True-life Pirates & Privateers
1. 
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by:
David Cordingly
3.68 avg rating — 10,102 ratings 2. 
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Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
by:
Marcus Rediker
3.98 avg rating — 1,142 ratings 4. 
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
by:
Diana Preston
4.08 avg rating — 1,259 ratings 5. 
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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
by:
Colin Woodard
3.88 avg rating — 11,724 ratings 8. 
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
by:
William C. Davis
3.46 avg rating — 412 ratings 10. 
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Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers
by:
David Cordingly
3.62 avg rating — 360 ratings 
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Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean 3.64 avg rating — 600 ratings
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Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail
by:
Suzanne J. Stark
3.68 avg rating — 118 ratings 17. 
The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time
by:
Jon E. Lewis
3.57 avg rating — 171 ratings 18. 
The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate
by:
Alan Gold
3.79 avg rating — 481 ratings 
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Memoirs of a Buccaneer: Dampier's New Voyage Round the World, 1697
by:
William Dampier
3.91 avg rating — 85 ratings 21. 
The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers
by:
Charles Ellms
3.60 avg rating — 172 ratings 21. 
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Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways & Sailors' Wives
by:
David Cordingly
3.62 avg rating — 501 ratings 
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Blackbeard the Pirate: A Reappraisal of His Life and Times
by:
Robert Earl Lee
3.58 avg rating — 241 ratings 30. 
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Ireland's Pirate Trail: A Quest to Uncover our Swashbuckling Past
by:
Des Ekin
3.90 avg rating — 96 ratings 32. 
The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
by:
Susan Ronald
3.84 avg rating — 747 ratings 33. 
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
by:
Benerson Little
3.38 avg rating — 358 ratings 33. 
Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas 3.22 avg rating — 1,624 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History
by:
Brian Kilmeade
3.80 avg rating — 16,603 ratings 36. 
Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail
by:
Marcus Rediker
3.83 avg rating — 154 ratings 37. 
The Sea Dogs: Privateers, Plunder and Piracy in the Elizabethan Age
by:
Neville Williams
3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings 37. 
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
by:
Eric Jay Dolin
3.76 avg rating — 4,421 ratings 37. 
Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas
by:
Leigh Lewis
4.10 avg rating — 137 ratings 37. 
Jean Lafitte Revealed: Unraveling One of America’s Longest-Running Mysteries
by:
Ashley Oliphant
3.85 avg rating — 60 ratings 
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Captured by Pirates: 22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder & Mayhem on the High Seas 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast 3.97 avg rating — 2,476 ratings
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The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730
by:
Benerson Little
3.93 avg rating — 177 ratings 44. 
Strange Case of Dr. Etienne Deschamps, The: Murder in the New Orleans French Quarter 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Elizabeth's Sea Dogs: How England's Mariners Became the Scourge of the Seas
by:
Hugh Bicheno
3.42 avg rating — 52 ratings 48. 
The Outlaw Years: The History of the Land Pirates of the Natchez Trace
by:
Robert M. Coates
3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings 
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Dead Men Tell No Tales: The Life and Legends of the Pirate Charles Gibbs
by:
Joseph Gibbs
3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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Mutiny and Murder: Confession of Charles Gibbs, a Native of Rhode Island
by:
Charles Gibbs
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 55. 
The Notorious Edward Low: Pursuing the Last Great Villain of Piracy's Golden Age
by:
Len Travers
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings 58. 
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If a Pirate I Must Be: The True Story of Black Bart, "King of the Caribbean Pirates"
by:
Richard Sanders
3.95 avg rating — 1,350 ratings 59. 
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805
by:
Richard Zacks
3.86 avg rating — 2,350 ratings 61. 
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Pirates: Terror on the High Seas-From the Caribbean to the South China Sea
by:
David Cordingly
3.91 avg rating — 99 ratings 
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Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History
by:
Kate Schatz
4.38 avg rating — 1,689 ratings 
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Florida Pirates: From the Southern Gulf Coast to the Keys and Beyond
by:
James Kaserman
3.38 avg rating — 60 ratings