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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.17 — 118,542 ratings — published 2000
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,366 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,543 ratings — published 1851
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.17 — 205,582 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.85 — 539,163 ratings — published 1882
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,388 ratings — published 1973
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,196 ratings — published 1972
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.46 — 164,187 ratings — published 1959
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,339 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,376 ratings — published 1977
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,247 ratings — published 1950
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,529 ratings — published 2023
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,146 ratings — published 1979
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,307,438 ratings — published 1952
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,266 ratings — published 1999
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,224 ratings — published 2006
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.09 — 506,500 ratings — published 1952
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,979 ratings — published 2003
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,428 ratings — published 1904
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,130 ratings — published 1980
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.86 — 88,064 ratings — published 1990
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.24 — 104,159 ratings — published 1998
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.00 — 115,452 ratings — published 2020
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.93 — 239,364 ratings — published 2017
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,585 ratings — published 1840
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,924 ratings — published 1953
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,672 ratings — published 1984
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,051 ratings — published 1981
Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,445 ratings — published 1932
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,718 ratings — published 1983
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,025 ratings — published 1988
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,006 ratings — published 1962
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,531 ratings — published 1952
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.29 — 25,647 ratings — published 2014
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,563 ratings — published 1993
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,575 ratings — published 1994
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,162 ratings — published 1899
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.15 — 20,779 ratings — published 1986
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,215 ratings — published 1995
A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,987 ratings — published 1995
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.12 — 27,719 ratings — published 2002
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 280,333 ratings — published 2023
The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,582 ratings — published 2019
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 159,386 ratings — published 2007
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,474 ratings — published 1991
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,552 ratings — published 1999
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,390 ratings — published 1996
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,043 ratings — published 1948
Captain Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.18 — 17,642 ratings — published 1922
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.68 — 330,734 ratings — published 1719
“Conrad tillhör de sjömän som får uppleva hur ångan triumferar och seglen försvinner från haven. Han befinner sig mitt inne i ett väldigt maktskifte. En tusenårig tradition bryts och ett helt nytt element förs in.
På segelfartyget är det kaptenen och hans män som är förmedlarna mellan Gud och världen. De fångar in och tyglar vinden som driver fartyget framåt. Seglaren lever i nära förbindelse med naturen, som han måste böja sig för, som han betjänar och utnyttjar.
När ångan kom, togs makten från kaptenen och gavs åt maskinisten i maskindjupet. Man seglade inte på havet längre utan plöjde sig genom det. Befälet på bryggan flyttades ned, förnedrades, hade blott själva navigeringen kvar och inte kraftöverföringen.”
― Färd med Mörkrets hjärta: En bok om Joseph Conrads roman
På segelfartyget är det kaptenen och hans män som är förmedlarna mellan Gud och världen. De fångar in och tyglar vinden som driver fartyget framåt. Seglaren lever i nära förbindelse med naturen, som han måste böja sig för, som han betjänar och utnyttjar.
När ångan kom, togs makten från kaptenen och gavs åt maskinisten i maskindjupet. Man seglade inte på havet längre utan plöjde sig genom det. Befälet på bryggan flyttades ned, förnedrades, hade blott själva navigeringen kvar och inte kraftöverföringen.”
― Färd med Mörkrets hjärta: En bok om Joseph Conrads roman
“Sie sagten man solle und dürfe niemanden aufs Wasser weisen. Wer den Weg nach dem Schiff nicht von selbst finde, aus dem könne doch kein Seemann werden.”
― Seefahrt is not!
― Seefahrt is not!
