Boats

Books tagged with "boat" may be non-fiction about boats themselves or a non-fiction maritime account. The tag will also be used for fiction books where at least part of the story takes place on a boat.

See Transport, Maritime, Nautical
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Little Tug
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Old Boat
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Sail Away (Rise and Shine)
Boats on the Bay: A Picture Book
I'm Mighty!: A Harbor Picture Book About a Small Tugboat Pulling Big Ships for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Kate and Jim Mcmullan)
Who Sank the Boat? (Paperstar)
Old MacDonald Had a Boat
Mighty Tug
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareMurder on the Lusitania by Conrad AllenThe Case Of The Blind Barber by John Dickson CarrDead Wake by Erik Larson
Cruising for Crime
68 books — 14 voters
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskeyMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyScuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude CramptonOne Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskeyThe Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
Picture Books with Boats
107 books — 8 voters

The Last Tale of Norah Bow by J.P.    WhiteLost Son of Salem by Mohammad AlfaresMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Sea Child by Linda WilgusFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Nautical Historical Fiction
150 books — 68 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherMid Ocean by T. Rafael CiminoBlood River by Tim ButcherUncharted by J.B. ChicoinePhantom of the Shroppie by Dawn Hammill
books with boats
50 books — 32 voters
The Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeMurder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C... by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
369 books — 84 voters

Federico Chini
“ It takes just one wave to capsize a boat, and one more to take it down. ”
― Federico Chini, The Sea Of Forgotten Memories

Hank Bracker
“ When he returned to Florida in the early part of 1939, Hemingway took his boat the Pilar across the Straits of Florida to Havana, where he checked into the Hotel Ambos Mundos. Shortly thereafter, Martha joined him in Cuba and they first rented, and later in 1940, purchased their home for $12,500. Located 10 miles to the east of Havana, in the small town of San Francisco de Paula, they settled into what they called Finca Vigía, the Lookout Farm. On November 20, 1940, after a difficult divorce fro ...more ”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba"

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