I'm looking for fiction that takes place primarily on a sea or ocean. I'm hoping for something a little more modern. I've burned through the classics like Moby Dick, Count of Monte Cristo (though I don't think that really counts), etc. Life of Pi is on my TBR right now.
by SupBecky
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China Mieville’s “The Scar”
Where Light Does Not Reach
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Not modern although written recently, big chunks of Isola by Allegra Goodman take place at sea.
Endurance by Alfred Lansing.
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
A Marriage at Sea By Sophie Elmhirst
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Not fiction but: 438 Days
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
I already had a healthy fear of the ocean but I basically never want to go more than 4 feet out ever again after reading this book.
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series. You’ll be at it a while ⚓️
The sea between two shores
From Below by Darcy Coates