heEy i need to choose a book with a nautical or marine theme for summer reading any suggestions?
2006-08-08 18:01:15 · 9 answers · asked by wutsupdog345 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
For nautical and historical authenticity with regard to the sailing ships of the Napoleonic era, you can't possibly beat Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series. There are twenty of them, and they are better read in order, but each one stands alone. The first one is Master and Commander, but it's not really the same story as the one developed in the movie (which combines stuff from a later book in the series, and generally gets it wrong).
Each is an adventure story with a riveting plot, but also with subtle character development and several side plots. Aubrey is the ship's captain who is a remarkable seaman, but also has avid interests in women, music, and the good life. Maturin is taken on as ship's surgeon and because of their shared interest in music, but he is a solitary thinker and a naturalist with a secret political/family history that is revealed very gradually through the series.
Other good old adventure novels with sea settings are Up Periscope (by Robb White), The Wreck of the Mary Deare (by Hammond Innes), and Ice Station Zebra (by Allistair MacLean).
2006-08-08 19:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by bfrank 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Caine Mutiny
Moby Dick
The Old Man and the Sea
The Water Babies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Shipwrecked
Jaws
The Deep
The Island (last 3 all by Peter Benchley)
2006-08-09 01:06:56 · answer #2 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Aubrey / Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien. The movie Master and Commander was based on them (except in the books the baddie was an American ship). Or the Hornblower books by CS Forester.
2006-08-09 01:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whale Runner
2006-08-09 01:13:13 · answer #4 · answered by Sylvia M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Torpedo by Jeff Edwards
2006-08-09 01:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by Un Sandpiper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series, or read Meg or the Trench(I forget the authors' name).
2006-08-09 10:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the "Bloody Jack" series by L.A Meyer, it's all about ships and adventure etc. very fun summer reading!!
2006-08-09 01:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by Paige 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I second the suggestions of O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series. Fantastic, authentic, and well researched.
2006-08-09 02:33:08 · answer #8 · answered by LooneyDude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Conrad-The ****** of the Narcissus
-sorry about the title, but that's what he called it
2006-08-09 01:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