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The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyRed Storm Rising by Tom ClancyDas Boot by Lothar-Günther BuchheimMigrant Crisis by John SteelVoyage of the Devilfish by Michael DiMercurio
Best Submarine Thrillers
137 books — 108 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
356 books — 92 voters

The Stonegate Sword by Harry James FoxThe False Prophet by Harry James FoxBlood Song by Anthony RyanOutpassage by Janet E. MorrisThe Starbirth Assignment by J.M. Johnson
Best Militaristic SciFi and Fantasy
75 books — 76 voters
Worth the Fall by Claudia ConnorDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Admiral's Bride by Suzanne BrockmannMy Fake Fiancé by Odette Stone
I'm in the Navy! Romance Heroes and Heroines Swabbies
128 books — 47 voters

On Basilisk Station by David WeberDauntless by Jack CampbellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Short Victorious War by David Weber
Naval Science Fiction
157 books — 45 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
29 books — 20 voters

Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11 by C.S. ForesterThe East Indiaman by Ellis K. MeachamH.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLeanHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Great Naval fiction (historical)
41 books — 14 voters
Ever the Wayward Sky by Oliver PhippsI Rode with Morgan by Jonathan JacksonDivided Waters by Ivan MusicantNaval Shipbuilders of the World by Robert Winklareth"Old Hoodoo" The Battleship Texas by Mark D. Cowan
A 19th Century Nautical Miscellenia
45 books — 11 voters

Heart of Oak by David CookThe Royal Marines by richard-brooksEating Smoke by Chris ThrallThe Guardian's Wildchild by Feather Stone, F. StoneGoing Commando by Mark Time
Royal Marines (RM)
27 books — 11 voters
German Raider Atlantis by Wolfgang FrankThe Last Raider by Douglas ReemanThe Sea Raiders by Edward Keble ChattertonThe Last-Gentleman-Of-War by R.K. LochnerWolf by Richard Guilliatt
Raiders!
69 books — 6 voters

Inyo’s Ring by N.H. SchwabacherQueen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada by Frances WinwarSir Francis Drake by Roy GerrardThe Armada by Garrett MattinglyThe Last Armada by Des Ekin
The Spanish Armada
51 books — 6 voters
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer1812 by George C. DaughanTin Can Sailor by C. Raymond CalhounRed Star Over the Pacific by James HolmesSix Frigates by Ian W. Toll
The Official US Navy Reading List
59 books — 5 voters

The Admirals by Walter R. BornemanNelson by Andrew D. LambertThe Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh by George MackanessAdmirals by Andrew D. LambertLincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds
Admirals
81 books — 5 voters
Frozen in Time by Owen BeattieThe Endurance by Caroline AlexanderIce Blink by Scott CookmanErebus by Michael PalinFatal Passage by Ken McGoogan
Polar Exploration (Non-Fiction)
38 books — 5 voters

LE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHEDe la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JATCHEStuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich RudelAbandon Ship! by Richard F. NewcombTwelve Bells to Freedom by Laszlo Suhajda
Bantam War Books - WWII "white cover" series
42 books — 5 voters
Bloodline by William GraceThe Last War by Martyn GodfreyNOT SUNSHINE PATRIOTS by Terry Allen HelmWho Okayed This?! The Riveting Life of Grant Davis by Philip E. BarringtonThe Last Children by Gudrun Pausewang
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From War Part II
61 books — 5 voters

The Beginning of Infinity by David DeutschSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Book of Life by J. KrishnamurtiThe Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Suggestions from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
39 books — 4 voters
Bloodline by William GraceOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteNOT SUNSHINE PATRIOTS by Terry Allen HelmWithout Warning by John BirminghamAlas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From War
102 books — 4 voters

FEAR IS THE KEY By ALISTAIR MacLEAN Fawcett Gold Medal PB 196... by Alistair MacLeanThe Raising of the Dubhe by Patrick O'ConnorA Flock of Ships by Brian CallisonFloodtide for Rafferty by Joan WoodberryThe amphorae pirates by Lou Cameron
Maritime Salvage in Fiction
47 books — 3 voters
My War at Sea 1914 - 1916 by Heathcoat GrantUnsung Heroes of the Royal Canadian Navy by Cynthia J. FaryonNavy of Canada by Source WikipediaMaritime Command Pacific by David ZimmermanThe Sea is at Our Gates by Tony German
Canadian Naval History Books
13 books — 1 voter

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