77 books
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78 voters
Surf Books
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as surf)
avg rating 4.28 — 41,418 ratings — published 2015
Surf Is Where You Find It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as surf)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,150 ratings — published 2008
In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as surf)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,065 ratings — published 2001
Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as surf)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,041 ratings — published 2009
Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as surf)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,279 ratings — published 2010
Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as surf)
avg rating 3.87 — 887 ratings — published 1996
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as surf)
avg rating 4.17 — 29,381 ratings — published 2006
Tapping the Source (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as surf)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,004 ratings — published 1984
The Dogs of Winter (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as surf)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,182 ratings — published 1997
Pipe Dreams: A Surfer's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as surf)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,217 ratings — published 2003
The Dawn Patrol (Boone Daniels #1)
by (shelved 10 times as surf)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,781 ratings — published 2008
Surf Science : An Introduction to Waves for Surfing (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as surf)
avg rating 4.11 — 207 ratings — published 1905
West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as surf)
avg rating 3.85 — 925 ratings — published 2006
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as surf)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,672 ratings — published 2010
The History of Surfing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as surf)
avg rating 4.51 — 228 ratings — published 2009
Eddie Would Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as surf)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,048 ratings — published 2002
All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as surf)
avg rating 3.98 — 454 ratings — published 2007
Surf For Your Life: Mick Fanning (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as surf)
avg rating 4.09 — 450 ratings — published 2009
It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surf)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,550 ratings — published
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surf)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,716 ratings — published 2018
Kelly Slater: For the Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surf)
avg rating 4.21 — 158 ratings — published 2008
Mindfulness and Surfing: Reflections for Saltwater Souls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surf)
avg rating 3.47 — 244 ratings — published
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as surf)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,236 ratings — published 2013
Grey Skies, Green Waves: A Surfer's Journey Around the UK and Ireland (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as surf)
avg rating 3.86 — 221 ratings — published 2010
The Wrong Mr. Right (Queen's Cove, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 3.96 — 46,198 ratings — published 2022
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,324,344 ratings — published 2021
Wilder Love (Love and Chaos, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 4.10 — 6,691 ratings — published 2019
Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,920 ratings — published
Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 3.99 — 549 ratings — published 2016
The Gentleman's Hour (Boone Daniels, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,699 ratings — published 2011
Riding the Magic Carpet: A Surfer's Odyssey to Find the Perfect Wave (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 4.05 — 165 ratings — published 2006
The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 4.10 — 126 ratings — published 2013
MP: The Life of Michael Peterson (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 4.18 — 193 ratings — published 2005
Tijuana Straits (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 3.80 — 913 ratings — published 2004
Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing)
by (shelved 4 times as surf)
avg rating 3.90 — 849 ratings — published 2008
No Bad Waves: Talking Story with Mickey Munoz (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.25 — 60 ratings — published 2011
The Summer We Fell (The Summer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.00 — 40,205 ratings — published 2023
Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 3.49 — 462 ratings — published
The California Surf Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.45 — 96 ratings — published 2009
Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 3.54 — 269 ratings — published
Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.14 — 256 ratings — published
LeRoy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.64 — 14 ratings — published 2013
Californios: a Surf Noir Collection (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 3.79 — 43 ratings — published 2012
Chasing Forever Down (Great White Surf Saga)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.03 — 934 ratings — published 2013
The Winter of Frankie Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.19 — 16,608 ratings — published 2006
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.05 — 14,743 ratings — published 2004
The Surf Girl Handbook: The Essential Guide for Surf Chicks Everywhere (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 4.06 — 32 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Guide to Surf Fitness: The Definitive Guide to Surf Training Whatever Your Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as surf)
avg rating 3.73 — 22 ratings — published 2010
“Tell yourself, I am the rock against which the surf crashes. Your thoughts are the surf. Let them crash over you.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
― A Court of Silver Flames
“Surfing's a more profound kind of sport than it looks. When you surf, you learn not to fight the power of nature, even if it gets violent.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore














