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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 209,720 ratings — published 2023
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,754,992 ratings — published 2001
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,047 ratings — published 2000
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.46 — 166,013 ratings — published 1959
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.68 — 331,678 ratings — published 1719
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.13 — 161,899 ratings — published 2015
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,204,656 ratings — published 1954
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.10 — 29,089 ratings — published 1955
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,083 ratings — published 2007
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,179 ratings — published 2007
Sole Survivor (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.80 — 31,940 ratings — published 1997
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.71 — 71,850 ratings — published 1988
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.29 — 25,830 ratings — published 2014
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,116 ratings — published 1997
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.37 — 36,222 ratings — published 2004
Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,258 ratings — published 2005
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,355 ratings — published 2021
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,085 ratings — published 2018
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 4.16 — 4,427 ratings — published 2002
The Discovery of the Titanic (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,993 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 — 1,822 ratings — published 2019
Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.99 — 30,109 ratings — published 1976
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.35 — 256,164 ratings — published 2016
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.33 — 23,592 ratings — published 2001
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,750 ratings — published 1987
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.34 — 21,772 ratings — published 1998
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.20 — 11,355 ratings — published 1919
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,255 ratings — published 2004
The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.91 — 110,016 ratings — published 1812
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.54 — 5,908 ratings — published 2025
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.85 — 33,794 ratings — published 2024
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 — 20,719 ratings — published 2024
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.42 — 1,703 ratings — published 2024
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,455 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Watch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,602 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 — 570 ratings — published 2007
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.24 — 844 ratings — published 2003
The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors (Dover Maritime)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 890 ratings — published 1960
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.34 — 15,837 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 — 475 ratings — published 1975
Pacific Vortex! (Dirk Pitt, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.80 — 25,247 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 3.88 — 1,647 ratings — published 1997
Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.23 — 1,739 ratings — published 2025
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,318 ratings — published 2022
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.03 — 875 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 — 2,657 ratings — published 2011
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.75 — 583 ratings — published 2015
The Lifeboat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.20 — 25,379 ratings — published 2012
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,889 ratings — published 2015
Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria The Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.37 — 275 ratings — published 1997
“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
“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












