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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.89 — 13,012 ratings — published 2007
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.67 — 10,642 ratings — published 1995
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.85 — 555,162 ratings — published 1882
Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,237 ratings — published 2004
Pirate Latitudes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.53 — 57,644 ratings — published 2009
A General History of the Pyrates (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,835 ratings — published 1999
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,382 ratings — published 2009
Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.63 — 386 ratings — published 2011
On Stranger Tides (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.81 — 11,629 ratings — published 1987
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.76 — 5,241 ratings — published 2018
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.92 — 250,282 ratings — published 2017
The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.94 — 180 ratings — published 2005
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,927 ratings — published 2020
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.40 — 379 ratings — published
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,000 ratings — published 2007
Djibouti (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.07 — 3,650 ratings — published 2010
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,731 ratings — published 2002
Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.67 — 352 ratings — published 2020
The Buccaneers of America (Dover Maritime)
by (shelved 4 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.77 — 813 ratings — published 1678
The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,440 ratings — published 2011
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,282 ratings — published 2022
Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.47 — 396 ratings — published 2019
All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.64 — 37,998 ratings — published 2020
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.99 — 120,801 ratings — published 2020
The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.86 — 673 ratings — published 2006
Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.78 — 129 ratings — published 2009
Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.23 — 1,719 ratings — published 2017
Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.17 — 89 ratings — published 2015
Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.85 — 82 ratings — published 1995
Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.87 — 170 ratings — published 2013
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,300 ratings — published 2004
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.06 — 361 ratings — published
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,294 ratings — published 2000
Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.62 — 299 ratings — published 2003
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.56 — 350 ratings — published 1983
The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.41 — 9,555 ratings — published 2026
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.24 — 90,870 ratings — published 2023
Saltblood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,943 ratings — published 2024
The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.76 — 299 ratings — published 2023
Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,469 ratings — published
The Unbinding of Mary Reade (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.42 — 787 ratings — published 2018
Hunt on Dark Waters (Crimson Sails, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.25 — 16,328 ratings — published 2023
Vengeance of the Pirate Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.96 — 18,909 ratings — published 2023
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,989 ratings — published 2021
The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.83 — 770 ratings — published 2007
Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.44 — 61 ratings — published 2021
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.01 — 71,705 ratings — published 2021
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.79 — 12,871 ratings — published 2020
Sea of Ruin (Sea of Ruin, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 3.88 — 19,649 ratings — published 2020
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as piracy)
avg rating 4.25 — 165,769 ratings — published 2007
“my problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity”
― Makers
― Makers
“Deep down, people who deliberately distribute other people’s music and stuff feel contempt for professionals. And it’s not just culture — these days lots of people are contemptuous of everything. Without realizing it, they’re searching for things to despise.”
― Evil and the Mask
― Evil and the Mask
