Best Seafaring History books
1. 
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by:
Sebastian Junger
4.12 avg rating — 117,729 ratings 
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 4.04 avg rating — 6,742 ratings
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30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot
by:
Tom Vetter
4.33 avg rating — 67 ratings 9. 
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Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 - 1580
by:
Roger Crowley
4.29 avg rating — 6,711 ratings 
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Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
by:
Roger Crowley
4.28 avg rating — 4,260 ratings 19. 
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
by:
Ian W. Toll
4.38 avg rating — 7,477 ratings 20. 
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
by:
John R. Hale
4.18 avg rating — 1,805 ratings 21. 
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by:
Hampton Sides
4.29 avg rating — 24,765 ratings 23. 
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship
by:
Greg King
3.95 avg rating — 522 ratings 24. 
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
by:
Simon Winchester
3.76 avg rating — 5,186 ratings 
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The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea 4.33 avg rating — 4,409 ratings
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The Fourth Part of the World: An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America
by:
Toby Lester
4.06 avg rating — 1,359 ratings 
27. 
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750
by:
Marcus Rediker
4.07 avg rating — 341 ratings 
27. 
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe 4.18 avg rating — 18,441 ratings
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High Seas Confederate: The Life and Times of John Newland Maffitt
by:
Royce Shingleton
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 27. 
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,035 ratings 27. 
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The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
by:
Siddharth Kara
4.41 avg rating — 51 ratings 
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City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
by:
Roger Crowley
4.15 avg rating — 4,124 ratings 
38. 
The Sea Devil: The Adventures of Count Felix von Luckner, the Last Raider under Sail
by:
Sam Jefferson
4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings 42. 
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
by:
Eric Jay Dolin
3.86 avg rating — 533 ratings 42. 
Kulturgeschichtliche Aspekte zur Schifffahrt des 16. bis 19. Jh. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
by:
Tim McGrath
3.88 avg rating — 364 ratings 42. 
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
by:
Greg King
3.73 avg rating — 554 ratings 42. 
The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter: the Confederate Navy During the American Civil War
by:
Raphael Semmes
3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings 42. 
Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar
by:
Adam Nicolson
3.84 avg rating — 456 ratings 42. 
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
by:
Rachel Slade
4.22 avg rating — 4,807 ratings 50. 
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The Caliban Shore : The Fate of the Grosvenor Castaways
by:
Stephen Taylor
3.86 avg rating — 465 ratings 56. 
Memoirs of Service Afloat: During the War Between the States
by:
Raphael Semmes
4.17 avg rating — 52 ratings 
56. 
The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints
by:
Tim Severin
4.25 avg rating — 1,868 ratings 
62. 
Kulturgeschichtliche Aspekte zur frühen bis mittelalterlichen Schifffahrt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
by:
Roy A. Adkins
3.88 avg rating — 462 ratings 
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The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie: An African American's Spiritual Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
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If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy -From the Revolution to the War of 1812 3.80 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
by:
Tom Chaffin
3.83 avg rating — 321 ratings 
75. 
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World
by:
Arthur Herman
4.21 avg rating — 1,575 ratings 
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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by:
David Cordingly
3.68 avg rating — 10,105 ratings 75. 
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942
by:
Ian W. Toll
4.61 avg rating — 9,761 ratings 
82. 
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
by:
Lincoln Paine
3.88 avg rating — 662 ratings 82. 
The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730
by:
Benerson Little
3.93 avg rating — 177 ratings 
85. 
The Shining Sea: David Porter and the Epic Voyage of the U.S.S. Essex during the War of 1812 3.78 avg rating — 92 ratings
85. 
Maiden Voyages: Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel
by:
Siân Evans
3.74 avg rating — 1,068 ratings 85. 
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
by:
Joan Druett
4.06 avg rating — 12,694 ratings 85. 
Shackles From the Deep: Tracing the Path of a Sunken Slave Ship, a Bitter Past, and a Rich Legacy 3.67 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by:
Erik Larson
4.05 avg rating — 70,033 ratings 89. 
The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare: A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina
by:
Sean M. Kelley
3.79 avg rating — 47 ratings 92. 
Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
by:
Paul Schneider
3.87 avg rating — 385 ratings 
92. 
The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails
by:
Erik Calonius
3.96 avg rating — 83 ratings 
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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
by:
Ben Raines
4.33 avg rating — 2,845 ratings 97. 
The Black Joke: The True Story of One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade
by:
A.E. Rooks
4.04 avg rating — 212 ratings 98. 
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805
by:
Richard Zacks
3.86 avg rating — 2,350 ratings 98. 
Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
by:
Nick Tabor
4.14 avg rating — 405 ratings 100. 
On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy
by:
John Lehman
3.71 avg rating — 65 ratings