Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Odyssey by Homer
Boat Books
801 books — 507 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
Ships on the Cover
463 books — 136 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
279 books — 99 voters
The Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeMurder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C... by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
369 books — 85 voters

The Last Tale of Norah Bow by J.P. WhiteLost Son of Salem by Mohammad AlfaresMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Sea Child by Linda WilgusFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Nautical Historical Fiction
149 books — 67 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
True Nautical Stories (Non-Fiction Only)
189 books — 55 voters

Keiko's Story by Linda M. KurthArgonaut The Inua Humpback by Clifford L. GionetHard Aground with Eddie Jones by Eddie JonesHard Aground . . . Again by Eddie JonesBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny Winter
At the Seashore
136 books — 43 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by RowlingThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena ArmasJust Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
Vehicles on the Cover
381 books — 41 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
175 books — 33 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherMid Ocean by T. Rafael CiminoBlood River by Tim ButcherUncharted by J.B. ChicoinePhantom of the Shroppie by Dawn Hammill
books with boats
50 books — 32 voters

Braving Strange Waters by Sarah HanksThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Odyssey by HomerBraving Fiery Waters by Sarah Hanks
Summer Book Display: Books set on a BOAT!
74 books — 32 voters
The River Why by David James DuncanA River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman MacleanA Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing by Tim WeedJerk on One End by Robert HughesThe Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton
Great Fishing Book Collection
84 books — 29 voters

Catamaran Crossing by Douglas Carl FrickeThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie JonesHard Aground . . . Again by Eddie JonesHard Aground with Eddie Jones by Eddie JonesDead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie Jones
Island and Boating Non-Fiction
24 books — 21 voters
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey WoodBoo Hoo Bird by Jeremy TankardMake a Wish Bear by Greg FoleyFroggy Goes to Bed by Jonathan London
Preschool-"B"
118 books — 18 voters

Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensPhantom of the Shroppie by Dawn HammillUnbreak My Heart by Melissa C. WalkerOf Blood and Pulse by A. Jacob Sweeny
I'm on a boat!
88 books — 15 voters
Mythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanAn Aquarium by Jeffrey YangZong! by Marlene NourbeSe PhilipManatee/Humanity by Anne WaldmanSpell by Dan Beachy-Quick
Ocean Poetry
12 books — 14 voters

Honeymoon at Sea by Jennifer Silva RedmondTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.Fourteen by Leslie Johansen NackAn Embarrassment of Mangoes by Ann VanderhoofEnchanted Vagabonds by Dana Lamb
Sailing Memoirs
42 books — 14 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareMurder on the Lusitania by Conrad AllenThe Case Of The Blind Barber by John Dickson CarrDead Wake by Erik Larson
Cruising for Crime
68 books — 14 voters

Twelve Mile Bank by Nicholas HarveyKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlThe Turquoise Lament by John D. MacDonaldDeadly Sommer by Nicholas HarveyThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Adventures with a Nautical Flair
96 books — 14 voters
The Historical Encyclopedia of Atlantic Nautical Hazards by Raymond John HowgegoThose Vulgar Tubes by Joe J. Simmons IIIIngenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved by Stuart M. FrankShipwreck Anthropology by Richard A. GouldShip Shape, a Dazzle Camouflage Sourcebook by Roy R. Behrens
~~Coughing Up Ships~
219 books — 8 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 Love Haters by Katherine CenterInto The Storm by Darcy GuyantStorm Warriors by Elisa CarboneCoast Guard Courtship by Lisa CarterDagger Quest by Edward M. Hochsmann
Coast Guard, Lifeguard, Coastal Search & Rescue in Fiction
32 books — 7 voters

Slave Catching In The Indian Ocean by Philip Howard ColombA Maverick Traveller by Mary Jane WalkerThe Land That Never Was by Vasily PasetskyThe Rise and Fall of Nader Shah by Willem M. FloorWorld-Building and the Early Modern Imagination by Allison B. Kavey
Speaking In Foams
101 books — 2 voters
Disney's Treasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyGolden Lily - 10 Years On by Lijia XuTreasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyTreasure Planet by Walt Disney CompanyDisney's Treasure Planet Read Along by Ron Kidd
Disney Treasure Planet books
14 books — 2 voters

Hearts Overboard by Becky DeanWe Ship It by Lauren KayA Cruise Fling by Laura BrownLove Overboard by Kandi SteinerTotal Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle
Cruisin' for Love
62 books — 2 voters
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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