English Texts

Title of Fiction	Author	Publication Date / Year	Translation Info	Water Body Name	Waterbody Type	Language	Publisher Details	Editor / Translator Details	Genre	Theme	Country of Origin	Historical Era / Century	Setting details	Summary Context	Identified Water Body
‘ Arde el monte de noche	Juan Tomas Avila Laurel	2009		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		And Other Stories (2014)		novel					This novel recounts a narrator’s childhood on Annobón, a remote island off the West African coast in the Atlantic Ocean, part of Equatorial Guinea. The islanders live in complete isolation, dependent entirely on the ocean for survival through fishing. The narrator describes how “we islanders had no one to depend on but ourselves. That’s to say, we were on our own out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean,” as they watch the horizon daily hoping for supply boats. When disasters strike, a devastating bush fire and a cholera outbreak killing hundreds, the superstitious islanders believe they must sacrifice their possessions to appease the enraged ocean god. The Atlantic surrounds every aspect of life: fishing provides their only food source, canoe-building employs entire communities, and the sea determines survival or death. The novel employs oral storytelling techniques, building from quiet observation of daily island rhythms into gripping drama. Laurel, Equatorial Guinea’s most important living writer, based this on memories of growing up on Annobón Island before going into political exile.
A Bit of Earth	Suchen Christine Lim	2001		Regional waterways & seafaring past evoked (Malayan coastal/plantation contexts)	Sea				Novel					A Bit of Earth spans Malayan/Singapore history across families, migration and capitalist transformation. While its focus is on land and property (the title signals “earth”), the book frequently situates characters in port-region economies and in histories shaped by coastal migration and maritime trade in the Malay world. Pirates, migrant workers and seafaring diasporas appear as background conditions that influence class formation and family destinies. The novel’s sweep and attention to historical movements make it relevant to oceanic studies that read the sea in the background of economic and migratory flows, even when the plot’s primary focus is on land.
A Bounty Boy	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1892		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Maritime life	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Sailing ships, Whaling vessels	A Bounty Boy is a novel about a young man’s adventures on a whaling ship, exploring themes of identity and belonging. The story follows his journey around the world, encountering various challenges and experiences.	Ocean
A Brief and Remarkable Narrative of the Life and Extreme Sufferings of Barnabas Downs, Jun.	Downs, Barnabas	1790		Sea	Sea	English	J. Johnson, London		Biography	Survival	United Kingdom	Georgian Era	Naval vessel	A biography of Barnabas Downs, a sailor who survived extreme hardships.	Ocean
A Childhood Experience	Kalouniviti, Sitiveni	1972		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	NIU, Yearbook of the Student’s Association, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji		Short Story, Mythological Fiction	Mythology, childhood, cultural heritage, marine life	Fiji	20th Century	Fiji, focusing on the shark-god Dakuwaqa	A short fiction piece centered around Dakuwaqa, the Fijian shark-god, reflecting a childhood experience connected to the Pacific Ocean and local mythology.	Ocean
A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas	Collingwood, Harry	1899		South China Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Sailing	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	British naval ship, South China Sea	The novel follows a British naval officer as he takes command of a ship in the South China Sea and becomes embroiled in colonial adventures.	South China Sea
A Cruising Voyage Around the World	Rogers, Woodes	1712		Ocean	Ocean	English	Benjamin Motte, London		Travelogue	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 18th Century	At Sea	The journal of Captain Woodes Rogers’ voyage around the world.	Voyage
A Dance of Moths	Goh Poh Seng	1995		Singapore River	Singapore Strait				Novel					A Dance of Moths interweaves the stories of two men in Singapore: Salim, a Malay hospital orderly, and Vincent, a Eurasian civil servant. Their seemingly ordinary lives unfold against the rapid modernization of Singapore in the late 20th century. Salim grapples with feelings of invisibility and marginalization, while Vincent wrestles with personal guilt, strained relationships, and a fractured sense of belonging. Through alternating perspectives, Gopal Baratham portrays a city caught between tradition and modernity, where individuals struggle to locate meaning in a society obsessed with progress. The Singapore River, once the lifeline of commerce, becomes a subdued metaphor for cleansing, loss, and the erasure of historical memory as Singapore reinvents itself. The novel highlights themes of urban alienation, fractured identities, and the dissonance between personal histories and national narratives, making it both a social critique and a psychological portrait of life in modern Singapore.
A Daughter of Japan	Bone, F. D.	1909			Other	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Historical Fiction	Japanese Culture	United Kingdom	20th Century		A historical novel set in Japan during the Meiji period.	Pacific Ocean
A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century	Barbosa, Duarte	1922	Translated from Portuguese	Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hakluyt Society, London	Edited by A.R. Walker	Geographical Narrative	Colonialism, Cartography, Ethnography	Portugal	16th Century (written), 20th Century (published)	Portuguese caravel voyages along the East African coast and Malabar coast	A primary geographical source describing the maritime routes, ports, and cultures of the Indian Ocean during the early Portuguese expansion.	Indian Ocean
A Different Sea		2021		Multiple seas and oceans	Sea, Ocean	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2, Hachette India		Speculative Fiction, Climate Fiction, Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story of a woman living on an island with her extraterrestrial roommate while her daughter embarks on a voyage across the oceans of the world	Ocean
A Disappearance in Fiji	Nilima Rao	2023		South Pacific Islands	Ocean		Soho Crime		Novel					Nilima Rao’s debut mystery offers an unflinching look at the impact of colonialism in Fiji when an indentured Indian woman goes missing from a sugarcane plantation.
A Door into Ocean	Joan Slonczewski	1986		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	Arbor House		Ecofeminism, Novel	Ecofeminism, Pacifism, Biology	United States	Future	Shora (Ocean Moon)	Story about conflict between the people of an oceanic planet and its moon with very different civilizational values	Ocean
A Dream of the North Sea	Runciman, James	1908		North Sea	Sea	English	Hodder and Stoughton, London		Nautical Fiction	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	North Sea	A story about a man’s dream of the North Sea, exploring his relationship with the sea.	Sea
A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel	Bayne, Samuel G.	1904		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Samuel Gamble Bayne (Self-published), USA		Maritime Fantasy	Travel, imagination, cultural exploration	USA	Early 20th Century	Various ports and waters of the Mediterranean Sea	A whimsical narrative blending travelogue elements with fictional fantasy as the narrator voyages through the Mediterranean.	Mediterranean Sea
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels	Kerr, Robert	1773		Various	Other	English	Millar, London		Historical Maritime	Exploration, Navigation, and Commerce	United Kingdom	18th Century	Various maritime settings	A comprehensive history of voyages and travels from the earliest ages to the present time, covering various aspects of navigation, discovery, and commerce.	Voyage
A general history of the pyrates	Johnson, Charles	1724		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	T. Woodward, London		Historical Nonfiction	Piracy, Maritime History	United Kingdom	Early Modern	Atlantic Ocean, Pirate Ships	A historical account of piracy in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
A Haunting in the Arctic	C. J. Cooke	2023		North Sea, Arctic Ocean	Sea, Ocean		HarperCollins		Novel					A gothic horror narrative of the discovery of a 1901 shipwreck near Iceland and Greenland in the present day.
A High Wind in Jamaica	Hughes, Richard	1929		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Jonathan Cape, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Adventure	United Kingdom	20th century	A ship, Caribbean Sea	A group of children are kidnapped by pirates and taken to the Caribbean Sea, where they experience a series of adventures.	Sea
A House by the Sea	Karmali, Sikeena	2004		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Vehicule Press, Montreal		Novel	Home, identity, diaspora, memory, connection to nature/sea	Canada	21st Century	Coastal setting, likely near the Indian Ocean, possibly East Africa or South Asia.	This novel explores themes of home, displacement, and connection to the sea, likely related to the Indian diaspora and its ties to the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499	Velho, Alvaro			Indian Ocean	Ocean	Portuguese	Original publication details not found via Google Search.		Historical, Non-Fiction	Exploration, Navigation	Portugal	15th Century	Indian Ocean and Africa	A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India.	Voyage
A journey over land to India	Campbell, Donald	1822		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London		Travelogue	Exploration, Imperialism	Scotland	19th Century	The Indian Ocean and surrounding regions	A travelogue of the author’s journey from Scotland to India, including the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
A List To Starboard	Smith, Francis Hopkinson	1909			Other	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1909		Nautical Fiction	Maritime Life	USA	Early 20th Century	Ship	A novel about the life of a sailor on a merchant ship.	Sailor
A Little Dust on the Eyes	Minoli Salgado	2014		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Peepal Tree Press, United Kingdom		Novel					A Little Dust on the Eyes tells the interconnected story of sisters Savi and Nadi, split apart by the Sri Lankan Civil War and reconnected after decades apart. Salgado uses poetic prose to examine ideas of diaspora, silence around loss, and the fragility of memory. The Indian Ocean works as a literal and metaphoric bridge—binding home and diaspora, presence and absence. It is a beautiful meditation on reconciliation and belonging.
A Long Walk to Water	Linda Sue Park	2010		Undefined	Undefined		Clarion Books		Novel					Water symbolizes survival in the stories of both Nya and Salva. Both characters walk long distances, enduring hardships along the way, to survive. Finally, through Salva’s leadership, and as a result of the difficulties he has overcome, a new, life-giving source of water is provided for the villagers, who will no longer need to walk a long distance to find water. This story is based on the life of a man named Salva Dut, who came to the United States as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Author Linda Sue Park worked with Dut while writing the novel. Salva’s fundraising efforts for the people of South Sudan are ongoing today.
A Madcap Cruise	Bates, Oric	1905		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Humorous Nautical Fiction	Class comedy, leisure sailing, and mishaps	UK	Edwardian	A leisure cruise vessel in the Mediterranean	A comedic narrative following a series of absurd events during a maritime cruise.	Ocean
A Maiden’s Prayer	Perera, Srianthi	2020		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Evocative Journeys, USA		Novel	Migration, marriage, culture shock, exile, belonging, faith, loss, self-discovery	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Sri Lanka and the United States, with descriptive imagery of sea crossings.	This novel explores a Sri Lankan woman’s journey of migration, marriage, and culture shock between Sri Lanka and the United States, evoking themes of exile, belonging, and the quest for self across oceans.	Ocean
A Man to His Mate	Dunn, J. Allan	1920		Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, relationships	United States	20th century	Ship at sea	A story of a man’s journey at sea, exploring themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. The narrative delves into the complexities of human relationships amidst the vast ocean.	Ocean
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle	Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright	1887		English Channel	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate adventures, naval life	United Kingdom	Victorian era	Naval vessels, English Channel	A nautical adventure novel about the further adventures of Captain Kettle.	Captain
A Matter of Fact	Kipling, Rudyard	1892		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London (in Many Inventions)		Short Story, Fantasy, Maritime Fiction	Sea monsters, skepticism, the unknown, journalistic integrity, the limits of belief	UK	19th Century	A transatlantic ocean liner, the open sea	Three journalists aboard a ship witness a pair of colossal sea serpents, but grapple with the professional and personal implications of reporting such an unbelievable event.	Sea
A Memory of the Southern Seas	Becke, Louis	1904		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Maritime Realism	Colonial memory, seafaring life	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Trading vessels in the South Pacific	A reflective narrative focusing on the experiences and recollections of life and trade within the South Pacific waters.	South Pacific Ocean
A Message from the Sea	Dickens, Charles	1860		English Channel	Sea	English	Bradbury and Evans, London		Maritime Realism	Love, Loss	England	19th century	English coastline, sea voyage	The story of a young man who receives a message from the sea that changes his life forever. The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the power of the sea.	Sea
A Middy’s Recollections, 1853-1860	Montagu, Victor Alexander	1853			Other	English	Richard Bentley, London		Autobiography	Nautical, Adventure	UK	Victorian Era		A memoir detailing the author’s experiences as a midshipman in the Royal Navy.	Navy
A Millionaire at Sixteen	Optic, Oliver	1865		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Wealth	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	A young boy inherits a fortune and sets sail on a voyage of self-discovery.	Voyage
A Modern Buccaneer	Boldrewood, Rolf	1894		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Chapman & Hall, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, colonialism, and maritime law	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Various vessels navigating the South Sea Islands	A story detailing the adventures of sailors and the remnants of piracy in the Pacific during the late 19th century.	Pacific Ocean
A Modern Telemachus	Yonge, Charlotte M.	1882		English Channel	Sea	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Maritime Romance	Coming of Age, Social Class	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	English Channel and surrounding coastal towns	A novel about a young man’s journey of self-discovery and growth in the English Channel and surrounding coastal towns.	Coast
A Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the Dunbar, Merchant Ship	Anonymous	1857		Port Jackson	Bay	English	Local Press, Sydney / James Fryer		Maritime / Historical Account	Shipwreck, Survival	Australia	19th Century	South Head, Sydney Harbour, Port Jackson, Australia	A detailed historical narrative of the shipwreck of the merchant ship Dunbar off the coast of South Head, Port Jackson, in August 1857.	Port Jackson
A Narrative of the Sufferings, Preservation and Deliverance, of Capt. John Dean and Company	Dean, John	1711		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	J. Baker, London		Nautical Memoir	Survival, Maritime life	England	18th century	Sailing vessels, Shipwrecks	A Narrative of the Sufferings, Preservation and Deliverance, of Capt. John Dean and Company is a nautical memoir that tells the story of a group of sailors who survive a shipwreck and must navigate their way back to safety. The memoir explores themes of survival and maritime life.	Atlantic Ocean
A Naval Expositor	Blanckley, Thomas Riley	1750		English Channel	Sea	English	J. and R. Tonson, London		Nautical Reference	Navigation, Naval Terminology	England	18th century	Royal Navy	A reference book explaining naval terminology and concepts, aimed at the Royal Navy. The book provides insight into the naval practices and procedures of the 18th century.	Ocean
A new Robinson Crusoe	Alden, William Livingston	1865		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	New York, American Book Company		Robinsonade	Survival, isolation, human endurance	USA	Mid-19th Century	A remote Pacific island and the surrounding ocean	A survivalist narrative inspired by the tradition of Robinson Crusoe, detailing a protagonist’s isolation on a desert island.	Ocean
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before	Defoe, Daniel	1704		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Bennett, London		Maritime Adventure	Exploration, Navigation	England	17th Century	Voyage around the world	A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before is a non-fiction book by Daniel Defoe, detailing his fictional voyage around the world.	Ocean
A Nice Burgher Girl	Muller, Carl	2006		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo		Novel	Burgher community, love, identity, cultural displacement, colonial legacies, memory, race, class	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Colonial and postcolonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), coastal	Against the backdrop of colonial and postcolonial Ceylon, Muller’s novel humorously and satirically portrays the quirky Burgher community, negotiating themes of love, identity, and cultural displacement shaped by the ocean.	Ocean
A Noble Haul	Russell, William Clark	1891		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
A Passage North	Anuk Arudpragasam	2021		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Hogarth Press (United States of America), Granta Books (United Kingdom)		Novel					After hearing about the death of his grandmother’s caretaker, Krishan, a young Tamil man in Colombo, travels north. Traveling through Sri Lanka’s post-war landscape allows Krishan to reflect and meditate on themes of loss, violence, and remembrance. The novel combines the personal and the political, ultimately showing how the wounds of war persist. The ocean and land are used as metaphors for distance, grief, and reconciliation.
A phenomenology of Islands	Hay, Pete	2006		Islands	Other	English	Island Studies Journal, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown		Island Studies	Island Cultures, Phenomenology	Canada	Early 21st Century	Island cultures and landscapes	A phenomenological exploration of island cultures and landscapes, examining the unique characteristics of island life.	Island
A Reputed Changeling; Or, Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago	Yonge, Charlotte M.	1882		English Channel	Sea	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Maritime Romance	Coming of Age, Social Class	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	English Channel and surrounding coastal towns	A novel about a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and growth in the English Channel and surrounding coastal towns.	Coast
A River of Roses	Shelley, Rex	1998		Singapore River / Singapore Strait	Strait	English	Times Books International, Singapore		Novel	Migration, family history, Eurasian identity, maritime crossings, cultural heritage	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore River, Singapore Strait, migration routes	Traces four generations of a Eurasian family whose history is deeply tied to migration routes across the Straits and Singapore River, with the sea appearing as a backdrop for journeys and identity formation.	Oceanic
A Roving Commission; Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti	Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)	1861		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Slavery	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship, Caribbean Sea	A Roving Commission is a nautical adventure novel that follows the story of a young man who joins the British Navy to fight against the Haitian Revolution.	Navy
A Sailor in Spite of Himself	Castlemon, Harry	1879		Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, Coming of age	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	The story follows a young boy who runs away to sea and faces various challenges. Along the way, he learns valuable lessons about responsibility and perseverance.	Ocean
A Sailor of King George	Hoffman, Frederick, Captain	1907		Ocean	Ocean	English	John Lane, The Bodley Head, London		Historical Fiction	Nautical Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Sailing Vessel	A story about a sailor’s experiences during the reign of King George III.	Sailor
A Set of Rogues Namely Christopher Sutton, John Dawson, the Señor Don Sanchez Del Castillo De Castelaña and Moll Dawson; Their Wicked Conspiracy, and a True Account of Their Travels and Adventures	Barrett, Frank	1722		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Printed for the Author, London		Picaresque / Pirate Fiction	Crime, piracy, maritime adventure	United Kingdom	18th Century	Pirate vessels and colonial ports in the West Indies	A picaresque narrative detailing the criminal exploits and seafaring voyages of a gang of rogues and pirates.	Sea
A Ship of the Line	Forester, C. S.	1938		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Michael Joseph, London (UK); Little, Brown and Company, Boston (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, naval combat, strategy, leadership under duress	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Sutherland, Spanish coast, Bay of Biscay	Hornblower commands a ship of the line, escorting a convoy off the Spanish coast, engaging in fierce battles against French forces and privateers in the Atlantic.	Atlantic Ocean
A Son of the Sun	London, Jack	1912		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Identity	United States	20th Century	Pacific Islands	A young man’s journey to the Pacific Islands, where he becomes embroiled in colonial politics.	Pacific
A Song of the Wind	Goh, Poh Seng	1970		South China Sea / Singapore Coasts	Sea	English	Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), Singapore		Poetic Novella	Freedom, return, exile, homeland, belonging, lyrical expression	Singapore	20th Century	South China Sea, Singapore coasts	A lyrical narrative blending poetry and prose, where the sea embodies longing for freedom and return, with the waters surrounding Singapore forming the backdrop for meditations on exile, homeland, and belonging.	Sea
A Spaceship Named McGuire	Garrett, Randall	1950		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Space Exploration	United States	Mid-20th century	Space	A spaceship named McGuire goes on a mission.	Ocean
A Story of the Golden Age	Baldwin, James	1875		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Pirate Fiction	Piracy, adventure, and betrayal during the Golden Age of Piracy	USA	19th Century	Various pirate vessels navigating the West Indies	A narrative detailing the exploits and perils of pirates during the peak of Caribbean piracy.	Caribbean Sea
A Strange Elopement	Russell, William Clark	1892		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
A Tall Ship on Other Naval Occasions	Bartimeus, H. Taprell Dorling	1928		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Constable & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Interwar Period	Sailing ships and early steamers	Stories centered around the operation and romanticism of tall ships in global waters.	Ocean
A Town Like Alice	Shute, Nevil	1950		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	William Heinemann, London		Historical Fiction / War	Survival, post‑war reconstruction, cross‑cultural love, the impact of sea travel on personal destiny	United Kingdom	Mid‑20th Century	World War II Malaya (Japanese POW camp) and post‑war Australian outback, including the sea voyage across the Indian Ocean	Jean Paget, a British survivor of a Japanese POW camp in Malaya, travels to Australia and helps a soldier rebuild a town, with the narrative framed by the crossing of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
A United States Midshipman Afloat	Stirling, Yates	1895		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Memoir	Naval Life, Adventure	United States	Late Victorian	Pacific Ocean	A memoir by Yates Stirling, detailing his experiences as a midshipman in the United States Navy.	Navy
A Vagabond Journey Around the World	Franck, Harry Alverson	1910		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Company, New York		Travelogue	Exploration, cultural exchange	United States	Early 20th century	Marine setting, naval vessels	A personal narrative of travel and adventure, exploring the world’s oceans and encountering diverse cultures. The story delves into the complexities of cultural exchange and the human relationship with the natural world.	Ocean
A Vagabond’s Odyssey	Safroni-Middleton, A. (Arnold)	1908		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Maritime Realism	Travel and Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A travelogue about a sailor-troubadour’s adventures in the Pacific.	Pacific
A Voyage Around the World	Pfeiffer, Ida	1847		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bradbury and Evans, London		Maritime Travelogue	Exploration, Female Agency, Globalism	Austria	19th Century	Various merchant and exploration vessels of the mid-19th century	A comprehensive record of Ida Pfeiffer’s solo global voyages and her maritime encounters.	Voyage
A Voyage at Anchor	Russell, William Clark	1893		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
A Voyage in the ‘Sunbeam’, Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months	Brassey, Annie	1878		Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Maritime Travelogue	Oceanic Exploration, Travel	United Kingdom	19th century	Sailing yacht Sunbeam	Annie Brassey’s account of her 11-month voyage around the world on the yacht Sunbeam, exploring the ocean and its wonders. The book is a classic of maritime travel literature, offering insights into life at sea during the late 19th century.	Ocean
A Voyage of Consolation	Duncan, Sara Jeannette	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Maritime Realism	Coming of Age, Self-Discovery	Canada	Late 19th Century	Oceanic Voyage	A young woman’s journey of self-discovery and growth as she travels across the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
A Voyage of Discovery	Aïdé, Hamilton	1862		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	T. C. Williams, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and Maritime Mystery	USA	19th Century	A mid-19th century exploration vessel	A fictionalized account of a maritime expedition seeking undiscovered lands and encountering oceanic mysteries.	Ocean
A Voyage Round the World	Betagh, William	1727		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Private Printing, London		Maritime Adventure	Exploration and 18th-century privateering	UK	18th Century	Ships circumnavigating the globe	A historical narrative of a circumnavigation voyage intended to cruise the ‘Great South Ocean’ and target Spanish interests.	Pacific Ocean
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country	Brunt, Samuel	1700		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	John Nutt, London		Satirical Fiction	Social Commentary	England	Early 18th Century	A fantastical island in the Atlantic Ocean	A satirical account of a voyage to a fictional island, featuring a description of its inhabitants and their customs.	Ocean
A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699	Dampier, William	1703		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Originally published by James Knapton, London		Travelogue	Maritime exploration, colonialism	United Kingdom	Early 18th century	New Holland (Australia)	The book is a travelogue that describes the author’s voyage to New Holland (Australia) in 1699.	Ocean
A voyage to Spitzbergen containing an account of that country, of the zoology of the North; of the Shetland Islands; and of the whale fishery	John Laing	1818		Spitzbergen	Other	English	Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London		Travelogue	Arctic Exploration	United Kingdom	Regency Era	Spitzbergen	A travelogue about a voyage to Spitzbergen.	Voyage
A Voyage to Terra Australis	Flinders, Matthew	1814		Indian Ocean, Australian coastline	Ocean	English	G. and W. Nicol, London		Exploration, maritime history	Maritime exploration, geography	England	Early 19th century	Ship voyage to Terra Australis (Australia)	A Voyage to Terra Australis is a historical account of Matthew Flinders’ expedition to Australia, detailing his journey and the geographical discoveries he made during the voyage.	Ocean
A Voyage to the South Sea	Bligh, William	1792		South Sea	Ocean	English	George Nicol, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Navigation	England	18th century	HMS Providence	An account of Bligh’s voyage to the South Sea, including his journey to Tahiti and the discovery of new islands. The voyage showcases Bligh’s expertise in navigation and exploration.	South Sea
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World	Cook, James	1777		South Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	W. Strahan and T. Cadell		Travelogue	Exploration, Discovery	United Kingdom	Late 18th century	Ship	The book chronicles Cook’s second voyage, where he explored the South Pacific Ocean and attempted to reach the South Pole. The narrative provides a detailed account of the journey, including the challenges faced and the discoveries made.	South Pacific Ocean
A Whaleman’s Wife	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1895		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London		Nautical Fiction	Maritime Life	England	Late 19th Century	A whaling ship in the Pacific Ocean	A novel about the life of a whaleman’s wife, featuring her experiences on a whaling ship and her encounters with the ocean.	Ocean
A world to die for	Carson, Sam	1918		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page and Company, New York		Adventure	War, Imperialism	USA	20th Century	The Atlantic Ocean and surrounding regions	A narrative of the author’s experiences during World War I, including the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
A Yacht Voyage Round England	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1852		English Channel	Sea	English	Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London		Maritime Travelogue	Maritime Tourism and Exploration	United Kingdom	19th Century	English Channel and surrounding coastal areas	A descriptive account of a yacht voyage around England, highlighting the country’s maritime heritage and scenic beauty.	Voyage
A Yankee in the Far East	Allen, George Hoyt	1898		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The World Publishing Company, New York		Travel Fiction	Cultural encounter, global transit, and adventure	USA	19th Century	Steamship passage across the Pacific to Asia	A narrative documenting the journey and experiences of an American traveler sailing toward the Far East.	Ocean
A Year in a Yawl A True Tale of the Adventures of Four Boys in a Thirty-foot Yawl	Doubleday, Russell	1899		Long Island Sound	Sea	English	Doubleday & McClure Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing, Long Island Sound	A true tale of adventure and friendship, following four boys as they spend a year sailing a thirty-foot yawl in Long Island Sound. The story explores themes of coming of age and camaraderie.	Long Island Sound
A Year with a Whaler	Burns, Walter Noble	1913		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Outing Publishing Company, New York		Non-fiction, Maritime	Whaling, Maritime life	United States	Early 20th century	Whaling ships, Sailing vessels	A Year with a Whaler is a non-fiction book about the author’s experiences on a whaling ship, exploring themes of adventure and survival. The book provides a detailed account of life on a whaling ship in the early 20th century.	Ocean
Abjection and Miserable Forms	Bataille, Georges	2006	Translated by Yvonne Shafir		Other	English	Massachusetts Institute of Technology P, USA	Yvonne Shafir	Philosophy, Aesthetics	Abjection, Aesthetics	USA	Early 21st Century		A study of abjection and its relation to aesthetics.	Ocean
Across the Kala Pani	Shevlyn Mottai
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess	Collingwood, Harry	1897		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Sailing	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Sailing ship, Caribbean Sea	The novel follows a young English sailor as he becomes embroiled in piracy and adventure in the Caribbean Sea during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.	Caribbean Sea
Adayalapretham	Mathews, P.F.	2019		Arabian Sea	Sea	Malayalam	Green Books, Thrissur, India		Psychological thriller	Memory, identity, coastal life, psychological suspense	India	21st Century	Coastal Kerala, India; the sea as a pervasive backdrop	A psychological thriller set in a coastal town in Kerala, where the sea and its mysteries deeply influence the characters and the unfolding narrative of memory and identity.	Sea
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies	C. S. Forester	1957		Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Montego Bay	Sea, Gulf, Bay		Michael Joseph		Novel					Hornblower, now a Rear Admiral, has multiple adventures around the Caribbean primarily during a period of peace.
