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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 103 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,889 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.17 — 223,297 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.57 — 624,734 ratings — published 1851
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,593 ratings — published 1969
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 172,583 ratings — published 1959
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.13 — 164,655 ratings — published 2015
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.85 — 547,779 ratings — published 1882
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 — 77,146 ratings — published 1995
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,849 ratings — published 1997
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,340,813 ratings — published 1952
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.46 — 23,263 ratings — published 2024
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,664 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 — 14,739 ratings — published 1840
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,429 ratings — published 2003
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 280,533 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 — 19,474 ratings — published 2003
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,724 ratings — published 1972
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,490 ratings — published 2014
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,516 ratings — published 2007
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,794 ratings — published 1973
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.10 — 30,096 ratings — published 1955
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro (ebook)
by (shelved 26 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,212 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 — 10,484 ratings — published 1995
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.51 — 12,010 ratings — published 2025
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.27 — 19,242 ratings — published 2021
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,050 ratings — published 2018
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 — 4,547 ratings — published 2002
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,354 ratings — published 1899
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,769,274 ratings — published 2001
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.89 — 715 ratings — published 2013
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,619 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 22 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,744 ratings — published 1977
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,218,493 ratings — published -800
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 21 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,446 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 — 23,765 ratings — published 2001
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,404 ratings — published 1979
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,914 ratings — published 1984
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.39 — 12,926 ratings — published 1983
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,251 ratings — published 1981
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,750 ratings — published 2019
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,512 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 — 4,488 ratings — published 2013
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,199 ratings — published 1986
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,208 ratings — published 1962
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.37 — 37,242 ratings — published 2004
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 — 7,046 ratings — published 2001
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,091 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,779 ratings — published 1952
Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,954 ratings — published 2022
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as maritime)
avg rating 4.35 — 262,820 ratings — published 2016
“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
“Any port in a storm.”
― Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
― Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
