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Maritime Books
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,297 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 211,668 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.57 — 617,535 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,731 ratings — published 1969
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 166,933 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 162,264 ratings — published 2015
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,518 ratings — published 1995
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 542,029 ratings — published 1882
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,209 ratings — published 1997
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,318,657 ratings — published 1952
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,632 ratings — published 1840
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,366 ratings — published 1950
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.47 — 21,058 ratings — published 2024
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 277,309 ratings — published 1869
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,379 ratings — published 2003
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,114 ratings — published 2003
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.30 — 25,935 ratings — published 2014
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,343 ratings — published 1972
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,236 ratings — published 2007
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.67 — 10,354 ratings — published 1995
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro (ebook)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,093 ratings — published 2018
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 29,231 ratings — published 1955
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,499 ratings — published 1973
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,461 ratings — published 2021
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,444 ratings — published 2002
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,628 ratings — published 2018
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,756,970 ratings — published 2001
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 694 ratings — published 2013
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,223 ratings — published 1899
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,417 ratings — published 1978
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,197,617 ratings — published -800
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,466 ratings — published 1977
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,616 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,220 ratings — published 1979
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,747 ratings — published 1984
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,766 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,100 ratings — published 1981
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,317 ratings — published 1937
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,598 ratings — published 2019
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,299 ratings — published 2006
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,446 ratings — published 2013
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,072 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,066 ratings — published 1962
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Library Binding)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,985 ratings — published 2001
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,641 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,600 ratings — published 1952
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.37 — 36,320 ratings — published 2004
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 257,008 ratings — published 2016
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,384 ratings — published 2007
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,197 ratings — published 1980
“All sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable- they live in the varying outer weather and they inhale it's fickleness”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“Any port in a storm.”
― Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
― Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
