The Letter of Marque

Shōgun

James Clavell · 979 pages

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and free

An Echo in the Bone

Diana Gabaldon · 834 pages

Diana Gabaldon's brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in the Bone, the enormously anticipated seventh volume, Gabaldon continues the extraordinary story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall.Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant reb

The Privateer's Revenge

Julian Stockwin · 318 pages

Ship of the Line

C.S. Forester · 323 pages

Captain Hornblower and HMS Sutherland join forces blockading the Spanish coast in the Napoleonic conflict. In a battle with the French, the Sutherland is severely damaged, and Hornblower is taken captive.

The King's Privateer

Dewey Lambdin · 368 pages

Ramage & the Freebooters

Dudley Pope · 352 pages

Ship of Magic

Robin Hobb · 698 pages

Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia. For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and f

The Golden Lion

Wilbur Smith, Giles Kristian · 402 pages

"The son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry "Hal" Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his

White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War

Herman Melville · 408 pages

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 274 pages

'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon ArmitageDaniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, regarded by many to be first novel in English, is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island. The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battl

Pirates of the Levant

Arturo Perez-Reverte · 288 pages

"Alatriste is back - this time on the high seas! Accompanied by his faithful companion Inigo, the captain joins a Spanish galleon and sets sail from Naples towards the east on a journey that will take them to Melilla, Oran, and finally Malta where they must struggle against the Turk. On board they will have many adventures, including an encounter with The Moor Gurriato. Now seventeen, Inigo is sti

Temeraire: In the Service of the King

Naomi Novik · 832 pages

River of Bones

Taylor Anderson · 479 pages

Second to None

Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman · 320 pages

Great Britain - history. Naval, 19th century fiction.

Midshipman Bolitho

Alexander Kent · 303 pages

Sharpe's Devil

Bernard Cornwell · 322 pages

An honored veteran of the Napolenic Wars, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe is drawn into a deadly battle, both on land and on the high seas. The year is 1820, and military hero Richard Sharpe has quietly passed the years since the Battle of Waterloo as a farmer. Suddenly, his peaceful retirement is disturbed when he and the intrepid Patrick Harper are called to the Spanish colony of Chile to find Don Blas

Take, Burn or Destroy

S. Thomas Russell, Sean Thomas Russell · 434 pages

Embarking on a mission to destroy a French frigate and gather intelligence during the height of the French Revolution, Charles Hayden of the HMS Themis discovers plans for an invasion of England before being captured by a French squadron.

The Time of Terror

Seth Hunter · 396 pages

"Nathan Peake, an officer in the British Royal Navy, fights against the French during the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher.

The Confusion

Neal Stephenson · 815 pages

Continuing the epic adventure begun in the bestselling QUICKSILVER!In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, a.k.a. King of the Vagabonds, a.k.a. Half-Cocked Jack, lately and miraculously cured of the pox -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues, rife with battles, chases, hairbreadth escapes, swashbuckling, bloodletting,

The Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo · 696 pages

Gilliat is an accomplished sailor, but due to a mysterious mother and a home locally regarded as haunted, his acceptance into Guernsey society is limited. That isolation doesn’t stop him from falling for Déruchette, the “neat and delicate and pretty” niece of local ferry-owner Mess Lethierry. When the ship is involved in a catastrophic incident, Déruchette announces that she will marry the man who

Mutiny on the Bounty

Charles Bernard Nordhoff, James Norman Hall · 659 pages

This book is great for a middle school class. This book is based on the movie MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY!

The Wolf Sea

Robert Low · 352 pages

Washed up in a hostile city, battle weary and out of luck, the Oathsworn lie waiting for their reluctant leader to bring them back to wealth and warfare. But Orm's prized sword is gone.

Das Boot

Lothar-Gunther Buchheim · 563 pages

The First Man in Rome

Colleen McCullough · 1,076 pages

This historical fiction takes prominent Roman names of the time, and tells their tale in an astonishingly descriptive way. It follows the life of Gaius Marius, and his fellow Roman, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and their struggles for power through war, politics, and blood.