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.
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New Releases Tagged "Pirates"

Fire Sword and Sea
When Fate is Cruel: A Short Story Collection
Bound by the Sky (Aether & Industry, #1)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
In the Veins of the Drowning (The Siren Mage, #1)
Fallen Stars (Heavenly Bodies, #2)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
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)
Across the Ages (Timeless, #4)
Bloody Black
Realm Breaker (Realm Breaker, #1)
Nightweaver (Nightweaver, #1)
A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea, #2)
The Treasure Hunters Club
A Wrecking of Salt and Fire (The Nostos, #1)
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
Treasure Island
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)
All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)
The Ever King (The Ever Seas, #1)
Pirate Latitudes
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Sea of Ruin (Sea of Ruin, #1)
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse, #1)
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonSweet Vengeance by Elizabeth St. MichelDread Pirate Arcanist by Shami StovallColiseum Arcanist by Shami Stovall
Best Books Featuring Nasty PIrates
29 books — 10 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Maritime Classics
277 books — 97 voters

Ice Massacre by Tiana WarnerAsh by Malinda LoThe Warrior's Path by Catherine M. WilsonThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonCrier's War by Nina Varela
F/F in Fantasy
130 books — 77 voters

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily SkrutskieThe Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette MoodyBranded Ann by Merry ShannonPirates of Aletharia by Britney JacksonCompass Rose by Anna  Burke
Lesbian Pirates
40 books — 86 voters
Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. JensenThe Stars Never Rise by Rachel VincentA Matter of Time by Lisa M. BassoOlari by Mila N. SankaleThe Fourth Generation by Chris von Halle
Top Tier Romantasy
6 books — 6 voters


Sam Conniff
The more powerful the person you meet, the more surprising it is to find out they’re just making it up, just like the rest of us.
Sam Conniff Allende, Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win

Whether we wound or are wounded, the blood that flows is red.
Eiichiro Oda

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