3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings

"A tale about common US Navy sailors today like nothing else written about the sea."

3.57 avg rating — 615,187 ratings

"The all time classic."

3.85 avg rating — 539,758 ratings

"Perhaps one of the best stories ever."

3.43 avg rating — 557,805 ratings

"A literary classic, but dark, very dark."

4.12 avg rating — 118,951 ratings

"Keeps the great tradition of sea stories alive in our modern times."

4.30 avg rating — 26,912 ratings

"A realistic story of the US Navy."

4.06 avg rating — 33,458 ratings

"A must read by one of the best writers ever."

4.03 avg rating — 14,593 ratings

"Allows you to go back in time and sea how it was aboard a tall ship."

4.17 avg rating — 118,686 ratings

"Best researched and written book I've read in a long time."

3.68 avg rating — 4,508 ratings

"My favorite short story of all time."

4.33 avg rating — 23,542 ratings

"Harrowing tale of disaster at sea."

4.39 avg rating — 996,901 ratings

"Hillenbrand is a great writer and here she has a great story to tell."

4.46 avg rating — 164,722 ratings

"Hardcore story of disaster at the bottom of the world."

3.97 avg rating — 62,670 ratings

"Coleridge's all time classic. A must read for anyone."

4.12 avg rating — 388,444 ratings

"The only book by Tom Clancy that I really liked, the rest of his books seemed to glorify the US Military beyond belief."

3.51 avg rating — 36,844 ratings

"Love just about everything I've read by Hemingway, especially this story of a hard up skipper in the Keys."

3.83 avg rating — 176 ratings

"Read these aboard the USS Enterprise while steaming across the Pacific, so it's got a special place in my heart."

3.85 avg rating — 10,651 ratings

"A simple story told by the master."

3.84 avg rating — 616 ratings

"A summer block buster"