Admiring Silence	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	1996		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	The New Press		Novel	Exile, Identity, Migration	Tanzania / United Kingdom	Late 20th Century	Zanzibar, England	A man who has escaped from his native Zanzibar and built a new life in England is finally able to return to visit his native land, where he finds a changed country and is able to view his life with a new clarity.	Indian Ocean
Adrift in a Boat	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1861		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing vessel	A young boy’s adventures at sea, including being adrift in a boat.	Sea
Adrift in the Wilds; Or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys	Ellis, Edward Sylvester	1870		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	J.B. Ford & Co., New York		Adventure, Young Adult	Survival, Friendship	United States	Late 19th Century	Shipwreck, Oceanic Voyage	A young adult adventure novel about two boys who are shipwrecked on the Atlantic Ocean and must survive against the elements.	Atlantic Ocean
Adrift on the Pacific	Ellis, Edward Sylvester	1903		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Street and Smith, New York		Nautical Adventure	Survival, maritime life	United States	20th century	Pacific Ocean, shipwreck	A story of two boys who are shipwrecked on the Pacific Ocean, struggling to survive against the harsh marine environment. The narrative explores the challenges of survival and the importance of teamwork.	Pacific Ocean
Affective Landscapes in Literature, Art and Everyday Life	Berberich, Christine, Neil Campbell, and Robert Hudson	2016		English Channel	Sea	English	Routledge, London		Literary Theory	Affect, Landscape, and Everyday Life	UK	21st Century	UK, English Channel	A study of affective landscapes in literature, art, and everyday life.	Ocean
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale	Cooper, James Fenimore	1844		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, naval vessels	Afloat and Ashore is a nautical novel that explores the adventures of two sailors, one a seasoned naval officer and the other a young man new to the sea. The story follows their experiences on the high seas and in various ports.	Sea
After the Storm	Hemingway, Ernest	1932		Gulf Stream, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner’s Magazine (magazine publication), then Charles Scribner’s Sons (in Winner Take Nothing), New York		Short Story, Maritime Fiction	Survival, greed, the sea’s bounty, human nature, post-disaster scavenging	USA	20th Century	A fishing boat in the aftermath of a hurricane, off the coast of Florida	A lone fisherman discovers a sunken luxury liner after a hurricane and attempts to salvage its treasures, battling sharks and the dangers of the deep in a desperate struggle for wealth.	Shark
Afterlives	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	2020		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bloomsbury Publishing		Historical Fiction / Novel	Colonialism, War, Trauma	Tanzania	Early 20th Century	Zanzibar, German East Africa	Set in early 20th-century German East Africa, the novel follows Ilyas, a young boy forcibly conscripted into the colonial army, with the Indian Ocean framing the historical and geographical context of the region.	Indian Ocean
Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War’s Newest Weapons	Abbot, Willis J.	1915		Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Non-fiction	War, Technology	United States	20th century	Naval warfare	A non-fiction book about the development and use of aircraft and submarines in warfare.	Ocean
All Is Burning	Arasanayagam, Jean	2000		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Short story collection	Sri Lankan ethnic violence, trauma, exile, resilience, loss, rebirth	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Sri Lanka, coastal regions	All Is Burning shows the agonizing disintegration and loss brought about by Sri Lanka’s ethnic violence, with the sea appearing as both an observer and a limit, signaling the everlasting cycle of loss and rebirth.	Sea
Alle himlens fugle (All the Birds in the Sky)	Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild	2020		North Sea, General Ocean	Sea, Ocean	Danish	Lindhardt og Ringhof		Climate Fiction, Dystopia, Novel	Climate Change, Isolation, Language	Denmark	Future	Ocean / Sea	A lone-surviving island girl in a world where rising oceans keep encroaching on habitable lands begins a journey across the ocean to find meaning of life when language itself has transformed	Ocean
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea	Russell, William Clark	1869		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A young sailor’s journey across the Atlantic Ocean, facing challenges and adventures along the way.	Ocean
Alone on an Island	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1862		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Deserted island	A young boy’s adventures on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade	Herbstein, Manu	2000		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	New Africa Books, Cape Town		Novel, Historical Fiction	Transatlantic slave trade, trauma, loss, shipboard life, West African history	South Africa	21st Century	West African shore, slave ships, Atlantic Ocean	This novel vividly depicts the transatlantic slave trade, with the Atlantic Ocean symbolizing the vastness and terror of the Middle Passage, serving as both a literal route and a metaphor for trauma and loss.	Ocean
Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade	Manu Herbstein	2000		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean				Novel					The major water body mentioned in Ama Ata Aidoo’s “The Slave Girl” (specifically, her play “Anowa,” which is most often studied in this context) is the sea—or, more specifically, the Atlantic Ocean. The sea is described in the story as “bigger than any river and boils without being hot.” It symbolizes the vastness and the terror associated with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, serving both as a literal reference to the route taken by slave ships and as a metaphor for trauma and loss in the play.Vividly depicts the transatlantic slave trade from the West African shore; includes detailed maritime imagery and shipboard life across the Atlantic.
American Boys Afloat	Optic, Oliver	1867		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	A group of young boys embark on a sailing voyage and learn valuable lessons.	Voyage
Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril	Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)	1884		Malacca Strait	Strait	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Piracy	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Malay pirate ship, Malacca Strait	Among Malay Pirates is a nautical adventure novel that follows the story of a young man who becomes embroiled in the world of Malay piracy.	Pirate
Among the Esquimaux	Ellis, Edward Sylvester	1880		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Beals and Greene, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime exploration, Arctic culture	United States	19th century	Arctic Circle, whaling ship	A story of a group of people who travel to the Arctic Circle, exploring the culture and way of life of the Esquimaux. The narrative delves into the challenges of maritime exploration and the significance of cultural exchange.	Arctic Ocean
An American Hobo in Europe	Goodkind, Ben	1900			Other	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Travelogue	Travel	United States	Early 20th Century	Europe	The story follows the adventures of an American hobo as he travels through Europe.	Atlantic Ocean
An American Robinson Crusoe	Allison, Samuel B.	1882		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The Author, New York		Castaway Narrative	Isolation and Resourcefulness	USA	19th Century	A remote island in the Pacific Ocean	A maritime adventure detailing the struggles and survival of an American castaway on a desolate island.	Ocean
An Ancient Tale from Andaman	Abbi, Anvita	2022		Andaman Sea	Sea	English	National Book Trust, India, New Delhi		Children’s Literature	Andaman Islands culture, nature, local stories	India	21st Century	Andaman Islands, coastal environment	This book is a tale from the Andaman Islands, suitable for readers aged 7 and up, offering a glimpse into the region’s unique culture and environment.	Andaman Sea
An Annapolis First Classman	Beach, Edward L.	1904		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Naval Fiction	Military discipline, education, honor	USA	Early 20th Century	United States Naval Academy and associated naval vessels	A detailed fictional account of the trials and triumphs of a student in his final year at the US Naval Academy.	Ocean
An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck	Hillary, William, Sir	1825		Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London		Non-Fiction	Maritime Safety	United Kingdom	Regency Era	Coastal Area	A proposal for a national institution to prevent shipwrecks and save lives at sea.	Sea
An Awfully Big Adventure	Bartimeus, H. Taprell Dorling	1920		North Sea	Sea	English	Constable & Company, London		Nautical Fiction	Naval Life and Duty	United Kingdom	Post-WWI	British Naval vessels	A narrative exploring the trials and humorous mishaps of sailors during naval operations.	Sea
An Elephant for the Prinkip	Stecher, L. J., Jr.	1913		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co. London		Nautical Adventure	Shipwreck, Survival	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Shipwreck, Pacific Ocean	The story of a shipwreck and the survivors’ struggle to stay alive on the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
An Englishman’s View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge	Edge, Frederick Milnes	1895		English Channel	Sea	English	Sampson Low, Marston and Company, London		Historical Account	Naval battles, American Civil War	United Kingdom	19th century	English Channel, naval battle	A historical account of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, written from an English perspective. The narrative provides a detailed description of the battle and its significance in the American Civil War.	English Channel
An Essay on the Preservation of Shipwrecked Mariners	Fothergill, A.	1815		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	John Richardson, London		Maritime Non-Fiction	Maritime safety, shipwrecks	United Kingdom	19th century	Shipwrecks, Atlantic Ocean	The essay discusses the preservation of shipwrecked mariners, providing recommendations for improving maritime safety and reducing the risk of shipwrecks. The book is a valuable historical record of early maritime safety concerns.	Sea
An Introduction to the Blue Humanities	Mentz, Steve	2023		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	Routledge, London		Academic, Humanities	Blue Humanities, Oceanic Studies, and Environmentalism	United Kingdom	21st Century	Academic, Contemporary	An introduction to the Blue Humanities, exploring the intersection of oceanic studies, environmentalism, and the humanities.	Ocean
An Ocean of Grey	Kamalia Hasni	2018							Novel					A contemporary work focusing on emotional depth and modern relationships.
An Ocean Tragedy	Russell, William Clark	1865		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Tragedy, Survival	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A tragic story of a shipwreck on the Atlantic Ocean, exploring themes of survival and loss.	Ocean
An Old Sailor’s Yarns	Ames, Nathaniel	1840		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Private Press, Massachusetts, USA		Nautical Adventure	Maritime folklore and the hardships of sailor life	USA	19th Century	Merchant vessels and whaling ships in the North Atlantic	A collection of anecdotal narratives and nautical tales told from the perspective of a seasoned mariner.	Ocean
An Outcast of the Islands	Conrad, Joseph	1896		Malay Archipelago	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Colonialism, Morality	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Malay Archipelago	The novel follows the story of Peter Willems, a disgraced European who seeks redemption in the Malay Archipelago. It explores themes of colonialism, morality, and personal identity.	Malay Archipelago
And Now Home Again	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
And Now Home Again	Joanna Luloff	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Algonquin Books		Short story
And Then There Were None (Ten Little Niggers)	Agatha Christie	1939		Bristol Channel, English Channel	Channel		Collins Crime Club		Novel					Detective fiction set in the island of Devon.
Anglo-Indian/Christian Middle-Class and Consumerist Modernity in the in the 1970s Hindi Cinema	Alphonsa Mathew, P.	2023			Other	English	South Asian Review, New York				USA				Ocean
Anil’s Ghost	Ondaatje, Michael	2000		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	McClelland & Stewart, Toronto		Literary Fiction	Civil war, human rights, identity, history, forensic science	Canada	21st Century	Sri Lanka, an island nation	Set in Sri Lanka during its civil war, a forensic anthropologist investigates human rights abuses, with the island’s Indian Ocean context framing the narrative.	Ocean
Another Cosmopolitanism	Benhabib, Seyla	2006		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Oxford University Press, Oxford		Philosophy	Cosmopolitanism, Democracy, and Human Rights	USA	21st Century	Europe, Mediterranean Sea	A philosophical study of cosmopolitanism and its implications for democracy and human rights.	Ocean
Antony Waymouth; Or, The Gentlemen Adventurers	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1864		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing vessel	The adventures of a group of young men on a sailing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Anusha of Prospect Corner	A. M. Blair, Maram Ken & Samira Ken	2017		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Self – Published		Novel					In Anusha of Prospect Corner, a young girl of Sri Lankan descent growing up outside her family’s culture is trying to navigate expectations from her family and her friend’s, while struggling to balance the two cultures she lives in. Written with humor and captivating recollections of island life, the novel addresses the immigrant experience and desire for connection and belonging. The ocean represents both separation and union, both literally, and symbolically between Sri Lanka and the diaspora.
Aquagenic	Swardstrom, Will	2017		Pacific Ocean (Oregon coast)	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Science Fiction/Mystery)	Mystery, amnesia, water allergy, identity, science fiction	United States	21st Century	Oregon beach, Pacific Ocean	Cora, found on an Oregon beach with amnesia and an allergy to water, works with a nurse to uncover the mystery of her past and her connection to the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
Aquapelagos and Aquapelagic Assemblages	Hayward, Philip	2012		Aquapelagos	Other	English	Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore		Island Studies	Aquapelagos, Island Cultures	Australia	Early 21st Century	Aquapelagos and island cultures	An exploration of the concept of aquapelagos and its relationship to island cultures, examining the unique characteristics of aquatic landscapes.	Island
Archipelagic Memory and Indian Ocean Literary Studies: An Introduction	Kabir, Ananya Jahanara, and Luca Raimondi	2024		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Monsoon (online journal)		Maritime Literary Studies	Archipelagic Memory, Indian Ocean Literary Studies	Global	21st Century	Indian Ocean	An introduction to archipelagic memory and Indian Ocean literary studies.	Ocean
Around the Black Sea Asia Minor, Armenia, Caucasus, Circassia, Daghestan, the Crimea, Roumania	Curtis, William Eleroy	1911		Black Sea	Sea	English	Originally published by Francis Griffiths, London		Travelogue	Travel, geography, Black Sea region	United States	Early 20th century	Black Sea region	The book is a travelogue that describes the author’s journey around the Black Sea, covering various regions and countries.	Black Sea
Around the World in Seven Months	Gillis, Charles J.	1870		Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper and Brothers, New York		Travelogue, Nautical Adventure	Travel, exploration, naval life	United States	19th century	Various ships and locations around the world	The narrative of a journey around the world, exploring various oceans and seas, and experiencing different cultures and naval life.	Ocean
As We Sweep Through The Deep	Stables, Gordon	1897		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Atlantic Ocean	A tale of adventure and exploration on the high seas.	Sea
At Sunwich Port	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1907		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	A collection of short stories set in a small English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
At Sunwich Port, Part 1	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1907		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	The first part of a collection of short stories set in a small English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
At Sunwich Port, Part 2	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1907		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	The second part of a collection of short stories set in a small English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
At Sunwich Port, Part 3	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1907		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	The third part of a collection of short stories set in a small English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
At Sunwich Port, Part 4	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1907		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	The fourth part of a collection of short stories set in a small English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
At Sunwich Port, Part 5	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1907		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	The fifth part of a collection of short stories set in a small English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
At the Black Rocks	Rand, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)	1898		Black Rocks	Other	English	Hurst and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Mystery	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Black Rocks	At the Black Rocks is a nautical adventure novel that follows a group of characters as they navigate the dangers of the sea.	Sea
At the Full and Change of the Moon	Brand, Dionne	1999		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Grove Press, New York		Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction	Slavery, rebellion, freedom, Caribbean history, identity	Trinidad and Tobago	19th Century (setting), 20th Century (publication)	Trinidad, Caribbean island	Set in 1824 Trinidad, this novel explores a slave rebellion led by Marie Ursule, with the island’s proximity to the Caribbean Sea shaping the historical and cultural context of the narrative.	Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Crossing	Nii Parkes	2019		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Time Life Books		Short Story Collection					The Atlantic Ocean is central to the novel’s plot and themes, primarily because it represents the historical and cultural connection, as well as the traumatic separation, between West Africa (specifically Ghana) and the Caribbean and the Americas. The Middle Passage and Trauma: The “crossing” referenced in the title alludes to the Middle Passage, the forced transatlantic voyage that brought millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the New World.
Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad	Baum, L. Frank	1906		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George M. Hill Company, New York		Travel Fiction	Coming-of-age, Internationalism	USA	Edwardian	Passenger steamships and European ports	The narrative follows the nieces on a voyage from America to Europe, focusing on the experiences and social dynamics of transatlantic ship travel.	Atlantic Ocean
Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John	Baum, L. Frank	1905		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George M. Hill Company, New York		Travel Fiction	Family, Discovery, Travel	USA	Edwardian	Transatlantic passenger steamships	A travel-based narrative where the characters engage in maritime voyages across the Atlantic to facilitate family reunions.	Atlantic Ocean
Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea	Adcock, Arthur St. John	1919		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Robertson, Melbourne/London		Naval History	Warfare, Patriotism, Naval Strategy	Australia	World War I	Various naval warships in the Pacific and Indian Oceans	A comprehensive account of the naval and land contributions of Australasian forces during World War I.	Sea
Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea	Carman, Bliss	1897		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lamson, Wolffe and Company, Boston		Maritime Poetry	Maritime life, nature, nostalgia	Canada	19th century	Lost Haven, coastal town	A collection of poems that evoke the spirit of the sea and the maritime life, focusing on the themes of nature, nostalgia, and the human experience. The ballads explore the relationship between the individual and the ocean, highlighting the beauty and power of the sea.	Ocean
Bark Kathleen sunk by a whale	Jenkins, Thomas H.	1888		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Whaling, Maritime Disaster	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Pacific Ocean, Whaling Ship	A tale of a whaling ship sunk by a whale.	Whale
Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday	Burnett, Frances Hodgson	1895		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London		Children’s Literature	Coming of Age	England	Late 19th Century	A deserted island in the Atlantic Ocean	A children’s novel about a young boy’s adventures on a deserted island, featuring his encounters with the ocean and its creatures.	Ocean
Battleground	Del Rey, Lester	1943		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York		Science Fiction, War	War, Technology	USA	20th Century	Battlefield	Battleground is a science fiction novel by Lester Del Rey, detailing a war between humans and aliens.	Ocean
Battles with the Sea	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1867		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	James Duncan, Edinburgh		Nautical Adventure	Survival, man vs. nature, and maritime resilience	UK	Victorian	Various distressed vessels and wreckage in the open Atlantic	A collection of stories focusing on the struggle for survival against the violent forces of the ocean.	Ocean
Bedridden and the Winter Offensive	Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)	1908		English Channel	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life, Coastal Communities	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English coastal village	A short story set in an English coastal village, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their connections to the sea.	Sea
Before the Party	Maugham, W. Somerset	1926		South China Sea, Indian Ocean	Sea	English	William Heinemann, London (as part of ‘The Casuarina Tree’)		Short Story, Colonial Fiction	Deception, Colonial Life, Isolation, Social Hypocrisy	UK	Early 20th Century	Colonial Borneo (flashback), English countryside (main setting), with the sea representing distance and isolation.	A woman in England recounts her husband’s death in Borneo, with the vast oceanic distance and isolation playing a role in the mystery and her deception.	Ocean
Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1860		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing vessel	The adventures of a young boy born and bred at sea.	Sea
Beneath the Waves: Newfoundland Sea Stories	Clarence Vautier	2006		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Flanker Press		Collection of personal history					These recollected pieces of the past involved shipwrecks, family tragedies, collisions at sea, and much more.
Beneath the Waves: Tales from Philippine seas	Various Authors	2024		Philippine Sea	Sea				Long Form Fiction/ Anthology					Anthology of sea-based stories; mermaids, fishermen, archipelagic myths
Between Lives	K.S. Maniam								Novel					A complex work exploring the gap between different worlds—cultural, spiritual, and physical—experienced by minority groups.
