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Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
Mike Dash
4.17 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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The Ice Master
Jennifer Niven
4.14 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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To Glory We Steer
Alexander Kent
4.29 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Command a King's Ship
Alexander Kent
4.23 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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The Unknown Shore
Patrick O'Brian
4.15 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
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Signal-Close Action!
Alexander Kent
4.29 average rating, · 1.7k ratings
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Looking for a Ship
John McPhee
4.15 average rating, · 1.7k ratings
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The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Nicholas Tomalin
4.07 average rating, · 1.7k ratings
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The Wreck Of The Mary Deare
Hammond Innes
4.02 average rating, · 1.6k ratings
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Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
Kalee Thompson
4.25 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger
Alexander Kent
4.09 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Pitcairn's Island
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
4.16 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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The Captain from Connecticut
C.S. Forester
4.21 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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Into the Storm: Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
Tristram Korten
4.19 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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Ramage & the Freebooters
Dudley Pope
4.11 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
Spike Walker
4.17 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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The Last Grain Race
Eric Newby
4.23 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
John Rousmaniere
4.19 average rating, · 1k ratings
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Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History
Nick Ward
4.18 average rating, · 888 ratings
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A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue
Michael J. Tougias
4.28 average rating, · 853 ratings
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Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic
Lennard Bickel
4.31 average rating, · 801 ratings
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Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race
Rob Mundle
4.19 average rating, · 716 ratings
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Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship
Martin W. Sandler
4.05 average rating, · 639 ratings
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The Incredible Voyage: A Personal Odyssey
Tristan Jones
4.23 average rating, · 563 ratings
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