9 best-selling adventure books like 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

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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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1. On Stranger Tides

By: Tim Powers

3.82

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Aboard the Vociferous Carmichael, puppeteer John Chandagnac is sailing toward Jamaica to claim his … read more

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  • historical
  • pirates
  • adventure
"Blessed be the soul, and the Lord that keeps it in order; blessed be the day, and the Lord that drives it away."

-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides

"…And unmoored souls may drift on stranger tides Than those men know of, and be overthrown By winds that would not even stir a hair…"

-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides

"Mr. Bird flung his food away and leaped to his feet, glaring around at no one in particular. 'I am not a dog!' he shouted agrily, his gold earrings flashing in the firelight."

-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides

"Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I presume to suggest,' yelled Shandy giddily to Davies, 'that we pr…"

-Tim Powers, On Stranger Tides

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2. The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805

By: Richard Zacks

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A real-life thriller -- the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates t… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
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3. 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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  • historical
  • pirates
  • adventure
"There are no pirates in Port Royal"

-Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes

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4. Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean

By: Adrian Tinniswood

3.64

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Pirates of Barbary is an extraordinary record of the European renegades and Islamic sea-rovers who … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pirates
  • audiobook
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5. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

By: Marcus Rediker

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Villains of All Nationsexplores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous ge… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pirates
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6. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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
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  • historical
  • pirates
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  • audiobook

8. 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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9. Dove

By: Derek L.T. Gill , None

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, Californ… read more

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10. Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

By: Mike Dash

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king's r… read more

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11. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

By: Robert Kurson

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the auth… read more

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12. The Great Hurricane: 1938

By: Cherie Burns

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

On the night of September 21,1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Th… read more

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13. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

By: Laurence Bergreen

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more

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14. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

3.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.11

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of I… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

By: Steve Gonsalves

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The debut book from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Go… read more

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  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire by Laurence Bergreen

18. In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire

By: Laurence Bergreen

3.91

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan and Columbus brings ali… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • pirates
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  • audiobook
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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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"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. 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
  • adventure
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  • pirates
  • nonfiction
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21. 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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Richard Zacks

3.85

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Adrian Tinniswood

3.64

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Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

Marcus Rediker

3.70

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3.67

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David Grann

4.19

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Thomas R. Weaver

4.09

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3.80

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Evan Winter

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