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Maritime Books
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 118,267 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 203,020 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.56 — 613,200 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,210 ratings — published 1969
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 163,065 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 160,640 ratings — published 2015
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,095 ratings — published 1995
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 537,913 ratings — published 1882
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,768 ratings — published 1997
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,301,427 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 — 14,565 ratings — published 1840
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,187 ratings — published 1950
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 19,499 ratings — published 2024
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 275,328 ratings — published 1869
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,344 ratings — published 2003
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,919 ratings — published 2003
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 25,553 ratings — published 2014
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,137 ratings — published 1972
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,052 ratings — published 2007
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.67 — 10,285 ratings — published 1995
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 — 5,028 ratings — published 2018
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 28,658 ratings — published 1955
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,335 ratings — published 1973
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 4.16 — 4,390 ratings — published 2002
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,438 ratings — published 2018
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,987 ratings — published 2021
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.88 — 685 ratings — published 2013
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,153 ratings — published 1899
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,746,570 ratings — published 2001
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,310 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,335 ratings — published 1977
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,494 ratings — published 2001
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Library Binding)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,924 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,108 ratings — published 1979
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,637 ratings — published 1984
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,682 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,021 ratings — published 1981
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,183,165 ratings — published -700
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,236 ratings — published 1937
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,505 ratings — published 2019
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,193 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 — 4,431 ratings — published 2013
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,000 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,975 ratings — published 1962
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,335 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,494 ratings — published 1952
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.09 — 73,133 ratings — published 2007
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,108 ratings — published 1980
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,272 ratings — published 1989
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,900 ratings — published 1953
“Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their conduct. Some of the vaunted knights of old were desperate cowards by comparison. A fight in the open field, or jousting in the tournament, did not call out the manhood in a man as did the waiting till the great ship took the final plunge, in the knowledge that the seas round about were covered with loving and yearning witnesses whose own salvation was not assured.”
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“It was a symposium of horror and heroism, the like of which has not been known in the civilized world since man established his dominion over the sea.”
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