Nautical & Marine Fiction
The Three Midshipmen
This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at …
A Voyage to the South Sea
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in Hi…
A Great Sea Mystery
On December 4, 1872, The American merchant brigantine ship "Mary Celeste" was found adrift and deserted, under partial sail, with …
Mardi
Mardi is Herman Melville's imaginative exploration of the South Seas, blending adventure with philosophical inquiry. Set against the backdro…
Typhoon
A seafaring novella in which those manning ships are pitted against the forces of nature. A typical Conrad exploration of human beings under…
The Sea Wolf
The Sea Wolf is a gripping tale of survival and transformation set against the unforgiving backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. When literary crit…
Ran Away to Sea
"I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea." So begins the story of Will, a young man attracted to the romance of the sea. But t…
The Mirror of the Sea
"Here speaks the man of masts and sails, to whom the sea is not a navigable element, but an intimate companion. The length of passages,…
A Prisoner of Morro
Upton Sinclair, born in 1878 was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He wrote over 90 books in many genres. Best known for his muckrak…
Toilers of the Sea
The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Victor Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island communit…
The Submarine Boys and the Middies
The Pollard is about to be taken to Anapolis, where the United States Navy will train their midshipmen how to run the submarine. Jack, Hal …
Biltmore Oswald
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
Omoo
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leavi…
Wreck of the London
Maritime life in the nineteenth century was as perilous as it was necessary. Whether voyages were military, exploratory or mercantile, or f…
The Ghost Ship
This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work o…
The Frozen Deep
The Frozen Deep is a story of a love triangle between Clara, Frank and Richard, spiced up with dangerous expeditions, mysterious visions and…
The Sailor's Word-book
An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seamen, this boo…
Wappin' Wharf
We had hoped that our drama's scene might lie on a pirate ship at sea. We had wished for a swaying mast, full-set with canvas—a typhoon to s…
An Outcast Of The Islands
An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the…
The Island of Appledore
Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it…