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.

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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
The Historical Encyclopedia of Atlantic Nautical Hazards by Raymond John HowgegoThose Vulgar Tubes by Joe J. Simmons IIIIngenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved by Stuart M. FrankShipwreck Anthropology by Richard A. GouldShip Shape, a Dazzle Camouflage Sourcebook by Roy R. Behrens
~~Coughing Up Ships~
219 books — 8 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
Ships on the Cover
463 books — 136 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
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

Honeymoon at Sea by Jennifer Silva RedmondTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.Fourteen by Leslie Johansen NackAn Embarrassment of Mangoes by Ann VanderhoofEnchanted Vagabonds by Dana Lamb
Sailing Memoirs
42 books — 14 voters

Stig Dagerman
“ Med människor i en liten båt sker något sällsamt. Vad de upplever är att de känner sig ensamma. Vad de känner är att de är ensamma tillsammans, tillsammans med de andra i båten. Därför uppstår mellan människor i små båtar en tillfällig tillgivenhet. Man har ju bara varandra och djupa vatten är skrämmande och små båtar är mycket bräckliga. Var och en blir den andres livboj. Är inte du rädd så inte är jag det. ”
― Stig Dagerman, A Burnt Child

J. Sheridan Le Fanu
“ Boating, my dear Mrs. Bedel, is the dullest of all things; don't you think so? Because a boat looks very pretty from the shore, we fancy that the shore must look very pretty from a boat; and when we try it, we find we have only got down into a pit and can see nothing rightly. For my part, I hate boating and I hate the water... ...more ”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet and Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70

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