7 must-read biography books like A Voice from the Main Deck: Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech by Samuel Leech

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A Voice from the Main Deck: Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech

By: Samuel Leech

3.83

Format: None pages, None

I heard the shot strike the sides of our ship; the whole scene grew indescribably confused and horr…

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Cover of Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett

1. Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

By: Joan Druett

4.05

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

 Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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2. Agincourt

By: Christopher Hibbert

4.32

Format: 632 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Fletcher's Fortune

By: John Drake , J.C. Edwards

3.31

Format: 160 pages,

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  • adventure
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4. Lando

By: Louis L'Amour

3.44

Format: 272 pages,

One of the great sagas of our time, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crowning ach… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr.

5. Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana Jr.

3.38

Format: None pages,

Two Years Before the Mastis a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr. written after a t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
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6. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.41

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a master… read more

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  • adventure
"You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack."

-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

"They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop ab…"

-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)

7. Sharpe's Eagle (Sharpe, #8)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

After the cowardly incompetence of two officers besmirches their name, Captain Richard Sharpe must … read more

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8. Rogue Lawyer

By: John Grisham

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works o… read more

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9. The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3)

By: Mary Stewart

4.02

Format: 982 pages, Paperback

Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time … read more

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10. The Barbary Pirates

By: C.S. Forester

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblowerseries, takes young readers on an exciting … read more

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11. The Mauritius Command

By: Patrick O'Brian

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should ha… read more

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12. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

By: Dava Sobel , Neil Armstrong

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorni… read more

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13. Bushwa

By: Ron Schwab

4.49

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and The Accidental Sheriff comes the captivating Western no… read more

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14. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3) by Patrick O'Brian

15. H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death a… read more

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  • adventure
"Jack, you've debauched my sloth."

-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)

"Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer."

-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)

"Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going - the Austrians, the Spaniards, the Russians. Pray, are the Russians good now? It woul…"

-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)

"Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family, and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the individual by the role. Then multiply the family, and the au…"

-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)

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16. The Trouble Shooter: Part One

By: C.J. Petit

4.43

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Axel Nielsen and his ten-year-old girlfriend Elsa Johannsen were happily chatting a… read more

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17. Fifty Years On The Trail: The True Story of John Y. Nelson, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide

By: John Nelson

4.34

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Frontiersman, military scout, interpreter, guide, police chief, and saloon owner; John Young Nelson… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas  Hamilton

18. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting

By: William Thomas Hamilton

4.17

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

19. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
"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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20. Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery

By: Andrés Reséndez

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discover… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Threat in the West Indies (The Merriman Chronicles) by Roger Burnage

21. The Threat in the West Indies (The Merriman Chronicles)

By: Roger Burnage

4.28

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Publishers note: Updated and re-edited 6th edition - April 2024. The year is 1793 and Captain Ja… read more

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22. The Captain from Connecticut

By: C.S. Forester

4.17

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

No one but a madman would put to sea in such conditions. A blizzard cut visibility to yards. Long I… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Peter Gretton

23. Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Peter Gretton

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton's book is a brilliant account of his career in the navy through Worl… read more

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  • history
Cover of Cockleshell Heroes: The Most Courageous and Imaginative Commando Raid of World War Two by C.E. Lucas Phillips

24. Cockleshell Heroes: The Most Courageous and Imaginative Commando Raid of World War Two

By: C.E. Lucas Phillips

4.15

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

In December 1942, ten Royal Marines launched a daring canoe attack on German ships lying in Bordeau… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Winter War (The War to End All Wars, #2) by Andrew Wareham

25. The Winter War (The War to End All Wars, #2)

By: Andrew Wareham

4.47

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

November 1914, and the three surviving midshipmen enter the next phase of the war. Richard Baker is… read more

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Cover of Sailor of Liberty (Philippe Kermorvant #1) by J.D. Davies

26. Sailor of Liberty (Philippe Kermorvant #1)

By: J.D. Davies

4.16

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

1793 . The infant French republic is assailed on all sides, by enemies within and the combined migh… read more

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Cover of The War of Jenkins' Ear: The Forgotten War for North and South America 1739-1748 by Robert Gaudi

27. The War of Jenkins' Ear: The Forgotten War for North and South America 1739-1748

By: Robert Gaudi

3.94

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Filled with unforgettable characters and maritime adventure, the incredible story of a forgotten wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Sons of the Waves: A History of the Common Sailor, 1740-1840 by Stephen   Taylor

28. Sons of the Waves: A History of the Common Sailor, 1740-1840

By: Stephen Taylor

4.12

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson, but has g… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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29. A Voice from the Main Deck: Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech

By: Samuel Leech

3.83

Format: None pages, None

I heard the shot strike the sides of our ship; the whole scene grew indescribably confused and horr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • naval history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War by Ray    Ellis

30. Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War

By: Ray Ellis

4.50

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir offers a vivid chronicle of combat in Egypt with the 107th Royal Horse Artillery a… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days by John D. Whidden

31. Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days

By: John D. Whidden

4.12

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

John D. Whidden started out at sea in 1834, at the age of twelve, and did not retire until 1870. Th… read more

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  • nonfiction

15 Top history books like A Voice from the Main Deck: Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech by Samuel Leech

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4.05

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4.32

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Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

3.38

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The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

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Charles Whiting

4.27

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Charles Whiting

4.04

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