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Books With Water Words in the Title

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1

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,957 members

375 reviews

4

5 Members: Aquila, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bridgetannie

2

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

18,421 members

252 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bridgetannie

3

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

14,862 members

962 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bridgetannie

4

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,191 members

103 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963

5

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,651 members

67 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963

6

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,588 members

139 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Water for Elephants

28,902 members

1,180 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963, bridgetannie

8

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

11,074 members

208 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,460 members

254 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Madeleine L'Engle

8,022 members

63 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Aquila, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Light Between Oceans

by M. L. Stedman

7,297 members

507 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, elkiedee, ahef1963

12

The Prince of Tides

5,820 members

108 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

2,498 members

160 reviews

4

3 Members: Bookmarque, dara85, ahef1963

14

The Lake of Dead Languages

by Carol Goodman

1,886 members

64 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Bookmarque, dara85, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Stolen Lake

538 members

13 reviews

4

3 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee

16

The Sea of Monsters

by Rick Riordan

22,875 members

471 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

11,881 members

256 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, bridgetannie

18

Red Storm Rising

6,576 members

59 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, bridgetannie

19

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

by Nathaniel Philbrick

6,365 members

167 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

20

The House in the Cerulean Sea

6,186 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

6,024 members

372 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, bridgetannie

22

by Paula Hawkins

4,630 members

216 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

23

The Lady in the Lake

by Raymond Chandler

3,318 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: Bookmarque, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Pool of Fire

by John Christopher

1,632 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Aquila, ManWithAnAgenda

25

We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

by Arthur Ransome

999 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Aquila, elkiedee

26

Lady in the Lake

by Laura Lippman

866 members

54 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

27

by Arthur Ransome

818 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Aquila, elkiedee

28

Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go

by George P. Pelecanos

284 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, elkiedee

29

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

30,715 members

505 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

30

by David Mitchell

17,687 members

682 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

31

The Art of Racing in the Rain

10,075 members

592 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

32

The Year of the Flood

by Margaret Atwood

7,281 members

362 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

33

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

6,102 members

115 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Dennis Lehane

5,879 members

138 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

35

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

5,000 members

201 reviews

3.9

Member: bridgetannie

36

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

4,682 members

92 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

37

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

3,581 members

94 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

38

by James Patterson

3,567 members

44 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

39

Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel

3,157 members

161 reviews

4

Member: Aquila

40

by Amitav Ghosh

3,097 members

151 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

41

by Robert Morgan

2,870 members

55 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

42

The Secret River

by Kate Grenville

2,794 members

130 reviews

3.8

Member: elkiedee

43

Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

2,685 members

18 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

44

The Shape of Water

by Andrea Camilleri

2,610 members

117 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

45

Streams of Silver

by R. A. Salvatore

2,602 members

16 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Maeve Binchy

2,529 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

47

by Elizabeth Enright

2,513 members

32 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

Once Upon a River

by Diane Setterfield

2,483 members

164 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee

49

The Water-Method Man

2,476 members

20 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

50

Nights of Rain and Stars

by Maeve Binchy

2,466 members

63 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

51

The Swimming-Pool Library

by Alan Hollinghurst

2,016 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

At the Water's Edge

1,992 members

195 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

53

by Douglas Preston

1,968 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque

54

Star of the Sea

by Joseph O'Connor

1,948 members

61 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

55

The Water Knife

by Paolo Bacigalupi

1,806 members

94 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

56

The Water Is Wide

1,801 members

43 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

57

The Island of Sea Women

1,661 members

93 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

58

The Draining Lake

by Arnaldur Indridason

1,653 members

71 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

59

Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman

1,529 members

129 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

60

Green River, Running Red

1,241 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

61

by John Sandford

1,214 members

38 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

62

by Nicola Griffith

1,196 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

63

by Rivers Solomon

1,135 members

81 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

64

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine

1,087 members

69 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

65

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,012 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

66

Five Go Down to the Sea

982 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Aquila

67

The Water's Lovely

by Ruth Rendell

935 members

37 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

68

The Curse of Camp Cold Lake

907 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

69

Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits

by Robin McKinley

898 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

70

Prayers for Rain (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)

by Dennis Lehane

885 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

71

The Sweetness of Water

by Nathan Harris

846 members

28 reviews

4.2

Member: elkiedee

72

Stones in Water

by Donna Jo Napoli

760 members

13 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Sea of Adventure

718 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

74

by Patricia Highsmith

687 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

75

Between the Bridge and the River

by Craig Ferguson

669 members

28 reviews

3.9

Member: hipdeep

76

by John Sandford

644 members

27 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

77

A Song Below Water

by Bethany C. Morrow

629 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

78

by Dennis L. McKiernan

628 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

79

by Laura Lippman

626 members

54 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

80

by Douglas Preston

607 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

81

The River of Adventure

600 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Aquila

82

Troubled Waters

by Sharon Shinn

590 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

83

History of the Rain

by Niall Williams

588 members

30 reviews

4.2

Member: elkiedee

84

Black Water Sister

560 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

85

The Lake Shore Limited

547 members

37 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

86

Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay

by William W. Warner

533 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: hipdeep

87

Thicker Than Water

509 members

19 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

88

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

499 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

89

498 members

41 reviews

3.8

Member: elkiedee

90

Be Buried in the Rain

by Barbara Michaels

481 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

91

by Rachel Caine

432 members

43 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

92

The Night Ocean

by Paul La Farge

424 members

33 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

397 members

30 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

94

A Girl is A Body of Water

by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

391 members

19 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: ManWithAnAgenda: 'A Girl is a Body of Water' in the U.S.

95

by Robert Goddard

371 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

96

The Dead Man in Indian Creek

by Mary Downing Hahn

357 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

After Me Comes the Flood

333 members

26 reviews

2.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

by Abdulrazak Gurnah

329 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

99

A Bone From a Dry Sea

by Peter Dickinson

321 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

100

A House at the Bottom of a Lake

by Josh Malerman

305 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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Started: sturlington
May 2014
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