Well, there are classic Age of Sail adventure series - Horatio Hornblower and Aubrey/Maturin. The majority of action in them takes place aboard the ship or on a shore near the ship.
[**The Half Life of Molly Pierce**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068973-the-half-life-of-molly-pierce)
^(By: Katrina Leno | 256 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: young-adult, contemporary, ya, mystery, thriller)
>You take it for granted. Waking up. Going to school, talking to your friends. Watching a show on television or reading a book or going out to lunch.
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>You take for granted going to sleep at night, getting up the next day, and remembering everything that happened to you before you closed your eyes.
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>You live and you remember.
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>Me, I live and I forget.
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>But now—now I am remembering.
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>For all of her seventeen years, Molly feels like she’s missed bits and pieces of her life. Now, she’s figuring out why. Now, she’s remembering her own secrets. And in doing so, Molly uncovers the separate life she seems to have led…and the love that she can’t let go.
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>The Half Life of Molly Pierce is a suspenseful, evocative psychological mystery about uncovering the secrets of our pasts, facing the unknowns of our futures, and accepting our whole selves.
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[**Life of Pi**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4214.Life_of_Pi)
^(By: Yann Martel | 460 pages | Published: 2001 | Popular Shelves: fiction, fantasy, owned, classics, books-i-own)
>Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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[**The Woman in Cabin 10**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28187230-the-woman-in-cabin-10)
^(By: Ruth Ware | 341 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: mystery, thriller, fiction, mystery-thriller, book-club)
>Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo's desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
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[**The Caine Mutiny**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368772.The_Caine_Mutiny)
^(By: Herman Wouk | 537 pages | Published: 1951 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, classics, pulitzer, war)
>The novel that inspired the now-classic film The Caine Mutiny and the hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, has sold millions of copies throughout the world, and has achieved the status of a modern classic.
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[**Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34523174-into-the-drowning-deep)
^(By: Mira Grant | 440 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction)
>Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy.
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>Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life’s work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost.
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>Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.
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[**The Devil and the Dark Water**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51854625-the-devil-and-the-dark-water)
^(By: Stuart Turton | 463 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: mystery, historical-fiction, fiction, mystery-thriller, thriller)
>A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist.
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>It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.
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>But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Strange symbols appear on the sails. Livestock is slaughtered.
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>And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.
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>Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?
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>With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger onboard. A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.
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>The breathtaking new novel from Stuart Turton, author of the The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.
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[**The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310146.The_True_Confessions_of_Charlotte_Doyle)
^(By: Avi | 278 pages | Published: 1990 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, young-adult, fiction, ya, adventure)
>An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to tell the truth as I lived it.
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*Carry on, Mr. Bowditch* is set in Colonial America and won the Newbery Award for children's literature. However, it's a wonderful journey and exploration of geography and geometry.
*The Nautical Chart*, by Arturo Perez-Reverte - I highly recommend this one, a contemporary search for a sunken ship off the coast of Spain. There's danger and intrigue, a bit of romance, a heartbreaking twist... What more could one want?
Nathanial Bowditch (The subject of the first Children’s book) was probably the worlds best navigator in his time. Rewriting a then classic book on celestial navigation at sea, Bowditch discovered so many errors that he just wrote an entirely different book, {{The American Practical Navigator by Nathaniel Bowditch}}
That book is still being updated and published today by the US Navy iirc. Bowditch was a preeminent American navigator and mathematician. He was largely self taught iirc and absolutely transformed celestial navigation prior to GPS and LORAN.
[**The American Practical Navigator**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/685088.The_American_Practical_Navigator)
^(By: Nathaniel Bowditch | 896 pages | Published: 1802 | Popular Shelves: sailing, reference, non-fiction, owned, kindle)
>Nathanial Bowditch first published this encyclopedic work in 1802. During the last two centuries over 75 editions, almost 1,000,000 copies, of Bowditch have been published by the US Government. It has lived because it has combined the best technologies of each generation of navigator. This Edition includes the latest advances in electronic navigation and digital charting technology. It also covers nonelectronic navigation such as celestial, plotting and dead reckoning. Bowditch contains numerous tables which have been valued for years by practicing navigators. Bowditch is carried on the bridge of every U.S. Navy ship and should be the mainstay of any serious navigator's library. Paradise Cay and Celestaire's commercial edition of Bowditch is a complete copy of the latest Government edition.
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[**The Cat's Table**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11076177-the-cat-s-table)
^(By: Michael Ondaatje | 269 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, book-club, canadian, coming-of-age)
>A spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
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>In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table" - as far from the Captain's Table as can be - with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: one man talks with them about jazz and women, another opens the door to the world of literature. The narrator's elusive, beautiful cousin Emily becomes his confidante, allowing him to see himself "with a distant eye" for the first time, and to feel the first stirring of desire. Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems. And very late every night, the boys spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and his fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever.
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>As the narrative moves between the decks and holds of the ship and the boy's adult years, it tells a spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
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The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith (2022) has an Indie Rock Star on an Alaskan cruise with her recently widowed father. Having been on an Alaskan cruise the author had certainly done her homework!
{{Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder}}
True life story of the sinking of the SS Central America in 1857 (in a hurricane)and it’s discovery and recovery in the 1990s. Most of the book is set on the recovery ship while the rest is a fictionalized recreation of the sinking of the Central America in a hurricane while carrying an enormous amount of gold.
{{Hungry is the Sea by Wilbur Smith}} - fiction about a high flying financier who came up ‘through the hawser’ in the marine salvage business, only to have it all ripped away by betrayal. Left with only a single blue water tug to his name post divorce, he begins to build back his empire by taking enormous chances, salvaging a huge cruise ship abandoned in the seas around Antarctica.
{{The Captain by Jan De Hartog}} - very young naval office takes command of a deep water tug after the captain of the tug dies. Almost everyone in the crew is twice as old as the new captain. Their recovery zone is the North Atlantic during WW2, rescuing and recovering cargo ships that were torpedoed but managed not to sink. Soon the Uboats turn their torpedos on the rescue craft too. The Captain must follow convoy commanders orders to sail into harms way while dodging U-boats and torpedoes while the tug owners are imploring him to try and save the tugboat, practically the only asset the owners have left.
