Marine biology reads
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Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity
by:
David Kirby
4.27 avg rating — 3,610 ratings 3. 
Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur
by:
Carl Safina
4.25 avg rating — 917 ratings 4. 
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by:
Sy Montgomery
3.94 avg rating — 57,042 ratings 5. 
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
by:
Susan Casey
4.04 avg rating — 3,303 ratings 
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Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay
by:
Danielle Clode
4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings 8. 
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves
by:
James Nestor
4.45 avg rating — 7,906 ratings 9. 
Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
by:
Alexandra Morton
4.51 avg rating — 996 ratings 
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings 12. 
Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
by:
Gregory Skomal
4.11 avg rating — 672 ratings 13. 
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
by:
Jason M. Colby
4.17 avg rating — 315 ratings 14. 
Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound
by:
David Rothenberg
3.62 avg rating — 154 ratings 15. 
Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
by:
John Hargrove
4.20 avg rating — 7,339 ratings 
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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by:
Jess Keating
4.44 avg rating — 3,232 ratings 
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The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives
by:
Diana Reiss
4.13 avg rating — 401 ratings 
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The Shark-Watcher's Handbook: A Guide to Sharks and Where to See Them
by:
Mark Carwardine
4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings 24. 
At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by:
Carl Zimmer
4.08 avg rating — 2,095 ratings 25. 
Behind the Dolphin Smile: One Man's Campaign to Protect the World's Dolphins
by:
Richard O'Barry
4.24 avg rating — 373 ratings 26. 
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by:
Neil Shubin
4.04 avg rating — 28,099 ratings 27. 
The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat
by:
Charles Clover
4.09 avg rating — 538 ratings 28. 
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
by:
Helen Scales
4.10 avg rating — 995 ratings 
32. 
A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas' Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk (Volume 13) (Organisms and Environments)
by:
C. Drew Harvell
4.11 avg rating — 61 ratings 
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Marine Ecosystem-Based Management in Practice: Different Pathways, Common Lessons 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World 4.01 avg rating — 471 ratings
36. 
The Underwater Alphabet Book (Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books)
by:
Jerry Pallotta
3.97 avg rating — 172 ratings 36. 
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The SeaLand Incident: The Story Behind One Zoo's Infamous Attempt to House a Great White Shark
by:
Brent Saltzman
3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings 41. 
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Blowfish's Oceanopedia: 291 Extraordinary Things You Didn't Know About the Sea
by:
Tom Hird
3.93 avg rating — 149 ratings 
44. 
Wild Ocean: Sharks, Whales, Rays, and Other Endangered Sea Creatures
by:
Matt Dembicki
3.88 avg rating — 66 ratings 47. 
Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything
by:
Helen Scales
4.34 avg rating — 303 ratings 
52. 
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans
by:
David Lambert
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings 52. 
Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer
by:
Bren Smith
4.39 avg rating — 1,872 ratings 
54. 
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate
by:
Mark Kurlansky
4.04 avg rating — 701 ratings 
56. 
Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean 4.01 avg rating — 5,527 ratings
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The Perfect Protein: The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World
by:
Andy Sharpless
3.98 avg rating — 129 ratings 
62. 
Oceanology: The True Account of the Voyage of the Nautilus (Ologies, #8)
by:
Dugald A. Steer
4.28 avg rating — 444 ratings 
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The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica
by:
Meredith Hooper
3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings 
68. 
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey
by:
Deborah Cramer
4.13 avg rating — 212 ratings 
74. 
Cod and Herring: The Archaeology and History of Medieval Sea Fishing
by:
James H. Barrett
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
77. 
Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
by:
Claire A. Nivola
4.08 avg rating — 1,067 ratings 77. 
Our Sea Turtles: A Practical Guide for the Atlantic and Gulf, from Canada to Mexico 4.70 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Chicken Soup for the Ocean Lover's Soul: Amazing Sea Stories and Wyland Artwork to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
by:
Jack Canfield
4.18 avg rating — 198 ratings 79. 
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Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles 4.23 avg rating — 947 ratings
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The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
87. 
The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World's Most Elusive Sea Creature
by:
Richard Ellis
3.70 avg rating — 620 ratings 
90. 
Sea Turtles of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States (A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Whales and Nations: Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea
by:
Steve Jenkins
4.17 avg rating — 917 ratings