Shipwrecks


The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Life of Pi
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
A Night to Remember
Lord of the Flies
Robinson Crusoe
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Terror
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
The Satanic Verses
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Sole Survivor
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
330 books — 333 voters
The Queen's Envoy by Lord David ProsserShipwrecks of Coos County by H.S. ContinoPaw Prints by H.S. ContinoCrossroads by H.S. ContinoShorts by H.S. Contino
Books by author H. S. Contino
5 books — 2 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Night to Remember by Walter LordEndurance by Alfred LansingShadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Shipwrecks!
124 books — 98 voters
Mythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanSlave Catching In The Indian Ocean by Philip Howard ColombThose Vulgar Tubes by Joe J. Simmons IIIWe, the Navigators by David        LewisKlabautermann of the Northern Seas by Reinhard J. Buss
Leaky Maritimes
104 books — 7 voters

Dead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie       JonesThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie       JonesCurse of the Black Avenger by Eddie       JonesThe Devil's Fire by Matt TomerlinThe Cove Walking the Plank by Bryant Johnson
Treasure Hunting Books
51 books — 52 voters
A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence FerlinghettiCamino Island by John GrishamThe Great Gods of Samothrace and The Cult of the Little People by Carl A.P. RuckSons for the Return Home by Albert WendtCouldn't Have a Wedding without the Fiddler by Ken Perlman
Isla Bonitas
223 books — 4 voters

Fame had taught Maurice one of its many questionable lessons: that it is possible to perform life for the sake of a good photograph.
Sophie Elmhirst, A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

The men nodded vigorously at me. When they took hold of me and lifted me in their strong arms, I thought nothing of it. I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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