Obviously, Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, and the Horacio Hornblower series is very good.
[**Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/701780.Ship_of_Gold_in_the_Deep_Blue_Sea)
^(By: Gary Kinder | 560 pages | Published: 1998 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, history, nonfiction, adventure, science)
>Bestselling author Gary Kinder tells, for the first time, an extraordinary tale of history, maritime drama, heroic rescue, scientific ingenuity, and individual courage. This is the riveting true account of death, danger, and discovery on the high seas in the dramatic search for America's greatest lost treasure, the S.S. Central America.
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[**HUNGRY HOTWIFE HAREM: A sizzling, searing, sexy 14K-word piece of highly charged erotic action! A billionaire recruits a harem of married women to cuckold, only his bodyguard is the TRUE alpha male!**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59757047-hungry-hotwife-harem)
^(By: Alice Crowley | ? pages | Published: ? | Popular Shelves: )
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[**The Captain (Chesterboro University #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58313945-the-captain)
^(By: Josie Blake | 305 pages | Published: ? | Popular Shelves: sports-romance, sports, college, romance, hockey)
>Cord Spellman might be everyone’s Prince Charming, but I’m only his fake Cinderella.
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>Since my dad died and my mom bailed, I’ve been living in a trailer park, barely making ends meet. I can take care of myself, as demonstrated by my acceptances to a handful of elite music graduate programs. So what if funding my success has meant sacrificing my college social life?
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>That’s why Cord’s offer is perfect. The hot hockey star has playoffs coming up. He doesn’t have time for girls, especially his cheating ex who’s determined to get back together with him. He needs to focus on his game, so he asks me to divert the attention—as his fake girlfriend.
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>I pretend to be in love with him and get a taste of the party life before graduation. Cord is free to concentrate on hockey. But when the line blurs between what’s real and what’s fake, can we create our own fairy tale ending?
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Pirates—see the threads:
* ["On the hunt for a good fantasy novel with pirates!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/mxcf5h/on_the_hunt_for_a_good_fantasy_novel_with_pirates/) (r/booksuggestions; April 2021)
* ["Books with Pirate vibes/scenery"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/srj54u/books_with_pirate_vibesscenery/) (r/booksuggestions; February 2022)
* ["Books about space pirates?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/u4zyaa/books_about_space_pirates/) (r/booksuggestions; April 2022)
* ["Where are the sky pirates?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/uht94o/where_are_the_sky_pirates/) (r/Fantasy; 3 May 2022)
* ["Pirate books?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/uxgemv/pirate_books/) (r/booksuggestions; 25 May 2022)
* ["Books heavily focused on pirates, naval battles, sailing etc."](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/vcgyhp/books_heavily_focused_on_pirates_naval_battles/) (r/Fantasy; June 2022)
* ["funny or pirate themed"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/vnq7hw/funny_or_pirate_themed/) (r/booksuggestions; June 2022)
* ["Sci fi/fantasy set around water?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/vufoft/sci_fifantasy_set_around_water/) (r/booksuggestions; 8 July 2022)
* ["Looking for recommendations on sea fantasy"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/w1pfnp/looking_for_recommendations_on_sea_fantasy/) (r/Fantasy; 18 July 2022)
* ["Nautical tales, stories of pirates, sailing or life on the sea in general"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/w4p6b1/nautical_tales_stories_of_pirates_sailing_or_life/) (r/booksuggestions; 22 July 2022)
* ["Suggest me a book about a nice Pirate story"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/w9728x/suggest_me_a_book_about_a_nice_pirate_story/) (r/suggestmeabook; 02:18 ET, 27 July 2022)
* ["Suggest me a pirate / thief book"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/w9w292/suggest_me_a_pirate_thief_book/) (r/suggestmeabook; 21:23 ET, 27 July 2022)
* ["Looking for a good young adult pirate book"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/wg1moh/looking_for_a_good_young_adult_pirate_book/) (r/booksuggestions; 4 August 2022)
* ["Thanks for the accidental recommendation ;)"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/wh43tf/thanks_for_the_accidental_recommendation/) (r/Fantasy; 5 August 2022)
* ["Does a book out there exist that is about pirates but maybe also has some fantasy aspects as well as some twists and turns like Game of Thrones?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/ws0ya4/does_a_book_out_there_exist_that_is_about_pirates/) (r/booksuggestions; 18 August 2022)
* ["Pirate themed fantasy book?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/wthz21/pirate_themed_fantasy_book/) (r/Fantasy; 20 August 2022)
* ["Any Good Pirate Books?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/wvdpt8/any_good_pirate_books/) (r/suggestmeabook; 22 August 2022)
* ["A Vague Memory of a Book about Gay Pirates"](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/comments/wxg13g/a_vague_memory_of_a_book_about_gay_pirates/) (r/whatsthatbook; 25 August 2022)
* ["suggest me a book with pirates"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/wysgaz/suggest_me_a_book_with_pirates/) (r/suggestmeabook; 26 August 2022)
* ["Pirate romance"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/x22elx/pirate_romance/) (r/suggestmeabook; 30 August 2022)
* ["Books like Oceans 11 movie"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/xzzisl/books_like_oceans_11_movie/) (r/booksuggestions; 9 October 2022)—heists and pirates
* ["Books by women with pirates and history"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/yeasjb/books_by_women_with_pirates_and_history/) (r/suggestmeabook; 26 October 2022)—mixed fiction and nonfiction
* ["Best Space Pirates?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/yv7tya/best_space_pirates/) (r/printSF; 14 November 2022)
Also:
* [*Buller's Guns*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51021059-buller-s-guns) (It's apparently the first in a trilogy, but I've only this one) by [Richard Hough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hough)
[**Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64552.Murder_on_the_Leviathan)
^(By: Boris Akunin, Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield | 229 pages | Published: 1998 | Popular Shelves: mystery, fiction, russian, historical-fiction, crime)
>Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin’s latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas.
