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Maritime fiction has several names - Nautical Fiction, Naval Fiction, Sea Fiction, Sea Stories or Naval Adventure Fiction. It is a genre of literature with a setting at or near the sea, focusing on human relationships to the sea and sea voyages. Nautical culture is highlighted. The settings vary widely, including merchant ships, liners, naval ships, sea ports, etc.

Maritime fiction may focus on oceanic wildlife such as Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851), or fantasy creatures and legends such as the Mermaid or Kraken.

Common themes include the sub-genres Shipwreck and Pirates.

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New Releases Tagged "Maritime"

The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail

Most Read This Week Tagged "Maritime"

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Quantum Tempest (The Oregon Files #19)
The Sea Captain's Wife
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
North Sun, or The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
Hellburner (Oregon Files #16)
Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
Clive Cussler Ghost Soldier (The Oregon Files Book #18)
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
Clive Cussler’s The Corsican Shadow (Dirk Pitt #27)
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Maritime Books

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Treasure Island
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Old Man and the Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Lists

The Monster Is No More by Chris BrydaDead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie JonesThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie JonesCurse of the Black Avenger by Eddie JonesLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Up on the deck
50 books — 36 voters
Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleJaws by Peter BenchleyRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Odyssey by HomerA Night to Remember by Walter Lord
The Sea Is Calling ...
63 books — 10 voters

For All the Tea in China by Sarah RoseCutty Sark by Eric KentleyCutty Sark by Eric KentleyDining Out with the Ice Giants by Clare O'BearaThe Clipper Ship by Frank Knight
Cutty Sark
16 books — 4 voters
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareSomething in the Water by Catherine SteadmanShipped by Angie HockmanThe Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart TurtonPrincess Charming by Jane Heller
Suspense At Sea
31 books — 13 voters

The Box by Marc LevinsonNinety Percent of Everything by Rose GeorgeDead in the Water by Matthew CampbellSinews of War and Trade by Laleh KhaliliThe Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah by Edward A. Mueller
Maritime Industry Reads (non-fiction)
36 books — 3 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic Survivor by Violet JessopThomas Andrews by Shan F. BullockThe Night Lives On by Walter LordTitanic by Alan Hustak
Titanic People
47 books — 23 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Maritime”

Hank Bracker
“ The U.S. Treasury Department has issued at least four licenses to companies that want to establish ferry service to Cuba from Key West, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa. Baleària, a Spanish company, presently owns the Baleària Bahamas Express ferry service from Fort Lauderdale to Freeport, Grand Bahamas, and is now considering a ferry to operate between Florida and Cuba. United Caribbean and Havana Partners have expressed an interest in a service from Tampa to Havana and Mexico. Baja Ferries USA ...more ”
― Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba
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Hank Bracker
“ Boating is a wonderful and relaxing pastime, however it is not without its hazards. ”
― Captain Hank Bracker
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Videos Tagged “Maritime”

Today in History: Ships Explode in Canadian Harbor
Today in History: Ships Explode in Canadian Harbor
Jessica DuLong on the History Author Show with Dean Karayanis
Jessica DuLong on the History Author Show with Dean Karayanis
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Groups Tagged "Maritime"

The Sailor's Library Fiction & Non-Fiction books for Sailors of all kinds. Whether Deckhand or Captain, Enthusiast or…more
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Sunderland Maritime Heritage We promote and maintain Sunderland’s maritime history through the use of an interactive visitor …more
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Silent World — A discussion group A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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