Beyond Créolité and Coolitude, the Indian on the Plantation: Re-creolization in the Transoceanic Frame	Kabir, Ananya Jahanara	2020		Plantation	Other	English	Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies		Academic Article	Recreolization	Global	21st Century	Plantation, Transoceanic	An analysis of recreolization in the transoceanic frame.	Oceanic
Beyond the Archipelago	Salleh, Muhammad Haji	1995		Malay Archipelago, various Seas	Sea	English	Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio		Essays, Literary Criticism, Cultural Studies	Malay identity, geography, post-colonialism, global context, archipelagic thought	Malaysia	20th Century	The conceptual and physical spaces of the Malay Archipelago and its surrounding seas	A collection of essays reflecting on the Malay world’s relationship to its wider geography and global context, exploring themes that extend beyond the physical archipelago and its surrounding seas.	Sea
Beyond the Sea	Paul Lynch
Beyond the Yellow Fog	McDuffie, Robert Emmett	1914		Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Mystery	United States	Early 20th Century	The Pacific Ocean	A mystery novel set on a ship crossing the Pacific Ocean, where a series of strange events unfold.	Ocean
Bhagavan Macaroni, CIA and the Vimochana Samaram in Kerala	Ahmed, Aftar	2021			Other	English	Hindu College Gazette		Blog Post	History, Politics, and Kerala	India	21st Century	Kerala	A blog post on Bhagavan Macaroni, CIA, and the Vimochana Samaram in Kerala.	Arabian Sea
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)	Melville, Herman	1924		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York		Nautical Adventure	Morality, Mutiny, and Redemption	United States	20th Century	Nautical, 18th Century	A young sailor’s unjust execution on a British warship sparks a philosophical exploration of morality, mutiny, and redemption.	Sailor
Bimbo, the Pirate: A Comedy	Tarkington, Booth	1904		Other	Other	English	Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York		Nautical Comedy	Pirate Life	United States	Early 20th Century	Pirate Ship	A comedic tale of a young man’s adventures as a pirate.	Pirate
Binti		2015		Fictional Ocean World	Ocean	English	Tor Books		Horror, Novella	Afrofuturism, Alien Contact	United States	Future	Oomza University, Space	Story of interspecies communication between a human from a desert community and the meduse, an alien species from an oceanic planet leading to a truce between the conflicting peoples	Ocean
Birth of the Pearl Island	Ramsurran, Pahlad	1982		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Sterling Publishing, New Delhi		Folktale	Mythology, cultural heritage, origin story, multiculturalism	Mauritius	20th century	Mauritius, Indian Ocean, mythical origins	A Mauritian folk tale inspired by the Ramayana, recounting how Mareech’s body transforms into pearls that become islands in the Indian Ocean, connecting Mauritius to Indian cultural heritage.	Ocean
Bla (The End of the Ocean)	Maja Lunde	2017	Diane Oatley for HarperCollins in 2020	North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea	Sea, Ocean	Norwegian	Aschehoug		Climate Fiction, Novel	Climate Change, Water Scarcity	Norway	2017 & 2041	France, Norway	Story about a woman sailing across the ocean looking to combat effects of climate change in the present and a future story of climate refugees fleeing a drought stricken Southern Europe	Ocean
Black Bartlemy’s Treasure	Farnol, Jeffery	1920		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London		Pirate Adventure	Piracy, Treasure, Caribbean	England	20th century	Caribbean Sea, pirate ship	A story about a group of pirates who are searching for treasure in the Caribbean. The book provides a vivid description of the challenges faced by pirates and the power of the sea.	Caribbean Sea
Black Mamba Boy	Mohamed, Nadifa	2010		Red Sea	Sea	English	Hamish Hamilton, London		Historical Fiction / Novel	Migration, War, Displacement	Somalia / United Kingdom	Mid-20th Century	Somalia, North Africa, Red Sea, Britain	The novel follows Jama, a ten-year-old boy, on an epic journey from Somalia through war-torn North Africa. His voyage eventually takes him across the Red Sea and Mediterranean aboard a ship to Britain, seeking freedom amidst war and displacement.	Red Sea
Black Water Sister	Cho, Zen	2021		Strait of Malacca	Strait	English	Ace Books, New York		Contemporary Fantasy	Family, Identity	Malaysia	21st Century	The bustling coastal city of Penang, Malaysia	A contemporary fantasy set in the coastal city of Penang, where a young woman is haunted by her grandmother’s ghost, a medium linked to local gods, navigating supernatural events within the vibrant maritime urban environment.	Strait of Malacca
Blackbeard; Or, The Pirate of Roanoke	Barker, Benjamin	1830		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Various Juvenile Press, USA/UK		Piracy Adventure	Lawlessness, maritime crime, colonial exploration	USA	Early 19th Century	The coast of North Carolina and Caribbean shipping lanes	A fictionalized account of the exploits of the notorious pirate Blackbeard and his crew in the Atlantic.	Atlantic Ocean
Blackbird	Crookes, David	1998		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hazard Press, Christchurch		Historical Novel	Blackbirding, colonialism, exploitation, South Sea Islanders, historical injustice	New Zealand	20th Century	Colonial plantations in Queensland, South Sea Islands, Pacific Ocean	Following the characters Kiri and Ben, this historical novel examines the brutal legacy of Blackbirding—the exploitation of South Sea Islanders on colonial plantations in 19th-century Queensland, with the Pacific Ocean central to their forced migration.	Pacific Ocean
Blackfish City	Sam J. Miller	2018		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins		Post-apocalypse, Novel	Climate Change, Inequality, Post-apocalypse	United States	22nd Century	Floating Arctic City	A team of outsiders unite to save a floating city on the Arctic constructed after the “climate wars”	Ocean
Blow the Man Down	Holliday, Don; Banis, Victor J.	1968		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Late Hour Library, New York		Spy/Adventure Novel	Espionage, lost civilizations, adventure, pulp fiction	USA	20th Century	Atlantic Ocean, underwater city of Atlantis.	When Atlantic ships start disappearing, agents investigate and are drawn into the domed city of Atlantis, ruled by the emperor Machas Fruche.	Atlantic
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast	Day, Holman	1926		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Nautical Romance	Maritime life, Love	United States	20th century	Coastal town, Sailing ship	A romance novel set in a coastal town, following the story of a young man and his love for the sea and a woman.	Sea
Blow the Man Down: A Yankee Seaman’s Adventures Under Sail	James H. Williams	2011		Undefined	Sea		Literary Licensing		Novel					A weathered manuscript discovered among old papers was the foundation of this powerful book. James H. Williams’ spellbinding recollections of his adventures before the mast in sailing-ship days bring alive again that gruelling but romantic era on the seas.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1890		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Isolation, Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian	Sailing vessel and the volcanic island of Rakata	A narrative of survival and shipwreck in the treacherous waters of the Malay Archipelago.	Malay Archipelago seas
Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1867		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	James Duncan, Edinburgh		Castaway Narrative	Isolation, survival, and the psychology of solitude	UK	Victorian	The island of Rakata in the Malay Archipelago	A sailor is shipwrecked on a remote island in the Pacific and must survive alone for years.	Pacific Ocean
Blue at the Mizzen	O’Brian, Patrick	1999		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins, London (UK); W. W. Norton & Company, New York (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Post-Napoleonic Wars, South American independence, exploration, new frontiers	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Surprise, Chilean coast, South Atlantic	Aubrey sets sail for the Chilean coast, crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, to aid in their struggle for independence against Spain.	Ocean
Blue Bay Palace	Appanah, Nathacha	2009	Original French, translated by Geoffrey Strachan	Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Aflame Books, London	Translated by Geoffrey Strachan	Literary Fiction	Colonialism, class struggle, poverty, tourism, island life	Mauritius	21st Century	Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean	Set on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, the novel exposes the social inequalities and impact of tourism on the local population.	Indian Ocean
Blue Jackets: The Log of the Teaser	Fenn, George Manville	1883		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Navy, Ship, Ocean	England	19th century	Ocean, ship	A story about a group of young sailors on a ship called the Teaser, detailing their adventures and experiences at sea. The book provides a vivid description of life on a ship and the challenges faced by sailors.	Sea
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before	Tony Horwitz	2002		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Henry Holt and Company		Novel					Set in the Marshall Islands, this work follows a family coping with the enduring consequences of nuclear testing and environmental damage, examining cultural resilience amid ecological devastation.
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before	Horwitz, Tony	2002		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Holt and Company, New York		Non-fiction	Exploration, Captain Cook’s legacy, cultural encounter, travel	United States	21st Century	Various Pacific islands, replica sailing vessel	Blending historical research with contemporary travel, Horwitz retraces Captain James Cook’s Pacific voyages, sailing aboard a replica vessel while examining the complex legacy of European exploration on island cultures.	Pacific
Blue Water Djinn	Obreht, Téa	2010		Red Sea	Sea	English	The New Yorker		Short Story	Folklore, reality	USA	21st Century	Ethiopian coast, shipwreck in the Red Sea	In the story, an Ethiopian fisherman named Tomas tells a young boy, Jack, about a malevolent “blue water djinn” that inhabits a shipwreck to keep him away from it. Jack later discovers that there is no djinn, but a trapped sea turtle, forcing him to reconcile the fantastical story with harsh reality.	Red Sea
Bob Steele in Strange Waters; or, Aboard a Strange Craft	Grayson, Donald	1886		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a young man’s journey.	Sea
Bob, the cabin-boy	Anonymous	1840		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Juvenile Library, London		Juvenile Nautical Fiction	coming-of-age, maritime duty, adventure	United Kingdom	19th Century	Merchant sailing vessel	A coming-of-age tale focusing on the experiences and growth of a young boy serving as a cabin boy on a merchant ship.	Ocean
Bone China	Tearne, Roma	2008		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins, London		Novel	Dislocation, exile, memory, loss, political history, family saga, Sri Lankan civil war	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Sri Lanka and England, with the symbolic pull of the sea connecting home and exile.	This novel follows the de Silva family across generations from colonial Sri Lanka to England, exploring themes of dislocation, exile, memory, and loss, with the sea symbolizing the journey and the enduring connection to home.	Sea
Boundaries and Connections: Signifying Identities	Barth, Frederik	2000			Other	English	Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Values, UK		Anthropology, Identity Studies	Boundaries, Identity	UK	Late 20th Century		A study of boundaries and connections in signifying identities.	Ocean
Boy	Collen, Lindsey	2005		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bloomsbury Publishing, London		Novel	Coming-of-age, identity, social awakening, family pressures	Mauritius	21st century	Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean	A coming-of-age novel set in Mauritius, following 17-year-old Krish Burton’s journey of self-discovery, where the island’s oceanic environment symbolizes the fluidity of personal and cultural identity.	Indian Ocean
Boy Scouts in the North Sea; Or, The Mystery of ‘U-13’	Ralphson, G. Harvey	1915		North Sea	Sea	English	The Platt & Peck Co.		Nautical Adventure	Mystery, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Submarine, North Sea	Boy Scouts in the North Sea; Or, The Mystery of ‘U-13’ is a nautical adventure novel that follows the Boy Scouts as they solve a mystery involving a submarine.	North Sea
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton	Alger, Horatio, Jr.	1878		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lothrop, Lee & Company, Boston		Young adult fiction	Coming of age, Adventure	United States	19th century	Naval warfare	A young adult novel about a young man’s adventures at sea and his struggles with identity.	Sea
Buccaneer of the Star Seas	Repp, Ed Earl	1871		Star Seas	Sea	English	George Routledge and Co., London		Nautical Adventure, Fantasy	Survival, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship, Star Seas	The story follows a group of pirates who sail the Star Seas and their adventures.	Sea
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts	Stockton, Frank R.	1883		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York		Nautical History	Pirate, History	United States	Late Victorian	Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean	A non-fiction book by Frank R. Stockton, detailing the history of piracy on the coasts of the United States.	Coast
Bug Eater	Nathan M. Beauchamp	2017		Undefined/ Fictional	Ocean		Holt Smith Limited		Short Story					When the boats that sustain the tribe don’t return from their most recent raid, Angi must take a terrible risk to try and protect her people from starvation. But will anyone listen to someone with the nickname “Bug Eater” in the first place?
Burn My Head in Heaven	Pule, John	1998		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books, Auckland		Novel, Magical Realism, Indigenous Fiction	Niuean cosmology, island identity, migration, diaspora, spirituality, postcolonialism	Niue	20th Century	Niue, Pacific islands, migration routes across the Pacific	Anchored in Niuean cosmology and island identity, this work integrates magical realism with narratives of migration, exploring indigenous Pacific spirituality and diaspora experiences across the ocean.	Ocean
Burn My Head in Heaven	John Pule	1998		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Kaya Press		Novel					Anchored in Niuean cosmology and island identity, this work integrates magical realism with narratives of migration, exploring indigenous Pacific spirituality and diaspora experiences.
By Proxy	Garrett, Randall	1951		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Time Travel	United States	Mid-20th century	Time travel	A story about time travel.	Ocean
By the Light of the Stars	N. R. M. Roshak	2021		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about the effects of urban infrastructure on sea-turtle hatchlings pondering on questions of open-mindedness and cohabitation	Ocean
By the Sea	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	2001		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bloomsbury Publishing, London		Literary Fiction	Exile, migration, memory, identity, post-colonialism	Tanzania	21st Century	Zanzibar, England, East Germany; narratives of sea travel and displacement	This novel narrates the intertwined stories of two families experiencing exile and migration between Zanzibar, England, and East Germany, with the Indian Ocean serving as a backdrop for their journeys and memories.	Indian Ocean
Byron’s Narrative of the Loss of the Wager	Byron, John	1768		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Printed for A. Millar, London		Maritime Realism	Shipwreck, survival, naval exploration	England	18th century	The Wager ship, Patagonian coast	A firsthand account of the loss of the Wager ship and the subsequent struggles of the crew to survive on the coast of Patagonia. The narrative provides a detailed description of the events leading up to the shipwreck and the crew’s experiences in the harsh environment.	Pacific Ocean
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades	Munroe, Kirk	1897		Florida Reef	Other	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and survival in the Everglades	USA	19th century	Florida Reef and Everglades	A nautical adventure novel about two men who are exploring the Florida Reef and Everglades.	Reef
Captain Balaam of the ‘Cormorant’	Roberts, Morley	1903		English Channel	Sea	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English Channel	A nautical adventure novel about a young sailor’s journey on the English Channel.	Sailor
Captain Brand of the ‘Centipede’ A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life	Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)	1883		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia		Nautical Adventure	Piracy	United States	19th Century	The Caribbean Sea and coastal areas of the West Indies	A fictionalized account of a pirate’s life and exploits in the Caribbean.	Caribbean
Captain Chaos	Bond, Nelson S.	1930		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Nautical Adventure	Pirate, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel featuring a pirate captain and his exploits on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Captain Cook’s Journal During His First Voyage Round the World	Cook, James	1784		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	E. Newbery		Travelogue	Exploration, Discovery	United Kingdom	Late 18th century	Ship	The book is a personal account of Cook’s first voyage around the world, where he explored the Pacific Ocean and discovered new lands. The narrative provides a detailed and intimate look at the journey, including the challenges faced and the experiences had.	Pacific Ocean
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1861		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Biography	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	The life, voyages, and discoveries of Captain James Cook.	Voyage
Captain Mary Miller	Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson	1899		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United States	Gilded Age	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a female captain on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Captain Midas	Coppel, Alfred	1924			Other	English	Hutchinson, London		Science Fiction	Space Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Space	A science fiction novel about a captain who discovers a way to turn everything he touches into gold.	Ocean
Captain Mugford: Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1861		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Education	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing vessel	The adventures of a group of young men on a sailing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Captain of the Kali	Wright, Gary	1913		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder and Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Merchant ship in the Indian Ocean	A novel about a British merchant ship and its crew in the Indian Ocean during the early 20th century.	Ocean
Captain Scraggs; Or, The Green-Pea Pirates	Peter B. Kyne	1849		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a pirate captain.	Pirate
Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers	Abbott, John S. C.	1895		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	T. Nelson and Sons, London		Maritime Narrative	Piracy, Lawlessness, Colonialism	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Pirate vessels in the Caribbean and Indian Oceans	A historical narrative detailing the exploits and eventual downfall of the notorious pirate Captain William Kidd.	Ocean
Caribbean Discourse: Selected Essays	Glissant, Edouard	1989	Translated by J. Michael Dash	Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA	J. Michael Dash (translator)	Postcolonial Studies	Caribbean identity, cultural diversity	France	Late 20th century	Caribbean islands	A collection of essays exploring the cultural and historical context of the Caribbean region.	Caribbean Sea
Champions of the fleet	Fraser, Edward	1897		English Channel	Sea	English	Original publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Maritime Adventure	Naval Warfare, Exploration	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	English Channel	Champions of the fleet, including their naval battles and exploits.	Ocean
Champollion’s Foot	Haris A. Durrani	2021		Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean	Sea, Ocean	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2, Hachette India		Space Opera, Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	Space opera concerning xenocide and epistemic injustice using djinns or ciguapas from Dominican folklore as an important device	Ocean
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts	Conrad, Joseph	1913		Sea	Sea	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Fate, Human Nature	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, Sea	A novel that explores the concept of chance and its impact on human lives.	Sea
Change	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Charlestown Navy Yard: Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts	United States. National Park Service	2000		Boston Harbor	Bay	English	United States National Park Service, Boston		Historical Nonfiction	Naval History, American Culture	United States	Late 20th Century	Boston Harbor	A historical account detailing the history of the Charlestown Navy Yard, exploring naval history and American culture.	Navy
Charley Laurel: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1863		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing vessel	The adventures of a young boy on a sailing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Charlie Bell, The Waif of Elm Island	Kellogg, Elijah	1886		Lake Michigan	Lake	English	American Tract Society, New York		Children’s Adventure	Orphaned Boy	USA	19th Century	Elm Island	A children’s adventure novel about an orphaned boy who lives on Elm Island.	Island
Charlie Codman’s Cruise: A Story for Boys	Alger, Horatio, Jr.	1891		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner, and Company, New York		Juvenile Nautical Adventure	Youthful exploration, moral growth, and maritime discipline	USA	19th Century	A cruising vessel and various Atlantic ports	A young boy experiences the adventures of a sea voyage, learning lessons of character and industry while navigating the Atlantic.	Atlantic Ocean
Charlie to the Rescue	Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)	1868		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	The Atlantic Ocean and the coast of South America	The story follows a group of sailors as they face various challenges and adventures while traveling on the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
Chasing the Straits		Unknown		Straits of Malacca	Strait	English			Novel	Maritime Trade, Strategy	Malaysia / Singapore	Historical	Straits of Malacca	An adventurous or historical novel focused on the strategic and economic importance of the Straits of Malacca.	Straits of Malacca
Chasing the Sun	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1888		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and maritime discovery	UK	Victorian	A voyage across the South Seas	An adventurous journey across the Pacific Ocean exploring the islands of the South Seas.	Pacific Ocean
Children’s Games	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Chimamanda:The adventures of little Mermaid’s African Cousin	Rudolf Ogoo okonkwo	2018		River Niger and Atlantic ocean	Ocean		Irokopost Media Group Inc.		Novel
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew	Shehan Karunatilaka	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Self – Published		Novel					This novel chronicles W.G. Karunasena, a decrepit and drunken sports journalist, on his quest to uncover the truth about Pradeep Mathew, the obscure Sri Lankan cricket genius. As Karunasena pursues the resolution of the riddle, he discovers a politics of corruption, ethnic identity, and national disillusionment. Against the backdrop of Sri Lankan politics and a national obsession with cricket, Chinaman presents elements of humour, tragedy and social commentary. It demonstrates the ways in which history and myth complicate collective memory on a postcolonial island.
Chinkie’s Flat	Becke, Louis	1904		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George G. Harrap & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Colonial trade, isolation, and South Seas cultural clash	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Remote Pacific islands and trading posts	A narrative exploring the socioeconomic dynamics and personal conflicts among traders and settlers in the South Pacific.	South Pacific Ocean
Circle of Reason	Ghosh, Amitav	1986		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hamish Hamilton, London		Novel	Cross‑cultural exchange, trade routes, diaspora, postcolonial identity	India	Late 20th‑century (Contemporary)	Various ports and sea routes across the Indian Ocean, including Indian coastal cities and Arabian ports	A literary novel that follows a South Asian mathematician whose life becomes entangled with the vast networks of the Indian Ocean, highlighting the cultural and economic currents that shape the region.	Indian Ocean
City of Small Blessings	Tay, Simon	2009		Singapore River / Coastal Singapore	River	English	Epigram Books, Singapore		Novel	Urban change, alienation, continuity, modernity, memory, national identity	Singapore	21st Century	Singapore River, coastal Singapore	A novel about a retired professor returning to a changing Singapore, where maritime spaces mark transition and alienation, and the sea represents continuity amid rapid modernity.	Sea
Clarissa Oakes (The Truelove in US)	O’Brian, Patrick	1992		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, Mutiny	United Kingdom	Early 19th Century	HMS Surprise, Pacific islands, Australia	Aubrey travels from Australia across the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea to address a political situation and a potential mutiny in some Pacific islands.	Pacific Ocean
Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth’s Climate	Croll, James	1875		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Scientific Non-Fiction	Climate Change	United Kingdom	19th Century	Global Oceans	A scientific treatise on climate change and its geological relations.	Ocean
Close Quarters	Golding, William	1987		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Faber and Faber, London		Maritime Psychological Fiction	Memory, isolation, sailor’s introspection	United Kingdom	Late‑20th Century (1980s)	Journal entries of a sailor on a voyage from England to Australia	A sailor records his feelings and reflections during a long voyage from England to Australia, offering a retrospective view of life at sea.	Sea
Cloud Atlas	David Mitchell	2004		South Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Sceptre		Novel					Interconnected nested stories of metafiction, historical fiction, science fiction and contemporary fiction.
Command	McFee, William	1917		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	The Atlantic Ocean	A novel about a group of people who embark on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, facing various challenges and adventures.	Ocean
Concerning Bully Hayes	Becke, Louis	1902		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, rogue traders, maritime lawlessness	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Various vessels across the South Seas	A character study and narrative based on the infamous American rogue and trader Bully Hayes in the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Conservation of marine birds of northern North America: papers from the international symposium held at the Seattle Hyatt House	Bartonek, James C. [Editor]	2003		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	National Audubon Society, New York	James C. Bartonek [Editor]	Marine Conservation	Marine Ecology	United States	Late 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A collection of papers from an international symposium on marine bird conservation in northern North America.	Ocean
Corridor	Alfian Sa’at	1999		Singapore River	Singapore Strait				Short Stories (Collection)					Corridor is a collection of twelve short stories by Singaporean writer Alfian Sa’at, first published in 1999. Set in contemporary Singapore, the stories delve into the lives of ordinary individuals—students, housewives, factory workers, and more—who navigate the complexities of urban life. Each narrative offers a poignant exploration of personal aspirations, societal expectations, and the search for meaning in a rapidly modernizing city-state. Themes of alienation, identity, and the fragility of happiness permeate the collection, reflecting the tensions between individual desires and collective norms. Through authentic dialogue and vivid settings, Sa’at captures the nuances of daily existence, portraying characters who grapple with love, loss, and the yearning for connection. The stories serve as a mirror to Singapore’s evolving landscape, highlighting the emotional landscapes of its inhabitants amidst the backdrop of progress and change.
Cosmic Castaway	Mullen, Stanley	1928		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macaulay Company, New York		Cosmic Horror	Survival at sea	USA	20th century	Pacific Ocean	A cosmic horror novel about a man who is stranded on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
Cosmopolitan Liberalism and its Limits	Calhoun, Craig	2012		Other	Other	English	Palgrave Macmillan, UK		Cosmopolitanism, Liberalism	Cosmopolitanism, Liberalism, Limits	UK	Early 21st Century	Theoretical, Philosophical	An examination of the limits of cosmopolitan liberalism.	Ocean
Cosmopolitan Patriots	Appiah, Kwame Anthony	1998			Other	English	Cultural Politics, USA		Philosophy, Politics	Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism	USA	Late 20th Century		An essay on cosmopolitanism and patriotism.	Ocean
Cosmopolitan Subaltern: Transnational Spatial Agency on the Fringe of the Worlding Cities of the Global South	Achmadi, A., & Josey, B.	2022			Other	English	Architectural Theory Review		Academic Article	Cosmopolitanism, Subalternity, and Spatial Agency	Global South	21st Century	Worlding Cities	A study on cosmopolitan subalternity and transnational spatial agency.	Ocean
Counting Hours	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short Story	Sri Lankan life, post-war, displacement, culture, memory, human resilience	USA	21st Century	Sri Lanka, coastal areas, Indian Ocean.	A short story from ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ depicting aspects of Sri Lankan life near the Indian Ocean, often touching on themes of war, displacement, and human experience.	Ocean
Courage, True Hearts: Sailing in Search of Fortune	Stables, Gordon	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Atlantic Ocean	A tale of adventure and exploration on the high seas.	Sea
Creatures of the Abyss	Leinster, Murray	1914		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Science Fiction	Marine Life, Alternate Realities	United States	World War I Era	Underwater environment	A science fiction novel featuring marine life and alternate realities.	Marine
Creolization as Balancing Act in the Oceanic Quadrille: Choreogenesis, Incorporation, Memory, Market	Kabir, Ananya Jahanara, and Luca Raimondi	2020		Oceanic	Ocean	English	Atlantic Studies (online journal)		Maritime Literary Studies	Creolization, Oceanic Quadrille	Global	21st Century	Oceanic	An analysis of creolization as a balancing act in the oceanic quadrille.	Ocean
Crew	E.-H. Nießler	2021		Unnamed Ocean	Ocean	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Speculative Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a crew comprising of a human, a sperm whale and an octopus identifying and salvaging debris from under the sea	Ocean
Cringle and Cross-Tree	Optic, Oliver	1867		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	A young boy learns the value of hard work and responsibility on a sailing voyage.	Voyage
Crossbones	Nuruddin Farah	2011		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Riverhead Books		Novel (part of a trilogy)					The novel depicts the lives of sea pirates, war crimes against the backdrop of Somalian crises.
