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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,927 ratings — published 1969
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,280 ratings — published 1972
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,727 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,986 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 19,154 ratings — published 1977
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,108 ratings — published 1950
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,483 ratings — published 1981
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,290 ratings — published 1973
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,673 ratings — published 1980
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,118 ratings — published 1983
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 14,007 ratings — published 1952
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 32 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,164 ratings — published 1984
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 32 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.43 — 10,819 ratings — published 1991
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 32 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,391 ratings — published 1988
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 31 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,656 ratings — published 1989
The Hundred Days (Aubrey & Maturin, #19)
by (shelved 30 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 9,081 ratings — published 1998
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 29 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,813 ratings — published 1999
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 29 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,674 ratings — published 1996
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 29 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,376 ratings — published 1991
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 28 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,366 ratings — published 1986
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 28 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,878 ratings — published 1994
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 28 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,877 ratings — published 1993
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 27 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,258 ratings — published 1953
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,405 ratings — published 1962
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 26 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,618 ratings — published 1937
Hornblower During the Crisis (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #4)
by (shelved 25 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,498 ratings — published 1967
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 3.57 — 635,174 ratings — published 1851
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,735 ratings — published 1945
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 22 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,807 ratings — published 1946
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 22 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 8,896 ratings — published 1938
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 22 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,979 ratings — published 1938
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #11)
by (shelved 21 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,469 ratings — published 1957
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,375,687 ratings — published 1952
The King's Coat (Alan Lewrie, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,392 ratings — published 1989
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 555,304 ratings — published 1882
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey & Maturin, #21)
by (shelved 13 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,163 ratings — published 2004
The King's Commission (Alan Lewrie, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,222 ratings — published 1991
The Golden Ocean (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,367 ratings — published 1956
The French Admiral (Alan Lewrie, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,304 ratings — published 1990
The Guardship (Thomas Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,073 ratings — published 2000
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 284,675 ratings — published 1869
Kydd (Kydd Sea Adventures, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,762 ratings — published 2001
H.M.S. Cockerel (Alan Lewrie, #6)
by (shelved 10 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,840 ratings — published 1995
The Unknown Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,830 ratings — published 1959
Stand into Danger (Richard Bolitho, #4)
by (shelved 9 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,945 ratings — published 1979
The Blackbirder (Thomas Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 674 ratings — published 2001
By Force of Arms (Isaac Biddlecomb, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 749 ratings — published 1996
Ramage (Lord Ramage #1)
by (shelved 9 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,687 ratings — published 1964
The Gun Ketch (Alan Lewrie, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,807 ratings — published 1993
Victory (Kydd Sea Adventures, #11)
by (shelved 8 times as nautical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 922 ratings — published 2010
“Funny," he said. "You're like a little death." "What?" I asked. "You are. You're...gloomy yet charming. I like it." "Well, no on has said that before." "You're gently death-ish. You know about death, you're aware of it, and most people aren't anymore. But you're not a killer. You're a soft darkness." A soft darkness.”
― The Pisces
― The Pisces
“Shanghaied is a sailing story but it’s about more than sailing. It will steal you away in the best way, take you to a new horizon and bring you back. And in your lifetime, when YOU feel “at sea,” I hope the story it tells will help you.”
― Shanghaied
― Shanghaied
