149 books
—
108 voters
Sailing Books
Showing 1-50 of 4,607
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,227 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,299 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,457 ratings — published 1997
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,331 ratings — published 1989
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,635 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 64 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,002 ratings — published 2013
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,360 ratings — published 1967
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,187 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 432 ratings — published
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,249 ratings — published 1972
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 20,913 ratings — published 1986
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,751 ratings — published 1969
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.43 — 251 ratings — published 1998
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,004 ratings — published 1980
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 167 ratings — published
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,344 ratings — published 2000
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.46 — 167,109 ratings — published 1959
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.57 — 617,709 ratings — published 1851
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 212,012 ratings — published 2023
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.50 — 326 ratings — published 1990
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 228 ratings — published 1981
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 254 ratings — published 1999
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,231 ratings — published 1998
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,691 ratings — published 2003
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 281 ratings — published 1987
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 403 ratings — published 1995
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 677 ratings — published 1999
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,319,324 ratings — published 1952
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.33 — 331 ratings — published 2013
How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 237 ratings — published 2003
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.76 — 6,110 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,165 ratings — published 1948
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,810 ratings — published 1930
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,539 ratings — published 1995
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,272 ratings — published 2001
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,055 ratings — published 2015
Close to the Wind: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.18 — 603 ratings — published 1998
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,233 ratings — published 1997
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,807 ratings — published 2010
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 37,085 ratings — published 2024
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.22 — 521 ratings — published 1986
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,754 ratings — published 1903
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 542,237 ratings — published 1882
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,654 ratings — published 2018
Once Is Enough (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 394 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 226 ratings — published 1967
Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 873 ratings — published 2007
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,352 ratings — published 1972
Float Plan (Beck Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.94 — 34,589 ratings — published 2021
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.39 — 487 ratings — published
“You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!”
― Beauty Queens
― Beauty Queens
“I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.”
―
―












