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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,570 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 235,072 ratings — published 2023
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,534 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.57 — 632,034 ratings — published 1851
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 177,629 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 166,909 ratings — published 2015
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 553,055 ratings — published 1882
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,792 ratings — published 1995
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,487 ratings — published 1997
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 25,600 ratings — published 2024
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,364,683 ratings — published 1952
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,844 ratings — published 1840
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,990 ratings — published 1950
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,478 ratings — published 2003
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 283,363 ratings — published 1869
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,808 ratings — published 2003
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.49 — 16,401 ratings — published 2025
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,113 ratings — published 1972
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,020 ratings — published 2014
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,780 ratings — published 2007
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 30,726 ratings — published 1955
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,116 ratings — published 1973
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.27 — 19,903 ratings — published 2021
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,412 ratings — published 2018
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro (ebook)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,323 ratings — published 2018
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.67 — 10,604 ratings — published 1995
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,665 ratings — published 2002
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,878 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,027 ratings — published 1977
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,494 ratings — published 1899
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,782,371 ratings — published 2001
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.88 — 726 ratings — published 2013
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,904 ratings — published 2019
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,945 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,623 ratings — published 1979
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,262,034 ratings — published -750
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,571 ratings — published 1937
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,087 ratings — published 1984
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,058 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,409 ratings — published 1981
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.38 — 38,201 ratings — published 2004
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,721 ratings — published 2006
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,527 ratings — published 2013
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.09 — 78,296 ratings — published 2007
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,313 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,341 ratings — published 1962
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 268,504 ratings — published 2016
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Library Binding)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,093 ratings — published 2001
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 34,542 ratings — published 1904
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,598 ratings — published 1989
“If readers can come away seeing Alfred Wallis's paintings with fresh eyes - seeing not just the charm but the strength and experience behind them – I’ll know the last eight years of the book's production will have been incredibly worthwhile.”
― Alfred Wallis Child Pauper To Artistic Luminary
― Alfred Wallis Child Pauper To Artistic Luminary
“All sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable- they live in the varying outer weather and they inhale it's fickleness”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick












