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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 192 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,531 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.57 — 631,996 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,563 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 235,003 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 553,031 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,990 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 96 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,111 ratings — published 1972
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,364,564 ratings — published 1952
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 177,603 ratings — published 1959
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 87 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,116 ratings — published 1973
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.89 — 283,344 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 70 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,023 ratings — published 1977
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,844 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 63 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,622 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,877 ratings — published 1978
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 59 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,571 ratings — published 1980
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 166,900 ratings — published 2015
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,484 ratings — published 1997
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 55 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,409 ratings — published 1981
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.07 — 34,538 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 52 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,941 ratings — published 1952
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,058 ratings — published 1983
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,087 ratings — published 1984
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,342 ratings — published 1988
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 47 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,598 ratings — published 1989
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 25,587 ratings — published 2024
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,494 ratings — published 1899
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 44 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,827 ratings — published 1993
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,569 ratings — published 1937
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 78,285 ratings — published 2007
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,790 ratings — published 1995
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,760 ratings — published 1991
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,312 ratings — published 1986
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,782,313 ratings — published 2001
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,208 ratings — published 1953
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,261,725 ratings — published -750
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,340 ratings — published 1962
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,832 ratings — published 1994
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,952 ratings — published 1938
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,017 ratings — published 2014
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,318 ratings — published 1991
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 8,864 ratings — published 1938
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,625 ratings — published 1996
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,770 ratings — published 1946
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,700 ratings — published 1945
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,805 ratings — published 2003
The North Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.98 — 35,825 ratings — published 2016
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 113,850 ratings — published 1998
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,779 ratings — published 1999
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,477 ratings — published 2003
“Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.
Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.”
― The Ionian Mission
Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.”
― The Ionian Mission
“It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening. They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish- the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight. They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, an investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked. It was another perfect day - soft, mild and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.”
― Captains Courageous
― Captains Courageous
