Nautical Fiction
Dive into the best nautical fiction books! Explore thrilling sea adventures, epic naval battles, and maritime tales from classic and modern authors. Perfect for fans of ocean stories.
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Master and Commander (Vol. Book 1) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
The beginning of the sweeping Aubrey-Maturin series. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester This, the first in the splendid series of …
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Mutiny on the Bounty
by Charles Nordhoff
A British crew mutinies against the cruel commander of the Bounty in 1787.
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The Phantom Ship
by Frederick Marryat
Maritime legend holds that a spectral ship, The Flying Dutchman, haunts the seas around the Cape of Good Hope. Philip Vanderdecken's father is the captain …
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Midshipman Bolitho
by Alexander Kent
The year is 1772, and Richard Bolitho is a sixteen-year-old midshipman about to undergo a severe initiation into the game of seamanship. The book follows …
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The Sea-Wolf
by Jack London
Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere of increasing violence …
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Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale
by Herman Melville
On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by a crazed …
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Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
by Brian Jacques
Ben and his dog, Ned, are trapped aboard the "Flying Dutchman", cursed to sail the seas forever. Setting off on a journey of their own, …
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham
Winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal, this novel tells the story of 18th-century mathematical wizard Nathaniel Bowditch, whose determination to master sea navigation resulted in …
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The Oxford Book of Sea Stories
by Tony Tanner
From Herman Melville (who wrote no short stories) we read his account of the final three days of the chase of Moby-Dick, which concludes that …
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The Secret Sharer and Other Stories
by Joseph Conrad
Great adventures of the sea and of the soul, related by a novelist considered one of the greatest writers in the language. Contains three of …
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Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
The courages Captain Peter Blood is the valiant hero of this adventure-filled tale set on the high seas.
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The Sea-hawk
by Rafael Sabatini
Sir Oliver Tessilian, a Cornish nobleman, is abandoned or betrayed by everyone he ever loved. He is framed for murder, affronted and shunned by his …
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The Raven
by Peter Landesman
In 1941, 36 people from a small New England mill town went on a picnic to an island on the boat, Raven. The Raven and …
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Moontide
by Erin Patrick
Set amid the breathtaking scenery of coastal Maine, driven by the hypnotic pulse of the sea, Moontide is a work of lyrical darkness whose stunning …
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Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling
A millionaire's spoiled son learns a lesson when, saved from drowning by a fishing schooner, he is made to share the crude life and hard …
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On Stranger Tides
by Tim Powers
In 1718, John Chandagnac, a bookkeeper and puppeteer, unwittingly sails into the company of Blackbeard the pirate, encounters zombie-crewed wrecks, and is caught up in …