Nautical & Marine Fiction

Dog-Watches At Sea

by Stanton Henry King Read by Peter Kelleher 4.5
Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reaso…

The Trawler

by James Brendan Connolly Read by Roger Melin 4.6
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…

The Death Ship

by William Clark Russell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
William Clark Russell is well-known for his maritime stories, for which he could draw upon his own experiences as a sailor in the British Na…

The After House

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by Tom Penn 4.3
Ralph Leslie, a brand-new MD, realizes that a life of adventure holds more appeal than hospital rounds and daily clinics. Is it good luck, b…

The Last of the Vikings

by Johan Bojer Read by Kathrine Engan 4.8
In a small village on the coast of Northern Norway lives the Myran family. Father is a fisher man and is, in the eyes of the oldest son, lik…

The Isle of Dead Ships

by Crittenden Marriott Read by Roger Melin 4.6
There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…

The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star'

by William Clark Russell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' invites listeners into a world of intrigue and adventure on the high seas. This collection of short stories …

Mardi

by Herman Melville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Mardi is Herman Melville's imaginative exploration of the South Seas, blending adventure with philosophical inquiry. Set against the backdro…

Voyage Round the World

by George Hamilton Read by Roy Schreiber 4.1
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …

Pirates of Panama

by Alexandre Exquemelin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaenech…

The Mirror of the Sea

by Joseph Conrad Read by Peter Dann 4.8
"Here speaks the man of masts and sails, to whom the sea is not a navigable element, but an intimate companion. The length of passages,…

The Secret Sharer

by Joseph Conrad Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 4.3
A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leg…

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.6
Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally considered a coming-of-age s…

Eighty Years Ashore and Afloat

by E. C. Cornell Read by PhyllisV 4.5
Experiences of Jethro Ripley, mainly in the Atlantic coast trade, but including an account of a whaling voyage around Cape Horn. The narrati…

The Pirates

by Morgan Robertson Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.2
A dozen men jailbreak from a naval prison, and steal the newest destroyer tied up at the docks to escape in: the fastest ship in the navy. …

The Shadow-Line

by Joseph Conrad Read by Expatriate 4.3
Dedicated to the author's son who was wounded in World War 1, The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of h…

The Three Midshipmen

by William Henry Giles Kingston and W. H. G. Kingston Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at …

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates invites listeners into a world of adventure on the high seas, where legendary pirates and buccaneers roam the …

The Sea Wolf

by Jack London Read by Tom Crawford 4.4
The Sea Wolf is a gripping tale of survival and transformation set against the unforgiving backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. When literary crit…

Off the Rocks

by Sir Wilfred Grenfell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
William Grenfell was sent to Newfoundland by the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen, an organization which provided medical and sp…

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