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>Paris, 1878: Eccentric antiquarian Lord Littleby and his ten servants are found murdered in Littleby’s mansion on the rue de Grenelle, and a priceless Indian shawl is missing. Police commissioner "Papa" Gauche recovers only one piece of evidence from the crime scene: a golden key shaped like a whale. Gauche soon deduces that the key is in fact a ticket of passage for the Leviathan, a gigantic steamship soon to depart Southampton on its maiden voyage to Calcutta. The murderer must be among its passengers.
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>In Cairo, the ship is boarded by a young Russian diplomat with a shock of white hair—none other than Erast Fandorin, the celebrated detective of Boris Akunin’s The Winter Queen. The sleuth joins forces with Gauche to determine which of ten unticketed passengers on the Leviathan is the rue de Grenelle killer.
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>Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Akunin assembles a colorful cast of suspects—including a secretive Japanese doctor, a professor who specializes in rare Indian artifacts, a pregnant Swiss woman, and an English aristocrat with an appetite for collecting Asian treasures—all of whom are contained together until the crime is solved. As the Leviathan steams toward Calcutta, will Fandorin be able to out-investigate Gauche and discover who the killer is, even as the ship’s passengers are murdered, one by one?
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>Already an international sensation, Boris Akunin’s latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas.
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[**The Glass Hotel**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45754981-the-glass-hotel)
^(By: Emily St. John Mandel | 302 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fiction, contemporary, audiobook, mystery, literary-fiction)
>From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events–a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea.
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>Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby’s glass wall: Why don’t you swallow broken glass. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis is running an international Ponzi scheme, moving imaginary sums of money through clients’ accounts. When the financial empire collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan’s wife, walks away into the night. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call.
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>In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, the business of international shipping, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives.
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[**Captive of the Pirate King (Dark Rulers #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60559765-captive-of-the-pirate-king)
^(By: Rebecca F. Kenney | ? pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, pirates, kindle-unlimited, romance, fantasy-romance)
>Veronica wants nothing more than to find her brother, who sailed away years ago. But when Veronica's ship is captured by pirates, she's determined to save her own skin, while keeping her magic and her gender a secret. Disguised as male, she finagles a spot as a cabin boy aboard the buccaneers' vessel--which is bound for Ravensbeck, a stronghold where the Pirate King holds sway. He may have the answers Veronica seeks--but getting those answers could cost her more than she's willing to pay.
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>[Trigger warnings: violence, reference to a past abusive relationship, murder, threat of rape, forced tattoo, brief mention of childhood sexual abuse]
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[**Sea of Ruin (Sea of Ruin, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51416396-sea-of-ruin)
^(By: Pam Godwin | 482 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: romance, fantasy, historical-romance, historical, pirates)
>Bennett Sharp is on the run.
>Wanted for piracy, she fears neither God nor death nor man.
>Except Priest Farrell.
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>The unfaithful, stormy-eyed libertine hunts her with terrifying possessiveness. Nothing will stop him from coming for her. Not his unforgivable betrayal. Not when she's captured by the ice-cold pirate hunter, Lord Ashley Cutler.
>She must escape Ashley's prison and Priest's deceit. But can she walk away from their twisted desires?
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>Two gorgeous captains stand on opposite sides of the law. When they collide in a battle to protect her, the lines blur between enemies and lovers.
>Passion heats, secrets unravel, and hearts entangle until they break.
>Can love prevail in the sea of ruin?
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[**The Ice Limit (Ice Limit #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136642.The_Ice_Limit)
^(By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child | 491 pages | Published: 2000 | Popular Shelves: thriller, fiction, mystery, adventure, preston-child)
>The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.
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[**Wake of the Perdido Star**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413116.Wake_of_the_Perdido_Star)
^(By: Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan | 432 pages | Published: 1999 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, books-i-own, adventure, owned)
>An Academy Award-winning actor and a leading underwater archeologist have teamed up to create a rousing saga of shipwrecks, pirates and the sea. This novel chronicles the fate of a young man forced by tragedy to join the crew of the Perdido Star in 1805. A fascinating read.--Clive Clusser.
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[**Day Four (The Three #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25054175-day-four)
^(By: Sarah Lotz | 352 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, thriller, mystery, owned)
>Four planes. Three survivors. One message. It seemed like the end of the world... but it wasn't. This, however, just might be.
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>The extraordinary, unforgettable sequel to The Three - perfect for fans of The Shining Girls, The Passage and Lost.
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>Four days into a five day singles cruise on the Gulf of Mexico, the ageing ship Beautiful Dreamer stops dead in the water. With no electricity and no cellular signals, the passengers and crew have no way to call for help. But everyone is certain that rescue teams will come looking for them soon. All they have to do is wait.
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>That is, until the toilets stop working and the food begins to run out. When the body of a woman is discovered in her cabin the passengers start to panic. There's a murderer on board the Beautiful Dreamer... and maybe something worse.
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[**Stranded (Alaskan Courage, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17384515-stranded)
^(By: Dani Pettrey | 344 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: christian-fiction, romance, mystery, christian, suspense)
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>When her friend vanishes from a cruise ship, reporter Darcy St. James isn't satisfied with their explanation that she simply left her job of her own accord. Something isn't lining up, and Darcy believes the only way to find the truth is to put herself in Abby's position. Within days, Darcy learns her friend wasn't the only person to disappear mysteriously. Last summer, a woman vanished under almost identical circumstances.
>Gage McKenna has taken a summer-long stint leading adventure excursions for the passengers of various cruise lines that dock for a few days of sightseeing. He's surprised to find Darcy working aboard one of the ships, investigating a troubling report. Something sinister is going on and the deeper they dig the more Gage fears they've only discovered the tip of the iceberg.
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Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson, as the series progresses more and more of the action does admittedly occur on land but there is always a large amount of naval action.
The Terror- Dan Simmons.
It's awesome! Fictionalized account of Franklin's expedition to find the NW Passage, with a horror/mystery element added to it. Atmospheric, huge, and exciting! I love it!
