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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 192 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 66,013 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.57 — 635,884 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,379 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 241,517 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 555,808 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,135 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 94 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,323 ratings — published 1972
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,378,065 ratings — published 1952
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.47 — 180,408 ratings — published 1959
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 87 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,325 ratings — published 1973
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.88 — 284,991 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 69 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,177 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 — 14,913 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,753 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 61 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 17,004 ratings — published 1978
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 58 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,696 ratings — published 1980
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 168,014 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 — 120,806 ratings — published 1997
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 54 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,497 ratings — published 1981
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.07 — 34,869 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 14,026 ratings — published 1952
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,132 ratings — published 1983
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,177 ratings — published 1984
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,405 ratings — published 1988
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 46 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,663 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 — 26,825 ratings — published 2024
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,572 ratings — published 1899
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 79,162 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 — 78,134 ratings — published 1995
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,887 ratings — published 1993
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,629 ratings — published 1937
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 10,827 ratings — published 1991
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,375 ratings — published 1986
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,788,816 ratings — published 2001
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,288,059 ratings — published -800
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,265 ratings — published 1953
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,887 ratings — published 1994
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,433 ratings — published 1962
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,988 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 — 27,278 ratings — published 2014
The North Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.98 — 36,150 ratings — published 2016
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,990 ratings — published 2003
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,390 ratings — published 1991
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 8,905 ratings — published 1938
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 116,358 ratings — published 1998
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,681 ratings — published 1996
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,816 ratings — published 1946
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,747 ratings — published 1945
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,821 ratings — published 1999
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.24 — 91,539 ratings — published 2023
“In Frederick Marryat's Mr. Midshipman Easy Jack's father, Mr. Easy, became a(n) ____________ as it was the very best profession a man can take up who is fit for nothing else. ”
― Mr. Midshipman Easy
― Mr. Midshipman Easy
“Why, the devil, do you see,' said Jack, 'is the seam between the deck-planking and the timbers, and we call it the devil, because it is the /devil/ for the caulkers to come at: in full we say, the devil to pay and no pitch hot; and what we mean is, that there is something hell-fire difficult to be done - must be done - and nothing to do it with. It is a figure.”
― The Mauritius Command
― The Mauritius Command
