The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Atlantic Ocean

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
7 Moby-Dick Herman Melville 1851 American English
921 Master and Commander Patrick O'Brian 1969 British English
1048 The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy 1984 American English
1167 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos 1925 American English
1925 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano 1789 African English
2315 Ship Of Fools Katherine Anne Porter 1962 American English
2317 The Cruel Sea Nicholas Monsarrat 1951 British English
2669 Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1900 Canadian English
2699 Cod Mark Kurlansky 1997 American English
3035 The Crab With The Golden Claws Hergé 1941 Belgian French
3138 The False Inspector Dew Peter Lovesey 1982 British English
3638 The Logbook Of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus 1493 Multiple Spanish
3954 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
5133 Das Boot Lothar-Günther Buchheim 1973 German German
6234 A Night To Remember Walter Lord 1955 American English
6478 Second World War John Keegan 1989 British English
6620 Sea Of Slaughter Farley Mowat 1984 Canadian English
6748 Psalm At Journey's End Erik Fosnes Hansen 1990 Norwegian Norwegian
7216 The Two-Ocean War Samuel Eliot Morison 1963 American English
8435 Shadow Divers Robert Kurson 2004 American English
8708 Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1829 British English
9718 Laxdæla Saga Unknown 1245 Icelandic Old norse
9962 The Strange Last Voyage Of Donald Crowhurst Nicholas Tomalin, Ron Hall 1970 British English
10024 The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor Sally Armstrong 2007 Canadian English
11539 Benito Cereno Herman Melville 1855 American English
11663 Into The Raging Sea Rachel Slade 2018 American English
11941 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Samuel Eliot Morison 1942 American English
12251 Ship Of Gold In The Deep Blue Sea Gary Kinder 1998 American English
12326 Outerbridge Reach Robert Stone 1992 American English
14348 Middle Passage Charles R. Johnson 1990 American English
14786 Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1897 British English
14985 Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge 1996 British English
15916 The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Alfred Thayer Mahan 1890 American English
15916 The Sea And The Jungle H. M. Tomlinson 1912 British English
15916 Plymouth Adventure Ernest Gebler 1952 Irish English
17162 The Victory at Sea William Sowden Sims 1920 American English
17162 The Atlantic Migration Marcus Lee Hansen 1940 American English
17162 Gipsy Moth Circles the World Francis Chichester 1967 British English
17162 Adrift Steven Callahan 1986 American English
17162 The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation David Brion Davis 2014 American English
17162 Mapping The Deep Robert Kunzig 2000 American English
17162 Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow 1994 American English
17065 The Slave Dancer Paula Fox 1973 American English
17162 Redburn Herman Melville 1849 American English
17162 The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle Avi 1990 American English
17162 Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy 1986 American English
17162 Engineers Of Victory Paul Kennedy 2013 British English
17162 Bloody Jack L.A. Meyer 2002 American English
17162 Blind Man's Bluff Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Drew 1998 American English
17143 20000 Leagues Under The Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French