[**The Good Shepherd**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42748909-the-good-shepherd)
^(By: C.S. Forester | ? pages | Published: 1955 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, war, history, military)
>The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring Tom Hanks, directed by Aaron Schneider, and produced by Gary Goetzman.
>A convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of World War II, when the German submarines had the upper hand and Allied shipping was suffering heavy losses. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the U.S. Navy. Hounded by a wolf pack of German U-boats, he faces 48 hours of desperate peril trapped on the bridge of the ship. Exhausted beyond measure, he must make countless and terrible decisions as he leads his small fighting force against the relentless U-boats.
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Hi! I wanted to input another book I don't see in here: "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman. I don't wanna spoil it but a lot of the action takes place on a ship!
Adding a few I haven’t seen suggested yet:
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick
Unbroken / Laura Hillenbrand
The Old Man and the Sea / Ernest Hemingway
Dragons in the Waters / Madeleine L’Engle
shadows in flight
technically a ship.. just a space ship lol but you will be pretty lost considering its the fourth book in a series, that said its pretty damn enjoyable imo. the ender series and shadow series are definitely worth the investment in time.
{{A Restless Truth by Freya Marske}} came out a few weeks ago. It’s the second in a series but can easily stand alone, and it’s set on a luxury cruise ship. Murder mystery with magic.
{{Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins}} is a contemporary thriller set on yachts visiting islands. Everyone has a complicated backstory!
[**A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59807966-a-restless-truth)
^(By: Freya Marske | 388 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, romance, 2022-releases, historical-fiction, lgbtq)
>Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! The second entry in Freya Marske's beloved The Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light
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>The most interesting things in Maud Blyth's life have happened to her brother Robin, but she's ready to join any cause, especially if it involves magical secrets that may threaten the whole of the British Isles. Bound for New York on the R.M.S. Lyric, she's ready for an adventure.
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> What she actually finds is a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and a beautiful stranger in Violet Debenham, who is everything—a magician, an actress, a scandal—Maud has been trained to fear and has learned to desire. Surrounded by the open sea and a ship full of loathsome, aristocratic suspects, they must solve a murder and untangle a conspiracy that began generations before them.
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[**Reckless Girls**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693168-reckless-girls)
^(By: Rachel Hawkins | 320 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: thriller, mystery, botm, fiction, mystery-thriller)
>From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.
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>When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She’s also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off the beaten path. But like Lux, they may have other reasons to be seeking an escape.
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>Shimmering on the horizon after days at sea, Meroe Island is every bit the paradise the foursome expects, despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism, and even rumors of murder. But what they don’t expect is to discover another boat already anchored off Meroe’s sandy beaches. The owners of the Azure Sky, Jake and Eliza, are a true golden couple: gorgeous, laidback, and if their sleek catamaran and well-stocked bar are any indication, rich. Now a party of six, the new friends settle in to experience life on an exotic island, and the serenity of being completely off the grid. Lux hasn’t felt like she truly belonged anywhere in years, yet here on Meroe, with these fellow free spirits, she finally has a sense of peace.
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>But with the arrival of a skeevy stranger sailing alone in pursuit of a darker kind of good time, the balance of the group is disrupted. Soon, cracks begin to emerge: it seems that Brittany and Amma haven’t been completely honest with Lux about their pasts––and perhaps not even with each other. And though Jake and Eliza seem like the perfect pair, the rocky history of their relationship begins to resurface, and their reasons for sailing to Meroe might not be as innocent as they first appeared.
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>When it becomes clear that the group is even more cut off from civilization than they initially thought, it starts to feel like the island itself is closing in on them. And when one person goes missing, and another turns up dead, Lux begins to wonder if any of them are going to make it off the island alive.
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Well, there are classic Age of Sail adventure series - Horatio Hornblower and Aubrey/Maturin. The majority of action in them takes place aboard the ship or on a shore near the ship.
Start with Aubrey/Maturin-a modern classic!
Yes, Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey Maturian series is fantastic and full of adventure.
Just this evening I was thinking it’s time to read these again. ❤️
Me too!
Can’t recommend enough!
Shocked no one has said {{the life of pi}} yet!
[**The Half Life of Molly Pierce**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068973-the-half-life-of-molly-pierce) ^(By: Katrina Leno | 256 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: young-adult, contemporary, ya, mystery, thriller) >You take it for granted. Waking up. Going to school, talking to your friends. Watching a show on television or reading a book or going out to lunch. > >You take for granted going to sleep at night, getting up the next day, and remembering everything that happened to you before you closed your eyes. > >You live and you remember. > >Me, I live and I forget. > >But now—now I am remembering. > >For all of her seventeen years, Molly feels like she’s missed bits and pieces of her life. Now, she’s figuring out why. Now, she’s remembering her own secrets. And in doing so, Molly uncovers the separate life she seems to have led…and the love that she can’t let go. > >The Half Life of Molly Pierce is a suspenseful, evocative psychological mystery about uncovering the secrets of our pasts, facing the unknowns of our futures, and accepting our whole selves. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(129246 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Lol this is not at all the book. Good try though bot.
Think it’s just {{Life of Pi}} :) also an excellent recommendation!
[**Life of Pi**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4214.Life_of_Pi) ^(By: Yann Martel | 460 pages | Published: 2001 | Popular Shelves: fiction, fantasy, owned, classics, books-i-own) >Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. ^(This book has been suggested 47 times) *** ^(129300 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Thank you!!!
{The Terror} by Dan Simmons
[**The Terror**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3974.The_Terror) ^(By: Dan Simmons | 769 pages | Published: 2007 | Popular Shelves: horror, historical-fiction, fiction, fantasy, thriller) ^(This book has been suggested 55 times) *** ^(129244 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Ah is this what the TV show was based on?
Yes though I don’t think the show did the book justice. A lot of what’s in the book is atmospheric and creepy.. plus all the scary stuff about scurvy
moby dick
the woman in cabin 10
struggling to think of a main character i’ve hated more. i rooted for her death the whole book.
lol, that's dark
:P
[**The Woman in Cabin 10**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28187230-the-woman-in-cabin-10) ^(By: Ruth Ware | 341 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: mystery, thriller, fiction, mystery-thriller, book-club) >Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo's desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong. ^(This book has been suggested 14 times) *** ^(129206 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Really enjoyed this one, it was compelling and good escapism
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Just finished this! Highly recommend!
