Nautical Historical Fiction

1.
Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,059 ratings
2.
On the Edge of Daylight
On the Edge of Daylight 4.23 avg rating — 343 ratings
3.
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 61,947 ratings
4.
The Glass Ocean
The Glass Ocean 3.89 avg rating — 22,204 ratings
5.
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter 4.09 avg rating — 19,024 ratings
6.
The Midnight Watch
The Midnight Watch 3.81 avg rating — 4,521 ratings
7.
Ship Fever: Stories
Ship Fever: Stories 4.04 avg rating — 4,301 ratings
8.
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
by: Kim Izzo
3.89 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
9.
On a Cold Dark Sea
On a Cold Dark Sea 3.84 avg rating — 3,189 ratings
10.
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
by: Eli Brown
3.90 avg rating — 8,466 ratings
11.
The Night Ship
The Night Ship
by: Jess Kidd
3.66 avg rating — 12,570 ratings
12.
The Light on Farallon Island
The Light on Farallon Island 3.88 avg rating — 9,215 ratings
13.
The Captain's Daughter
The Captain's Daughter 3.96 avg rating — 2,989 ratings
14.
A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice
A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice 4.07 avg rating — 4,901 ratings
15.
The Last Lifeboat
The Last Lifeboat 4.33 avg rating — 9,144 ratings
16.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,448 ratings
16.
Endurance
Endurance 3.99 avg rating — 74 ratings
18.
The Sea Road
The Sea Road 3.85 avg rating — 610 ratings
18.
Sisters of Fortune
Sisters of Fortune 4.18 avg rating — 9,653 ratings
20.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea 3.93 avg rating — 11,820 ratings
21.
On Stranger Tides
On Stranger Tides 3.82 avg rating — 10,774 ratings
22.
Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas
Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas 4.04 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
23.
The Sailor Dog (A Little Golden Book)
The Sailor Dog (A Little Golden Book) 4.14 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
25.
The Lifeboat
The Lifeboat 3.20 avg rating — 25,241 ratings
26.
The Girl Who Came Home
The Girl Who Came Home 3.93 avg rating — 25,173 ratings
27.
The Deep
The Deep 3.32 avg rating — 11,570 ratings
28.
Lighthouse Bay
Lighthouse Bay 3.93 avg rating — 3,467 ratings
29.
Carpathia
Carpathia 3.10 avg rating — 425 ratings
30.
The Whiskey Sea
The Whiskey Sea 3.96 avg rating — 14,887 ratings
31.
The North Water
The North Water 3.98 avg rating — 33,751 ratings
32.
The Whale: A Love Story
The Whale: A Love Story 3.56 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
33.
The Ocean Liner
The Ocean Liner 4.15 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
34.
The Lieutenant's Nurse
The Lieutenant's Nurse 4.03 avg rating — 4,489 ratings
35.
The Arctic Fury
The Arctic Fury 3.86 avg rating — 9,130 ratings
36.
English Passengers
English Passengers 4.07 avg rating — 7,473 ratings
37.
The Exiles
The Exiles 4.15 avg rating — 61,859 ratings
37.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 29,066 ratings
39.
Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women 3.62 avg rating — 4,295 ratings
39.
River of Smoke
River of Smoke 3.97 avg rating — 10,820 ratings
41.
Flood of Fire
Flood of Fire 4.16 avg rating — 6,508 ratings
42.
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste 3.13 avg rating — 2,333 ratings
43.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,739 ratings
44.
Unsinkable: A Novel
Unsinkable: A Novel 3.83 avg rating — 2,398 ratings
45.
Swan Light
Swan Light 4.20 avg rating — 8,507 ratings
46.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 4.18 avg rating — 18,781 ratings
46.
Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1)
Conviction (Anna and Fin, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 50,721 ratings
46.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick 3.56 avg rating — 602,747 ratings
51.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,171 ratings
51.
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,171 ratings
51.
