389 books
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The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as sea)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,323,800 ratings — published 1952
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as sea)
avg rating 3.57 — 619,056 ratings — published 1851
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as sea)
avg rating 3.89 — 278,015 ratings — published 1869
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as sea)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,655 ratings — published 2000
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as sea)
avg rating 3.85 — 543,441 ratings — published 1882
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as sea)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,947 ratings — published 1969
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as sea)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,759,724 ratings — published 2001
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as sea)
avg rating 4.17 — 214,500 ratings — published 2023
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as sea)
avg rating 3.71 — 209,692 ratings — published 2018
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as sea)
avg rating 3.93 — 241,944 ratings — published 2017
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as sea)
avg rating 4.00 — 116,724 ratings — published 2020
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as sea)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,572 ratings — published 1973
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as sea)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,854 ratings — published 2007
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as sea)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,436 ratings — published 1972
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sea)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,758 ratings — published 1904
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sea)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,365 ratings — published 1997
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 27 times as sea)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,536 ratings — published 1977
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sea)
avg rating 3.68 — 332,929 ratings — published 1719
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sea)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,202,382 ratings — published -800
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sea)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,441 ratings — published 1950
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as sea)
avg rating 4.46 — 168,401 ratings — published 1959
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as sea)
avg rating 3.69 — 132,260 ratings — published 2022
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as sea)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,259 ratings — published 1899
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 22 times as sea)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,251 ratings — published 1979
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as sea)
avg rating 4.25 — 80,678 ratings — published 2023
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.13 — 162,808 ratings — published 2015
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,233 ratings — published 1980
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,455 ratings — published 1978
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,100 ratings — published 1988
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 19 times as sea)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,802 ratings — published 1983
House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as sea)
avg rating 3.89 — 113,868 ratings — published 2019
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 18 times as sea)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,098 ratings — published 1986
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 18 times as sea)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,553 ratings — published 1991
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,049 ratings — published 2018
The North Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 3.98 — 34,779 ratings — published 2016
Billy Budd, Sailor (Enriched Classics)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 3.19 — 19,742 ratings — published 1924
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,619 ratings — published 1999
The Hundred Days (Aubrey & Maturin, #19)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.37 — 8,854 ratings — published 1998
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as sea)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,642 ratings — published 1952
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.32 — 294,299 ratings — published 2023
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,390 ratings — published 1989
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,445 ratings — published 1996
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,296 ratings — published 1995
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 3.88 — 36,197 ratings — published 1999
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,135 ratings — published 1981
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,633 ratings — published 1993
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 16 times as sea)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,643 ratings — published 1994
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.”
― Tithe
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