18 books like Captains Courageous

What to read after Captains Courageous — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Typhoon Joseph Conrad · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Challenging TYPHOON is the story of Captain Macwhirr, A dull but reliable seaman and his crew. While at sea, Macwhirrs first mate tells him to change course because of the storm ahead, but Machwirr will have none of that, And then the adventure begins...Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents… Shares: Classic Literature

Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway · 1952 · ★ 3.8 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements. Shares: Fishers, Sea Stories

The Circles Kerry Armstrong · 2006 · ★ 4.4 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Kerry Armstrong's The Circles is an indispensable guide Kerry Armstrong to help you sort through your feelings. Creating a spiritual journey of self-reflection, The Circles gives you the opportunity to examine -- without judgment -- how you feel about the people in your life and where they fall within your seven circles, or seven tribes. The wonderful thing about The Circles is that they are… Shares: Self-perception, Interpersonal relations

Sea Tales James Fenimore Cooper · 1823 · ★ 3.7 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Challenging An American frigate and her supporting schooner enter a shoal-filled bay off Northumberland (northeastern England) on a bleak day in December during the American Revolution. Their immediate purpose is to pick up from the rocky cliffs someone referred to at first simply as a pilot. There is a suggestion that he may be a very special pilot when Captain Munson, commander of the frigate, orders his… Shares: Seafaring life, Sea Stories, Classic Literature

The water-witch James Fenimore Cooper · 1830 · ★ 3.7 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging James Fenimore Cooper’s 1830 novel set in colonial New York follows seafaring smugglers and merchants as they evade the corrupt British government. Shares: Seafaring life, Sea Stories

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad · 1900 · ★ 3.6 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Challenging This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his… Shares: Seafaring life, Sea Stories, Biography & Memoir, Adventure

The mirror of the sea Joseph Conrad · 1906 · ★ 3.9 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6 (Summary by Wikipedia). Conrad early in his life earned his bread as a Master Mariner in sailing ships. In his Author's Note to this work, Conrad states,"Beyond the line of the sea horizon the world for me did not exist .Within these pages I make a full confession not of my sins but of my… Shares: Seafaring life, Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir

Grimus Salman Rushdie · 1975 · ★ 3.4 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Moderate “A mixture of science fiction and folktale, past and future, primitive and present-day . . . Thunderous and touching.”–Financial TimesAfter drinking an elixir that bestows immortality upon him, a young Indian named Flapping Eagle spends the next seven hundred years sailing the seas with the blessing–and ultimately the burden–of living forever. Eventually, weary of the sameness of life, he… Shares: Children of the rich, Seafaring life

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief James Fenimore Cooper · 1897 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Autobiography of a Pocket Handkerchief is a serial novel by James Fennimore Cooper first published by Graham's Magazine in 1843. The novel explores the upper crust of New York Society from the perspective of a woman's handkerchief. Shares: Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir

The Man Without a Country Edward Everett Hale · 1865 · ★ 3.8 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging The story of a U.S. Navy officer involved in the treason of Aaron Burr. Shares: Sea Stories, Biography & Memoir, Adventure

Alcatraz Frederick Faust · 1922 · ★ 4.0 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Max Brand Megapack assembles 20 classic Max Brand tales—novels and short stories—set primarily in the American West. For pure Old West adventure, it doesn't get better than this -- more than 3,300 pages of action-packed reading! Included are: HARRIGAN (1918) THE GHOST (1919) HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BARRETT (1919) TRAILIN’! (1919) THE UNTAMED (1920) OUT OF THE DARK (1920) RIDERS OF THE SILENCES… Shares: Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir

Claudius Bombarnac Jules Verne · 1892 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Reporter Claudius Bombarnac, is assigned by the "Twentieth Century " to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Shares: Classic Literature, Adventure

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Challenging This is a play with the theme of societal salvation and salvation of the human soul brought out in characters representing the rich versus the poor. Shares: Children of the rich, Classic Literature

An outcast of the islands Joseph Conrad · 1896 · ★ 3.7 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Conrad’s Second novel (An Outcast of the Islands) is about the colonial enterprise and their faults while they take a region. The characters are complex and deep. It makes for a great read.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation.… Shares: Seafaring life, Classic Literature

The Surgeon's Mate Patrick O'Brian · 1980 · ★ 4.4 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book (Cassette, CD) Shares: Seafaring life, Sea Stories

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Edgar Allan Poe · 1838 · ★ 3.5 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Challenging From the book:UPON my return to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure in the South Seas and elsewhere, of which an account is given in the following pages, accident threw me into the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, Va., who felt deep interest in all matters relating to the regions I had visited, and who were constantly urging it upon me, as a… Shares: Seafaring life, Classic Literature

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Chris Crutcher · 1993 · ★ 3.9 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help. Shares: Self-perception, Interpersonal relations

Billy Budd Herman Melville · 1900 · ★ 3.2 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging TRIALS OF THE HANDSOME SAILOR Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the Handsome Sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him... All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life… Shares: Sea Stories, Classic Literature, Adventure

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