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The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as marine)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,373,110 ratings — published 1952
The Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as marine)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,544 ratings — published 2009
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as marine)
avg rating 3.94 — 63,551 ratings — published 2015
The Sea Around Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as marine)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,245 ratings — published 1951
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as marine)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,024 ratings — published 2000
The Brilliant Abyss (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,993 ratings — published 2021
Other Minds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,606 ratings — published 2016
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 4.06 — 161,566 ratings — published 1943
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 3.88 — 284,375 ratings — published 1869
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 3.57 — 634,424 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,835 ratings — published 1969
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as marine)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,074 ratings — published 1950
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,451 ratings — published 2017
How To Read Water (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,370 ratings — published 2016
Falling for the Marine (McCade Brothers, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,356 ratings — published 2013
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 3.92 — 26,141 ratings — published 1997
The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,359 ratings — published 2009
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,023 ratings — published 2016
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Bloomsbury Sigma)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,139 ratings — published 2015
The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.26 — 991 ratings — published 2012
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.85 — 554,781 ratings — published 1882
Moby Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,879 ratings — published 2002
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,921 ratings — published 1999
Trojan Odyssey (Dirk Pitt, #17)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.98 — 20,204 ratings — published 2003
Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.31 — 955 ratings — published 1998
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.97 — 63,866 ratings — published 1798
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,099 ratings — published 2010
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.47 — 179,317 ratings — published 1959
The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,744 ratings — published 2004
The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.84 — 6,920 ratings — published 1951
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,572,018 ratings — published 2022
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.08 — 15,172 ratings — published 2022
Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,636 ratings — published 2021
The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,439 ratings — published 2021
Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,123 ratings — published 2020
Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,549 ratings — published 2019
Marine Diesel Engines (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.34 — 101 ratings — published 2004
The Deep: The Secret Life of Our Oceans (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.01 — 427 ratings — published
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,078 ratings — published 2018
Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.34 — 336 ratings — published 2018
Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,651 ratings — published 2017
Temporarily Yours (Shillings Agency, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,207 ratings — published 2014
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,950 ratings — published 2011
The Unnatural History of the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.32 — 732 ratings — published 2007
Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.90 — 913 ratings — published 2011
Deep Shadow (Doc Ford, #17)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,558 ratings — published 2010
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,697 ratings — published 1997
Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.46 — 518 ratings — published 2006
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.42 — 3,695 ratings — published 2025
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