Skip to main content

Best Maritime Non Fiction

Description: A list of only the best maritime non-fiction.
Members: 3 participating members
kenno82, smcwl, Moomin_Mama

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea

by Sebastian Junger

5,812 members

90 reviews

3.9

2 Members: smcwl, kenno82

2

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

5,903 members

158 reviews

4.2

Member: Moomin_Mama

3

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Robert Kurson

2,121 members

71 reviews

4.2

Member: kenno82

4

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

1,090 members

27 reviews

4.2

Member: kenno82

5

The Proving Ground

by G. Bruce Knecht

210 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: kenno82

6

Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas

193 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: kenno82

7

Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish

by G. Bruce Knecht

150 members

5 reviews

4

Member: kenno82

8

The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas

84 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: kenno82

9

Down to the sea

10 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: kenno82

About This List

Started: kenno82
April 2013
Type: Unnumbered

Related Tags

19th century (132) adventure (473) American history (175) biography (136) disaster (138) fiction (117) fishing (163) history (1,172) maritime (182) maritime history (116) Moby Dick (95) Nantucket (131) nautical (163) New England (131) non-fiction (1,647) read (163) sailing (131) sea (211) shipwreck (161) shipwrecks (214) survival (237) to-read (585) weather (115) whaling (356) WWII (169)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson

This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.