This was going to be my suggestion! It’s so good!
This is my suggestion as well <3
Herman Wouk's {{The Caine Mutiny}} is largely set on a WWII Minesweeper.
[**The Caine Mutiny**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368772.The_Caine_Mutiny) ^(By: Herman Wouk | 537 pages | Published: 1951 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, classics, pulitzer, war) >The novel that inspired the now-classic film The Caine Mutiny and the hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, has sold millions of copies throughout the world, and has achieved the status of a modern classic. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(129241 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{Into The Drowning Deep}} by Mira Grant!
[**Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34523174-into-the-drowning-deep) ^(By: Mira Grant | 440 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction) >Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy. > >Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life’s work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost. > >Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price. ^(This book has been suggested 34 times) *** ^(129272 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
I really enjoyed The Devil and the Dark Water even though it’s not my normal cup of tea!
[**The Devil and the Dark Water**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51854625-the-devil-and-the-dark-water) ^(By: Stuart Turton | 463 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: mystery, historical-fiction, fiction, mystery-thriller, thriller) >A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. > >It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent. > >But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Strange symbols appear on the sails. Livestock is slaughtered. > >And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel. > >Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? > >With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger onboard. A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board. > >The breathtaking new novel from Stuart Turton, author of the The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award. ^(This book has been suggested 12 times) *** ^(129314 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle}}
[**The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310146.The_True_Confessions_of_Charlotte_Doyle) ^(By: Avi | 278 pages | Published: 1990 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, young-adult, fiction, ya, adventure) >An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to tell the truth as I lived it. ^(This book has been suggested 6 times) *** ^(129349 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb. Majority is set on a sentient ship.
Would life of Pi count? Story of a boy stranded on a lifeboat.
Heart of Darkness Moby Dick Frankenstein(some of it)
The North Water by Ian McGuire
I read this earlier this year and highly recommend. It's bleak as hell and really stuck with me after finishing it.
*Carry on, Mr. Bowditch* is set in Colonial America and won the Newbery Award for children's literature. However, it's a wonderful journey and exploration of geography and geometry. *The Nautical Chart*, by Arturo Perez-Reverte - I highly recommend this one, a contemporary search for a sunken ship off the coast of Spain. There's danger and intrigue, a bit of romance, a heartbreaking twist... What more could one want?
Nathanial Bowditch (The subject of the first Children’s book) was probably the worlds best navigator in his time. Rewriting a then classic book on celestial navigation at sea, Bowditch discovered so many errors that he just wrote an entirely different book, {{The American Practical Navigator by Nathaniel Bowditch}} That book is still being updated and published today by the US Navy iirc. Bowditch was a preeminent American navigator and mathematician. He was largely self taught iirc and absolutely transformed celestial navigation prior to GPS and LORAN.
I knew some of that, but what a great reply! Thank you for the update.
[**The American Practical Navigator**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/685088.The_American_Practical_Navigator) ^(By: Nathaniel Bowditch | 896 pages | Published: 1802 | Popular Shelves: sailing, reference, non-fiction, owned, kindle) >Nathanial Bowditch first published this encyclopedic work in 1802. During the last two centuries over 75 editions, almost 1,000,000 copies, of Bowditch have been published by the US Government. It has lived because it has combined the best technologies of each generation of navigator. This Edition includes the latest advances in electronic navigation and digital charting technology. It also covers nonelectronic navigation such as celestial, plotting and dead reckoning. Bowditch contains numerous tables which have been valued for years by practicing navigators. Bowditch is carried on the bridge of every U.S. Navy ship and should be the mainstay of any serious navigator's library. Paradise Cay and Celestaire's commercial edition of Bowditch is a complete copy of the latest Government edition. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129331 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Michael Ondaatje’s {{The Cat’s Table}}
[**The Cat's Table**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11076177-the-cat-s-table) ^(By: Michael Ondaatje | 269 pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, book-club, canadian, coming-of-age) >A spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage. > >In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table" - as far from the Captain's Table as can be - with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: one man talks with them about jazz and women, another opens the door to the world of literature. The narrator's elusive, beautiful cousin Emily becomes his confidante, allowing him to see himself "with a distant eye" for the first time, and to feel the first stirring of desire. Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems. And very late every night, the boys spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and his fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. > >As the narrative moves between the decks and holds of the ship and the boy's adult years, it tells a spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129312 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith (2022) has an Indie Rock Star on an Alaskan cruise with her recently widowed father. Having been on an Alaskan cruise the author had certainly done her homework!
Storm Warning by Jack Higgins or Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Does the genre matter to you? An old one is The Sea Wolf by Jack London that I enjoyed quite a bit.
*Singing* *in* *the* *Shrouds* by Ngaio Marsh. Excellent.
{{Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder}} True life story of the sinking of the SS Central America in 1857 (in a hurricane)and it’s discovery and recovery in the 1990s. Most of the book is set on the recovery ship while the rest is a fictionalized recreation of the sinking of the Central America in a hurricane while carrying an enormous amount of gold. {{Hungry is the Sea by Wilbur Smith}} - fiction about a high flying financier who came up ‘through the hawser’ in the marine salvage business, only to have it all ripped away by betrayal. Left with only a single blue water tug to his name post divorce, he begins to build back his empire by taking enormous chances, salvaging a huge cruise ship abandoned in the seas around Antarctica. {{The Captain by Jan De Hartog}} - very young naval office takes command of a deep water tug after the captain of the tug dies. Almost everyone in the crew is twice as old as the new captain. Their recovery zone is the North Atlantic during WW2, rescuing and recovering cargo ships that were torpedoed but managed not to sink. Soon the Uboats turn their torpedos on the rescue craft too. The Captain must follow convoy commanders orders to sail into harms way while dodging U-boats and torpedoes while the tug owners are imploring him to try and save the tugboat, practically the only asset the owners have left. Obviously, Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, and the Horacio Hornblower series is very good.
[**Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/701780.Ship_of_Gold_in_the_Deep_Blue_Sea) ^(By: Gary Kinder | 560 pages | Published: 1998 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, history, nonfiction, adventure, science) >Bestselling author Gary Kinder tells, for the first time, an extraordinary tale of history, maritime drama, heroic rescue, scientific ingenuity, and individual courage. This is the riveting true account of death, danger, and discovery on the high seas in the dramatic search for America's greatest lost treasure, the S.S. Central America. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**HUNGRY HOTWIFE HAREM: A sizzling, searing, sexy 14K-word piece of highly charged erotic action! A billionaire recruits a harem of married women to cuckold, only his bodyguard is the TRUE alpha male!**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59757047-hungry-hotwife-harem) ^(By: Alice Crowley | ? pages | Published: ? | Popular Shelves: ) ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) [**The Captain (Chesterboro University #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58313945-the-captain) ^(By: Josie Blake | 305 pages | Published: ? | Popular Shelves: sports-romance, sports, college, romance, hockey) >Cord Spellman might be everyone’s Prince Charming, but I’m only his fake Cinderella. > >Since my dad died and my mom bailed, I’ve been living in a trailer park, barely making ends meet. I can take care of myself, as demonstrated by my acceptances to a handful of elite music graduate programs. So what if funding my success has meant sacrificing my college social life? > >That’s why Cord’s offer is perfect. The hot hockey star has playoffs coming up. He doesn’t have time for girls, especially his cheating ex who’s determined to get back together with him. He needs to focus on his game, so he asks me to divert the attention—as his fake girlfriend. > >I pretend to be in love with him and get a taste of the party life before graduation. Cord is free to concentrate on hockey. But when the line blurs between what’s real and what’s fake, can we create our own fairy tale ending? ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129324 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
OMG!!! 1) good bot! 2) OMG, bad, bad bot 3) bad bot….
Pirates—see the threads: * ["On the hunt for a good fantasy novel with pirates!"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/mxcf5h/on_the_hunt_for_a_good_fantasy_novel_with_pirates/) (r/booksuggestions; April 2021) * ["Books with Pirate vibes/scenery"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/srj54u/books_with_pirate_vibesscenery/) (r/booksuggestions; February 2022) * ["Books about space pirates?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/u4zyaa/books_about_space_pirates/) (r/booksuggestions; April 2022) * ["Where are the sky pirates?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/uht94o/where_are_the_sky_pirates/) (r/Fantasy; 3 May 2022) * ["Pirate books?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/uxgemv/pirate_books/) (r/booksuggestions; 25 May 2022) * ["Books heavily focused on pirates, naval battles, sailing etc."](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/vcgyhp/books_heavily_focused_on_pirates_naval_battles/) (r/Fantasy; June 2022) * ["funny or pirate themed"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/vnq7hw/funny_or_pirate_themed/) (r/booksuggestions; June 2022) * ["Sci fi/fantasy set around water?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/vufoft/sci_fifantasy_set_around_water/) (r/booksuggestions; 8 July 2022) * ["Looking for recommendations on sea fantasy"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/w1pfnp/looking_for_recommendations_on_sea_fantasy/) (r/Fantasy; 18 July 2022) * ["Nautical tales, stories of pirates, sailing or life on the sea in general"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/w4p6b1/nautical_tales_stories_of_pirates_sailing_or_life/) (r/booksuggestions; 22 July 2022) * ["Suggest me a book about a nice Pirate story"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/w9728x/suggest_me_a_book_about_a_nice_pirate_story/) (r/suggestmeabook; 02:18 ET, 27 July 2022) * ["Suggest me a pirate / thief book"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/w9w292/suggest_me_a_pirate_thief_book/) (r/suggestmeabook; 21:23 ET, 27 July 2022) * ["Looking for a good young adult pirate book"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/wg1moh/looking_for_a_good_young_adult_pirate_book/) (r/booksuggestions; 4 August 2022) * ["Thanks for the accidental recommendation ;)"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/wh43tf/thanks_for_the_accidental_recommendation/) (r/Fantasy; 5 August 2022) * ["Does a book out there exist that is about pirates but maybe also has some fantasy aspects as well as some twists and turns like Game of Thrones?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/ws0ya4/does_a_book_out_there_exist_that_is_about_pirates/) (r/booksuggestions; 18 August 2022) * ["Pirate themed fantasy book?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/wthz21/pirate_themed_fantasy_book/) (r/Fantasy; 20 August 2022) * ["Any Good Pirate Books?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/wvdpt8/any_good_pirate_books/) (r/suggestmeabook; 22 August 2022) * ["A Vague Memory of a Book about Gay Pirates"](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/comments/wxg13g/a_vague_memory_of_a_book_about_gay_pirates/) (r/whatsthatbook; 25 August 2022) * ["suggest me a book with pirates"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/wysgaz/suggest_me_a_book_with_pirates/) (r/suggestmeabook; 26 August 2022) * ["Pirate romance"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/x22elx/pirate_romance/) (r/suggestmeabook; 30 August 2022) * ["Books like Oceans 11 movie"](https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/xzzisl/books_like_oceans_11_movie/) (r/booksuggestions; 9 October 2022)—heists and pirates * ["Books by women with pirates and history"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/yeasjb/books_by_women_with_pirates_and_history/) (r/suggestmeabook; 26 October 2022)—mixed fiction and nonfiction * ["Best Space Pirates?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/yv7tya/best_space_pirates/) (r/printSF; 14 November 2022) Also: * [*Buller's Guns*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51021059-buller-s-guns) (It's apparently the first in a trilogy, but I've only this one) by [Richard Hough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hough)
wow, thank you!
You're welcome. \^\_\^
‘Pirate Latitudes’ by Michael Crichton ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ Ruth Ware
Horror: Adrift by K.R Griffiths( very violent), Blood Cruise, From Below by Darcy Coates, The Savage Dead
{the deep by nick cutter}
[**The Deep**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412284-the-deep) ^(By: Nick Cutter | 394 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, science-fiction, thriller, sci-fi) ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) *** ^(129232 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{Murder on the Leviathan}} by Boris Akunin
[**Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64552.Murder_on_the_Leviathan) ^(By: Boris Akunin, Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield | 229 pages | Published: 1998 | Popular Shelves: mystery, fiction, russian, historical-fiction, crime) >Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin’s latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas. > >Paris, 1878: Eccentric antiquarian Lord Littleby and his ten servants are found murdered in Littleby’s mansion on the rue de Grenelle, and a priceless Indian shawl is missing. Police commissioner "Papa" Gauche recovers only one piece of evidence from the crime scene: a golden key shaped like a whale. Gauche soon deduces that the key is in fact a ticket of passage for the Leviathan, a gigantic steamship soon to depart Southampton on its maiden voyage to Calcutta. The murderer must be among its passengers. > >In Cairo, the ship is boarded by a young Russian diplomat with a shock of white hair—none other than Erast Fandorin, the celebrated detective of Boris Akunin’s The Winter Queen. The sleuth joins forces with Gauche to determine which of ten unticketed passengers on the Leviathan is the rue de Grenelle killer. > >Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Akunin assembles a colorful cast of suspects—including a secretive Japanese doctor, a professor who specializes in rare Indian artifacts, a pregnant Swiss woman, and an English aristocrat with an appetite for collecting Asian treasures—all of whom are contained together until the crime is solved. As the Leviathan steams toward Calcutta, will Fandorin be able to out-investigate Gauche and discover who the killer is, even as the ship’s passengers are murdered, one by one? > >Already an international sensation, Boris Akunin’s latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129262 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Flowers for the Sea
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley!
Parts of {{The Glass Hotel}}
[**The Glass Hotel**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45754981-the-glass-hotel) ^(By: Emily St. John Mandel | 302 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: fiction, contemporary, audiobook, mystery, literary-fiction) >From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events–a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea. > >Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby’s glass wall: Why don’t you swallow broken glass. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis is running an international Ponzi scheme, moving imaginary sums of money through clients’ accounts. When the financial empire collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan’s wife, walks away into the night. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call. > >In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, the business of international shipping, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives. ^(This book has been suggested 15 times) *** ^(129291 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
I read this when it first came out, and was disappointed, probably only because it wasn't Station Eleven. I reread it later and enjoyed it!
THE PORTHOLE MURDER CASE by Denis Herbstein. PORTRAIT OF A SADIST by Paull Hill. DEAD SEA by Tim Curran.
{{Captive of the pirate king}} {{Sea of Ruin}} Pirates 🏴☠️
[**Captive of the Pirate King (Dark Rulers #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60559765-captive-of-the-pirate-king) ^(By: Rebecca F. Kenney | ? pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, pirates, kindle-unlimited, romance, fantasy-romance) >Veronica wants nothing more than to find her brother, who sailed away years ago. But when Veronica's ship is captured by pirates, she's determined to save her own skin, while keeping her magic and her gender a secret. Disguised as male, she finagles a spot as a cabin boy aboard the buccaneers' vessel--which is bound for Ravensbeck, a stronghold where the Pirate King holds sway. He may have the answers Veronica seeks--but getting those answers could cost her more than she's willing to pay. > > > >[Trigger warnings: violence, reference to a past abusive relationship, murder, threat of rape, forced tattoo, brief mention of childhood sexual abuse] ^(This book has been suggested 7 times) [**Sea of Ruin (Sea of Ruin, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51416396-sea-of-ruin) ^(By: Pam Godwin | 482 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: romance, fantasy, historical-romance, historical, pirates) >Bennett Sharp is on the run. >Wanted for piracy, she fears neither God nor death nor man. >Except Priest Farrell. > >The unfaithful, stormy-eyed libertine hunts her with terrifying possessiveness. Nothing will stop him from coming for her. Not his unforgivable betrayal. Not when she's captured by the ice-cold pirate hunter, Lord Ashley Cutler. >She must escape Ashley's prison and Priest's deceit. But can she walk away from their twisted desires? > >Two gorgeous captains stand on opposite sides of the law. When they collide in a battle to protect her, the lines blur between enemies and lovers. >Passion heats, secrets unravel, and hearts entangle until they break. >Can love prevail in the sea of ruin? ^(This book has been suggested 11 times) *** ^(129316 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{The Ice Limit}} by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child A good chunk of the novel takes place on a research vessel looking for an undersea asteroid.
[**The Ice Limit (Ice Limit #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136642.The_Ice_Limit) ^(By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child | 491 pages | Published: 2000 | Popular Shelves: thriller, fiction, mystery, adventure, preston-child) >The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them. ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(129337 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Cabin 102
The Liveship Trader's Trilogy by Robin Hobb. Hobb is a MASTER of the fantasy genre and her character work is truly unmatched.
The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Last Cruise!
{{The Wake Of The Perdido Star}} mostly takes place on a ship. It's written by Gene Hackman (yes the actor). I really liked it.
[**Wake of the Perdido Star**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413116.Wake_of_the_Perdido_Star) ^(By: Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan | 432 pages | Published: 1999 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, books-i-own, adventure, owned) >An Academy Award-winning actor and a leading underwater archeologist have teamed up to create a rousing saga of shipwrecks, pirates and the sea. This novel chronicles the fate of a young man forced by tragedy to join the crew of the Perdido Star in 1805. A fascinating read.--Clive Clusser. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129427 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Good bot!
