Seafaring


In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Treasure Island
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
The Old Man and the Sea
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonDead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie       JonesThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie       JonesPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieCurse of the Black Avenger by Eddie       Jones
Pirate Books
73 books — 48 voters

The Pirate Lord by Sabrina JeffriesBound by the Buccaneer by Normandie AllemanThe Windflower by Laura LondonThe Hawk by Monica McCartyRescued by the Buccaneer by Normandie Alleman
Pirate/Swashbuckling Romance
209 books — 263 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Odyssey by Homer
Nautical Tales
813 books — 406 voters

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviBloody Jack by L.A. MeyerPirates! by Celia ReesBoston Jane by Jennifer L. HolmPiratica by Tanith Lee
Seafaring Middle Graders
159 books — 40 voters
Jennie by Paul GallicoForscher, Katzen und Kanonen by Wolfgang SchwerdtCaptain Kidd's Cat by Robert LawsonKaspar by Michael MorpurgoRaiders' Ransom by Emily Diamand
Books About Seafaring Cats
17 books — 6 voters

Matt Haig
“ He was, like so many of the men made large by history, rather mediocre in the flesh, the fine tailoring highlighting rather than hiding his physical shortcomings. […] A man made more for grand dinners than seafaring. ”
― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

Thomas Bernhard
“ We had taken him for a Norwegian ship's captain and had come to his table to hear some more about seafaring, not about philosophy, from which, indeed, we had fled north from Central Europe. ...more ”
― Thomas Bernhard, The Voice Imitator

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