148 books
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The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as sea)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,307,548 ratings — published 1952
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as sea)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,583 ratings — published 1851
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as sea)
avg rating 3.89 — 275,986 ratings — published 1869
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as sea)
avg rating 4.17 — 118,549 ratings — published 2000
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as sea)
avg rating 3.85 — 539,180 ratings — published 1882
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as sea)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,374 ratings — published 1969
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as sea)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,750,516 ratings — published 2001
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as sea)
avg rating 4.17 — 205,631 ratings — published 2023
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as sea)
avg rating 3.71 — 208,232 ratings — published 2018
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as sea)
avg rating 3.93 — 239,378 ratings — published 2017
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as sea)
avg rating 4.00 — 115,464 ratings — published 2020
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as sea)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,389 ratings — published 1973
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sea)
avg rating 4.09 — 73,490 ratings — published 2007
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as sea)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,198 ratings — published 1972
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sea)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,429 ratings — published 1904
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sea)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,884 ratings — published 1997
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 27 times as sea)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,377 ratings — published 1977
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sea)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,188,320 ratings — published -700
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sea)
avg rating 3.68 — 330,741 ratings — published 1719
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sea)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,252 ratings — published 1950
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as sea)
avg rating 4.46 — 164,213 ratings — published 1959
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as sea)
avg rating 3.70 — 128,169 ratings — published 2022
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as sea)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,162 ratings — published 1899
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 22 times as sea)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,146 ratings — published 1979
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as sea)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,541 ratings — published 2023
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.13 — 161,142 ratings — published 2015
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,130 ratings — published 1980
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,341 ratings — published 1978
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,025 ratings — published 1988
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,718 ratings — published 1983
House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as sea)
avg rating 3.90 — 112,463 ratings — published 2019
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 18 times as sea)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,022 ratings — published 1986
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 18 times as sea)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,474 ratings — published 1991
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.05 — 136,433 ratings — published 2018
The North Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 3.98 — 34,500 ratings — published 2016
Billy Budd, Sailor (Enriched Classics)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 3.19 — 19,583 ratings — published 1924
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,552 ratings — published 1999
The Hundred Days (Aubrey & Maturin, #19)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.37 — 8,802 ratings — published 1998
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,532 ratings — published 1952
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,303 ratings — published 1989
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,390 ratings — published 1996
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,220 ratings — published 1995
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 3.88 — 36,071 ratings — published 1999
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,051 ratings — published 1981
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,563 ratings — published 1993
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,576 ratings — published 1994
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,672 ratings — published 1984
“So fine was the morning except for a streak of wind here and there that the sea and sky looked all one fabric, as if sails were stuck high up in the sky, or the clouds had dropped down into the sea.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea















