10 must-read pirates books like Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.77

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B…

"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to return to enjoy their spoils. They viewed piracy as a job, not a lifestyle."

-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

If you liked the pirates plot in Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Pirate Latitudes

By: Michael Crichton

3.49

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vas… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • pirates
  • adventure
"There are no pirates in Port Royal"

-Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes

Cover of A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe, Charles   Johnson, Manuel Schonhorn

2. A General History of the Pyrates

By: Daniel Defoe , Charles Johnson , Manuel Schonhorn

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoeincorporates the author's celebrated fla… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
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3. Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

By: Peter T. Leeson

3.91

Format: 20 pages, Hardcover

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! "The Invisible Hook" takes readers i… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pirates
Cover of The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard

4. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

By: Colin Woodard

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty

5. Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign

By: Stephan Talty

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6. Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas

By: Laura Sook Duncombe

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Templars: History & Myth

By: Michael Haag

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An investigation of the Templars' history, legends and mysteries, including modern conspiracy theor… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history

8. Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears

By: Matthew P. Mayo

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

The romance of the West is built on an endless armature of shootouts and train robberies, cowboys v… read more

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9. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

By: David Cordingly

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritim… read more

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10. Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate

By: Angus Konstam

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life, with wonderful details. --Publishers … read more

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11. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Borgias: Power and Fortune (Italian Histories)

By: Paul Strathern

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and deprav… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)

By: Tom Clavin

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.77

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more

Similar categories in Eric Jay Dolin's Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates book and Eric Jay Dolin's Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • world history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"

-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

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17. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson

18. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune

By: Keith Thomson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirat… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • world history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

By: Seb Falk

3.68

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through t… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson

20. Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt

By: Steven Johnson

3.90

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Map and How We Got to Now returns with the story of … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • world history
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca  Simon

21. Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever

By: Rebecca Simon

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was known around England and … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Steve Brusatte

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