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Seafaring Books
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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 — 118,505 ratings — published 2000
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,352 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.57 — 614,349 ratings — published 1851
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.17 — 205,132 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.85 — 539,004 ratings — published 1882
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,381 ratings — published 1973
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,190 ratings — published 1972
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.46 — 164,017 ratings — published 1959
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,334 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,366 ratings — published 1977
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,238 ratings — published 1950
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 78,454 ratings — published 2023
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,144 ratings — published 1979
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,306,515 ratings — published 1952
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,263 ratings — published 1999
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,221 ratings — published 2006
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.09 — 506,326 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 — 18,971 ratings — published 2003
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,411 ratings — published 1904
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,127 ratings — published 1980
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.86 — 88,054 ratings — published 1990
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.24 — 104,078 ratings — published 1998
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.00 — 115,400 ratings — published 2020
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.93 — 239,207 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 — 14,583 ratings — published 1840
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,922 ratings — published 1953
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,669 ratings — published 1984
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,048 ratings — published 1981
Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,442 ratings — published 1932
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,714 ratings — published 1983
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,021 ratings — published 1988
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,002 ratings — published 1962
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,528 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 — 25,631 ratings — published 2014
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,560 ratings — published 1993
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,573 ratings — published 1994
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,161 ratings — published 1899
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.15 — 20,773 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 — 76,205 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 — 2,985 ratings — published 1995
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.12 — 27,718 ratings — published 2002
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 279,731 ratings — published 2023
The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,564 ratings — published 2019
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 159,316 ratings — published 2007
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,469 ratings — published 1991
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,551 ratings — published 1999
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,389 ratings — published 1996
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,035 ratings — published 1948
Captain Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.18 — 17,638 ratings — published 1922
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.68 — 330,619 ratings — published 1719
“He was, like so many of the men made large by history, rather mediocre in the flesh, the fine tailoring highlighting rather than hiding his physical shortcomings. […] A man made more for grand dinners than seafaring.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“There was no water for miles on end here, not even a small lake, and he was starting to feel like a man trapped in a prison.”
― Wandering Storm
― Wandering Storm