Cruise	Updike, John	1975		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The New Yorker, New York		Literary Fiction (Short Story)	Marital dynamics and isolation set against the sea	United States	Late 20th Century	A cruise ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean	A short story that follows a couple aboard an Atlantic cruise ship, using the voyage to explore their relationship and the vastness of the sea.	Sea
Cruise and Captures of the Alabama	Goodrich, Albert M.	1861		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Historical Fiction	Civil War	United States	American Civil War	Atlantic Ocean	The story follows the adventures of the CSS Alabama as it cruises and captures various ships during the American Civil War.	Ocean
Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught	Gaylord, Glance	1874		Sea	Sea	English	D. Lothrop and Company, Boston		Maritime Realism	Life at sea, personal growth	United States	19th century	Sea, coastal town	Culm Rock is a novel that explores the themes of life at sea, personal growth, and the challenges of living in a coastal town. The story follows the protagonist as he navigates the ups and downs of life, learning valuable lessons about resilience and determination.	Sea
Cursed	England, George Allan	1907		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Horror, Adventure	Supernatural, Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A horror novel about a group of people who are cursed while traveling on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Cutlass and Cudgel	Fenn, George Manville	1889		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Ship, Ocean	England	19th century	Ocean, ship	A story about a group of sailors who are shipwrecked and must fight to survive against pirates and other dangers. The book provides a vivid description of the challenges faced by sailors and the power of the ocean.	Ocean
Cædwalla; or, The Saxons in the Isle of Wight: A Tale	Cowper, Frank	1888		English Channel	Sea	English	Longman, Brown, Green		Historical Fiction	Saxon Invasion	United Kingdom	7th Century	Isle of Wight, English Channel	A tale of the Saxon invasion of the Isle of Wight.	English Channel
Dan Merrithew	Perry, Lawrence	1888		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Romance	Love, Adventure, and Self-Discovery	United Kingdom	Late Victorian Era	A ship at sea	A romance novel set on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, exploring themes of love, adventure, and self-discovery.	Ocean
Dancing in the Midnight Ocean	Smith, Daniel Arthur	2017		Fictional Midnight Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Science Fiction)	Science fiction, genetic modification, deep-sea living, humanity, love, technology	United States	21st Century	Deep fictional ocean, bioluminescent cities, underwater pipelines	Genetically-modified humans live in the bioluminescent depths of a fictional midnight ocean, building cities and facing existential questions about humanity and love.	Ocean
Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates	Chatterton, E. Keble	1914		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Original publication details not specified in the input, however, according to historical records, it was first published in 1914 by London: Seeley, Service & Co.		Maritime History	Piracy, Adventure, Maritime History	United Kingdom	20th century	Ships and boats in the Caribbean Sea	The book tells the story of famous pirates and their daring deeds, set in the Caribbean Sea. The story is a classic tale of piracy, adventure, and maritime history.	Caribbean Sea
Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast	Webster, Frank V.	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Life Saving	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Coastal heroes	A story of life-saving heroes on the coast.	Coast
Darwin’s Wink: A Novel of Nature and Love	Anderson, Alison	2004		Indian Ocean (island off Mauritius)	Ocean	English	Thomas Dunne Books, New York		Novel	Romance, nature conservation, trauma, mystery, island life	United States	21st century	An island off the coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean	An exquisite romance between two naturalists working to save a rare bird species on an island off Mauritius, with the Indian Ocean island setting central to their lives and livelihoods.	Indian Ocean
Daughter of Elysium		1993		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	William Morrow		Novel	Ecofeminism, Pacifism, Biology	United States	Future	Shora (Ocean Moon)	Story about a people in an oceanic world who have discovered secrets to immortality	Ocean
Daughters of the Dust	Dash, Julie	1997		Carolina Coast	Ocean	English	Plume		Historical Fiction / Novel	Gullah culture, African heritage, migration	USA	Early 20th Century	Sea Islands off the Carolina coast	Set in the 1920s on the Sea Islands off the Carolina coast, the novel chronicles the lives of the Peazants, a Gullah family preserving their African heritage, as they grapple with their history and a potential migration to the mainland.	Atlantic Ocean
David goes voyaging	Putnam, David Binney				Other	English	Hurd and Houghton, New York		Nautical Fiction	Adventure, Exploration	United States	19th Century		A young boy’s adventures at sea.	Sea
De hemlosas stad (City of the Homeless)	Annika Luther	2011		Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea	Gulf, Sea	Finnish	Schildts & Soderstroms		Climate Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult, Novel	Climate Refugees, Flooding	Finland	2050	Helsinki	Story of a girl in search of her family in a Helsinki which is half submerged and occupied by a lot of immigrants, both due to climate change	Ocean
Dead of Night	Witi Ihimaera	2006		Outer Space as a postcolonial allegory for Pacific Ocean	Space-Ocean	English	Are Angels OK? Te Herenga Waka University Press		Pasifikafuturism, Novella	Pasifikafuturism, Allegory	New Zealand	Future	Ocean / Sea	A story allegorising Captain Cook’s voyage across the Pacific in a future world through the Maori conceptual space of Te Kore or the void	Ocean
Dealers of the Bane of the Earth	Tilde Krusberg			International seas	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Post Growth Imaginaries, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Research ship pursuing rogue fuel tankers on international waters in a future where transnational oil trade has been banned	Ocean
Deck and Port	Colton, Walter	1893		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Newnes Ltd, London		Non-Fiction	Sailing	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A non-fiction book about sailing and the sea.	Sea
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea	Rita Chang-Eppig	2023		Red Sea	Sea		Bloomsbury Publishing		Novel					When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband’s second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet.
Deep Connections		2023		General Oceans	Oceans	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Computing Imaginations, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	In a world post environmental catastrophe, humans have adapted, both biologically and technologically, to live in the deep seas	Ocean
Deep Sea Hunters in the Frozen Seas	Verrill, A. Hyatt	1898		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure, Survival	Survival, Exploration	USA	19th Century	Arctic Ocean	A group of people hunt for whales in the Arctic Ocean, facing various challenges and dangers.	Ocean
Deep-Sea Plunderings	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1901		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Treasure hunting, Maritime life	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Sailing ships, Diving vessels	Deep-Sea Plunderings is a novel about a group of treasure hunters who embark on a journey to find sunken treasure, exploring themes of adventure and greed. The story follows their experiences and challenges as they navigate the dangers of the deep sea.	Sea
Derelict	Nourse, Alan Edward	1920		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Maritime Realism	Survival, Human Nature	United States	20th Century	Ship, Atlantic Ocean	A group of sailors must survive on a derelict ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral	Cher, Ming	1995		South China Sea / Zheng He’s Voyage Routes	Sea	English	Heinemann Asia, Singapore		Novel	Historical fiction, Zheng He, maritime history, displacement, national identity, allegory	Singapore	20th Century	South China Sea, historical voyage routes, ships	A novel reimagining the legacy of Zheng He, the eunuch admiral, and his voyages across Southeast Asia, using maritime history as an allegory for personal and national displacements.	Seas of Southeast Asia
Desert and Water Gardens of the Red Sea	Crossland, Cyril	1922		Red Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Travelogue	Desert and Water Gardens	United Kingdom	20th Century	Red Sea	A travelogue of desert and water gardens in the Red Sea.	Red Sea
Desert God	Wilbur Smith	2014		Red Sea	Sea		HarperCollins		Novel					Pharaoh Tamose has succeeded in securing a capital at Thebes in Upper Egypt, and the brilliant eunuch Taita is his chief advisor, even as he continues to try to expel the Hyksos from Egypt. Taita receives intelligence that the Hyksos and the Minoans have signed a secret treaty, and that the Minoans are sending a large shipment of silver to a fortress they have constructed on Hyksos territory in an effort to expand their maritime empire.
Desertion	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	2005		Indian Ocean (East Coast of Africa, Zanzibar)	Ocean	English	Bloomsbury Publishing, London		Literary Fiction	Colonialism, love, betrayal, identity, history, East Africa	Tanzania	21st Century	Colonial Zanzibar and the East Coast of Africa, adjacent to the Indian Ocean	Set in colonial Zanzibar on the East Coast of Africa, this novel tells the story of love, betrayal, and identity against the backdrop of the Indian Ocean and the island’s path to independence.	Indian Ocean
Desolation Island	O’Brian, Patrick	1978		Antarctic Ocean (Southern Ocean)	Ocean	English	Collins, London (UK); Stein and Day, New York (US)		Historical Fiction, Naval Fiction	Survival, naval pursuit, exploration, duty, Napoleonic Wars	United Kingdom	20th Century (set in early 19th Century)	HMS Leopard, Southern Ocean, Antarctic waters	Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin face extreme challenges as HMS Leopard is damaged and pursued by a Dutch ship across the treacherous Southern Ocean en route to Australia.	Ocean
Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778	Green, Ezra	1778		Other	Other	English	Published privately, Philadelphia		Non-Fiction, Diary	Personal, Historical	United States	American Revolution	Land, Sea	A diary account of a doctor’s experiences during the American Revolution.	Ocean
Dick Rodney; or, The Adventures of an Eton Boy	Grant, James	1884		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a young boy’s journey.	Sea
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen	Verne, Jules	1872		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	French	Jules Verne’s original publisher was Hetzel, Paris, France.		Adventure, Science Fiction	Travel, Exploration	France	19th Century	Ships, Ocean	A young boy becomes a captain at the age of 15 and travels to the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit—Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts	Liu, Ken	2017		Sea of Massachusetts	Sea	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story / Science Fiction	Environmentalism, Terraforming	United States	Future	Sea of Massachusetts (Atlantic Ocean), future Earth	In a future where Venus is settled and technocrats ready the ‘Grand Task’—the terraforming of Earth and Mars—a hermit spends forty-eight hours in the Sea of Massachusetts, reflecting on humanity’s impact and the desire to preserve the planet as it is.	Sea of Massachusetts
Djibouti	Leonard, Elmore	2010		Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	William Morrow, New York		Crime Novel, Thriller	Piracy, adventure, crime, journalism	USA	21st Century	Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, aboard a ship documenting piracy	This novel explores contemporary sea piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the larger Indian Ocean, following a documentary filmmaker capturing the dangerous world of modern-day buccaneers.	Ocean
Don Winslow of the Navy	Martinek, Frank V.	1914		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Co., New York		Adventure, Maritime fiction	War, Patriotism	United States	Early 20th century	Ocean, Maritime	The novel follows the adventures of Don Winslow, a young naval officer who serves on a U.S. Navy ship during World War I.	Navy
Dr. Grenfell’s Parish: The Deep Sea Fisherman	Duncan, Norman	1905		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Maritime Fiction	Fishing, Community	Canada	Early 20th century	Fishing villages, deep sea fishing vessels	A novel about the lives of deep-sea fishermen and their community, set in the North Atlantic Ocean. The story explores the challenges and struggles of the fishing industry and the people who depend on it.	North Atlantic Ocean
Dreadnoughts of the Dogger: A Story of the War on the North Sea	Leighton, Robert	1900		North Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	War, Maritime History	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Naval vessel	A nautical adventure novel set during the Boer War, featuring naval battles on the North Sea.	Sea
Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months	Ballou, Maturin Murray	1851		Atlantic and Pacific Oceans	Ocean	English	Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston		Nautical Travel Narrative	Global exploration, maritime adventure, 19th-century navigation	USA	Mid-19th Century	Various merchant and passenger vessels traversing global trade routes	A detailed narrative of a ten-month circumnavigation of the globe, focusing on the logistical and environmental challenges of mid-century maritime travel.	Ocean
Dungeon Rock; or, the pirate’s cave, at Lynn	Emerson, N. S. (Nannette Snow)	1864		Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Mystery	United States	19th century	Pirate’s cave, ocean	A story about a pirate’s cave and the adventures of the characters who encounter it.	Sea
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished: A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure	Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)	1867		Red Sea	Sea	English	Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	The Red Sea and the city of Bombay	The story follows a group of city Arabs as they face various challenges and adventures while traveling on the Red Sea.	Red Sea
Dwellers	Victoria, Eliza	2014		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Turtle Publishing, Philippines		Novel, Speculative fiction	Speculative fiction, coastal myth, body-swapping, moral tides, transformation	Philippines	21st Century	Coastal Philippines, speculative settings	A speculative fiction novel that combines coastal myths and body-swapping narratives to explore themes of moral tides and transformation in the Philippines.	Tide
Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions	Wood, William	1590		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Field, London		Historical	Exploration	England	16th Century	The high seas and coastal areas of England and Spain	A historical account of Sir Francis Drake’s voyages and the Elizabethan era’s naval exploits.	Voyage
Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds	Finley, Martha	1889		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Dodd, Mead and Company, New York		Nautical fiction, young adult	Sailing, yachting, family	United States	Late 19th century	Yachting voyage with the Raymonds	Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds is a young adult novel by Martha Finley, focusing on the sailing adventures of Elsie and her family. The story explores themes of family, friendship, and personal growth.	Ocean
Elsie’s Vacation and After Events	Finley, Martha	1889		Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Lothrop Company, Boston		Children’s Literature	Family, Friendship	United States	Late 19th Century	Ocean, Beach	Elsie’s family takes a vacation to the ocean, where they experience various adventures and learn valuable lessons.	Ocean
Elsie’s Winter Trip	Finley, Martha	1890		Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Lothrop Company, Boston		Children’s Literature	Family, Friendship	United States	Late 19th Century	Ocean, Beach	Elsie’s family takes a winter trip to the ocean, where they experience various adventures and learn valuable lessons.	Ocean
English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century	Froude, James Anthony	1895		English Channel	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Maritime History	Naval history, exploration	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Marine setting, historical naval vessels	A historical account of English seamen in the sixteenth century, exploring their role in shaping the country’s naval history and maritime culture. The book examines the lives and exploits of notable English seamen, including Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.	Ocean
Erling the Bold	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1875		North Sea	Sea	English	James Duncan, Edinburgh		Viking Fiction	Honor, courage, and Norse maritime tradition	UK	Victorian / Viking Age Setting	Viking longships navigating the North Sea and coastal Scandinavia	A story of a young Viking’s growth into a warrior and sailor through voyages across the North Sea.	North Sea
European Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean, 1500–1850	Allen, Richard B.	2015		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Ohio University Press		Non-Fiction	Slavery, Indian Ocean Trade	Global	16th-19th Century	Indian Ocean	A study on European slave trading in the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Everything Good Will Come	Sefi Atta	2005		Ghanaian coast, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Interlink Books		Novel					This Nigerian novel follows Enitan from childhood through adulthood against the backdrop of Nigeria’s political turbulence. Set largely in Lagos, the Atlantic Ocean serves as a constant presence in the narrative. Enitan and her friends spend time at Lagos beaches, and the ocean marks the boundary of her geographical and imaginative world. Childhood scenes at Bar Beach show innocent play alongside poverty and danger, establishing the novel’s themes of class, gender, and power. As Enitan matures, the Atlantic continues to appear in significant moments:romantic encounters, political discussions, and personal revelations occur in coastal settings. The ocean represents both freedom and limitation for Nigerian women navigating patriarchal constraints. Fishing communities along the coast provide contrasting perspectives to middle-class Lagos life. The Atlantic’s international scope mirrors Enitan’s growing awareness of Nigeria’s place in global politics, particularly during military dictatorships when the ocean represents potential escape or isolation. The novel’s feminist perspective incorporates oceanic imagery when addressing women’s autonomy and resistance against oppressive systems.
Excursion to the Orkney Islands	Abbott, Jacob	1840		Orkney Islands	Other	English	Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London		Travelogue	Exploration	United Kingdom	19th century	Orkney Islands	A travelogue about the author’s journey to the Orkney Islands, describing the geography, culture, and history of the region.	North Sea
Exorcism	Song, Han	2023		A red sea	Sea	Chinese	Chongqing Publishing House		Science Fiction	Dystopia, Technology, Control	China	21st Century	A hospital ship floating in a ‘red sea’	Yang wakes on an AI-controlled hospital ship in a red sea, exploring themes of reality, technology, and control within a dystopian setting where the sea symbolizes isolation and otherness.	Sea
F.O.B. Venus	Bond, Nelson S.	1931		Venus (Planet)	Other	English	Doubleday, New York		Science Fiction	Space Exploration, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Venus (Planet)	A science fiction novel set on the planet Venus, exploring themes of space exploration and adventure.	Ocean
Fae Visions of the Mediterranean	Hella Grichi (Tunisian author)	c. 2020s		Mediterranean Sea; fantastical coastal setting	Sea				Novel					A Tunisian diaspora author writing in English, Grichi sets this work against the Mediterranean coast, blending fantasy and romance with a Mediterranean backdrop. The novel features two characters who ‘form their own constellation’ in a Mediterranean-inflected world where the sea serves as a mystical and emotional space. Limited scholarly documentation exists; part of an emerging wave of English-language Tunisian fiction engaging with the Mediterranean as a fantastical and romantic space.
Falk: A Reminiscence	Conrad, Joseph	1919		Sea	Sea	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, Sea	A short story that explores the human condition through the lens of the sea.	Sea
Falling in with Fortune; Or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary	Alger, Horatio, Jr.	1881		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lothrop, Lee & Company, Boston		Young adult fiction	Coming of age, Adventure	United States	19th century	Naval warfare	A young adult novel about a young man’s adventures at sea and his struggles with identity.	Sea
Famous Fighters of the Fleet Glimpses through the Cannon Smoke in the Days of the Old Navy	Fraser, Edward	1898		English Channel	Sea	English	Original publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Maritime Adventure	Naval Warfare, Exploration	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	English Channel	Famous fighters of the fleet, including their naval battles and exploits.	Ocean
Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages	Anonymous	1815		Various oceans and seas	Ocean	English	Unknown, possibly published in a periodical or compilation		Maritime History	Island geography, exploration	Unknown	19th century	Various islands and ships	A collection of accounts of famous islands and memorable voyages, possibly published in a periodical or compilation.	Ocean
Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima	Atteridge, A. Hilliard	1924		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	The American Publishing Company, New York		Maritime History	Naval warfare and strategic maritime conflict	USA	Early 20th Century	Various naval battle sites across the Mediterranean, Pacific, and Atlantic	A comprehensive historical account of pivotal naval engagements throughout history, emphasizing the evolution of sea power.	Sea
Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution	Ballou, Maturin Murray	1854		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, gender defiance, American Revolution	USA	Mid-19th Century	Pirate ships operating in the Caribbean and North Atlantic	A romanticized tale of a woman who assumes command of a pirate crew during the era of the American Revolution.	Ocean
Fantasy With Witches	Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki	1998		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hazard Press, Christchurch		Novel, Fantasy, Island Fiction	Folklore, mysticism, supernatural powers, island life, power, family	New Zealand	20th Century	Isolated Pacific island, hurricanes, ocean	On an isolated Pacific island, a mother-daughter pair possessing supernatural abilities to control hurricanes becomes both feared and revered, blending island folklore with themes of power and mysticism, deeply connected to the ocean’s forces.	Pacific Ocean
Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions	Ballantyne, R. M.	1858		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Ward, Lock, and Tyler, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Exploration, Polar Endurance	United Kingdom	Victorian	Sailing vessel trapped in polar ice packs	A harrowing tale of survival and exploration after a ship becomes trapped in the ice of the Arctic regions.	Arctic Ocean
Feeding the Ghosts	D’Aguiar, Fred	1997		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Chatto & Windus, London		Historical Fiction / Novel	Transatlantic Slave Trade, Rebellion	Guyana / United Kingdom	Late 18th Century	Slave ship Zong, Middle Passage, Atlantic Ocean	Based on the true story of the slave ship Zong during the Middle Passage, the novel explores the Atlantic as a space of inhumane confinement and vividly portrays an incident of courage and rebellion, reappropriating historical voices through creative remembering.	Atlantic Ocean
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816	Corbett, Julian Stafford	1905		English Channel	Sea	English	Navy Records Society, London		Maritime History	Naval Warfare, Tactics	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Naval battles in the English Channel	Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 is a historical study of naval warfare and tactics during the age of sail. The book explores the development of naval fighting instructions and their impact on naval battles in the English Channel.	English Channel
Fighting the Whales	Ballantyne, R. M.	1882		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell and Company, London		Whaling Narrative	Man vs Nature, Industrial Whaling	United Kingdom	Victorian	Whaling ships in the Pacific and South Atlantic	A detailed adventure following the perils and processes of the 19th-century whaling industry.	Ocean
Fire Cloud; Or, The Mysterious Cave	Fletcher, Samuel	1866		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Beeton, London		Nautical fiction, adventure	Piracy, treasure, mystery	England	Mid-19th century	Caribbean pirate setting, mysterious cave	Fire Cloud; Or, The Mysterious Cave is a nautical fiction novel by Samuel Fletcher, featuring a pirate-themed adventure with a mysterious cave at its center. The story explores themes of piracy, treasure, and mystery.	Ocean
Fire Down Below	Golding, William	1989		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Faber and Faber, London		Maritime Adventure	Peril, migration, human endurance	United Kingdom	Late‑20th Century (1980s)	Perilous journey of British migrants sailing to Australia via the Atlantic and Indian Oceans	Depicts the dangerous voyage of British migrants traveling to Australia, highlighting the hardships faced at sea.	Sea
First in the Field: A Story of New South Wales	Fenn, George Manville	1887		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A story of two boys who join the crew of a sailing ship and learn valuable lessons about life and adventure.	Ocean
Fish Inc – Obituary: Astrid Amundsen, CEO – January 2070		2018		General Oceans	Oceans	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Future Ocean Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative future where growing food crisis in the world causes a multinational company to farm the seas for fishing leading to an impending marine ecosystem collapse	Ocean
Fish-Hair Woman	Bobis, Merlinda	2011		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Spinifex Press, North Melbourne		Novel	Sea imagery, memory, war, mythic woman, water, Filipino folklore	Philippines	21st Century	Coastal Philippines, war-torn landscapes	This novel uses rich sea imagery to explore themes of memory, war, and the mythic connection of women to water in the Philippines.	Sea
Fistful of Colours	Lim, Suchen Christine	1993		Singapore Strait	Strait	English	SNP Publishers, Singapore		Novel	Identity, migration, postcolonialism, race, gender, class, cultural encounter	Singapore	20th century	Singapore, Singapore Strait, port city	A landmark Singapore novel exploring identity and national history, highlighting Singapore’s maritime identity as a port city where communities arrived via the Singapore Straits, symbolizing migration and cultural encounter.	Port
Fitz the Filibuster	Fenn, George Manville	1888		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A story of a young boy who joins the crew of a sailing ship and becomes embroiled in a series of adventures.	Sea
Five-Head Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Nautical Adventure / Maritime Account	Maritime exploration, Marine customs, Fish-drugging trade	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century / Edwardian Era	Pacific coastal waters and island creeks, Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure and detailed account set in the Pacific Ocean, focusing on the technical and social aspects of maritime exploration and the fish-drugging trade in the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas	Wood, William	1897		English Channel	Other	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London		Historical	Naval History	United Kingdom	19th Century	The English Channel and coastal areas of England and France	A historical account of the British Navy’s role in securing the freedom of the seas.	Sea
Flood of Fire	Ghosh, Amitav	2015		Indian Ocean, South China Sea	Ocean, Sea	English	John Murray, London		Historical Fiction	Opium War, colonialism, trade, empire, cultural clash	India	21st Century	Canton (Guangzhou), China, and sea voyages across the Indian Ocean and South China Sea during the First Opium War	Set during the First Opium War, this novel depicts the conflict between Britain and China over the opium trade, involving significant naval and maritime events across the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.	Indian Ocean
Flying Colours	Forester, C. S.	1938		Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean	Sea	English	Michael Joseph, London (UK); Little, Brown and Company, Boston (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, escape, survival, ingenuity	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	Rosa island (Mediterranean), French waterways, Nantes	After surrendering his ship, Hornblower is captured and imprisoned by the French in the Mediterranean, from where he orchestrates a daring escape while being transported to Paris.	Mediterranean Sea
Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree	Wendt, Albert	1974		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman Paul, Auckland		Short Stories, Postcolonial Fiction	Modernization, cultural dislocation, identity, changing traditions, Pacific island life	Samoa	20th Century	Pacific island communities	This collection of short stories portrays Pacific islanders confronting rapid modernization, blending humor with observations about cultural dislocation and identity formation amid changing traditions, often with the ocean as a significant element.	Ocean
Folk Tales of Mauritius	Ramsurran, Pahlad	1987		Indian Ocean (context of Mauritius)	Ocean	English	Sterling Publishing, New Delhi		Collection of Folktales	Folklore, multiculturalism, cultural heritage, mythology	Mauritius	20th century	Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean	A collection of folk stories from Mauritius, reflecting its multicultural heritage and oral traditions, including mythical accounts related to the island’s oceanic origins and diverse influences.	Ocean
Food of Ghosts	Wheelaghan, Marianne	2009		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Pilrig Press, Edinburgh		Mystery	Murder mystery, island life, cultural clash, postcolonialism	Scotland	21st Century	Tarawa atoll, Kiribati	Set on Tarawa atoll in Kiribati, this detective story explores the unique challenges of investigating murder in an isolated, ocean-bound community with limited resources and complex social dynamics.	Ocean
For Pepper and Christ	Daruwalla, Keki N.	2009		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Historical Fiction	Colonialism, trade, Portuguese exploration, cultural encounter, history of India	India	21st Century	Indian Ocean region, focusing on Portuguese maritime activities and their impact on India	This historical novel explores the Portuguese incursion into the Indian Ocean region, detailing their maritime expeditions and colonial impact on India.	Indian Ocean
For the Freedom of the Seas	Barbour, Ralph Henry	1917		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	A.S.W. Rosenfeld Co., New York		Nautical Adventure	Naval warfare and patriotism	USA	World War I era	Military vessels in the Atlantic Ocean	A maritime adventure set during the era of the Great War, focusing on naval courage and the struggle for maritime freedom.	Sea
For Treasure Bound	Collingwood, Harry	1887		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Nautical Adventure	Treasure Hunting	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a group of people searching for treasure on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Forever in Paradise	Apelu Tielu	2003		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Pandanus Books		Novel					Based in Majuro, this novel portrays an Australian woman adjusting to Marshall Islands life and motherhood while encountering indigenous mythology woven into contemporary experience.
