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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 99 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,307 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 211,795 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.57 — 617,606 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,742 ratings — published 1969
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 167,012 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 162,285 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 — 76,527 ratings — published 1995
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 542,111 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 — 119,223 ratings — published 1997
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,318,897 ratings — published 1952
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,634 ratings — published 1840
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,371 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 4.47 — 21,093 ratings — published 2024
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 277,348 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 — 5,379 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 — 19,118 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 4.30 — 25,940 ratings — published 2014
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,346 ratings — published 1972
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,241 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 — 10,356 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 — 5,096 ratings — published 2018
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 29,246 ratings — published 1955
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,504 ratings — published 1973
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 — 18,468 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 — 4,445 ratings — published 2002
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,224 ratings — published 1899
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,635 ratings — published 2018
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,757,136 ratings — published 2001
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 694 ratings — published 2013
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,418 ratings — published 1978
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,197,826 ratings — published -800
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,468 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 — 23,617 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,223 ratings — published 1979
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,752 ratings — published 1984
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,772 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,107 ratings — published 1981
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,318 ratings — published 1937
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,602 ratings — published 2019
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,300 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 — 4,446 ratings — published 2013
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,076 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,067 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 4.04 — 6,985 ratings — published 2001
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,646 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,602 ratings — published 1952
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.37 — 36,327 ratings — published 2004
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 257,065 ratings — published 2016
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,409 ratings — published 2007
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,201 ratings — published 1980
“[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
“Freedom of navigation is an indispensable part of Law of the Sea.
It is the foundation stone of law of the sea. One of the purposes of law of the sea is to ensure peaceful navigation.”
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It is the foundation stone of law of the sea. One of the purposes of law of the sea is to ensure peaceful navigation.”
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