19 Best Sailing Books
Goal: Find the best Sailing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best sailing books" and study the top 6+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
19 Best Sailing Books
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Sailing Alone Around the World
by Joshua Slocum
Godforsaken Sea
Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
by Derek Lundy
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Jack Dorsey, Josh Waitzkin, Lex Fridman, Phil Keoghan, PewDiePie, Mark Manson, Jack Edwards
Adrift
Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
Maiden Voyage
by Tania Aebi
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
Also recommended by:
Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, PewDiePie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Penn Jillette, Jack Edwards
A Voyage for Madmen
by Peter Nichols
Gipsy Moth Circles The World
by Francis Chichester
Kon-Tiki
Across the Pacific in a Raft
by Thor Heyerdahl
Left for Dead
Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History
by Nick Ward
Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
by John Rousmaniere
The Complete Sailor
by David Seidman
The Curve of Time
by M. Blanchet
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
by John Steinbeck
The Perfect Storm
A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger
The Proving Ground
by G. Bruce Knecht
Two Years Before The Mast
by Richard Henry Dana
Sources
- 1
10 Best Sailing Books | Discover Boating
discoverboating.com
- 2
Best sailing books
pennbookcenter.com
- 3
25 sailing books every sailor should read
waterbornemag.com
- 4
8 Great Sailing Books - Adventure Style!
asa.com
- 5
Top 12 Sailing Books to Read in 2022 - SailingEurope
sailingeurope.com
- 6
12 Sailing Books For Beginners
marineinsight.com
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