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Best seafaring novels? Fantasy or not, lets discuss
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Best seafaring novels? Fantasy or not, lets discuss
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Sailing Alone around the World
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>>7851608
Three man in a boat, 30000 leagues under the sea and Joseph Conrad's nautical novel.
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The Long Ships by Bengtsson
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The Sea-Wolf

Moby Dick; or, the Whale
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>>7853185
Most fun you can have with an NYRB book
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I started Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian the other day, read about a hundred pages and can't decide if I want to keep going. I really like the relationship forming between Jack and Steven but all the nautical terms are making it difficult for me. Anybody else have opinions on this book/series?
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>>7853285
>Moby Dick; or, the Whale
Basically the GOAT seafaring novel.
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>>7853293
>aster and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
>>7853285
>Moby Dick; or, the Whale
>>7853185
>The Long Ships by Bengtsson


All GOAT books.
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>>7853177

>30,000

Is that the sequel?
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>>7851608
Sindbad the Sailor from 1001 Nights.
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Two Years Before the Mast

Moby Dick

Master and Commander
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One piece
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Anything by Conrad
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>>7851608
Outerbridge Reach
A Flag for Sunrise (not entirely set at sea, but enough of it is)
Billy Budd, Sailor
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the sharks - jens bjorneboe
Short, easy to read, at times very comfy. Not hardcore seafaring but its enjoyable.
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>>7851608
the sailor who fell from grace with the sea - mishima
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HORNBLOWER
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All of Conrad's stuff. In particular Lord Jim and Victory.
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