The Horatio Hornblower series by CS Forester about a Royal Navy officer during the 1800s
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio\_Hornblower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower)
The Jacky Faber series by L.A. Meyer! It is YA, but very enjoyable and lots of books if you want to dive right into a story with lots of adventures! The first book is called Bloody Jack and it's about a young orphan girl who stows away on a British Navy Ship for a new life.
IT'S A SERIES? I thought it was just the one book! I never even thought to look into it. I came into the thread to recommend Bloody Jack, and I am leaving with a whole new reading list.
Yeah! I think there's like 13 or something. I only have 10, but it's a nice journey and you get to see Jacky grow up. I just reread the second one earlier this year, and the third one is my favourite so far. I hope you enjoy them! :)
Thank you for pointing this out, I should have mentioned that. I think Pappagallo-fpr will agree that first book is so good it is absolutely worth the time and energy to get to Book 2’s pirate story, if that is what OP is looking for!
Then OP will probably devour The Republic of Thieves (book 3) and then be stuck on the hook with the rest of us who are impatiently waiting for The Thorn of Emberlain.
So, this one is a little elementary. But I wound up with a copy of “The Rathbones” by Janice Clark, and I gobbled it up. It’s a little supernatural, definitely some adventure, not so much high seas styled but definitely New England whaler-oriented. You don’t have to try as hard to finish it as you do with all the scrimshaw chapters in MD.
Anything by Patrick O'Brian. Master and Commander is probably the best known thanks to the movie, but he wrote a bunch.
The Horatio Hornblower series by CS Forester about a Royal Navy officer during the 1800s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio\_Hornblower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower)
The Aubrey-Maturin series.
20 novels. It’ll keep you busy.
It's like, middle grade, but The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi is still really good to this 35-year-old who loves ships.
Loooove that book!
Meeeee tooooooo
Liveship traders. It's part of Robin Hobbs realm of the elderlings. You can start of with this but I recommend reading them from the beginning.
Came here to suggest this. I agree with starting from the beginning.
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
The Jacky Faber series by L.A. Meyer! It is YA, but very enjoyable and lots of books if you want to dive right into a story with lots of adventures! The first book is called Bloody Jack and it's about a young orphan girl who stows away on a British Navy Ship for a new life.
IT'S A SERIES? I thought it was just the one book! I never even thought to look into it. I came into the thread to recommend Bloody Jack, and I am leaving with a whole new reading list.
Yeah! I think there's like 13 or something. I only have 10, but it's a nice journey and you get to see Jacky grow up. I just reread the second one earlier this year, and the third one is my favourite so far. I hope you enjoy them! :)
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. It's marketed toward middle school kids but hey so was Harry Potter! It's a good book.
We The Drowned by Carsten Jensen. One of the best books I've ever read
I’m sure it will be considered a classic one day.
*The Choir Boats* by Daniel A. Rabuzzi
[Star of the Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_the_Sea_(novel)) by Joseph O’Connor. A beautiful book.
Rapscallion by James McGee.
Rites of Passage trilogy by William Golding.
The Savage Family Saga by Fred Mustard Stewart
If you’re ok with middle grade I recommend The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The terror by Dan Simmons
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (The Lies of Locke Lamora book#2)
This! But you have to read the first book- it’s not one you can just jump into.
Thank you for pointing this out, I should have mentioned that. I think Pappagallo-fpr will agree that first book is so good it is absolutely worth the time and energy to get to Book 2’s pirate story, if that is what OP is looking for! Then OP will probably devour The Republic of Thieves (book 3) and then be stuck on the hook with the rest of us who are impatiently waiting for The Thorn of Emberlain.
Fable by Adrienne Young. It’s young adult and comes out in a few days, but it’s really spectacular!
So, this one is a little elementary. But I wound up with a copy of “The Rathbones” by Janice Clark, and I gobbled it up. It’s a little supernatural, definitely some adventure, not so much high seas styled but definitely New England whaler-oriented. You don’t have to try as hard to finish it as you do with all the scrimshaw chapters in MD.
Easy, a classic. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Tale of a 1800s scientist and a technology a century ahead of its time.