Pirates

Fiction or non-fiction books involving pirates, those who engage in acts of robbery or criminal violence at sea. A sub-genre of the Maritime and Adventure genres.

Piracy has existed from ancient times to the modern day, but much literature focuses on the "Golden Age of Piracy" from about the 1650s to the 1730s. Many of the common tropes in the pirate genre originate in "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates" (1724) by Charles Johnson and "Treasure Island" (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. ...more

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When Fate is Cruel: A Short Story Collection

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This Vicious Dream (Kingdom of Death, #1)

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1)

Vengeance of the Pirate Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #3)

A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea, #2)

The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)

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Falling in Deep Collection

23 books — 22 voters

The Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro

Best Sea Adventure Novels

40 books — 45 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Best Books Featuring Nasty PIrates

29 books — 10 voters

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Poses for Artists Volume 3 - Fighting and Various Poses by Justin R. Martin

Poses for Artists Volume 2 - Standing Poses by Justin R. Martin

Disney's How to Draw the Little Mermaid by Philo Barnhart

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156 books — 17 voters

Curse of the Black Avenger by Eddie Jones

Pirate Books

70 books — 44 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

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746 books — 400 voters

Pirates Books

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Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)

To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)

All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

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Quotes Tagged “Pirates”

“ There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A pirate needs the sight of the sea, he said and then he pulled his eye patch down and turned and sailed away. ”
― Brian Andreas, Story People

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“ She found out that having something to do prevented you from feeling seasick, and that even a job like scrubbing a deck could be satisfying, if it was done in a seamanlike way. She was very taken with this notion, and later on she folded the blankets on her bunk in a seamanlike way, and put her possessions in the closet in a seamanlike way, and used 'stow' instead of 'tidy' for the process of doing so. After two days at sea, Lyra decided that this was the life for her. ...more ”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

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