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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 — 124,255 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.16 — 246,339 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.58 — 639,179 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 66,471 ratings — published 1969
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.47 — 182,921 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 168,847 ratings — published 2015
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,539 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 — 78,549 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 — 121,050 ratings — published 1997
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 27,870 ratings — published 2024
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,388,330 ratings — published 1952
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,303 ratings — published 1950
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,947 ratings — published 1840
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.48 — 20,259 ratings — published 2025
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,530 ratings — published 2003
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.19 — 20,146 ratings — published 2003
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.88 — 286,376 ratings — published 1869
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,474 ratings — published 2014
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,496 ratings — published 1972
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 14,017 ratings — published 2007
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 31,305 ratings — published 1955
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.27 — 20,538 ratings — published 2021
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,508 ratings — published 1973
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,771 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 — 5,430 ratings — published 2018
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,781 ratings — published 2002
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 — 10,728 ratings — published 1995
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 17,133 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,313 ratings — published 1977
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,637 ratings — published 1899
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,793,558 ratings — published 2001
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 740 ratings — published 2013
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,300,871 ratings — published -800
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 7,042 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 — 24,091 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,878 ratings — published 1979
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,183 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,559 ratings — published 1981
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,672 ratings — published 1937
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 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,573 ratings — published 2013
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,290 ratings — published 1984
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.38 — 39,100 ratings — published 2004
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.09 — 80,192 ratings — published 2007
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Library Binding)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,160 ratings — published 2001
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,813 ratings — published 1980
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,426 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,503 ratings — published 1962
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,960 ratings — published 2006
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 274,095 ratings — published 2016
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 35,075 ratings — published 1904
“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
“[T]hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
