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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 193 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 66,028 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.57 — 636,043 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,435 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 241,755 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 555,935 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,138 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 95 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,329 ratings — published 1972
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,378,543 ratings — published 1952
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.47 — 180,529 ratings — published 1959
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 88 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,330 ratings — published 1973
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.88 — 285,062 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 70 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,181 ratings — published 1977
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,916 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 63 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,755 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 17,006 ratings — published 1978
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 59 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,697 ratings — published 1980
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 168,060 ratings — published 2015
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,823 ratings — published 1997
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 55 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,499 ratings — published 1981
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.07 — 34,881 ratings — published 1904
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 52 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 14,028 ratings — published 1952
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,133 ratings — published 1983
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,182 ratings — published 1984
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,405 ratings — published 1988
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 47 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,664 ratings — published 1989
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 26,870 ratings — published 2024
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,574 ratings — published 1899
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 44 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,888 ratings — published 1993
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,628 ratings — published 1937
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 79,199 ratings — published 2007
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 — 78,158 ratings — published 1995
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 43 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 10,827 ratings — published 1991
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,378 ratings — published 1986
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,789,099 ratings — published 2001
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,266 ratings — published 1953
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,888 ratings — published 1994
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,288,733 ratings — published -800
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,436 ratings — published 1962
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,989 ratings — published 1938
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,290 ratings — published 2014
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,390 ratings — published 1991
The North Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.98 — 36,164 ratings — published 2016
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 8,908 ratings — published 1938
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 20,002 ratings — published 2003
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,683 ratings — published 1996
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,818 ratings — published 1946
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,746 ratings — published 1945
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 116,475 ratings — published 1998
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,820 ratings — published 1999
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.24 — 91,647 ratings — published 2023
“All that yohoho stuff's for landlubbers, or it would be if we ever used words like landlubber. Do you know the difference between port and starboard? I don't. I've never even drunk starboard.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“An orphans curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high;
But oh! How more horrible that that
Is the curse in a dead man’s eye!”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A spirit from on high;
But oh! How more horrible that that
Is the curse in a dead man’s eye!”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
