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Nautical Books
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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 186 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.07 — 62,867 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.56 — 609,454 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 117,531 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 197,148 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 534,790 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,066 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 24,979 ratings — published 1972
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 85 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,193 ratings — published 1973
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,289,558 ratings — published 1952
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 160,317 ratings — published 1959
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
by (shelved 70 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.89 — 273,822 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 68 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,217 ratings — published 1977
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.02 — 14,501 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,015 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 60 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,204 ratings — published 1978
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 58 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,025 ratings — published 1980
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,445 ratings — published 1997
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 53 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,944 ratings — published 1981
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 159,546 ratings — published 2015
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,555 ratings — published 1984
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,412 ratings — published 1952
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 48 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,602 ratings — published 1983
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 48 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 11,900 ratings — published 1988
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,093 ratings — published 1904
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 44 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,217 ratings — published 1989
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.99 — 75,771 ratings — published 1995
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,087 ratings — published 1899
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,175 ratings — published 1937
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,740,240 ratings — published 2001
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,486 ratings — published 1993
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,380 ratings — published 1991
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 10,923 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,891 ratings — published 1962
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,833 ratings — published 1953
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 72,227 ratings — published 2007
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,508 ratings — published 1994
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,677 ratings — published 1938
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 8,523 ratings — published 1938
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,321 ratings — published 1996
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,513 ratings — published 1946
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 25,294 ratings — published 2014
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,740 ratings — published 2003
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 9,984 ratings — published 1991
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 8,383 ratings — published 1945
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,304 ratings — published 2003
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,492 ratings — published 1999
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,173,811 ratings — published -700
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.68 — 328,461 ratings — published 1719
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.23 — 102,041 ratings — published 1998
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 27,639 ratings — published 2002
“The monster under my bed is pitchpoling. See, when you’re in heavy seas you always face the bow forward. Steer into the waves. Seems to break the laws of nature but most times it works. You're gonna live to see another day. If your vessel gets turned sideways though, you get stuck in the trough and in heavy seas you can capsize. I don’t even worry about that so much. I can control that- I just steer the boat into the oncoming waves. Problem solved. Until it’s not.”
― Motion of Intervals
― Motion of Intervals
“Listen, Miss, boats are supposed to float. Even if they break up, they usually still float and show up on a shore somewhere. There have been no reports of wreckage or abandoned boats. At this point, no news is still good news. Don't worry. It's too early to worry.”
― Lost: A Memoir
― Lost: A Memoir
