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I'm looking for books that involve the sea. Stuff with ships(modern or old), pirates, adventures at sea, really anything to do with it. Stuff I've gone through that I can think of right now are:

Moby Dick
Robinson Crusoe
Castaway
Treasure Island
Gulliver's Travels
The Sea
Old Man and the Sea
The Sea is my Brother

Probably a few others I forgot to mention. I have my eye on those Master and Commander books, also The Republic of Pirates by Woodard.

>> No.9935008

Life of Pi? Haven't read it myself and have no idea if it's well regarded on here, but it fits the description.

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Robin Hobb's Liveship trader books are bloody amazing. My personal favourite "sea adventures" novels out of everything (including the classics).

Ships that are themselves alive, characters in their own right and surprisingly complex at that. Lots of trading, pirates and so on.

>> No.9935018

Ulysses.

>> No.9935020

>>9934982
Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.
Hodgson's Boats of the Glen Carrig and Ghost Pirates

>> No.9935044

>>9935008
Read the Life of Pi already; it was alright, but not super amazing IMO.

>>9935016
>>9935020
These all sound interesting so I'll add em to the list. Thank you.

>> No.9935085

The Odyssey
Os Lusíadas
Don Juan (Byron)
Arabian Nights

>> No.9935095

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

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>> No.9935122

>>9935107
isn't this from the original Yu-Gi-Oh?

>> No.9935197

>>9935020
Adding Into the Maelstrom by Poe >>9935008

>> No.9935212

>>9935016
why do I feel there is a rule 34 to this

>> No.9935221

>>9934982
Most of Conrad, Nigger of the Narcissus, Typhoon, Lord Jim

>> No.9935289

>>9935122
YGOTAS. This highly complex parody is rich with allusion.

https://youtu.be/aSt1J_usLzQ

>> No.9935302

>>9934982

Billy Budd is essential

>> No.9935317

>>9935302
Ah I knew I forgot some. I loved Billy Budd, read it before Moby Dick to get a feel for Melville's style.
>>9935085
>>9935095
>>9935197
>>9935221
All sound great, adding them to the list. Thank you.

>> No.9935339

The Tempest

>> No.9935348

Riders to the Sea, although you never actually see the Sea itself

>> No.9935568

>>9935221
>Nigger of the Narcissus
Really? I have it on the shelf, never knew it was about that tho'

>> No.9935695

>>9934982
Typhoon by Conrad
Two Years Before the Mast

>> No.9935794

Stephen Crane has a short story about him and a handful of dudes stuck in a rowboat together after a shipwreck that I particularly enjoyed. I'm blanking on the name though. Hopefully another anon can provide it.

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>>9934982
Mishima

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Ooo i like sea!

There's the story of the Golden Globe race in Bernard Moitessier's The Long Way, very poetic. A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols is another report of it. Hard to find but if you can grab any of Amyr Klink's books, Endless Sea, or Between two Poles. Can't recommend this enough: Joshua Slocum' s Sailing Alone Aroudnd The World. Francis Chichester and his Gypsy Moth have some good stories as well.

These are the real deal, not fiction! Good thread OP i want to get some recommendations as well!

>> No.9935900

>>9934982
Though hardly being a book about the sea, The Sot-Weed Factor has quite a few seafaring and pirate sections, as well as passages about John Smith's adventures exploring the Chesapeake. I'd say 50% of the novel takes place either on a ship in the Atlantic or on boats throughout the Chesapeake Bay.

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Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum. It's something of a diary/travel log/explanation of his time being the first man to do what the title says he did - he was the first man to sail alone around the world.

He was struck with loneliness, and very insightful. Died a few years after completing his journey when he set out for sea for some unknown reason. Barnes and Nobel has a pretty good edition for ~5 bucks.

>> No.9937177

Related to OP, but has anyone got any good maritime history book recs?

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>>9937177
I'm guessing you didn't mean recent history or indeed submarines but this book is completely fascinating so I have to recommend it

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>> No.9937353

>>9937216
I was looking for older stuff but I'll still check it out later, thanks for the rec

>> No.9937414

Kon Tiki
The Silent World
The Sharks
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

>> No.9937578

>>9934982
Many Conrad books should be among the very first mentioned.

>> No.9937586

Reading Woodard right now actually and I have to say, it's pretty good.

>> No.9937613

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7597897-stories-of-the-sea