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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 190 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,034 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.57 — 628,599 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 121,730 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 123 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 228,786 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 550,397 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,832 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 93 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,903 ratings — published 1972
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,352,513 ratings — published 1952
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 175,158 ratings — published 1959
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 86 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,955 ratings — published 1973
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.89 — 281,919 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 69 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,877 ratings — published 1977
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,793 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,509 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 61 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,761 ratings — published 1978
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 58 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,462 ratings — published 1980
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,161 ratings — published 1997
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 165,821 ratings — published 2015
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 54 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,344 ratings — published 1981
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,298 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,864 ratings — published 1952
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.39 — 12,998 ratings — published 1983
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,000 ratings — published 1984
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,277 ratings — published 1988
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 46 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,541 ratings — published 1989
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,421 ratings — published 1899
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 24,352 ratings — published 2024
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,503 ratings — published 1995
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,512 ratings — published 1937
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 77,505 ratings — published 2007
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,778 ratings — published 1993
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,716 ratings — published 1991
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,255 ratings — published 1986
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,775,767 ratings — published 2001
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,232,322 ratings — published -700
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,161 ratings — published 1953
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,277 ratings — published 1962
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,790 ratings — published 1994
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,911 ratings — published 1938
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,764 ratings — published 2014
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,278 ratings — published 1991
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 8,809 ratings — published 1938
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,660 ratings — published 2003
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,585 ratings — published 1996
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,739 ratings — published 1946
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,659 ratings — published 1945
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 111,603 ratings — published 1998
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,739 ratings — published 1999
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.11 — 27,939 ratings — published 2002
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.24 — 86,132 ratings — published 2023
“I should say we’d reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker than that if we could just sail straight there, but I was looking at the nautical charts, and there’s a dirty great sea serpent right in the middle of the ocean! It has a horrible gaping maw and one of those scaly tails that looks like it could snap a boat clean in two. So I thought it best to sail around that.’
FitzRoy frowned. ‘I think they just draw those on maps to add a bit of decoration. It doesn’t actually mean there’s a sea serpent there.’
The galley went rather quiet. A few of the pirate crew stared intently out of the portholes, embarrassed at their Captain’s mistake. But to everyone’s relief, instead of running somebody through, the Pirate Captain just narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
That explains a lot,’ he said. ‘I suppose it’s also why we’ve never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I’m a little disappointed.”
― The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
FitzRoy frowned. ‘I think they just draw those on maps to add a bit of decoration. It doesn’t actually mean there’s a sea serpent there.’
The galley went rather quiet. A few of the pirate crew stared intently out of the portholes, embarrassed at their Captain’s mistake. But to everyone’s relief, instead of running somebody through, the Pirate Captain just narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
That explains a lot,’ he said. ‘I suppose it’s also why we’ve never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I’m a little disappointed.”
― The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
“Listen, Miss, boats are supposed to float. Even if they break up, they usually still float and show up on a shore somewhere. There have been no reports of wreckage or abandoned boats. At this point, no news is still good news. Don't worry. It's too early to worry.”
― Lost: A Memoir
― Lost: A Memoir
