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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.16 — 245,108 ratings — published 2023
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 124,043 ratings — published 2000
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,792,410 ratings — published 2001
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.47 — 182,228 ratings — published 1959
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.10 — 31,241 ratings — published 1955
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,332,359 ratings — published 1954
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.68 — 340,417 ratings — published 1719
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.13 — 168,640 ratings — published 2015
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.09 — 79,879 ratings — published 2007
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.30 — 27,419 ratings — published 2014
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,863 ratings — published 1988
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,975 ratings — published 2007
Sole Survivor (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.80 — 32,442 ratings — published 1997
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.48 — 19,675 ratings — published 2025
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,988 ratings — published 1997
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.27 — 20,448 ratings — published 2021
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,423 ratings — published 2018
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.38 — 38,990 ratings — published 2004
Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,314 ratings — published 2005
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.79 — 79,683 ratings — published 2024
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,774 ratings — published 2002
The Discovery of the Titanic (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,014 ratings — published 1987
The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,989 ratings — published 2019
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.35 — 273,456 ratings — published 2016
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,073 ratings — published 2001
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,013 ratings — published 1987
Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.00 — 30,822 ratings — published 1976
The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.91 — 111,475 ratings — published 1812
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.24 — 871 ratings — published 2003
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.34 — 22,072 ratings — published 1998
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,745 ratings — published 1919
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,639 ratings — published 2004
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,591 ratings — published 2026
Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.23 — 2,299 ratings — published 2025
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.46 — 27,450 ratings — published 2024
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.40 — 1,988 ratings — published 2024
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,558 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Watch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,728 ratings — published 2016
The Wreck of the Medusa: The Most Famous Sea Disaster of the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.65 — 588 ratings — published 2007
The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors (Dover Maritime)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 904 ratings — published 1960
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,533 ratings — published 2017
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.34 — 17,754 ratings — published 2015
Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.87 — 480 ratings — published 1975
Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.29 — 234 ratings — published 1995
Pacific Vortex! (Dirk Pitt, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.80 — 26,159 ratings — published 1983
Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,733 ratings — published 1997
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,264 ratings — published 2024
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.04 — 893 ratings — published 2002
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,768 ratings — published 2011
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.76 — 605 ratings — published 2015
“The men nodded vigorously at me. When they took hold of me and lifted me in their strong arms, I thought nothing of it. I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Fame had taught Maurice one of its many questionable lessons: that it is possible to perform life for the sake of a good photograph.”
― A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
― A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
