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Nautical Books
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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 188 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,230 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.57 — 621,174 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,159 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 218,086 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 545,400 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,541 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,556 ratings — published 1972
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,330,542 ratings — published 1952
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 85 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,662 ratings — published 1973
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 170,213 ratings — published 1959
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.89 — 279,159 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 69 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,627 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 — 14,688 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,305 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 61 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,514 ratings — published 1978
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,561 ratings — published 1997
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 57 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,282 ratings — published 1980
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 163,526 ratings — published 2015
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 53 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,178 ratings — published 1981
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,691 ratings — published 1952
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,892 ratings — published 1904
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 49 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,833 ratings — published 1984
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 49 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,139 ratings — published 1988
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 48 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,844 ratings — published 1983
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,426 ratings — published 1989
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,296 ratings — published 1899
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,391 ratings — published 1937
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,763,439 ratings — published 2001
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,129 ratings — published 1986
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 75,504 ratings — published 2007
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 10,046 ratings — published 1953
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,485 ratings — published 1995
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,663 ratings — published 1993
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,591 ratings — published 1991
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,139 ratings — published 1962
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,831 ratings — published 1938
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,676 ratings — published 1994
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 22,278 ratings — published 2024
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,208,680 ratings — published -800
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,266 ratings — published 2014
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 8,699 ratings — published 1938
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,469 ratings — published 1996
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,168 ratings — published 1991
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,662 ratings — published 1946
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 8,564 ratings — published 1945
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,298 ratings — published 2003
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.24 — 107,498 ratings — published 1998
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,640 ratings — published 1999
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.11 — 27,810 ratings — published 2002
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,410 ratings — published 2003
“Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.
Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.”
― The Ionian Mission
Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.”
― The Ionian Mission
“It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening. They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish- the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight. They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, an investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked. It was another perfect day - soft, mild and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.”
― Captains Courageous
― Captains Courageous
