Heading out to sea: ocean writing at its best

Dive into the best ocean writing with our curated list of books. Explore thrilling sea adventures, marine life, and maritime tales from top authors.

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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and …
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

For use in schools and libraries only. A nineteenth-century novel of science fiction tells of adventures beneath the sea
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Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • With meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment, here is an inimitable classic that guides us …
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Island of the Blue Dolphins

by Scott O'Dell

This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she …
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The Dogs of Winter

by Kem Nunn

Jack Fletcher is hired to take pictures of a dangerous, premier mysto surf spot off the Pacific Northwest. But disaster soon strikes when an Indian …
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The Sea

by John Banville

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “extraordinary meditation on mortality, grief, death, childhood and memory" (USA Today) about a middle-aged Irishman who has …
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Cloudstreet

by Tim Winton

Hailed as a classic, Tim Winton's masterful family saga is both a paean to working-class Australians and an unflinching examination of the human heart's capacity …
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Hawaii

by James A. Michener

Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication …