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Boats Books
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as boats)
avg rating 3.57 — 630,633 ratings — published 1851
Little Tug (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as boats)
avg rating 3.75 — 586 ratings — published 2012
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as boats)
avg rating 4.17 — 232,312 ratings — published 2023
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as boats)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,189 ratings — published 2000
The Old Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as boats)
avg rating 3.58 — 582 ratings — published 2021
Sail Away (Rise and Shine)
by (shelved 15 times as boats)
avg rating 3.39 — 265 ratings — published 1995
Boats on the Bay: A Picture Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as boats)
avg rating 3.98 — 158 ratings — published 2018
I'm Mighty!: A Harbor Picture Book About a Small Tugboat Pulling Big Ships for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Kate and Jim Mcmullan)
by (shelved 13 times as boats)
avg rating 3.64 — 453 ratings — published 2003
Who Sank the Boat? (Paperstar)
by (shelved 13 times as boats)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,872 ratings — published 1982
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as boats)
avg rating 4.46 — 176,583 ratings — published 1959
Old MacDonald Had a Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as boats)
avg rating 3.60 — 314 ratings — published
Mighty Tug (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as boats)
avg rating 3.37 — 287 ratings — published 2018
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as boats)
avg rating 4.16 — 770 ratings — published 2014
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as boats)
avg rating 4.09 — 517,485 ratings — published 1952
Mr. Gumpy's Outing (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as boats)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,627 ratings — published 1970
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as boats)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,779,667 ratings — published 2001
Ocean Meets Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as boats)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,911 ratings — published 2018
Boats Float! (Richard Jackson Book)
by (shelved 10 times as boats)
avg rating 3.63 — 271 ratings — published 2015
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock #1)
by (shelved 9 times as boats)
avg rating 3.71 — 809,049 ratings — published 2016
Splish-Splash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as boats)
avg rating 3.51 — 176 ratings — published 2002
The Circus Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as boats)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,609 ratings — published 2009
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as boats)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,096 ratings — published 1930
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as boats)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,359,245 ratings — published 1952
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as boats)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,318 ratings — published 1969
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.39 — 369,363 ratings — published 2013
Boats Will Float (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.06 — 127 ratings — published
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,755,731 ratings — published 2018
Little Toot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,799 ratings — published 1939
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 3.85 — 551,944 ratings — published 1882
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.13 — 166,468 ratings — published 2015
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,904 ratings — published 2014
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,300 ratings — published 1889
Boats (Chunky Board Book)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 3.69 — 311 ratings — published 1986
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as boats)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,470 ratings — published 1899
Bunnies in a Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.68 — 289 ratings — published
Sal Boat: (A Boat by Sal)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.95 — 286 ratings — published 2022
And Then Came Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.42 — 215 ratings — published
My First Day (Library Binding)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,053 ratings — published 2021
How It Feels to Be a Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.10 — 264 ratings — published 2017
Rescue Squad No. 9 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.51 — 289 ratings — published
Yak and Gnu (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.65 — 150 ratings — published 2015
Boats for Papa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,267 ratings — published 2015
Three Bears in a Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,468 ratings — published 2014
Toot and Pop! (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as boats)
avg rating 3.64 — 165 ratings — published 2010
Lighthouse and the Little Boat: A Gorgeous Picture Book for Kids (Ages 4-8) About Parenting and Love ― A Mother's Day Gift
by (shelved 6 times as boats)
avg rating 4.10 — 134 ratings — published
“That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.”
― Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
― Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
“I couldn't help wondering where porpoises had learned this game of running on the bows of ships. Porpoises have been swimming in the oceans for seven to ten million years, but they've had human ships to play with for only the last few thousand. Yet nearly all porpoises, in every ocean, catch rides for fun from passing ships; and they were doing it on the bows of Greek triremes and prehistoric Tahitian canoes, as soon as those seacraft appeared. What did they do for fun before ships were invented?
Ken Norris made a field observation one day that suggests the answer. He saw a humpback whale hurrying along the coast of the island of Hawaii, unavoidably making a wave in front of itself; playing in that bow wave was a flock of bottlenose porpoises. The whale didn't seem to be enjoying it much: Ken said it looked like a horse being bothered by flies around its head; however, there was nothing much the whale could do about it, and the porpoises were having a fun time. ”
― Lads Before the Wind: Diary of a Dolphin Trainer
Ken Norris made a field observation one day that suggests the answer. He saw a humpback whale hurrying along the coast of the island of Hawaii, unavoidably making a wave in front of itself; playing in that bow wave was a flock of bottlenose porpoises. The whale didn't seem to be enjoying it much: Ken said it looked like a horse being bothered by flies around its head; however, there was nothing much the whale could do about it, and the porpoises were having a fun time. ”
― Lads Before the Wind: Diary of a Dolphin Trainer

















