of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the Present Day
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3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 82,
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Ireland's Lighthouses: A Photo Essay
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4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 80,
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Irish Lighthouses (Lighthouse Series)
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Lighthouses
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4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 78,
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Lighthouses
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 77,
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Lighthouses: The Race to Illuminate the World
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3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 76,
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Lighthouses
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Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States
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score: 74,
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Lighthouses and Lightships
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William Henry Davenport Adams (Creator)
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score: 73,
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Lighthouses and Lightships
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Lighthouses of Australia: Images from the End of an Era
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Lighthouses of Australia: The Offshore Lights
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Lighthouses of England and Wales, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
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Lighthouses of South Africa
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Gerald Hoberman (Photographer)
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 68,
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Lights of East Anglia
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Lightships and lighthouses
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score: 66,
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Rock Lighthouses of Britain
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4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Rock Lighthouses of Britain
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4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Scottish Lighthouses
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The lighthouse
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3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Lighthouses of Greece
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Elinor Dewire (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 61,
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Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia
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Elinor Dewire (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 60,
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Lighthouses of the South: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
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4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Lighthouses: Sentinels of the American Coast
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4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses
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3.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake
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The Story Of John Smeaton And The Eddystone Lighthouse
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The World's Lighthouses: From Ancient Times to 1820
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4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 54,
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A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World
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From dusk till dawn: A history of Australian lighthouses
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Gordon Reid (Goodreads Author)
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For the Safety of All: A Story of Scotland’s Lighthouses
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4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Lighthouses their history and romance
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On Lighthouses
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Scottish Lighthouses: An Illustrated History
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Lighthouses of England and Wales
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Lighthouses of England and Wales
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Lighthouses of the World
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North Atlantic Lighthouses
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4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Lighthouses of Trinity House
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4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Lighthouse Construction and Illumination (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology)
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Northern Lights: The Age of Scottish Lighthouses
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Light Through a Lens: An illustrated celebration of 500 years of Trinity House
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