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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
771 books — 500 voters
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneSphere by Michael CrichtonThe Dragon Dreamer by J.S. BurkeMeg by Steve AltenDragon Lightning by J.S. Burke
Oceanic/marine science fiction
165 books — 270 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic by Don LynchThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardThe Night Lives On by Walter LordThe Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Best Titanic Books
168 books — 229 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltCut Adrift by Jane JesmondThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
52 Book Club 2024: #8 Features The Ocean
411 books — 207 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAppointment with Death by Agatha ChristieCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Death in a Warm Climate
322 books — 106 voters

Positive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-WilliamsOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Every Man, Woman and Child
1,749 books — 106 voters
The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney CompanyThe Forbidden Vial by Nathalie LaineFlipping the Scales by Pete TarsiMermaid Tales from Around the World by Mary Pope OsborneThe Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
Mermaids
174 books — 98 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Maritime Classics
277 books — 97 voters
Love You Forever by Robert MunschLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodLullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena ArmasThe Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
All you need is..........Love
1,341 books — 96 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssPandora by Joshua GrantThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro
Fictitious Shipwrecks
147 books — 71 voters

Fateful by Claudia GrayDistant Waves by Suzanne WeynTitanic by Deborah HopkinsonVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteA Night to Remember by Walter Lord
YA Titanic Novels
19 books — 58 voters
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussMia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
319 books — 44 voters

Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonLamb by Christopher MooreQueen of Scots by John GuyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Subtitle
542 books — 38 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
176 books — 33 voters

Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserSave the Ocean by Bethany StahlSave the Arctic by Bethany StahlThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Our World - Earth
126 books — 30 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigPeanuts by Charles M. SchulzThe Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Dr. SeussMythology by Alex RossThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Dave Manak
The Art of.........
457 books — 30 voters

The Orb and the Airship by Jenelle Leanne SchmidtThe Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim ButcherThe Orb and the Airship by Jenelle Leanne SchmidtStardust by Neil GaimanMagonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
Flying Ships and Air Pirates
169 books — 30 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Help by Kathryn StockettJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
What took me so long?
118 books — 30 voters

A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic Survivor by Violet JessopThomas Andrews by Shan F. BullockThe Night Lives On by Walter LordTitanic by Alan Hustak
Titanic People
36 books — 17 voters
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Piano Tuner by Daniel MasonSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Fictitious Burma
32 books — 16 voters

Dead Wake by Erik LarsonExploring the Lusitania by Robert D. BallardWilful Murder by Diana PrestonLusitania by Greg KingSeven Days in May by Kim Izzo
Lusitania
21 books — 16 voters
Beyond the Tides by Liz JohnsonThe Alaskan Laundry by Brendan JonesThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserStern Men by Elizabeth GilbertPolar Star by Martin Cruz Smith
Commercial Fishing Fiction
23 books — 13 voters

Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskeyMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyScuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude CramptonOne Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskeyThe Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
Picture Books with Boats
107 books — 8 voters
The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-SmithThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauThe Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-EvansTexas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-MooreThe Art of DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda by Tracey Miller-Zarneke
Two surnames.
41 books — 6 voters

The Midnight Watch by David DyerSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysForget Me Not by Sue LawsonThe Lifeboat Clique by Kathy ParksThe Light In The Darkness by Carla Robinson
Life Ring - ship ahoy
12 books — 6 voters
The Love Haters by Katherine CenterStorm Warriors by Elisa CarboneCoast Guard Courtship by Lisa CarterDaughter of the Coast Guard by Betty BaxterCoast Guard Rescue One by Natalie Debrabandere
Coast Guard, Lifeguard, Coastal Search & Rescue in Fiction
26 books — 4 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
Atlantis by Walt Disney CompanyAtlantis by Catherine HapkaAtlantis The Lost Empire by David JohnDisney's Atlantis by Walt Disney CompanyAtlantis by Greg Ehrbar
Disney Atlantis: The Lost Empire books
24 books — 1 voter

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