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19 Best Sailing Books

Goal: Find the best Sailing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best sailing books" and study the top 6+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

19 Best Sailing Books

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1

Sailing Alone Around the World

by Joshua Slocum

2

Godforsaken Sea

Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters

by Derek Lundy

3

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

4

The Long Way

by Bernard Moitessier

Also recommended by:

Patrick Collison

5

Adrift

Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea

by Steven Callahan

6

Maiden Voyage

by Tania Aebi

7

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

8

A Voyage for Madmen

by Peter Nichols

9

Gipsy Moth Circles The World

by Francis Chichester

10

Kon-Tiki

Across the Pacific in a Raft

by Thor Heyerdahl

11

Left for Dead

Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History

by Nick Ward

12

Master and Commander

by Patrick O'Brian

13

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

by John Rousmaniere

14

The Complete Sailor

by David Seidman

15

The Curve of Time

by M. Blanchet

16

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

by John Steinbeck

17

The Perfect Storm

A True Story of Men Against the Sea

by Sebastian Junger

18

The Proving Ground

by G. Bruce Knecht

19

Two Years Before The Mast

by Richard Henry Dana

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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19 Best Sailing Books (2025)