Foster’s Letter of Marque: A Tale of Old Sydney	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Historical Maritime Fiction	Privateering, colonial Sydney, naval conflict	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Privateer vessels off the coast of Australia	A tale of privateering and maritime aggression set in the early colonial history of Sydney.	Ocean
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics	Optic, Oliver	1869		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	A group of young friends embark on a sailing voyage to explore the tropics.	Voyage
Fragments	Ayi Kwei Armah	1969		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Heinemann Educational Books		Novel					This Ghanaian novel follows Baako, who returns home to Ghana after studying in America, arriving via the Atlantic. The ocean journey marks his reentry into Ghanaian society and his growing alienation from both Western and traditional African values. Accra’s coastal setting situates the narrative at the intersection of African and global cultures, with the Atlantic representing connection and distance simultaneously. The harbor appears as a site of economic activity and symbolic importance, cargo ships bring the material goods that Baako’s family desires, representing Ghana’s neocolonial dependence on foreign trade and consumption. The ocean also appears in scenes depicting fishing communities whose traditional ways of life contrast with urban corruption and materialism. Baako walks along beaches, contemplating his fragmented identity and Ghana’s fragmented post-independence trajectory. The Atlantic’s presence reinforces the novel’s themes of connection and disconnection, tradition and modernity, as Ghana navigates its relationship with the oceanic routes that bind it to former colonial powers and global capitalism.
Frank Hunter’s Peril	Alger, Horatio, Jr.	1899		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner, and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Bravery, peril at sea, and social mobility	USA	19th Century	Merchant vessels and coastal Atlantic environments	The narrative follows Frank Hunter through various maritime dangers and adventures on the high seas.	Sea
Frank Merriwell’s Nobility; Or, The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp	Standish, Burt L.	1896		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Ned Buntline Library, New York		Nautical Adventure	Shipwreck, Survival	United States	Gilded Age	Shipwreck, Atlantic Ocean	The story of a shipwreck and the survivors’ struggle to stay alive on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; Or, The Sportman’s Club Among the Whalers	Castlemon, Harry	1870		Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Whaling, Friendship	United States	19th century	Whaling ship	The story revolves around Frank Nelson, a young boy who joins a whaling crew and learns about the harsh realities of life at sea.	Ocean
Frank Reade Jr.’s Submarine Boat; or, to the North Pole Under the Ice	Senarens, Luis	1881		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Beadle and Adams, New York		Science Fiction, Nautical Adventure	Submarine Exploration, Polar Regions	United States	19th Century	Submarine vessel, Arctic Ocean	A science fiction novel featuring a submarine boat exploring the Arctic Ocean.	Ocean
Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for the Silver Whale Or, Under the Ocean in the Electric Dolphin	Senarens, Luis	1882		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Beadle and Adams, New York		Science Fiction, Nautical Adventure	Submarine Exploration, Oceanic Life	United States	19th Century	Submarine vessel, Pacific Ocean	A science fiction novel featuring a submarine boat searching for a silver whale in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
From Billabong to London	Bruce, Mary Grant	1908		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Robertson, Melbourne		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	Australia	Early 20th Century	Australian coastal towns and the Pacific Ocean	A young Australian girl’s journey from the bush to London, featuring her experiences on a ship and her encounters with the ocean.	Ocean
From Lower Deck to Pulpit	Cowling, Henry	1915		English Channel	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Maritime Memoir	Life at Sea	United Kingdom	20th Century	Naval Vessel	A memoir of a sailor’s life, from the lower deck to the pulpit.	Sea
From Sea to Sea; Or, Clint Webb’s Cruise on the Windjammer	Foster, W. Bert	1917		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cupples & Leon Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime adventure, coming of age	United States	20th century	Sailing ship, Pacific Ocean	The story follows Clint Webb on a cruise around the world, facing various challenges and adventures. The novel explores themes of maritime adventure, coming of age, and self-discovery.	Sea
From the Lips of the Sea	Scollard, Clinton	1888		Sea	Other	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United States	Late 19th Century	Narrative vessel	A collection of sea stories and poems.	Sea
From the Wreck	Jane Rawson	2017		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Transit Lounge		Historical Science Fiction, Novel	Shipwreck, Alien, Historical	Australia	19th Century	South Australia Coast	A shipwrecked sailor of the SS Admella meets a shapeshifting alien	Ocean
Frontier Boys in the South Seas	Roosevelt, Wyn	1907		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Young Adult Fiction	Adventure, Friendship	United States	Early 20th Century	At Sea	A group of boys embark on a journey to the South Seas.	Sea
Full Circle: A CHRONOS Story	Walker, Rysa	2017		Fictional Ocean (underwater crypt)	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Science Fiction, Time Travel)	Time travel, mystery, underwater exploration, science fiction	United States	21st Century	Underwater crypt in a fictional ocean	A young historian is transported to an underwater crypt in a fictional ocean, where she must escape from a mysterious group called the Cyrists.	Ocean
Full Speed Ahead: Tales from the Log of a Correspondent with Our Navy	Beston, Henry	1942		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Naval Journalism	Warfare and the daily life of sailors in WWII	USA	World War II	United States Navy vessels in the Atlantic	First-hand accounts and observations of naval operations and the human element of the US Navy during World War II.	Ocean
Funeral	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, United Kingdom		Short Story	Loss, grief, cultural traditions, family	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Coastal Sri Lanka	Set against the backdrop of the Indian Ocean, this short story delves into themes of loss, grief, and cultural traditions in Sri Lanka.	Indian Ocean
Funny Boy	Selvadurai, Shyam	1994		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	McClelland & Stewart, Toronto		Novel, Coming-of-age	Homosexuality, ethnic conflict, coming-of-age, identity, Sri Lankan civil war	Canada	20th Century	Sri Lanka, island life, Indian Ocean coast.	Set in Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s, this novel follows Arjie, a young Tamil boy, dealing with his homosexuality amidst ethnic conflict, with the sea and island life symbolizing freedom and isolation.	Sea
Galle Road	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short Story	Sri Lankan life, post-war, displacement, culture, memory, human resilience	USA	21st Century	Sri Lanka, coastal areas, Indian Ocean.	A short story from ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ depicting aspects of Sri Lankan life near the Indian Ocean, often touching on themes of war, displacement, and human experience.	Ocean
Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1868		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Tinsley Brothers, London		Maritime Adventure	Trade, Colonialism	United Kingdom	Victorian	Sandal-wood trading vessels in the South Seas, Pacific Islands	Follows the exploits of a sandal-wood trader navigating the remote islands of the Pacific in search of precious sandal-wood.	Pacific Ocean
Genie and Paul	Soobramanien, Natasha	2012		Indian Ocean (Rodrigues Island)	Ocean	English	Myriad Editions, Brighton		Novel	Family bonds, loss, identity, diaspora, cultural memory	United Kingdom	21st century	London, Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)	Genie searches for her disappeared brother, leading her to Rodrigues Island, their ancestral home in the Indian Ocean, exploring themes of family bonds, loss, and the complexities of diaspora.	Ocean
Ghana Must Go	Selasi, Taiye	2013		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Press, New York		Novel, Family Saga, Transnational Fiction	Family, diaspora, identity, trauma, migration, postcolonialism	Ghana/Nigeria	21st Century	Accra (Ghana), Lagos (Nigeria), London, New York; significant sequences by the Atlantic coast	This family saga follows the Sai family across continents, with the Atlantic Ocean serving as both a separator and connector for their transnational experiences, from childhood by the sea to a final scattering of ashes.	Ocean
Ghost Neighbors	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination	Gordon, Avery F.	1997			Other	English	University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN		Sociology	Haunting, social imagination	USA	Late 20th century		An exploration of the concept of haunting in sociological theory.	Atlantic Ocean
Ghosts of Malacca				Port City (Malacca)					Novel					Set in the ancient city of Malacca.
Gift from the Gods	Lim, Suchen Christine	1990		Regional Seaways (connecting Singapore and Malaysia)	Sea	English	Heinemann Asia, Singapore		Novel	Migration, folklore, cultural transmission, family history, women’s experiences, diaspora	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore, Malaysia, historical sea routes	A novel tracing three generations of women in Singapore and Malaysia, drawing on folklore and migration stories that travelled across seaways, highlighting the sea as a connective route for trade, migration, and cultural transmission.	Sea
Girt by Sea	Brandis, S. Elliot	2017		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction)	Post-apocalyptic, survival, maritime refuge, societal rebuilding	United States	21st Century	Fleet of ships on a fictional ocean	After a global outbreak, a fleet of ships finds refuge on the ocean for generations before returning to land, depicting humanity’s survival at sea.	Ocean
Glinda of Oz In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good	Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)	1920		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Reilly & Britton, Chicago		Fantasy Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A fantasy novel about the adventures of Princess Ozma and Dorothy in the Land of Oz, featuring a journey across the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Glorious Boy	Liu, Aimee	2020		Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea	Sea	English	Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA		Historical Fiction	World War II, colonialism, family, survival, island life	USA	21st Century	Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, during World War II	Set in the remote Andaman Islands within the Bay of Bengal during World War II, this novel presents a family drama amidst the backdrop of colonial rule and the fight for Indian independence.	Bay
Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy’s Motto	Castlemon, Harry	1868		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Friendship	United States	19th Century	Sailing ship on the Atlantic Ocean	A young boy’s adventures on a sailing ship and his development of a strong work ethic.	Ocean
God’s Mischief (Daivathinte Vikrithikal)	Mukundan, M.	1989	Translated from Malayalam by Prema Jayakumar.	Arabian Sea	Sea	Malayalam	D.C. Books, Kottayam	Prema Jayakumar (Translator)	Literary Fiction, Postcolonial Fiction	Colonialism, cultural identity, coastal life, social change, nostalgia	India	20th Century	The coastal town of Mahe, a former French enclave on the Malabar Coast of India.	Set in the former French colony of Mahe on the Malabar Coast, the novel explores the lives of its inhabitants, their cultural identity, and the impact of historical changes, with the sea forming a constant backdrop to their existence.	Sea
Gold	O’Neill, Eugene	1918		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Boni and Liveright, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Survival	United States	20th Century	Ship, Pacific Ocean	A play about a group of sailors who discover gold on a remote island.	Sailor
Graceland	Abani, Chris	2004		Atlantic Ocean (Lagos coast)	Ocean	English	Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York		Novel, Literary Fiction, Urban Fiction	Urban poverty, child abuse, violence, hope, despair, migration, globalization, Lagos life	Nigeria/US	21st Century	Lagos slums, Atlantic coast, beaches, docks	Following a teenage impersonator in Lagos slums, the novel uses the Atlantic Ocean and its coastal geography to represent both hope and despair, reflecting urban poverty, the dream of migration, and the destructive power of the sea.	Atlantic Ocean
Greasy Luck	Grant, Gordon	1885		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Luck, Fortune, and Fate	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a young sailor’s journey.	Ocean
Great Pirate Stories	French, Joseph Lewis	1907		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Original publisher: The Century Co., New York		Maritime Adventure	Piracy, Exploration	United States	Early 20th century	Atlantic Ocean	Great pirate stories, including their adventures and exploits.	Ocean
Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7	Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir	1868		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Travel, Non-Fiction	Travel, Culture	England	19th Century	Travel in English-speaking countries	Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7 is a travelogue by Sir Charles Dilke, detailing his travels in English-speaking countries.	Ocean
Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland	Baring-Gould, Sabine	1895		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Methuen & Co., London		Saga Adaptation/Historical Fiction	Fate, isolation, masculinity, the harshness of nature	UK	Late Victorian	The rugged coastlines and fjords of Iceland	A retelling of the Icelandic saga of Grettir, featuring the protagonist’s struggles against supernatural forces and the sea.	Sea
Gulf and Glacier; or, The Percivals in Alaska	Allen, Willis Boyd	1899		Gulf of Alaska	Bay	English	A. S. Doubleday, Sons & Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and Survival	USA	19th Century	Coastal vessels and the Alaskan coastline	A story of adventure following the Percival family as they navigate the hazardous waters and frozen landscapes of Alaska.	Gulf of Alaska
Gulliver’s Travels	Swift, Jonathan	1726		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Benjamin Motte, London		Satirical Fiction	Imperialism, Human Nature, and Global Exploration	Ireland/UK	18th Century	Various 18th-century sailing vessels and surreal distant lands.	A ship’s surgeon embarks on a series of voyages to imagined lands, providing a scathing satire of human society.	Voyage
Gun Island	Ghosh, Amitav	2019		Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea	Ocean, Sea	English	John Murray, London		Literary Fiction	Climate change, migration, myth, globalism, environmentalism	India	21st Century	India, Los Angeles, Venice, and various sea routes connecting them	A rare books dealer embarks on an extraordinary journey from India to Los Angeles and Venice, traversing global waterways and exploring themes of climate change, migration, and ancient myths.	Ocean
Gunboat and Gun-runner: A Tale of the Persian Gulf	Jeans, T. T. (Thomas Tendron)	1894		Persian Gulf	Sea	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Persian Gulf, British Royal Navy	A tale of the British Royal Navy’s adventures in the Persian Gulf.	Gulf
Gypsy’s Cousin Joy	Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart	1886		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Romance	Love, Adventure, and Mystery	United Kingdom	Late Victorian Era	A ship at sea	A romance novel set on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, exploring themes of love, adventure, and mystery.	Ocean
H. M. S. Ulysses	Alistair MacLean	1955		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Collins		Novel					Based upon naval battles between Germany and England in the Arctic Ocean during the Second World War
H.M.S. —-	Bower, John Graham	1900			Other	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Fiction	Naval Life	United Kingdom	20th Century		A novel about life on a British warship.	Ocean
Half a Life	Naipaul, V. S.	2001		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Literary Fiction	Identity, exile, post-colonialism, self-discovery, disillusionment	Trinidad and Tobago	21st Century	India, London, and a Portuguese colony in East Africa (on the Indian Ocean coast)	Willie Chandran’s search for an authentic life takes him from India to London and eventually to a Portuguese colony in East Africa, situated on the Indian Ocean, where he confronts identity and betrayal.	Ocean
Half Hours on the Quarter-Deck	Marryat, Frederick	1830		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	John Murray, London		Nautical Adventure	Naval Discipline, Maritime Life, British Empire	United Kingdom	Romantic Era	Various Royal Navy vessels	A collection of sketches and narratives detailing the professional and personal lives of sailors in the British Royal Navy.	Sailor
Half of a Yellow Sun	Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi	2006		Niger River, Atlantic Ocean, Niger Delta waterways	Ocean	English	4th Estate, London		Novel, Historical Fiction, War Fiction	Nigerian Civil War, Biafra, war, starvation, isolation, hope, vulnerability, refugee crisis, postcolonialism	Nigeria	21st Century	Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Atlantic coast, Biafran blockade	Set during the Nigerian Civil War, the novel features the Atlantic Ocean and Niger Delta waterways as crucial elements, symbolizing Biafra’s hope for intervention, its vulnerability to blockade, and the devastating impact of the conflict on coastal communities.	Atlantic Ocean
Half-Eaten Cities	Vajra Chandrasekara	2018		Unnamed sea or ocean	Sea, Ocean	English	Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction, Volume II, Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University		Climate Fiction, Absurdist-Surrealist, Short story	Science Fiction	Unknown	Future	Ocean / Sea	A fable about wealth inequality in the face of climate change disaster	Ocean
Haven	Donoghue, Emma	2022		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Little, Brown and Company, New York		Historical Fiction	Faith, survival, monastic ambition, early medieval Ireland	Canada	21st century	7th‑century Ireland; an island in the Atlantic Ocean where a monk attempts to build a monastery	A 7th‑century Irish scholar leads two monks to a dreamt island in the Atlantic to found a monastery, confronting survival and spiritual trials.	Atlantic Ocean
Hawaii	James A. Michener	1959		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Random House (1986)		Novel					An epic historical saga tracing the Hawaiian islands from their volcanic formation through Polynesian settlement, highlighting the Pacific voyagers who navigated vast distances and the cultural transformations brought by American missionaries.
Heart of Oak: A Three-Stranded Yarn	Russell, William Clark	1867		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A nautical adventure novel, exploring themes of friendship and adventure on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Heartland	Daren Shiau	1999		Kallang Basin, Singapore River	Sea				Novel					A bildungsroman exploring Ah Boy’s coming of age, shaped by Singapore’s evolving urban spaces. Kallang Basin and the river act as markers of memory and shifting landscapes, contrasting the permanence of the sea with the transience of city life.
Hearts of Oak: A Story of Nelson and the Navy	Stables, Gordon	1897		Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Historical Fiction, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Ship, Port	A story of Nelson and the navy.	Navy
Heaven’s Edge	Gunesekera, Romesh	2002		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Grove Press, New York		Literary Fiction	War, environmentalism, love, return, post-colonialism	Sri Lanka	21st Century	A war-torn island nation (implied Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean	An immigrant returns to his war-torn island homeland in the Indian Ocean, searching for family and finding love amidst efforts to heal the environmental damage.	Indian Ocean
Hell on Ice	Ellsberg, Edward	1909		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Arctic Ocean	A tale of survival and exploration in the Arctic Ocean, following the journey of a group of explorers.	Arctic Ocean
Henry’s Red Sea	Barbara Smucker	1955		Red Sea	Sea		Herald Press		Novel					Barbara Smucker relates the dramatic and courageous story of refugees from Russia. This is a story of suspense–American soldiers, Russian officers, and a midnight train ride in darkened boxcars. An actual event that happened in Berlin in 1946.
Heritage of the Sea	Bethel, W. R.	1934		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Heritage Press, New York		Maritime Fiction	Maritime tradition and legacy	USA	20th Century	Various vessels across the Atlantic	A collection of stories exploring the ancestral and cultural legacy of those who live and work upon the sea.	Sea
His Master’s Voice	Garrett, Randall	1952		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Robotics	United States	Mid-20th century	Robotics	A story about a robot.	Ocean
His Unknown Wife	Tracy, Louis	1907		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company New York		Romance Fiction	Marriage, Oceanic Adventure	United States	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A romance novel about a couple’s oceanic adventure, exploring themes of marriage and oceanic life.	Ocean
HMS Surprise	O’Brian, Patrick	1973		Atlantic Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Collins, London (UK); J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia (US)		Historical Fiction, Naval Fiction	Naval warfare, exploration, duty, friendship, Napoleonic Wars	United Kingdom	20th Century (set in early 19th Century)	HMS Surprise, various naval vessels, circumnavigation	Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin embark on a long voyage aboard HMS Surprise, traversing multiple oceans and engaging in diplomatic and naval missions.	Ocean
Hochi Ibun: Ukishiro monogatari (Hochi’ Strange Rumours: The Floating Battleship)	Yano Ryukei	Serialised 1890		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	Japanese	Yubin Hochi Shinbun		Future War, Novel	Imperialism, Naval Warfare	Japan	Early 20th Century / Future War	Ocean / Sea	Story about Japanese vigilantes deploying a superweapon to contest the military hegemony of the white man across the Pacific	Ocean
Homegoing	Gyasi, Yaa	2016		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Historical Fiction	Slavery, Family, Identity	Ghana, United States	21st Century	Atlantic Ocean, Ghana, United States	A novel that follows the lives of two sisters, one sold into slavery and the other married to a British colonizer, and their descendants.	Atlantic Ocean
Homesick	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short story collection	Migration, diaspora, identity, belonging, nostalgia, memory, cultural adjustment	United Kingdom	21st Century	Britain, Sri Lanka, with the sea symbolizing separation and connection	This collection of interconnected short stories explores the experiences of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, using the sea as a powerful symbol of memory, migration, and the emotional space between homeland and diaspora.	Sea
Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea	Cooper, James Fenimore	1838		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, naval vessels	Homeward Bound is a nautical novel that tells the story of an American ship and its crew as they sail from New York to England, facing various challenges and adventures along the way.	Atlantic Ocean
Honey Skin (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
Honeymoon in bedlam	Bond, Nelson S.	1932		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Nautical Adventure	Pirate, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel featuring a pirate captain and his exploits on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Honor of Thieves: A Novel	Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright	1889		English Channel	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate adventures, naval life	United Kingdom	Victorian era	Naval vessels, English Channel	A nautical adventure novel about pirate adventures and naval life.	Pirate
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits	Lalami, Laila	2005		Strait of Gibraltar	Strait	English	Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA		Literary Fiction / Migration Narrative	Migration, hope, peril of sea crossing, identity	Morocco	Early 21st Century	Inflatable raft crossing the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco to Spain	Four Moroccan migrants attempt an illegal crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar on a makeshift raft, confronting the sea’s danger and their personal hopes.	Sea
Hornblower and the Atropos	Forester, C. S.	1953		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Michael Joseph, London		Nautical Adventure	Salvage, treasure hunting, Mediterranean naval operations	United Kingdom	Mid-20th Century	British warship conducting a salvage mission in the Mediterranean Sea during the Napoleonic era	Hornblower leads a daring salvage of treasure from the wreck of the Atropos in the Mediterranean.	Mediterranean Sea
Hornblower and the Crisis	Forester, C. S.	1967		English Channel	Sea	English	Michael Joseph, London		Unfinished Nautical Novel	Espionage and pre‑Trafalgar stratagems	United Kingdom	20th Century	Hornblower’s squadron operating in the English Channel and Atlantic Ocean	An unfinished manuscript in which Hornblower plans a covert operation in the English Channel to mislead the French navy before the Battle of Trafalgar.	English Channel
Hornblower and the Hotspur	Forester, C. S.	1962		English Channel	Sea	English	Michael Joseph, London		Nautical Adventure	Blockade of Brest and naval combat against France	United Kingdom	20th Century	HMS Hotspur, a 74‑gun ship of the line, under Hornblower’s command in the English Channel	Hornblower commands the frigate Hotspur in the English Channel, confronting French forces during the blockade of Brest.	English Channel
Hornblower and the West Indies	Forester, C. S.	1957		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Michael Joseph, London		Nautical Adventure	Naval diplomacy and anti‑piracy operations in the Caribbean during peacetime	United Kingdom	20th Century	Rear Admiral Horatio Hornblower commands a squadron of Royal Navy ships in the Caribbean	Rear Admiral Hornblower leads a squadron through the Caribbean Sea, confronting piracy and diplomatic crises in a series of peacetime missions.	Caribbean Sea
Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main	Pyle, Howard	1921		Spanish Main	Sea	English	Harper & Brothers		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Exploration	United States	17th-18th Century	The Spanish Main, Caribbean Sea	A collection of stories, historical accounts, and illustrations about pirates, buccaneers, and marooners operating in the Spanish Main.	Spanish Main / Caribbean Sea
Huang Chao (Waste Tide)	Chen Quifan	2013	Ken Liu for Tor Books in 2019	South China Sea, Pacific Ocean	Sea, Ocean	Chinese	Changjiang Literature & Art Press		Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Novel	E-waste, Cyberpunk, Class War	China	Near Future	Silicon Isle (Guiyu)	Speculative story about exploited e-waste workers leading to a class war	Ocean
Hunted and Harried	Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)	1865		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	The Atlantic Ocean and the coast of South America	The story follows a group of sailors as they face various challenges and adventures while traveling on the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
Hunting the Skipper: The Cruise of the ‘Seafowl’ Sloop	Fenn, George Manville	1897		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Ship, Ocean, Sailing	England	19th century	Ocean, ship	A story about a group of sailors on a ship called the Seafowl, detailing their adventures and experiences at sea. The book provides a vivid description of life on a ship and the challenges faced by sailors.	Sea
Hurricane Island	Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)	1899		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival at Sea	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Hurricane Island	A story of survival at sea, where a group of sailors must navigate treacherous waters to reach safety.	Sea
I Love You, Come Home Soon	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short Story	Sri Lankan life, post-war, displacement, culture, memory, human resilience	USA	21st Century	Sri Lanka, coastal areas, Indian Ocean.	A short story from ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ depicting aspects of Sri Lankan life near the Indian Ocean, often touching on themes of war, displacement, and human experience.	Ocean
Idris: Keeper of the Light	Nair, Anita	2014		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins India, Noida		Historical Fiction	Trade, cultural exchange, journey, history, exploration	India	21st Century	Malabar coast of India, Somalia, and sea routes across the Indian Ocean	Set in 1659, the novel follows a Somali trader’s journey across the Indian Ocean to Malabar, exploring historical trade routes and cultural encounters.	Ocean
Idylls of the Sea, and Other Marine Sketches	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1899		English Channel	Sea	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Maritime life, Nature	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Sailing ships, Coastal towns	Idylls of the Sea is a collection of short stories and sketches about life at sea, exploring themes of nature and maritime culture. The book provides a detailed account of the author’s experiences and observations of the sea and its inhabitants.	Sea
If we dream too long	Goh Poh Seng	1972		Kallang Basin, South China sea/Singapore straits	Sea				Novel					If we dream too long is often regarded as Singapore’sfirst true novel in English. It follows the life o Kwang Meng, a young clerk in 1960’s Singapore, who feels trappd in the monotonous office job and an uninspiring social routine. Dissatisfied with his work, love, life and future, he spends long hours by the Kallang Basin, watching ship and daydreaming of freedom at sea. Around him his friends pursue practical goals, marriage, money and status, while he remains uncertain torn between passive dreaming and te pressures of modern Singaporean society. The sea functions as a recurring symbol of escape and possibility, but also refects his inertia and inability to act. Through its portrayal of youth alienation, scial expectations, and maritime imagery, the novel highlights the struggles of generation negotiating identity in a rapidly changing postcolonial nation.
