Nautical 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. Also see Maritime. ...more

Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
The Nutmeg of Consolation  (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
Shanghaied is a sailing story but it’s about more than sailing. It will steal you away in the best way, take you to a new horizon and bring you back. And in your lifetime, when YOU feel “at sea,” I hope the story it tells will help you.
Jon Howe, Shanghaied

Melissa Broder
Funny," he said. "You're like a little death." "What?" I asked. "You are. You're...gloomy yet charming. I like it." "Well, no on has said that before." "You're gently death-ish. You know about death, you're aware of it, and most people aren't anymore. But you're not a killer. You're a soft darkness." A soft darkness. ...more
Melissa Broder, The Pisces

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