Ship captains -- Fiction books

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

The novel is a sprawling sea‑faring adventure that folds whaling lore, psychological tension, and biblical…

Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast

Holman Day

The novel opens on a mist‑shrouded New England harbor, where the taciturn Captain Mayo is tasked with…

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Persuasion is a late‑nineteenth‑century English novel that begins by sketching the narrow world of Sir Walter…

Janet of the Dunes

Harriet T. Comstock

Harriet T. Comstock’s Janet of the Dunes is a turn‑of‑the‑century adventure that blends the modest romance of…

Salthaven

W. W. Jacobs

The novel opens in the modest office of Mr. Hartley, a veteran clerk whose thirty‑five years of service have…

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

Moby‑Dick is a sprawling work of whaling fiction that begins with the iconic line “Call me Ishmael.” The…

Fair Harbor

Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The novel opens in a bustling Cape Cod kitchen where the Macomber family, six children ranging from a toddler…

A master of craft

W. W. Jacobs

The novel is a Victorian‑era seafaring romance that opens on a quiet evening at the Wapping wharf, where a…

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Herman Melville

The Secret Sharer

Joseph Conrad

The Sea-Wolf

Jack London

In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant

Jules Verne

Billy Budd: And Other Prose Pieces

Herman Melville

A Son of the Sun

Jack London

Typhoon

Joseph Conrad

The Shadow Line: A Confession

Joseph Conrad

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Mark Twain

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain

Jules Verne

The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story

Wilkie Collins

The End of the Tether

Joseph Conrad

The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passenger

Jules Verne

Dialstone Lane [complete]

W. W. Jacobs

Las inquietudes de Shanti Andia

Pío Baroja

Cursed

George Allan England