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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 101 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,104 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 217,728 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.57 — 620,961 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,194 ratings — published 1969
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 170,057 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 163,463 ratings — published 2015
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,471 ratings — published 1995
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 545,178 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 — 119,533 ratings — published 1997
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,329,858 ratings — published 1952
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 22,226 ratings — published 2024
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,687 ratings — published 1840
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,537 ratings — published 1950
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 279,055 ratings — published 1869
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,290 ratings — published 2003
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,409 ratings — published 2003
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,545 ratings — published 1972
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,255 ratings — published 2014
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,374 ratings — published 2007
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 29,672 ratings — published 1955
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,657 ratings — published 1973
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 — 10,415 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 — 5,154 ratings — published 2018
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,828 ratings — published 2018
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,864 ratings — published 2021
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,501 ratings — published 2002
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,294 ratings — published 1899
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,763,073 ratings — published 2001
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 703 ratings — published 2013
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,208,034 ratings — published -800
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,510 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,621 ratings — published 1977
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,390 ratings — published 1937
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 — 23,704 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,304 ratings — published 1979
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,827 ratings — published 1984
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,840 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,175 ratings — published 1981
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.52 — 9,516 ratings — published 2025
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,685 ratings — published 2019
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,404 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 — 4,470 ratings — published 2013
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,125 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,136 ratings — published 1962
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 — 7,020 ratings — published 2001
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,876 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,685 ratings — published 1952
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.37 — 36,771 ratings — published 2004
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 259,946 ratings — published 2016
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.09 — 75,451 ratings — published 2007
“The deep sea will never run out of things for us to dream about. Places will remain unseen and unvisited, fleeting moments will be missed, and nimble creatures, whose existence nobody can guess, will keep slipping out of sight. We need to do all we can to keep it that way.”
― The Brilliant Abyss
― The Brilliant Abyss
“The deep sea will never run out of things for us to dream about. Places will remain unseen and unvisited, fleeting moments will be missed, and nimble creatures, whose existence nobody can guess, will keep slipping out of sigh. We need to do all we can to keep it that way.”
― The Brilliant Abyss
― The Brilliant Abyss