Imagined Solidarity: Cosmopolitanism, Constitutional Patriotism and the Public Sphere	Calhoun, Craig	2002		Other	Other	English	Duke University Press, Durham, NC		Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism	Solidarity, Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism	USA	Early 21st Century	Public Sphere, Constitutional	An examination of the relationship between cosmopolitanism and patriotism.	Ocean
In a Far Country	K.S. Maniam								Novel					Explores themes of displacement, the sense of being an outsider, and the search for a permanent home.
In a steamer chair, and other shipboard stories	Barr, Robert	1896		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Social class, travel, shipboard dynamics	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Luxury steamships and transport vessels	A series of short stories focusing on the encounters and social frictions among passengers and crew on transatlantic steamships.	Atlantic Ocean
In an Antique Land	Ghosh, Amitav	1992		Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea	Ocean	English	Ravi Dayal Publishers (Delhi)		Non-fiction, Travelogue, Historical Narrative	Historical connections between India and Egypt, Indian Ocean trade, cultural exchange, memory, identity	India	20th Century	Egypt (Nile Delta), India, with historical focus on medieval Indian Ocean trade routes	This work blends memoir, history, and anthropology, tracing the historical connections between India and Egypt through the Indian Ocean trade, focusing on a 12th-century Jewish merchant and Ghosh’s own experiences in an Egyptian village.	Indian Ocean
In Sargasso	Chambers, Julius	1877		Sargasso Sea	Sea	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Romance	Love, Adventure	United States	19th Century	Sargasso Sea	A romance novel set in the Sargasso Sea.	Sargasso Sea
In Savage Africa Or, The adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar	Cameron, Verney Lovett	1889		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Adventure	Colonialism, Exploration	England	19th Century	The Atlantic Ocean and surrounding regions	A narrative of the author’s adventures in Africa, including the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
In search of fortune: A tale of the old land and the new	Stables, Gordon	1903		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Atlantic Ocean	A tale of adventure and exploration on the high seas.	Sea
In Search of Mademoiselle	Gibbs, George	1900		Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Love, adventure, oceanic journey	United States	Late 19th century	Oceanic voyage, ships	In Search of Mademoiselle is a novel that follows the protagonist on an oceanic journey, as he searches for a mysterious woman. The story is a thrilling adventure that explores the themes of love, danger, and the power of the ocean.	Ocean
In Search of Treasure	Alger, Horatio, Jr.	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner, and Company, New York		Adventure Fiction	Treasure hunting, ambition, and seafaring exploration	USA	19th Century	Treasure-seeking voyages across the Atlantic and Caribbean	A tale of maritime exploration focused on the quest for hidden treasure beneath the ocean waves.	Ocean
In the Great White Land: A Tale of the Antarctic Ocean	Stables, Gordon	1895		Antarctic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Polar Regions	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Ship, Antarctica	A tale of the Antarctic Ocean.	Ocean
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex	Philbrick, Nathaniel	2000		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Non-fiction	Survival, whaling, maritime disaster, human endurance	United States	21st Century	Whaleship Essex, open boat survival	Recounting the 1820 sinking of the whaleship Essex by a sperm whale in the South Pacific, this narrative details the crew’s desperate survival at sea and illuminates the perils of 19th-century whaling.	Sea
In the King’s Name: The Cruise of the ‘Kestrel’	Fenn, George Manville	1900		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Ship, Ocean, Sailing	England	19th century	Ocean, ship	A story about a group of sailors on a ship called the Kestrel, detailing their adventures and experiences at sea. The book provides a vivid description of life on a ship and the challenges faced by sailors.	Sea
In the Misty Seas: A Story of the Sealers of Behring Strait	Bindloss, Harold	1905		Bering Strait	Strait	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival and sealing industry	UK	Edwardian	Sealing vessels in the Bering Strait	An adventure novel detailing the harsh conditions and dangers faced by sealers in the Arctic waters of the Bering Strait.	Bering Strait
In the Roar of the Sea	Baring-Gould, Sabine	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Methuen & Co., London		Maritime Fiction	Human conflict vs. nature, nautical tragedy, survival	UK	Late Victorian	Coastal villages and vessels battling Atlantic storms	A dramatic narrative centered on the perilous relationship between coastal communities and the volatile ocean.	Ocean
In the wake of the buccaneers	Verrill, A. Hyatt	1897		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure, Historical Fiction	Pirate Life, Survival	USA	19th Century	Caribbean Sea	A group of people travel in the wake of pirates, facing various challenges and dangers.	Pirate
In the Yellow Sea	Frith, Henry	1905		Yellow Sea	Sea	English	Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London		Maritime Adventure	Exploration, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Marine setting, naval vessels	A narrative of personal experience and adventure in the Yellow Sea, exploring the region’s maritime history and cultural significance. The story delves into the complexities of imperialism and the role of the British Navy in the region.	Yellow Sea
Incantations Over Water	Sharanya Manivannan
Incidents on Land and Water	Bates, Dolly B.	1904		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	World Publishing Company, New York		Maritime Sketches	Travel, adventure, and nautical anecdotes	USA	Early 20th Century	Various maritime settings and coastal regions	A collection of sketches and stories detailing various maritime encounters and travel incidents.	Ocean
Indian Folktales from Mauritius	Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring	2006		Indian Ocean	Ocean		National Folklore Support Centre		Collection of Folktales					Indian Folktales from Mauritius by Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring is a collection of eighteen Bhojpuri oral tales brought to Mauritius by indentured laborers from Bihar, India, in the 19th century. The stories feature a wide range of characters such as kings, ministers, thieves, clever siblings, and mythical creatures. They reflect moral lessons, social justice, and cultural values important to the Bhojpuri community. For example, “Son Avenges Father” highlights justice prevailing over corruption, while “Wicked King Caused to Repent” stresses karma. The collection preserves the cultural identity and group solidarity of the Bhojpuri diaspora in Mauritius through language and folklore, illustrating how immigrant communities maintain their heritage across time and geography
Indian Merchants and the Decline of Surat, c. 1700–1750	Das Gupta, Ashin	1979			Other	English	Steiner, Stuttgart, Germany		History	Indian Merchants, Surat	India	18th Century	Surat, India	A historical study of Indian merchants and the decline of Surat.	Indian Ocean
Indonesian Gold	Kerry B. Collison	2002		South China Sea, the Java Sea, and the Makassar Strait			Sid Harta Publishers		Novel					The novel fictionalises the events of the Bre-X gold mining fraud. The story follows a Canadian mining company, Borneo Gold Corporation, as it fakes a massive gold discovery in the rainforests of Kalimantan. The fraudulent discovery propels the company’s stock to unprecedented heights, attracting powerful and corrupt figures from three different countries. In the process, the Dayak indigenous tribes are forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands, leading to ethnic violence and environmental destruction
Indonesian Gold	Collison, Kerry B.	2002		South China Sea, Java Sea, Makassar Strait	Sea	English	Sid Harta Publishers, Melbourne		Novel, Thriller, Political Fiction	Corruption, environmental destruction, indigenous rights, corporate greed	Australia	21st Century	Rainforests of Kalimantan, surrounding seas and straits of Indonesia	A fictionalized account of a gold mining fraud in Indonesia, involving corporate greed, displacement of indigenous tribes, and environmental destruction, set against the backdrop of the South China Sea, Java Sea, and Makassar Strait.	Java Sea
Indulekha, or The Many Lives of Realism at the Fin de Siècle	Banerjee, Sukanya	2003			Other	English	Cambridge UP, USA		Literary Studies, Realism	Realism, Fin de Siècle	USA	Early 21st Century		A study of the novel Indulekha and its relation to realism.	Arabian Sea
Inhuman Conditions: On cosmopolitanism and Human rights	Cheah, Pheng	2006		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA		Maritime Philosophy	Cosmopolitanism, Human Rights	Singapore	Early 21st Century	Pacific coastal regions	A philosophical exploration of cosmopolitanism and human rights, with a focus on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Inkle and Yarico: An opera, in three acts	Colman, George	1768		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	John and James Rivington, London		Opera	Love	United Kingdom	Georgian Era	Caribbean Sea	An opera about a love story set in the Caribbean Sea.	Caribbean Sea
Into the Drowning Deep	Grant, Mira	2017		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Orbit, New York		Science Fiction	Mermaids, deep-sea exploration, genetic engineering, survival horror	United States	21st Century	Research vessel Atargatis, deep-sea submersibles, Mariana Trench	A documentary crew ventures into the Mariana Trench to investigate a previous expedition’s disappearance and encounters terrifying, intelligent mermaids, leading to a desperate fight for survival in the deep ocean.	Mariana Trench
Introduction to a Poetics of Diversity	Glissant, Edouard	2020	Translated by Celia Britton	Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK	Celia Britton (translator)	Postcolonial Studies	Caribbean identity, cultural diversity	France	21st century	Caribbean islands	An introduction to the concept of a poetics of diversity in Caribbean culture.	Caribbean Sea
Ireland, Literature, and the Coastal Imaginary	Allen, Nicholas	2017			Other	English	Oxford Academic		Academic Article	Ireland, Literature, and the Coastal Imaginary	Ireland	21st Century	Ireland	A study on Ireland, literature, and the coastal imaginary.	Irish Sea
Iruttil Oru Punyala	Mathews, P.F.	2015		Arabian Sea	Sea	Malayalam	DC Books, Kottayam, India		Philosophical fiction	Faith, doubt, human nature, coastal mysticism, existentialism	India	21st Century	Coastal Kerala, India; the sea as a symbolic and atmospheric presence	A philosophical novel set in a coastal village in Kerala, exploring themes of faith and human nature against the backdrop of the sea and local folklore.	Sea
Island and the City	Thumboo, Edwin	1970		Surrounding Seas of Singapore	Sea	English	Donald Moore for Asia Pacific Press, Singapore		Poetry	National identity, island metaphor, maritime setting, vulnerability, openness	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore island, its coastlines and surrounding waters	A collection of poems that repeatedly invoke Singapore’s island identity and sea boundaries, situating the nation in its maritime setting and using the sea as a metaphor for openness, contact, and vulnerability.	Sea
Island and the City	Edwin Thumboo (poetry, but with oceanic reference)	1970		Island/sea imagery	Sea				Poetry (included for completeness)					Thumboo’s poems repeatedly invoke Singapore’s island identity and sea boundaries. They situate the nation in its maritime setting, using the sea as metaphor for openness, contact, and vulnerability
Island of a Thousand Mirrors	Munaweera, Nayomi	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Perera-Hussein Publishing House, Colombo		Novel	Sri Lankan civil war, identity, family, love, humanity, division, connection	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Sri Lanka, island life, Indian Ocean.	This novel describes the parallel tales of two women, Sinhalese and Tamil, whose lives are shaped by the Sri Lankan civil war, showing how the island and oceans both separate and connect communities.	Ocean
Island of the Blue Dolphins	O’Dell, Scott	1960		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston		Novel (Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Survival)	Survival, solitude, nature, resilience, indigenous culture, coming-of-age	United States	20th Century	San Nicolas Island, Pacific Ocean	Based on a true story, the novel follows a Nicoleño girl’s 18-year survival alone on San Nicolas Island in the Pacific Ocean, highlighting her resilience and profound connection to nature.	Ocean
Island Voices: A Collection of Short Stories	Yeo, Robert	1994		Coastal Singapore	Sea	English	EPB Publishers	Robert Yeo	Short Stories	Island identity	Singapore	20th Century	Singaporean coastlines, islands, surrounding waters	An anthology of Singaporean short stories exploring the sea/island motif, with characters confronting coastal change, migration, or memories of seafaring ancestors, framing Singapore’s literature within its maritime setting.	Sea
Island Voices: A Collection of Short Stories	Yeo, Robert	1994		Coastal Singapore / Surrounding Waters	Sea	English	EPB Publishers, Singapore	Robert Yeo (editor)	Short Stories (Anthology)	Island identity, coastal change, migration, seafaring, national identity	Singapore	20th Century	Singaporean coastlines, islands, surrounding waters	An anthology of Singaporean short stories exploring the sea/island motif, with characters confronting coastal change, migration, or memories of seafaring ancestors, framing Singapore’s literature within its maritime setting.	Sea
Island’s End	Venkatraman, Padma	2011		Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal	Sea	English	G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, New York		Young Adult Fiction, Novel	Indigenous culture, isolation, nature, coming-of-age	USA	21st Century	An isolated island in the Bay of Bengal	This novel tells the story of a young girl on an untouched island in the Bay of Bengal, exploring themes of tradition and the natural world.	Bay
Islands as Ecotones	Gillis, John R.	2014		Islands	Other	English	Island Studies Journal, Charlottetown, PEI		Geography	Island studies, ecotones	Canada	21st century	Islands	An exploration of the concept of islands as ecotones in geography.	Ocean
Isles of the Sea; Or, Young America Homeward Bound	Optic, Oliver	1866		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	A group of young Americans return home after a sailing voyage.	Voyage
It’s Not in the Stars	de Alwis, Rizvina Morseth	2015		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Vijitha Yapa Publications		Romance Novel	Love, fate, class divisions	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Set in modern Colombo, this Sri Lankan romance explores love, fate, and class divisions, where the Indian Ocean acts as a powerful metaphor for life’s unpredictability and human connection.	Indian Ocean
Jack at Sea: All Work and No Play Made Him a Dull Boy	Fenn, George Manville	1901		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Ship, Ocean, Sailing	England	19th century	Ocean, ship	A story about a young sailor named Jack, detailing his adventures and experiences at sea. The book provides a vivid description of life on a ship and the challenges faced by sailors.	Sea
Jack Manly; His Adventures by Sea and Land	Grant, James	1883		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a young man’s journey.	Sea
Jack Mason, the Old Sailor	Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)	1875		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Sailing	United States	19th Century	The Atlantic Ocean and coastal areas of the United States and Europe	A nautical adventure story about an old sailor’s life and exploits.	Sailor
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef	Cooper, James Fenimore	1848		Gulf of Mexico	Sea	English	New York: Burgess, Stringer and Company		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, piracy	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, pirate vessels	Jack Tier is a nautical novel that explores the adventures of a young sailor and his experiences with piracy in the Gulf of Mexico.	Gulf of Mexico
Jade Palace				Port Cities					Novel					Likely set within the wealthy Chinese community in port cities.
Jaldivda!	Dhumketu	1953		Indian Ocean	Ocean	Gujarati	Gurjar Granthratna Karyalay, Ahmedabad		Maritime Fiction	Love, Loss	India	20th century	Indian coastline, sea voyage	The story of a young man who falls in love with a woman from a coastal village. The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the power of the sea.	Sea
James Cook’s New World	Lay, Graeme	2013		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), Auckland		Historical Fiction	James Cook, exploration, maritime history, adventure, discovery	New Zealand	21st Century	HMS Endeavour, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands	The second novel in Lay’s trilogy, this work chronicles Captain Cook’s first great voyage of discovery aboard the HMS Endeavour, charting new lands and encounters in the Pacific.	Pacific
January Tie	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Jarwin and Cuffy	Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)	1865		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	The Atlantic Ocean and the coast of South America	The story follows two sailors, Jarwin and Cuffy, as they survive on a deserted island and eventually escape to the mainland.	Ocean
Jelly-Fish, Star-Fish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems	Romanes, George John	1883		Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Scientific Study	Marine Biology, Evolution	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Ocean	A scientific study of jellyfish, starfish, and sea urchins.	Sea
Jerry; or, the sailor boy ashore	Aimwell, Walter	1854		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	J. Grieve, London		Juvenile Nautical Fiction	Coming-of-age, maritime discipline, morality	UK	Victorian	British sailing vessels and coastal port towns	The adventures of a young sailor boy navigating the challenges of life at sea and his subsequent experiences on land.	Sea
Jogging round the world	Dunham, Edith	1908		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Travelogue, Adventure	Exploration, Cultural Exchange	United States	Early 20th Century	Oceanic Voyage	A woman’s account of her journey around the world, including her experiences on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
John Corwell, Sailor and Miner	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Maritime Realism	Labor, migration, maritime survival	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Merchant ships and island mining camps	Explores the intersection of seafaring and colonial resource extraction in the Pacific islands.	Pacific Ocean
John Frewen, South Sea Whaler	Becke, Louis	1904		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Nautical Adventure	Whaling industry, maritime hardship	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Whaling ship in the South Pacific	A detailed account of the grueling life and professional hazards of a South Sea whaler.	South Seas
John Holdsworth, Chief Mate	Russell, William Clark	1863		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Leadership	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A nautical adventure novel, exploring themes of leadership and adventure on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
John Marr and Other Sailors	Melville, Herman	1888		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Privately Printed, New York		Poetry, Maritime	Memory, Isolation	United States	19th Century	The mind of an old sailor, recalling past voyages	A collection of poems, with the titular piece focusing on an old sailor, John Marr, who reflects on his past at sea and his lost shipmates, evoking themes of memory and the enduring power of the ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
Jonah of the Jove-Run	Bradbury, Ray	1952			Other	English	Bantam Books, New York		Science Fiction	Space Exploration	United States	20th Century		A science fiction novel about a group of space explorers.	Sea
Joss and Gold	Shirley Geok-Lin Lim	2001					Times Books International		Novel					Explores the relationship between an ambitious young woman from Malaya and her American lover, examining how transnational movement affects identity.
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle	Darwin, Charles	1839		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Colburn, London		Maritime Non-Fiction	Natural History, Geology	United Kingdom	19th century	H.M.S. Beagle, Voyage around the world	A scientific journal of Charles Darwin’s voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle, detailing his observations of the natural history and geology of the countries visited.	Ocean
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage	Parry, William Edward, Sir	1824		North-West Passage	Strait	English	John Murray, London		Maritime Exploration	Arctic Exploration	UK	19th Century		A journal of the third voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage.	Voyage
Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author’s being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate….	Dunham, Jacob	1825		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	J. & J. Harper, New York		Memoir, Maritime History	Piracy, Naval Warfare	United States	Early 19th Century	Oceanic Voyage, Pirate Encounters	A memoir of the author’s experiences as a sailor, including his encounters with pirates on the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
Judith Lynn: A Story of the Sea	Donnell, Annie Hamilton	1886		Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval vessel	A story of a young girl’s adventures at sea.	Sea
Kairei City		2023		General Oceans	Oceans	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Computing Imaginations, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Future fiction where after nations fought over controlling the high seas, a new and inclusive high seas nation state is formed with the ocean represented as a legal entity with rights and all citizens duty bound to protect the same	Ocean
Kapteeni Bloodin vaiheet	Sabatini, Rafael			Other	Other	Finnish	Otava, Helsinki		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	Finland	20th Century	Pirate Ship	A Finnish translation of Rafael Sabatini’s pirate novel.	Pirate
Karyu no miya (The Palace of Flower Dragons)	Ueda Sayuri	2010		General Oceans	Ocean	Japanese	Hayakawa Shobo		Posthumanist, Queer, Novel	Posthumanism, Biotechnology, Climate Crisis	Japan	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a future world where the majority of countries have submerged under the oceans	Ocean
Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate’s Daughter	Stockton, Frank R.	1892		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York		Nautical Romance	Pirate, Family	United States	Late Victorian	Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean	A novel by Frank R. Stockton, featuring the daughter of a pirate as the main character.	Pirate
Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas	Macaulay, W. Hastings	1885		South China Sea	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Travelogue	Maritime Trade	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Cruise ship	A travelogue that follows a cruise in the China Seas, highlighting the maritime trade and cultural experiences.	Sea
Kauai Tales	Wichman, Frederick B.	1985		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Bamboo Ridge Press, Honolulu		Short Stories, Folklore, Indigenous Tales	Hawaiian culture, oral tradition, natural phenomena, mythology, connection to land and sea	USA	20th Century	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, ocean currents, rivers	Comprising 18 traditional stories, this collection preserves KauaÊ»i’s cultural heritage through tales explaining natural phenomena like dangerous ocean currents and colored river waters, highlighting the island’s deep connection to its marine environment.	Ocean
King o’ the Beach: A Tropic Tale	Fenn, George Manville	1888		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Beach	A story of a young boy who becomes embroiled in a series of adventures on a tropical beach.	Sea
Kochiites	Thomas, Bony	2018		Arabian Sea, Vembanad Lake (Backwaters of Kochi)	Sea	English	Pranatha Books, Kochi, 2018		Contemporary Fiction, Regional Fiction	Urban life, coastal culture, community, history, social dynamics of a port city	India	21st Century	The modern port city of Kochi, its harbor, backwaters, and surrounding coastal areas	A novel portraying the diverse lives and interconnected stories of the inhabitants of Kochi, capturing the essence of this historic Indian port city and its unique maritime environment.	Port
Kopalkundala	Chattopadhyay, Bankim Chandra	1947		Ganges River	River	Bengali	Prahlad Kumar Pramanik, Calcutta		Indian Literature	Social Reform	India	Modern Era	Ganges River	A Bengali novel set in the 19th century, exploring themes of social reform and the struggles of the Indian people.	Bay of Bengal
Kuala Lumpur Noir				Urban/ Coastal					Anthology					A collection of crime and mystery stories set specifically in the capital city.
Lady with a Spear	Clark, Eugenie	1953		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Non-Fiction / Memoir	Marine biology	USA	20th Century	Various marine research locations, primarily the Pacific.	This memoir chronicles Eugenie Clark’s adventures as a pioneering female marine biologist, detailing her groundbreaking research and deep obsession with the ocean, particularly in the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Lagoon	Nnedi Okorafor	2014		Atlantic ocean	Ocean		Hodder & Stoughton		Novel					Lagoon (2014) is a Nigerian science fiction novel set in Lagos, where an alien spacecraft lands in the Atlantic Ocean off the city’s coast. Three strangers — Adaora, a marine biologist; Anthony, a famous rapper; and Agu, a soldier — are drawn to the beach at the moment of arrival and become the first humans to encounter the aliens. Their leader, a shape-shifting being named Ayodele, announces that her kind has come in peace, possessing the power to transform the world. However, her arrival plunges Lagos into chaos, triggering panic, religious hysteria, and political confusion as various groups — pastors, government officials, and criminals — react in conflicting ways. Okorafor uses the alien invasion as a lens to explore themes of corruption, environmental destruction, faith, and African identity, while portraying Lagos itself as a chaotic yet resilient city. The novel celebrates African culture and mythology while critiquing human greed, making it a vibrant and thought-provoking work of Afrofuturist fiction.
Lalani of the Distant Sea	Kelly, Erin Entrada	2019		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Greenwillow Books, New York		Children’s Novel	Filipino mythic sea, courage, family, environmental balance, adventure	Philippines	21st Century	Mythic Filipino sea, distant islands	This children’s novel, inspired by Filipino myths, tells a story of courage and family set against a mythic sea, highlighting environmental balance.	Sea
Lament for an Ocean: The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery, A True Crime Story	Michael Harris	1998		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		McClelland & Stewart		True Crime Story					In Lament for an Ocean, the award-winning true-crime writer Michael Harris investigates the real causes of the most wanton destruction of a natural resource in North American history since the buffalo were wiped off the face of the prairies. The story he carefully unfolds is the sorry tale of how, despite the repeated and urgent warnings of ocean scientists, the northern cod was ruthlessly exploited.
