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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,488 ratings — published 2000
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,478 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.57 — 631,639 ratings — published 1851
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.17 — 234,369 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.85 — 552,740 ratings — published 1882
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,083 ratings — published 1972
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.24 — 88,635 ratings — published 2023
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,092 ratings — published 1973
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.46 — 177,332 ratings — published 1959
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,866 ratings — published 1978
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,997 ratings — published 1977
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,972 ratings — published 1950
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,363,261 ratings — published 1952
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,612 ratings — published 1979
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.09 — 518,135 ratings — published 1952
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,534 ratings — published 1999
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 113,626 ratings — published 1998
Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.93 — 248,787 ratings — published 2017
We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,699 ratings — published 2006
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,785 ratings — published 2003
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.99 — 120,093 ratings — published 2020
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,836 ratings — published 1840
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.07 — 34,514 ratings — published 1904
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.26 — 10,204 ratings — published 1953
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,563 ratings — published 1980
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.86 — 88,872 ratings — published 1990
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.30 — 325,462 ratings — published 2023
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.45 — 14,081 ratings — published 1984
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 13 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,405 ratings — published 1981
Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,622 ratings — published 1932
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,988 ratings — published 2014
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,054 ratings — published 1983
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,394 ratings — published 1986
A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,994 ratings — published 1995
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,339 ratings — published 1988
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,332 ratings — published 1962
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,938 ratings — published 1952
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.11 — 27,978 ratings — published 2002
The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.35 — 91,135 ratings — published 1999
The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.02 — 12,841 ratings — published 2019
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.25 — 164,839 ratings — published 2007
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,823 ratings — published 1993
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,826 ratings — published 1994
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,489 ratings — published 1899
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.79 — 69,079 ratings — published 1886
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,762 ratings — published 1995
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 3.68 — 337,551 ratings — published 1719
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 11 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,562 ratings — published 1937
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.46 — 25,458 ratings — published 2024
Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as seafaring)
avg rating 4.05 — 142,193 ratings — published 2018
“We had taken him for a Norwegian ship's captain and had come to his table to hear some more about seafaring, not about philosophy, from which, indeed, we had fled north from Central Europe.”
― The Voice Imitator
― The Voice Imitator
“He was, like so many of the men made large by history, rather mediocre in the flesh, the fine tailoring highlighting rather than hiding his physical shortcomings. […] A man made more for grand dinners than seafaring.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
