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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.17 — 239,595 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 — 123,087 ratings — published 2000
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,786,907 ratings — published 2001
A Night to Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.10 — 30,957 ratings — published 1955
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.47 — 179,492 ratings — published 1959
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,312,385 ratings — published 1954
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.68 — 338,857 ratings — published 1719
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.13 — 167,663 ratings — published 2015
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.09 — 78,861 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 — 27,189 ratings — published 2014
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,518 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 — 13,858 ratings — published 2007
Sole Survivor (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.80 — 32,343 ratings — published 1997
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.49 — 17,848 ratings — published 2025
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 — 20,116 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 — 5,378 ratings — published 2018
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,720 ratings — published 1997
Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.38 — 38,504 ratings — published 2004
Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,308 ratings — published 2005
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 — 4,709 ratings — published 2002
The Discovery of the Titanic (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,012 ratings — published 1987
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.79 — 74,773 ratings — published 2024
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 — 1,971 ratings — published 2019
Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.35 — 270,350 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 — 23,994 ratings — published 2001
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,968 ratings — published 1987
Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt, #4)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.00 — 30,711 ratings — published 1976
The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.91 — 111,235 ratings — published 1812
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.24 — 866 ratings — published 2003
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.34 — 22,017 ratings — published 1998
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,682 ratings — published 1919
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,577 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 3.99 — 1,394 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 — 2,235 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 — 26,447 ratings — published 2024
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.40 — 1,953 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 — 1,540 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Watch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,704 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 — 586 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 — 901 ratings — published 1960
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,506 ratings — published 2017
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.34 — 17,462 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 — 26,064 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 — 1,719 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 — 2,205 ratings — published 2024
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as shipwrecks)
avg rating 4.03 — 891 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 — 2,751 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
“The Lighthouse by Stewart Stafford
Apart and alone,
From where the ships dock,
Stands the white sentinel edifice on a promontory rock.
Like the land's index finger,
At the extent of the sea,
Warning passing vessels where it's safe to be.
It's one luminous eye,
Swivels around its clear head,
To keep lucky sailors off the seabed.
It seeks no credit,
And needs no thanks,
Saluting proudly from above the fog banks.
© Stewart Stafford, 2021. All rights reserved.”
―
Apart and alone,
From where the ships dock,
Stands the white sentinel edifice on a promontory rock.
Like the land's index finger,
At the extent of the sea,
Warning passing vessels where it's safe to be.
It's one luminous eye,
Swivels around its clear head,
To keep lucky sailors off the seabed.
It seeks no credit,
And needs no thanks,
Saluting proudly from above the fog banks.
© Stewart Stafford, 2021. All rights reserved.”
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