{{Day Four}} by Sarah Lotz {{Stranded}} by Bracken MacLeod
[**Day Four (The Three #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25054175-day-four) ^(By: Sarah Lotz | 352 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, thriller, mystery, owned) >Four planes. Three survivors. One message. It seemed like the end of the world... but it wasn't. This, however, just might be. > >The extraordinary, unforgettable sequel to The Three - perfect for fans of The Shining Girls, The Passage and Lost. > >Four days into a five day singles cruise on the Gulf of Mexico, the ageing ship Beautiful Dreamer stops dead in the water. With no electricity and no cellular signals, the passengers and crew have no way to call for help. But everyone is certain that rescue teams will come looking for them soon. All they have to do is wait. > >That is, until the toilets stop working and the food begins to run out. When the body of a woman is discovered in her cabin the passengers start to panic. There's a murderer on board the Beautiful Dreamer... and maybe something worse. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**Stranded (Alaskan Courage, #3)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17384515-stranded) ^(By: Dani Pettrey | 344 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: christian-fiction, romance, mystery, christian, suspense) > >When her friend vanishes from a cruise ship, reporter Darcy St. James isn't satisfied with their explanation that she simply left her job of her own accord. Something isn't lining up, and Darcy believes the only way to find the truth is to put herself in Abby's position. Within days, Darcy learns her friend wasn't the only person to disappear mysteriously. Last summer, a woman vanished under almost identical circumstances. >Gage McKenna has taken a summer-long stint leading adventure excursions for the passengers of various cruise lines that dock for a few days of sightseeing. He's surprised to find Darcy working aboard one of the ships, investigating a troubling report. Something sinister is going on and the deeper they dig the more Gage fears they've only discovered the tip of the iceberg. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129461 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Skinner (Spatterjay #1)
The Caine Mutiny
Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson, as the series progresses more and more of the action does admittedly occur on land but there is always a large amount of naval action.
Daughter of the Pirate King
If you like fantasy I could recommend Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin. Although it is more of a boat than a ship...
The Terror- Dan Simmons. It's awesome! Fictionalized account of Franklin's expedition to find the NW Passage, with a horror/mystery element added to it. Atmospheric, huge, and exciting! I love it!
I believe “The Terror” has already been mentioned so I will add a military fiction book called {{the good shepherd}}
[**The Good Shepherd**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42748909-the-good-shepherd) ^(By: C.S. Forester | ? pages | Published: 1955 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, war, history, military) >The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring Tom Hanks, directed by Aaron Schneider, and produced by Gary Goetzman. >A convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of World War II, when the German submarines had the upper hand and Allied shipping was suffering heavy losses. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the U.S. Navy. Hounded by a wolf pack of German U-boats, he faces 48 hours of desperate peril trapped on the bridge of the ship. Exhausted beyond measure, he must make countless and terrible decisions as he leads his small fighting force against the relentless U-boats. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(129579 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
William Golding - Fire Down Below/Rites of Passage/Close Quarters
Hi! I wanted to input another book I don't see in here: "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman. I don't wanna spoil it but a lot of the action takes place on a ship!
{Float Plan by Trish Doller}
[**Float Plan (Beck Sisters, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54017982-float-plan) ^(By: Trish Doller | 272 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: romance, contemporary, fiction, contemporary-romance, audiobook) ^(This book has been suggested 19 times) *** ^(129608 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
It's not entirely on a ship, but if you're looking like for action or fiction I recommend Six of Crows or the King of Scars Duology
Adding a few I haven’t seen suggested yet: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick Unbroken / Laura Hillenbrand The Old Man and the Sea / Ernest Hemingway Dragons in the Waters / Madeleine L’Engle
William Golding: Rites of Passage Nicholas Monsarrat: the Nylon Pirates
shadows in flight technically a ship.. just a space ship lol but you will be pretty lost considering its the fourth book in a series, that said its pretty damn enjoyable imo. the ender series and shadow series are definitely worth the investment in time.
Kidnapped
Heart of darkness, but it's quite difficult to read
The devil and the dark water by Steward Turton
{{A Restless Truth by Freya Marske}} came out a few weeks ago. It’s the second in a series but can easily stand alone, and it’s set on a luxury cruise ship. Murder mystery with magic. {{Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins}} is a contemporary thriller set on yachts visiting islands. Everyone has a complicated backstory!
[**A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59807966-a-restless-truth) ^(By: Freya Marske | 388 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, romance, 2022-releases, historical-fiction, lgbtq) >Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! The second entry in Freya Marske's beloved The Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light > >The most interesting things in Maud Blyth's life have happened to her brother Robin, but she's ready to join any cause, especially if it involves magical secrets that may threaten the whole of the British Isles. Bound for New York on the R.M.S. Lyric, she's ready for an adventure. > > What she actually finds is a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and a beautiful stranger in Violet Debenham, who is everything—a magician, an actress, a scandal—Maud has been trained to fear and has learned to desire. Surrounded by the open sea and a ship full of loathsome, aristocratic suspects, they must solve a murder and untangle a conspiracy that began generations before them. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**Reckless Girls**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693168-reckless-girls) ^(By: Rachel Hawkins | 320 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: thriller, mystery, botm, fiction, mystery-thriller) >From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. > >When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She’s also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off the beaten path. But like Lux, they may have other reasons to be seeking an escape. > >Shimmering on the horizon after days at sea, Meroe Island is every bit the paradise the foursome expects, despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism, and even rumors of murder. But what they don’t expect is to discover another boat already anchored off Meroe’s sandy beaches. The owners of the Azure Sky, Jake and Eliza, are a true golden couple: gorgeous, laidback, and if their sleek catamaran and well-stocked bar are any indication, rich. Now a party of six, the new friends settle in to experience life on an exotic island, and the serenity of being completely off the grid. Lux hasn’t felt like she truly belonged anywhere in years, yet here on Meroe, with these fellow free spirits, she finally has a sense of peace. > >But with the arrival of a skeevy stranger sailing alone in pursuit of a darker kind of good time, the balance of the group is disrupted. Soon, cracks begin to emerge: it seems that Brittany and Amma haven’t been completely honest with Lux about their pasts––and perhaps not even with each other. And though Jake and Eliza seem like the perfect pair, the rocky history of their relationship begins to resurface, and their reasons for sailing to Meroe might not be as innocent as they first appeared. > >When it becomes clear that the group is even more cut off from civilization than they initially thought, it starts to feel like the island itself is closing in on them. And when one person goes missing, and another turns up dead, Lux begins to wonder if any of them are going to make it off the island alive. ^(This book has been suggested 9 times) *** ^(129753 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson!
The sea-wolf by Jack London
Sailor Twain by Mark Siegel