The Invitation
The Invitation 3.59 avg rating — 21,115 ratings
51.
The Pirate Round (Thomas Marlowe, #3)
The Pirate Round (Thomas Marlowe, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 624 ratings
56.
Landfalls
Landfalls 3.87 avg rating — 860 ratings
56.
Sharpe's Trafalgar (Sharpe, #4)
Sharpe's Trafalgar (Sharpe, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 14,779 ratings
56.
The Lightkeeper
The Lightkeeper 3.97 avg rating — 2,045 ratings
56.
A Haunting in the Arctic
A Haunting in the Arctic 3.68 avg rating — 5,860 ratings
61.
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 27,481 ratings
64.
The Voyage of the Narwhal
The Voyage of the Narwhal 3.91 avg rating — 3,460 ratings
64.
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin #3)
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin #3) 4.42 avg rating — 20,884 ratings
64.
The Amalfi Curse
The Amalfi Curse 3.89 avg rating — 22,504 ratings
67.
Hawaii
Hawaii 4.22 avg rating — 80,871 ratings
67.
Hostile Shores (Alan Lewrie, #19)
Hostile Shores (Alan Lewrie, #19) 4.29 avg rating — 915 ratings
69.
The French Prize: A Novel
The French Prize: A Novel 4.02 avg rating — 182 ratings
70.
The Voyage of the Morning Light
The Voyage of the Morning Light 3.61 avg rating — 671 ratings
70.
The Guardship (Thomas Marlowe, #1)
The Guardship (Thomas Marlowe, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
72.
The Lightkeeper's Wife
The Lightkeeper's Wife 3.16 avg rating — 559 ratings
72.
The Maddest Idea (Isaac Biddlecomb, #2)
The Maddest Idea (Isaac Biddlecomb, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 454 ratings
74.
The Stranger from the Sea
The Stranger from the Sea 2.98 avg rating — 91 ratings
74.
Lords of the Ocean (Isaac Biddlecomb #4)
Lords of the Ocean (Isaac Biddlecomb #4) 4.29 avg rating — 442 ratings
76.
By Force of Arms (Isaac Biddlecomb, #1)
By Force of Arms (Isaac Biddlecomb, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 688 ratings
77.
Dark Water
Dark Water 3.65 avg rating — 186 ratings
77.
Women & Children First
Women & Children First
by: Gill Paul
4.16 avg rating — 4,450 ratings
80.
Restless Sea
Restless Sea 4.10 avg rating — 142 ratings
80.
Sinbad: Sailing Into Peril, an Arabian Tale
Sinbad: Sailing Into Peril, an Arabian Tale 3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings
82.
The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,624 ratings
84.
The Braver Thing
The Braver Thing 3.71 avg rating — 115 ratings
84.
A Sailor's Story
A Sailor's Story 4.03 avg rating — 32 ratings
86.
The Lamplighters
The Lamplighters 3.52 avg rating — 28,394 ratings
88.
Chesapeake
Chesapeake 4.22 avg rating — 26,869 ratings
89.
Fled
Fled 4.13 avg rating — 1,599 ratings
89.
El Cazador
El Cazador 3.52 avg rating — 104 ratings
91.
Mr Carver's Whale
Mr Carver's Whale 3.61 avg rating — 142 ratings
92.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,617 ratings
93.
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker 3.50 avg rating — 31,329 ratings
94.
The Unbinding of Mary Reade
The Unbinding of Mary Reade 3.41 avg rating — 769 ratings
95.
The Uncertain Season
The Uncertain Season 4.06 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
96.
Cocoa Beach
Cocoa Beach 3.50 avg rating — 9,907 ratings
98.
The Boat Runner
The Boat Runner 3.84 avg rating — 5,322 ratings
99.
Song of the Sea Maid
Song of the Sea Maid 3.82 avg rating — 255 ratings
100.
A Dangerous Crossing
A Dangerous Crossing 3.71 avg rating — 6,201 ratings