Lancelot Biggs cooks a pirate	Bond, Nelson S.	1956		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Gold Medal Books, New York		Maritime Comedy	Modern piracy and culinary satire	USA	Mid-20th Century	Tropical waters and nautical vessels	The comedic adventures of Lancelot Biggs as he encounters pirates in the Caribbean.	Caribbean Sea
Lancelot Biggs, Master Navigator	Bond, Nelson S.	1955		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Gold Medal Books, New York		Maritime Comedy	Nautical navigation and eccentricity	USA	Mid-20th Century	Commercial ships and coastal ports	A comedic exploration of the maritime world through the eyes of the eccentric navigator Lancelot Biggs.	Ocean
Las inquietudes de Shanti Andia	Baroja, Pío	1911		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	Spanish	Editorial Renacimiento, Madrid		Maritime Realism	Maritime Life	Spain	Early 20th Century	Mediterranean Sea	A novel about a young man’s experiences on the Mediterranean Sea, exploring the lives of sailors and fishermen.	Mediterranean Sea
Latitudes of Longing	Swarup, Shubhangi	2018		Andaman Sea	Sea	English	HarperCollins India, Noida, India		Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Climate Fiction	Environmental change, nature, human connection, love, loss, islands, climate	India	21st Century	Andaman Islands, Himalayas, Myanmar, various coastal and marine environments	This novel, set across diverse landscapes including the Andaman Islands and the Andaman Sea, explores environmental changes and the interconnectedness of human lives with nature as a living entity.	Sea
Lazarus Come Forth	Bradbury, Ray	1953			Other	English	Bantam Books, New York		Science Fiction	Space Exploration	United States	20th Century		A science fiction novel about a group of space explorers.	Ocean
Leaves from a Middy’s Log	Knight, Arthur Lee	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United States	Late 19th Century	The story of a young sailor’s experiences on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean	A novel about a young sailor’s experiences on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, exploring themes of coming of age.	Ocean
Leaves of the Banyan Tree	Wendt, Albert	1979		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman Paul, Auckland		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction, Family Saga	Colonialism, cultural change, greed, traditional vs. modern society, Samoan identity	Samoa	20th Century	Western Samoa, Pacific island communities	This multigenerational family saga set in Western Samoa examines the corrosive effects of greed, colonialism, and external influences on traditional island society across three distinct generations, with the Pacific Ocean as a constant backdrop.	Ocean
Leaving	Vassanji, M.G.	1992		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Heinemann, Nairobi; McClelland & Stewart, Toronto		Short story	Diaspora, exile, belonging, identity, migration, political turmoil	Canada	20th Century	Dar es Salaam, Indian Ocean, ships, harbors	The narrative centers on a young Dar es Salaam resident preparing to immigrate to Canada amidst political turmoil, with the Indian Ocean serving as a symbolic transitional space reflecting themes of exile and belonging.	Ocean
Legendary Islands of the Atlantic: A Study of Medieval Geography	Babcock, William Henry	1922		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Atlantic Monthly Company, Boston		Maritime Geography	Mythology and medieval cartography	USA	Early 20th Century	The Atlantic Ocean and its mythical archipelagos	A scholarly investigation into the mythical islands of the Atlantic as imagined and mapped by medieval geographers.	Atlantic Ocean
Let Them Ask	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short Story	Sri Lankan life, post-war, displacement, culture, memory, human resilience	USA	21st Century	Sri Lanka, coastal areas, Indian Ocean.	A short story from ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ depicting aspects of Sri Lankan life near the Indian Ocean, often touching on themes of war, displacement, and human experience.	Ocean
Lieutenant Hornblower	Forester, C. S.	1952		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Michael Joseph, London		Nautical Adventure	Promotion, naval combat, privateering	United Kingdom	Mid-20th Century	Royal Navy vessel patrolling the Atlantic, Samana Bay and Rincon Bay during the Napoleonic Wars	An incompetent captain faces Spanish privateers while Hornblower earns his promotion to lieutenant.	Ocean
Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner	Rogers, Woodes	1712		Ocean	Ocean	English	Benjamin Motte, London		Travelogue	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 18th Century	At Sea	The journal of Captain Woodes Rogers’ life aboard a British privateer.	Captain
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California	Leighton, Caroline C.	1883		Puget Sound	Sea	English	Hurst & Company, London		Travelogue	Exploration, Maritime History	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Marine ecosystem	A travelogue featuring sketches of travel in the Pacific Northwest region, including Puget Sound.	Pacific
Life of Pi	Martel, Yann	2001		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Knopf Canada, Toronto		Philosophical / Survival Fiction	Survival, Faith, Companionship, Human Spirit	Canada	Contemporary (21st Century)	Lifeboat drifting across the Pacific Ocean	After a shipwreck, a young Indian boy named Pi survives 227 days on a lifeboat stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.	Ocean
Light Ho, Sir!	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1916		Ocean	Ocean	English	John Lane Company, London		Maritime Fiction	Life at Sea, Naval Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Naval vessels and oceanic settings	Frank Thomas Bullen’s collection of nautical tales, exploring the lives of sailors and the adventures that unfold at sea. The book is a classic of maritime fiction, offering insights into the human experience of life at sea.	Sea
Like Water Like Sea	Olumide Popoola (Nigerian-German)	2024												The text is an immersive story of self-discovery, resilience, and the unifying power of love. It follows the life of Nia, a queer, bi/pansexual naturopath in London.
Links	Farah, Nuruddin	2003		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Riverhead Books, New York		Novel	Exile, homecoming, national identity, post-conflict society	Somalia	21st century	Mogadishu, Somalia; themes of exile and return across the Indian Ocean	Jeebleh, an academic, returns to Mogadishu after exile, confronting Somalia’s devastation and his memories, with the Indian Ocean symbolizing trade, migration, and the flows of exile and return.	Indian Ocean
List, Ye Landsmen! A Romance of Incident	Russell, William Clark	1867		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Romance	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A nautical adventure novel, exploring themes of romance and adventure on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Listen: A Memoir	Priya Sarukkai Chabria	2021		Unnamed Sea	Sea	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Speculative Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Memoir of a woman written in a world where she lives in weather-controlled zones learning to rediscover the languages from her childhood to speak with the sea, the animals and the earth in general	Ocean
Lister’s Great Adventure	Bindloss, Harold	1907		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and mystery	UK	Edwardian	Various maritime vessels	A sweeping maritime adventure following the protagonist Lister through various oceanic perils and discoveries.	Ocean
Litanies of Dutch Battery	NS Madhavan	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Penguin India		Novel					The novel is a historical fiction set in the 1950s in Lanthan Bathery or Dutch Battery – a tiny island in the Vembanad lake with mainlaind Cochin ‘looming’ across, the novels provides a riveting account of the history of Kerala, the influences of the Portugese, the Dutch and the later British.
Literature in the new archival landscape	Chadwick, Tom, and Pieter Vermeulen	2020		Other	Other	English	Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory, USA		Literary Theory, Archival Studies	Literature, Archival Studies, New Landscape	USA	Early 21st Century	Theoretical, Philosophical	An examination of the impact of new archival landscapes on literature.	Ocean
Little Miss Grouch: A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith’s Maiden Transatlantic Voyage	Adams, Samuel Hopkins	1915		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Fiction / Maritime	Transatlantic voyage, Coming-of-age	United States	Early 20th Century	Alexander Forsyth Smith’s ship, a transatlantic sailing vessel	A humorous narrative based on the log of Alexander Forsyth Smith’s maiden transatlantic voyage, following the journey across the Atlantic Ocean while exploring themes of identity and growth among the characters on board.	Atlantic Ocean
Local Networks of the Slave Trade in Colonial Kerala	Baby Paul, Vinil	2022			Other	English	De Gruyter, Germany		History, Slavery Studies	Slave Trade, Colonial Kerala	Germany	Early 21st Century		A study of local networks of the slave trade in colonial Kerala.	Arabian Sea
Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept on Board the Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During a Cruise from New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., and Return, in 1778	Boardman, Timothy	1936		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harvard University Press, Cambridge		Maritime History	Privateering, American Revolution	United States	18th century	Privateer ship Oliver Cromwell in the Atlantic Ocean	The log-book of Timothy Boardman is a historical account of his experiences on board the privateer Oliver Cromwell during the American Revolution. The book provides valuable insights into the maritime history of the period.	Atlantic Ocean
Lord Hornblower	Forester, C. S.	1946		English Channel	Sea	English	Michael Joseph, London		Nautical Adventure	Naval mutiny, Napoleonic conflict, leadership under crisis	United Kingdom	Mid-20th Century	Royal Navy frigate operating in the English Channel during the Napoleonic Wars	Hornblower confronts mutineers off the French coast, captures a ship, and thwarts a Napoleonic attack on Le Havre.	Sea
Lord Jim	Conrad, Joseph	1900		Red Sea	Sea	English	William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London		Literary Fiction, Adventure, Psychological Novel	Honor, cowardice, redemption, guilt, colonialism, identity, the sea	UK	19th Century (setting), 20th Century (publication)	Passenger ship Patna in the Red Sea, various locations in Southeast Asia	A young British seaman, Jim, abandons his ship in the Red Sea during a crisis, leading to a lifelong quest for redemption and self-acceptance across the seas of Southeast Asia.	Red Sea
Lord Stranleigh Abroad	Barr, Robert	1906		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Oceanic Voyage	A young man’s journey to Europe with his family, featuring a nautical adventure.	Atlantic Ocean
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route	Hartman, Saidiya	2007		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York)		Non-fiction, Travelogue, History, Memoir	Transatlantic slave trade, memory, trauma, diaspora, African history, identity	United States	21st Century	West African coast (Ghana), Atlantic Ocean slave routes	Saidiya Hartman journeys along the Atlantic slave route in Ghana, seeking to recover the lost histories and experiences of enslaved Africans forced across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Loss of the Steamship ‘Titanic’	Great Britain	1912		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	HMSO, London		Non-Fiction, Maritime History	Disaster, Tragedy	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A non-fiction account of the sinking of the Titanic.	North Atlantic Ocean
Lost in the Atlantic Valley; Or, Frank Reade, Jr., and His Wonder, the Dart	Senarens, Luis	1883		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Beadle and Adams, New York		Science Fiction, Nautical Adventure	Submarine Exploration, Oceanic Life	United States	19th Century	Submarine vessel, Atlantic Ocean	A science fiction novel featuring a submarine boat exploring the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Lost in the Fog	De Mille, James	1874		Sea	Sea	English	Denton, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Navigation	Canada	19th century	Sailing vessels, Foggy weather	Lost in the Fog is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a group of sailors who become lost in the fog and must navigate their way back to safety. The novel explores themes of survival and navigation.	Sea
Lost Island	Barbour, Ralph Henry	1924		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.S.W. Rosenfeld Co., New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and isolation	USA	Early 20th Century	A remote, uncharted island in the Pacific	An adventure story involving the discovery of a hidden island and the challenges of navigating the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Love in a Small Island	Yap, Arthur	1980		Island Seas / Singapore Straits	Sea	English	Heinemann Asia, Singapore		Short Fiction / Prose-poetry	Love, island life, fleeting relationships, permanence of nature, poetic expression	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore island, surrounding seas, Straits	A poetic prose narrative where love stories unfold against the seas surrounding Singapore, with the sea serving as a constant backdrop to fleeting relationships.	Sea
Love in the Tsunami	Ferrey, Ashok	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Novel	Tsunami aftermath, grief, endurance, social critique, hypocrisy, change, renewal	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Post-2004 tsunami Sri Lanka, with the sea as a central symbol of destruction and healing.	Set after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, this novel examines how the disaster transforms lives and relationships, using the sea as a symbol of both destruction and renewal in post-tsunami Sri Lanka.	Indian Ocean
Love Marriage	Ganeshananthan, V.V.	2008		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Random House, New York		Novel	Diaspora, ethnic conflict, identity, arranged marriage, exile, cultural fragmentation	USA	21st Century	Sri Lanka, USA, metaphorical journeys across the Indian Ocean	The novel explores the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict’s legacy through a Tamil-American family’s experiences, using the Indian Ocean as a metaphor for the separation and cultural fragmentation of the diaspora.	Indian Ocean
Love Me Tender (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
Lucian’s True History	Lucian, of Samosata	1906	Translated by A.M. Harmon	Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA	A.M. Harmon (translator)	Satirical Fiction	Maritime Exploration	Ancient Greece	Ancient Era	Voyage to the moon	A satirical novel that follows a group of travelers on a journey to the moon, featuring fantastical sea creatures and adventures.	Sea
Maiba: A Papuan Novel	Soaba, Russell	1979		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Port Moresby		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction, Cultural Fiction	Cultural clash, tradition vs. modernity, leadership, identity, social change	Papua New Guinea	20th Century	Remote coastal village in Papua New Guinea	Set in a remote coastal village, the novel explores the conflicts arising from modern influences on traditional Papuan life, critiquing the erosion of cultural values.	Coast
Makai	Tyau, Kathleen	1999		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York		Novel, Literary Fiction	Identity, resilience, Chinese-American experience, Hawaiian culture, heritage, longing, transformation, oceanic symbolism	USA	20th Century	Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, coastal areas	Makai (meaning “toward the sea”) explores identity and resilience through two Chinese-American women in Hawai’i, where oceanic imagery symbolizes longing, transformation, and the pull of heritage.	Ocean
Makutu	Davis, Thomas & Henderson, Lydia	1960		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Michael Joseph, London		Novel, Island Literature, Cultural Fiction	Tradition vs. modernity, cultural clash, colonialism, identity	Cook Islands	20th Century	Fictional island of Lei in the Pacific	Set on a fictional Pacific island, this novel navigates the complex tensions between traditional Pacific customs and encroaching Western influences, distinguished as the first published novel from Oceania.	Pacific Ocean
Malay Sketches	Alfian Sa’at	2012		Tebrau Strait	Sea				Short Stories (Collection)					Malay Sketches by Alfian Sa’at is a collection of short stories that captures the everyday lives of Malay individuals living in modern Singapore. Through vivid depictions of neighborhoods, streets, and communal spaces, the stories explore the tension between tradition and modernization, highlighting how cultural identity is maintained amidst rapid urban development. Characters navigate personal struggles, familial expectations, and societal pressures, often reflecting on the past while confronting present realities. The Singapore River and other local landmarks serve as symbolic backdrops, emphasizing memory, change, and the passage of time. Sa’at’s narratives offer intimate glimpses into the thoughts and emotions of his characters, portraying feelings of alienation, nostalgia, and resilience. By focusing on ordinary experiences, Malay Sketches presents a nuanced understanding of urban life, the persistence of cultural heritage, and the ways individuals adapt to and resist the pressures of a transforming cityscape.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships	Ballantyne, R. M.	1870		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell and Company, London		Maritime Instructional Fiction	Nautical Science, Seamanship	United Kingdom	Victorian	Various types of sailing vessels and steamships	A narrative-driven guide to the world of ships and seafaring, designed to educate readers on maritime life.	Ocean
Man Overboard!	Crawford, F. Marion	1903		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Macmillan and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Maritime Adventure	United States	Early 20th century	Sailing vessel in the Mediterranean	Man Overboard! is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a young American sailor’s experiences on a sailing vessel in the Mediterranean Sea. The novel explores themes of survival, maritime adventure, and personal growth.	Mediterranean Sea
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither	Melville, Herman	1849		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York; Richard Bentley, London		Novel, Allegory, Adventure, Philosophical Fiction	Quest for meaning, disillusionment, freedom, utopianism, exploration	United States	19th Century	Aboard a whaling ship, then a small boat, traversing fictional islands in the Pacific	Taji, a restless sailor, abandons his whaling ship for a philosophical quest across the Pacific Ocean, seeking deeper meaning beyond conventional maritime life.	Ocean
Mare Nostrum	Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente	1918		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	Spanish	Prometeo, Valencia		Maritime Fiction	Nationalism, Geopolitics	Spain	Early 20th Century	Various naval vessels and ports across the Mediterranean Sea	A novel that portrays the Mediterranean as a shared ancestral home, focusing on the lives of sailors and the geopolitical tensions of the region.	Mediterranean Sea
Mare Tranquillitatis	Soham Guha	2024		Undefined	Ocean		Future Fiction		Short Story					A speculative novel. It takes the current Indian attitudes regarding climate change to their logical progression, perhaps fifty years down the line.
Marikit and the Ocean of Stars	Cruz, Caris Avendano	2022		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), New York		Children’s Novel	Oceanic quest, Filipino folklore, sea deities, grief, courage, adventure	Philippines	21st Century	Mythical Philippine Sea, various islands	A children’s novel about an oceanic quest, drawing on Filipino folklore and sea deities to explore themes of grief and courage.	Ocean
Mariposa Awakening	Joseph F. Nacino	2021		Manila Bay	Bay, Ocean	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Speculative Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about utilising natural communication networks of a mangrove forest to save the city of Manila from a storm in a world where cities near the coastline are sinking due to climate change	Ocean
Marooned on Australia	Favenc, Ernest	1900		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Shipwreck, Survival, Ocean	Australia	19th century	Indian Ocean, Australian coast	A story about a group of sailors who are marooned on the coast of Australia after a shipwreck. The book provides a vivid description of the challenges faced by the survivors and the power of the ocean.	Ocean
Martin Conisby’s Vengeance	Farnol, Jeffery	1896		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by Ward and Downey, London		Nautical Adventure	Ship, Ocean, Sailing	England	19th century	Ocean, ship	A story about a young sailor named Martin Conisby, detailing his adventures and experiences at sea. The book provides a vivid description of life on a ship and the challenges faced by sailors.	Sea
Martin of Nitendi; and The River of Dreams	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George G. Harrap & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Island nostalgia and the duality of maritime life	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	The islands and river systems of the South Pacific	A pair of stories reflecting on the spiritual and physical landscapes of the Pacific islands.	Pacific Ocean
Martin Rattler	Ballantyne, R. M.	1856		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	James Duncan, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming-of-Age, Maritime Labor	United Kingdom	Victorian	Merchant ships and sailing vessels	The experiences of a young boy who enters the grueling world of maritime labor as a sailor.	Sea
Master and Commander	Patrick O’Brian	1969 (US), 1970 (UK)		Mediterranean Sea	Sea		Lippincott (US), Collins (UK)		Novel					Life of sailors in the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars.
Master Rockafellar’s Voyage	Russell, William Clark	1866		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A nautical adventure novel, exploring themes of exploration and adventure on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Masterman Ready	Marryat, Frederick	1841		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Colburn, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Naval life	United Kingdom	Victorian era	Naval vessel	The novel follows the story of Masterman Ready, a young man who becomes a sailor and embarks on a series of adventures at sea, including a journey to the South Seas.	Sea
Mati aar Nei	Roy, Prafulla	1995		Bay of Bengal	Bay	Bengali	Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata		Maritime Fiction	Maritime Life	India	Modern Era	Coastal Village	A story about the lives of people living in a coastal village, focusing on their relationship with the sea.	Sea
Medicine as Culture: Indigenous Medicine in Cosmopolitan Mumbai	Abraham, Leena	2009			Other	English	Economic and Political Weekly		Non-Fiction	Medicine, Culture, and Cosmopolitanism	India	21st Century	Mumbai	A study on indigenous medicine in cosmopolitan Mumbai.	Arabian Sea
Mediterranean Crossings: The Politics of an Interrupted Modernity	Chambers, Iain	2008		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Duke University Press, Durham, NC		Maritime Cultural Studies	Cosmopolitanism, Modernity	United Kingdom	Late 20th Century	Mediterranean coastal regions	A critical analysis of the Mediterranean region’s cultural and political dynamics.	Mediterranean Sea
Melal: A Novel of the Pacific	Robert Barclay	2001		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		University of Hawai’i Press		Novel					Chronicles the extraordinary 227-day survival of Pi Patel, a spiritually curious Tamil boy who finds himself stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean alongside an unlikely companion – a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Memorials of the Sea: My Father Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby	Scoresby, William	1861		Sea	Other	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London		Biographical	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Mid 19th Century	Narrative vessel	A biography of William Scoresby’s life at sea.	Sea
Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher	Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron	1919		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder and Stoughton, London		Memoir	Maritime History	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Ocean, Ships	The memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, which include his experiences and reflections on his naval career.	Sea
Memory of Departure	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	1987		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Jonathan Cape, London		Novel, Literary Fiction	Post-colonialism, migration, disillusionment, coming-of-age	Tanzania	20th Century	Unnamed East African coastal town, journey abroad	This novel follows a young Muslim man from an unnamed East African country, likely near the Indian Ocean, as he seeks education and a new life abroad.	Indian Ocean
Mercedes of Castile; Or, The Voyage to Cathay	Cooper, James Fenimore	1840		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard		Historical Fiction	Exploration, discovery	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, exploration vessels	Mercedes of Castile is a historical novel that tells the story of Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World, focusing on the experiences of the Spanish crew and the indigenous peoples they encounter.	Atlantic Ocean
Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants’ service in the war	Bone, David W. (David William)	1918			Other	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Historical Fiction	Maritime Trade	United Kingdom	20th Century		A historical account of the British merchants’ service during World War I.	Ocean
Merihaukka	Sabatini, Rafael			Other	Other	Finnish	Otava, Helsinki		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	Finland	20th Century	Pirate Ship	A Finnish translation of Rafael Sabatini’s pirate novel.	Pirate
Meta General	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, United Kingdom		Short Story	Identity, belonging, community, postcolonial life	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Coastal Sri Lanka	This short story, set in Sri Lanka, explores themes of identity and belonging within a community shaped by the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Micromegas	Voltaire	1752		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	French	Cramer, Amsterdam		Satire, Science Fiction	Satire, Science, Exploration	France	18th Century	Pacific Ocean, various planets	A satirical science fiction story about a giant from the planet Sirius who travels to the Pacific Ocean and beyond.	Ocean
Middy and Ensign	Fenn, George Manville	1888		English Channel	Sea	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A story of two young boys who join the crew of a sailing ship and become embroiled in a series of adventures.	Sea
Migritude	Patel, Shailja	2008		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Kaya Press, New York		Poetry, Performance Text, Hybrid	Migration, diaspora, post-colonialism, identity, political history	Kenya	21st Century	Kenya, Indian Ocean crossing, United States	A hybrid work of poetry and performance text, ‘Migritude’ tells a migrating story from Kenya to the United States, encompassing political and family histories across the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Miles Wallingford Sequel to ‘Afloat and Ashore’	Cooper, James Fenimore	1845		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	New York: Wiley and Putnam		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, naval vessels	Miles Wallingford is a nautical novel that continues the story of the protagonist from Afloat and Ashore, following his further adventures at sea and on land.	Sea
Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3	Royal Society (Great Britain)	1660		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Royal Society, London		Maritime Non-Fiction	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Restoration Era	Oceanic Voyage	A collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries as they have been delivered to the Royal Society.	Voyage
Moby Dick, or The Whale	Melville, Herman	1851		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley / Harper & Brothers, New York		Novel / Nautical Adventure	Obsession	USA	19th Century	Whaling ship Pequod	The story of the sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, which is captained by Ahab. This classic novel takes place in the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting	Burn Murdoch, W. G.	1908		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	W. & R. Chambers, London		Non-fiction, Maritime	Whaling, Hunting	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Whaling ships, Arctic regions	Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting is a non-fiction book about whaling and hunting in the Arctic regions, exploring themes of adventure and survival. The book provides a detailed account of whaling practices and bear hunting in the early 20th century.	Ocean
Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization	Appadurai, Arjun	1996			Other	English	University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA		Globalization Studies	Globalization, Modernity, Culture	USA	Late 20th Century		A study of globalization and its cultural dimensions.	Ocean
Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad	Bangs, John Kendrick	1906		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Oceanic Voyage	A young woman’s journey to Europe with her family, featuring a nautical adventure.	Atlantic Ocean
Monsoon History	Shirley Geok-Lin Lim			Monsoon History					Collection					Uses the powerful seasonal monsoon as a backdrop for a historical narrative.
