Sailing


Sailing Alone around the World
The Long Way
A Voyage for Madmen
Maiden Voyage
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
World of My Own
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Secrets of the Realm by Bev StoutMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianPost Captain by Patrick O'BrianGoddess Tithe by Anne Elisabeth StenglLieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Sailing Ships on the Cover
145 books — 84 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssPandora by Joshua GrantThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro
Fictitious Shipwrecks
147 books — 71 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Classic Adventure Novels
28 books — 18 voters
Searching for Franklin by Ken McGooganHMS Terror by Matthew BettsBarrow's Boys by Fergus FlemingThe Man Who Ate His Boots by Anthony BrandtJames Fitzjames by William Battersby
Franklin Expedition Non-fiction
18 books — 1 voter

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyLords and Ladies by Terry PratchettThe Darkness Drops Again by Christopher L. BennettThe Center Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks
Titles from Yeats' Byzantium Poems
17 books — 6 voters
Warning! Short Stories for Middle School Boys Only, Because G... by Gene J. MillerThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviThe Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserBloody Jack by L.A. MeyerPirates! by Celia Rees
Seafaring Middle Graders
158 books — 62 voters

Lin Pardey
Thing about boats is, you can always sell them if you don't like them. Can't sell kids. ...more
Lin Pardey, Bull Canyon: A Boatbuilder, a Writer and Other Wildlife

Joseph Conrad
The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks.
Joseph Conrad, Tales of the Sea

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