Moon of Danger	de Pina, Albert	1957			Other	English	No original publisher found via Google search. Assuming self-published or unknown.		Adventure	Danger, Adventure		20th century		No summary found.	Sea
Moran of the Lady Letty	Norris, Frank	1891		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Exploration	USA	19th Century	A yacht in the Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a group of people who sail on a yacht in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
More Sea than Tar	Ize-Iyamu, Osahon	2019		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Reckoning Press, USA (published in Reckoning magazine, Issue 3)		Science Fiction, Short Story, Climate Fiction	Climate change, environmental impact, African topography, human activity, ocean degradation	Nigeria	21st Century	Anthropogenic African coastal environment	This short story explores an African topography profoundly affected by human activity, highlighting the environmental impact on the North Atlantic Ocean and its coastal regions.	Ocean
Morley Ashton: A Story of the Sea	Grant, James	1882		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a young man’s journey.	Sea
Mother Carey’s Chicken: Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle	Fenn, George Manville	1886		Eastern Seas	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Youth, Exploration, Survival	United Kingdom	19th century	Sailing vessel, Eastern Seas	The story revolves around a young boy’s adventures at sea, exploring the Eastern Seas and discovering the secrets of the ocean. The narrative is a classic example of nautical adventure, with themes of youth, exploration, and survival.	Eastern Seas
Mother Ocean	Singh, Vandana	2019		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Current Futures (Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination), Tempe		Science Fiction	Climate change, human-animal bond, marine biology, environmentalism, spirituality	India	21st Century	Research vessel, Indian Ocean, deep sea	A South Asian woman harbors a deep fascination with the ocean. When she works with renegade scientists to track a blue whale, the woman and the whale form a deep bond.	Ocean
Mr. Biggs goes to town	Bond, Nelson S.	1933		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Nautical Adventure	Pirate, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel featuring a pirate captain and his exploits on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Mr. Keegan’s Elopement	Churchill, Winston	1892		Other	Other	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Short Stories	Social Satire	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Other	A short story by Winston Churchill, exploring themes of social satire.	Atlantic Ocean
Mr. Midshipman Glover, R.N.: A Tale of the Royal Navy of To-day	Jeans, T. T. (Thomas Tendron)	1895		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Royal Navy, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Atlantic Ocean, British Royal Navy	A tale of the British Royal Navy’s adventures in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	Forester, C. S.	1950		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Michael Joseph, London		Nautical Adventure	First naval command, capture and parole, disease aboard ship	United Kingdom	Mid-20th Century	British sloop on its maiden voyage across the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean Sea during the Napoleonic era	Hornblower’s inaugural mission sees him capture a French vessel, survive a capsizing, endure a plague, and negotiate parole with Spanish forces.	Sea
Mr. Oseba’s Last Discovery	Bell, George William	1905		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Adventure	Discovery, obsession, oceanic exploration	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Exploratory vessels in the Indian Ocean	The account of an explorer’s final, mysterious venture across the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship ‘Pirate’	Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life, Adventure	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a mate on a ship called the Pirate.	Pirate
Multiple meanings: Changing Conceptions of Matrilineal Kinship in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Malabar	Arunima, G.	1996			Other	English	The Indian Economic & Social History Review, India		History, Anthropology	Matrilineal Kinship, Malabar	India	Late 20th Century		A study of changing conceptions of matrilineal kinship in Malabar.	Arabian Sea
Mumtaz Chaplin	Roshi Fernando	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Impress Books, United Kingdom		Short Story
Mumtaz Chaplin (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
Mutiny	Offenbecker, Larry	1925		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Maritime Realism	Survival, Human Nature	United States	20th Century	Ship, Atlantic Ocean	A group of sailors must survive on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after a mutiny.	Ocean
Mutiny	Lindsey Collen	2002		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Bloomsbury Paperbacks		Novel					The novel is set in an island in the Indian Ocean and narrates the lives three women who are locked away in prison as they navigate through natural disaster and the prison.
Mutiny on the Bounty	John Boyne	2006		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Black Swan		Novel					Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, this New Caledonian narrative intertwines Catherine’s search for her father with Robert’s struggle between Kanak heritage and Caldoche upbringing amid divided island society.
My Danish Sweetheart: A Novel	Russell, William Clark	1864		Baltic Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Romance	Love, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A romance novel, exploring themes of love and adventure on the Baltic Sea.	Sea
My First Cruise, and Other stories	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1866		Other	Other	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Maritime settings	A collection of stories about the author’s experiences at sea.	Sea
My First Voyage to Southern Seas	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1851		Southern Seas	Ocean	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Southern Seas	The author’s first voyage to the Southern Seas.	Sea
My Life as a Fake	Carey, Peter	2003		Indian Ocean, South China Sea	Ocean	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Literary Fiction, Satire	Identity, Authenticity, Literary Hoax, Colonialism, Travel	Australia	21st Century	Coastal Malaysia, various vessels for travel	A literary editor travels to Malaysia to investigate a literary hoax involving a fabricated poet, with significant portions set along the Malaysian coast and involving sea journeys.	Sea
My Life at Sea	Crutchley, William Caius	1894		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Originally published by Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, London		Maritime Memoir	Maritime history, transition from sail to steam	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	British mercantile marine	The book is a memoir of the author’s life at sea, detailing his experiences during the transition period from sail to steam in the British mercantile marine.	Sea
My Life in Sarawak	Margaret Brooke			Borneo, Sarawak										A historical account that provides the rich physical setting for Borneo fiction.
My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck	Russell, William Clark	1866		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Romance	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A nautical adventure novel, exploring themes of romance and adventure on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
My Trip Around the World: August, 1895-May, 1896	Hunt, Eleonora	1897		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Travelogue	Adventure, Exploration	United States	19th century	Pacific Ocean, Around the world	A personal account of Hunt’s trip around the world, including her experiences on the Pacific Ocean and in various countries.	Ocean
Myopia		2023		Southern Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Computing Imaginations, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	In a future where sensors and drones map the entire ocean as transparent data, a scientist rediscovers the messy materiality of the oceans when he returns to it after a long time	Ocean
Mythologies	Barthes, Roland	1984	Translated by Annette Lavers		Other	English	The Noonday Press, USA	Annette Lavers	Literary Studies, Mythology	Mythology, Semiotics	USA	Late 20th Century		A study of mythology and its relation to semiotics.	Ocean
Nanja Mannadarukal	Miranda, Johny	2019		Kerala Backwaters, Arabian Sea	Other	Malayalam	Eka Publications, Kerala, India		Novel, Literary Fiction	Life in waterlogged/wetland regions, environmental impact, social issues, human resilience, Kerala’s unique geography	India	21st Century	Villages and communities situated within the backwaters and coastal wetlands of Kerala, India	A novel depicting the lives and challenges of people inhabiting the ‘wet lands’ of Kerala, focusing on their relationship with the unique water-rich environment of the backwaters and coastal areas.	Coast
Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales	Cramp, W. B.	1822		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Black, Young, and Young, London		Maritime Memoir	Shipwreck, Survival, Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 19th century	Voyage to India, shipwreck in the Indian Ocean	Narrative of a Voyage to India is a maritime memoir that tells the story of a voyage to India, a shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, and the author’s experiences in New South Wales. The book explores themes of shipwreck, survival, and exploration.	Indian Ocean
Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America	Franchère, Gabriel	1854		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Redfield, New York		Maritime Account	Maritime Exploration	United States	19th Century	Exploration ship, Pacific Ocean	The narrative recounts Franchère’s voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, providing a detailed account of the region’s geography, native inhabitants, and natural resources. The book is a valuable historical record of early American exploration.	Pacific Ocean
Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex	Chase, Owen	1821		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Original publication details not specified in the input, however, according to historical records, it was first published in 1821 by New York: Harper & Brothers		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Maritime Disaster	United States	19th century	Whale-ship Essex	The narrative recounts the true story of the whale-ship Essex, which was attacked and destroyed by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean, and the crew’s subsequent struggle for survival. The story is a classic tale of maritime disaster and human endurance.	Pacific Ocean
Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey	Collins, Daniel	1825		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Printed by J. Lind, New York		Maritime Non-Fiction	Shipwreck, Maritime disaster	United States	19th century	Brig Betsey, Caribbean Sea	Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey is a non-fiction account of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, which occurred in 1824. The story tells of the crew’s struggles to survive after the ship sank in the Caribbean Sea.	Caribbean Sea
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods	Kippis, Andrew	1788		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	B. White, London		Maritime History	Exploration and Discovery	United Kingdom	Late 18th Century	The voyages of Captain James Cook around the world	A narrative of the voyages of Captain James Cook around the world, including his life and the events leading up to his voyages.	Voyage
Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849	Gilly, William O. S.	1850		Ocean	Ocean	English	John W. Parker, London		Nautical History, Maritime Non-fiction	Shipwrecks, naval history, Royal Navy	United Kingdom	19th century	Various Royal Navy ships and locations	A collection of narratives about shipwrecks of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1849, exploring the history and experiences of the British Royal Navy.	Ocean
Nat the Naturalist: A Boy’s Adventures in the Eastern Seas	Fenn, George Manville	1888		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A story of a young boy who joins the crew of a sailing ship and becomes embroiled in a series of adventures in the Eastern Seas.	Eastern Seas
Naval Actions of the War of 1812	Barnes, James	1815		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Private Press, Washington D.C.		Naval History	Warfare, Naval Strategy, National Sovereignty	USA	19th Century	United States and British naval vessels in the Atlantic	A historical recording of the specific naval engagements and strategic movements during the War of 1812.	Ocean
Naval Occasions, and Some Traits of the Sailor-man	Bartimeus, H. Taprell Dorling	1922		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Constable & Company, London		Maritime Realism	Sailor Culture	United Kingdom	Interwar Period	Various Royal Navy ships	A collection of sketches and stories depicting the daily lives and idiosyncrasies of seamen.	Sea
Naval songs and ballads	Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding)	1893		Sea	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Folklore	Maritime History	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Sea, Ships	A collection of naval songs and ballads that reflect the maritime history and culture of the time.	Sea
Navy boys behind the big guns	Davidson, Halsey	1917		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George H. Doran Company, New York		Children’s Literature	Nautical Adventure	United States	20th Century	Naval vessels	A children’s story featuring a nautical theme.	Sea
Navy boys to the rescue	Davidson, Halsey	1918		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George H. Doran Company, New York		Children’s Literature	Nautical Adventure	United States	20th Century	Naval vessels	A children’s story featuring a nautical theme.	Sea
Ned Myers, or, A Life Before the Mast	Cooper, James Fenimore	1843		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, naval vessels	Ned Myers is a nautical novel that tells the story of a young sailor’s experiences at sea, based on the real-life account of a sailor who served in the US Navy.	Sea
Never the twain shall meet	Peter B. Kyne	1915		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a pirate captain.	Pirate
New Year’s Eve	Ingle, Joshua	2017		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Science Fiction/Life Story)	Oceanography, life review, regret, purpose, science fiction	United States	21st Century	Fictional ocean, oceanographic research	The life story of a renowned oceanographer is told backward, exploring her memories and the hardships of her career in the fictional ocean, questioning the worth of her life’s pursuit.	Ocean
Newton Forster	Marryat, Frederick	1833		North Sea	Sea	English	Henry Colburn, London		Maritime Realism	Merchant Navy, Social class	United Kingdom	19th century	Merchant vessel, North Sea	The novel explores the lives of merchant sailors and the social class system of the time, highlighting the struggles and hardships faced by those in the merchant navy.	Sailor
Nibbles Poppelty-Poppett	Davidson, Edith B.	1913		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston		Children’s Literature	Nautical Adventure	United States	20th Century	Sailing vessel	A children’s story featuring a nautical theme.	Sea
Nichi-bei senso yume monogatari (Fantasy of Japanese-American War)	Sato Kojiro	1920		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	Japanese	Central Publishing		Future War, Novel	Imperialism, Naval Warfare	Japan	Early 20th Century / Future War	Ocean / Sea	Speculative account of the imperialist expansion of Japan across the Pacific culminating in an invasion of New York	Ocean
Nichibei miraisen (The Future War between Japan and America)	Miyazaki Ichiu	Serialised 1922, Published 1923		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	Japanese	Serialised in Shonen Kurabu, Published by Dainihon Yubenkai		Future War, Novel, Children’s Literature	Imperialism, Naval Warfare	Japan	Early 20th Century / Future War	Ocean / Sea	Patriotic story about Japanese youngsters resisting the US in a future war between the two nations	Ocean
Nichibei-sen miraik (Account of the Future US-Japan War)	Fukunaga Kyosuke	1933, 1934	Jamie Bisher for Schiffer Military in 2023	Pacific Ocean	Ocean	Japanese	As special New Year supplement for Hinode, Shinchosha		Future War, Novella	Imperialism, Naval Warfare	Japan	Early 20th Century / Future War	Ocean / Sea	Speculative account of Japan’s military strategies against the US in the Pacific in action	Ocean
Nil’s Wedding (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
No Longer at Ease	Achebe, Chinua	1960		Atlantic Ocean, Niger Delta (Lagos coast)	Ocean	English	Heinemann, London		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction	Corruption, cultural conflict, colonialism, modernity, tradition, urban life, moral decay	Nigeria	20th Century	Lagos, Nigeria; Atlantic coast, harbor, beaches	Following Obi Okonkwo’s return to Lagos, Nigeria, the Atlantic Ocean and its coastal setting symbolize Nigeria’s connection to colonial power, the route of cultural collision, and the interplay of modernity, opportunity, and moral corruption in postcolonial society.	Atlantic Ocean
Nobody	Warner, Susan	1854		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure	Survival at Sea	United States	Antebellum Era	Shipwrecked sailors	A story of survival at sea, where a group of sailors must navigate treacherous waters to reach safety.	Sea
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard	Conrad, Joseph	1904		Gulf of Sulaco	Sea	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Maritime Realism	Politics, Power	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Costa Rican coast	The novel is set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana and explores the themes of politics, power, and revolution.	Sea
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1869		Other	Other	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Maritime settings	A collection of stories about notable voyagers.	Voyage
Noto of Java	Hardjowirogo, Jono	2012		Southern Ocean	Ocean	English	Xlibris US, Bloomington, IN		Novel, Mythological Fiction, Historical Fiction	Identity, destiny, mythology, political turmoil, spiritualism, Javanese culture	Indonesia	21st Century	Java, Indonesia; connection to the mythical Nyai Roro Kidul, Goddess of the Southern Ocean	Orphaned during political turmoil, Noto’s journey through life is intertwined with the myth of Nyai Roro Kidul, the Goddess of the Southern Ocean, marking him as a special individual.	Ocean
Now Wakes the Sea	J. G. Ballard
Obamayum Moonnu Aamakalum	Ashraf, C.	2021		Indian Ocean	Ocean	Malayalam	Manorama, Kottayam		Satirical Fable	Political satire and environmentalism	India	Contemporary	The Indian Ocean	A satirical story featuring former US President Obama and three turtles in a maritime setting.	Sea
Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal	Guppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham)	1899		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Maritime Travelogue	Natural History, Exploration	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Pacific Ocean	A naturalist’s observations of the Pacific Ocean and its inhabitants during a voyage between 1896 and 1899.	Pacific Ocean
Observations on the Diseases of Seamen	Blane, Gilbert, Sir	1785		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Joseph Cooper, London		Medical Reference	Maritime Medicine, Health	England	18th century	Royal Navy	A medical reference book discussing diseases common among seamen, with observations and recommendations for prevention and treatment. The book highlights the health challenges faced by sailors in the 18th century.	Ocean
Ocean Blight				General Oceans	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Post Growth Imaginaries, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	A speculative future where ocean mining has been banned and a community gathers to hold a traditional celebration commemorating the same	Ocean
Ocean’s Story	Goodrich, Frank B.	1869		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Historical Fiction	Maritime Exploration	United States	Late 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	The story follows the adventures of a group of sailors as they navigate the Atlantic Ocean and encounter various challenges.	Atlantic Ocean
Oceanic Decolonization – Coast of West Africa (2045)		2021		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Conflict Futures Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Transcript of a speculative interview with a Liberian fisherman regarding African sovereignty in their own waters for fishing and their struggle against systems of exploitation benefitting foreign investments at the cost of local communities	Ocean
Oceans Back from the Brink — 2070	Dr Andrew Merrie	2018		General Oceans	Oceans	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Future Ocean Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	A future where various technological and policy transformations have successfully saved the oceans	Ocean
Off to Sea: The Adventures of Jovial Jack Junker on his Road to Fame	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1865		Other	Other	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Maritime settings	The adventures of a young sailor on his way to fame.	Sailor
Oil on Water	Helon Habila	2010		Niger Delta	Delta		Penguin books		Novel					Oil on Water (2010) is a Nigerian novel set in the ecologically devastated Niger Delta. The story follows Rufus, a young journalist who travels with a veteran reporter, Zaq, into the region’s dangerous creeks and waterways to find Isabel Floode, a British woman kidnapped by militants protesting oil company exploitation. As the two journalists venture deeper into the Delta, they witness communities destroyed by oil spills, gas flares, and corporate greed. They encounter soldiers, militants, and displaced locals, each reflecting the human cost of decades of environmental neglect. The search for Isabel gradually becomes less important than the broader portrait of suffering and moral complexity surrounding them. Through Rufus’s reflections, the novel also explores his personal history and his uneasy relationship with the older, disillusioned Zaq. Habila’s lyrical prose paints the Delta as both hauntingly beautiful and irreversibly damaged, serving as a powerful symbol of postcolonial exploitation. The novel is ultimately a searing indictment of the oil industry’s destruction of land, culture, and human dignity in Nigeria.
Old Caravan Days	Catherwood, Mary Hartwell	1884		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Historical Fiction	Exploration, Adventure	United States	19th Century	Caravan on the Atlantic Ocean	A historical novel about a caravan’s journey across the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
Old Filth	Jane Gardam			Malaya					Novel					A novel set in Malaya.
Old Jack	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1866		Other	Other	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Maritime settings	The story of an old sailor.	Sailor
Old Man’s Sea	Meyari McFarland	2021		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Speculative Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a future post-apocalyptic world where the protagonists survive by diving into the ocean for their sustenance and their interactions with marine animals bio-technologically modified by governments for military purposes	Ocean
Old Mary	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George G. Harrap & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Cross-cultural relations and South Seas trade	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	South Pacific maritime trade routes	A character study exploring the intersection of European maritime interests and indigenous Pacific life.	Pacific Ocean
Old Wounds				Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Post Growth Imaginaries, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative future where large scale fishing has been banned to preserve shrinking marine populations alongside a community’s need to feed itself	Ocean
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas	Herman Melville	1847		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		John Murray		Novel					Drawing from personal experiences in the Pacific, Melville crafts a vivid portrayal of life aboard a South Sea whaling vessel, exploring recruitment practices, authority conflicts, and even mutiny among the crew and islander sailors.
On Board the Rocket	Adams, Robert C.	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Privately Printed, United States		Maritime Narrative	Industrialization, Steam Navigation	United States	Late 19th Century	The steamship ‘Rocket’	A narrative account of life and travel aboard the steam vessel Rocket during the transition from sail to steam.	Ocean
On Chesil Beach	Ian McEwan	2007		English Channel	Channel		Jonathan Cape		Novel					Experience of two people in love, who meet on the Chesil Beach, but with different expectations, memories and ruminations of lifelong regrets.
On Foreign Service; Or, The Santa Cruz Revolution	Jeans, T. T. (Thomas Tendron)	1896		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Pacific Ocean, British Royal Navy	A tale of the British Royal Navy’s adventures in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
On Islanders and Islandness	Conkling, Philip	2007			Other	English	Geographical Review, New York, NY		Geography	Island Studies	United States	Late 20th Century	Island regions	An article exploring the concept of islandness and its cultural significance.	Ocean
On the Seaboard: A Novel of the Baltic Islands	Strindberg, August	1904		Baltic Sea	Sea	English	William Heinemann, London		Literary Fiction	Psychology, Adventure	Sweden	Early 20th Century	Baltic Islands, Sea	A group of characters navigate the complexities of human relationships and the harsh environment of the Baltic Sea.	Sea
Once Upon a Tender Time	Carl Muller	1999		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Penguin Books India		Novel					The final novel in Muller’s Burgher trilogy, Once Upon a Tender Time traces the waning days of colonial Ceylon through the lives of the mixed-race Burgher community. With the sea as a constant motif, Muller explores how coastal environments shape personal and communal identities. Humor and nostalgia intertwine as the Burghers face cultural displacement in an evolving island nation.
Once Upon a Tender Time	Muller, Carl	1999		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Novel	Burgher community, colonial Ceylon, cultural displacement, identity, humor, nostalgia	Sri Lanka	20th Century	Colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), coastal	The final novel in Muller’s Burgher trilogy, Once Upon a Tender Time traces the waning days of colonial Ceylon through the lives of the mixed-race Burgher community, exploring how coastal environments shape identities with the sea as a constant motif.	Sea
One Against the Stars	Garson, Bill	1939		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Space Exploration	United States	Early 20th century	Space	A story about space exploration.	Ocean
One for the Islands	Patricia Highsmith
One for the Islands	Highsmith, Patricia	1970		Caribbean Sea (implied)	Sea	English	William Heinemann, London (in The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories)		Short Story, Psychological Thriller	Isolation, paranoia, escape, the allure of remote places, psychological decay	USA	20th Century	A small, isolated island in the Caribbean, a boat journey	A man attempts to escape his past by moving to a remote Caribbean island, only to find his psychological demons and paranoia intensify in his isolated new home.	Caribbean
Operations Upon the Sea: A Study	Edelsheim, Franz von	1905		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Non-Fiction, Military History	Naval Warfare, Strategy	Germany	Early 20th Century	Naval Battles, Oceanic Voyage	A study of naval operations on the Atlantic Ocean, including strategies and tactics.	Atlantic Ocean
Opium Clerk	Kunal Basu	2001		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Phoenix		Novel					The novel depicts the effects of the Eastern opium trade on three generations of an Anglo-Indian “family”. While the novel is nominally about the opium trade it also tells the story of the British trading presence in China and Southeast Asia from the perspective of one of the Indian labourers.
Or Else, the Lightning God & Other Stories	Lim, Catherine	1980		Singapore Strait	Strait	English	Heinemann Asia, Singapore		Short Stories	Migration, class, gender, cultural friction, port economies, community memory	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore port city, sea routes, migrant arrivals	A collection of short stories focusing on migrant and working-class families in port-linked communities, whose lives are shaped by sea crossings and port economies in Singapore.	Sea
Ormayude Arakal	Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad	1973		Arabian Sea	Sea	Malayalam	National Book Stall, Kottayam		Literary Fiction	Love and Loss	India	20th century	Kerala, India	The novel tells the story of a man who returns to his hometown in Kerala after years of living abroad, and his struggles to come to terms with his past and his relationships. The Arabian Sea plays a significant role in the narrative.	Arabian Sea
Oscar in Africa	Castlemon, Harry	1869		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Exploration	United States	19th Century	Sailing ship on the Atlantic Ocean	A young boy’s adventures on a sailing ship and his experiences in Africa.	Ocean
Our Navy at war	Daniels, Josephus	1918		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George H. Doran Company, New York		Maritime Non-Fiction	World War I	United States	20th Century	Naval vessels	Josephus Daniels’ account of the United States Navy’s role in World War I.	Ocean
Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria’s Reign	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1864		Other	Other	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Maritime settings	A collection of stories about the British Navy.	Navy
Our Sea of Islands	Hau’ofa, Epeli	1994		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The Contemporary Pacific, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu		Maritime Cultural Studies	Pacific Island Cultures, Oceanic Identity	Fiji	Late 20th Century	Pacific Island cultures and histories	A collection of essays exploring Pacific Island cultures and histories, with a focus on the Pacific Ocean as a unifying force.	Ocean
Our Sister Killjoy	Aidoo, Ama Ata	1977		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, London		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction	Postcolonial identity, diaspora, alienation, cultural displacement, journey	Ghana	20th Century	Europe (Germany, England) and Ghana, with transatlantic travel	Sissie, a young Ghanaian woman, travels through Europe, experiencing alienation and questioning post-colonial attitudes, with the Atlantic Ocean symbolizing the vast distance between Africa and Europe.	Atlantic Ocean
Our Wives Under the Sea	Julia Armfield	2022		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Picador		Novel					Horror story of surreal transformations that a deep sea researcher goes through after emerging back from one of her missions.
Out in the Midday Sun: The British in Malaya	Margaret Shennan			Coastal Cities					Novel					Focusing on the colonial administration centered in coastal cities.
Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Adventure	Optic, Oliver	1864		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	A group of young Americans embark on a sailing voyage to explore the world.	Voyage
Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship	Collingwood, Harry	1907		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Mystery	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship at sea	The story revolves around a missing ship and the subsequent search for it. The novel explores themes of survival and mystery in the context of maritime adventure.	Ocean
Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs: A Tale of Land and Sea	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1867		Other	Other	English	George Routledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Maritime settings	A young boy’s life is marked by ups and downs on land and sea.	Sea
Ozma of Oz A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein	Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)	1907		Red Sea	Sea	English	Reilly & Britton, Chicago		Fantasy Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Red Sea	A fantasy novel about the adventures of Princess Ozma and Dorothy in the Land of Oz, featuring a journey across the Red Sea.	Red Sea
Pacific	Nunn, Judy	2003		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Arrow Books, London		Historical Fiction	World War II, naval warfare, romance, espionage, Pacific theater	Australia	21st Century	Various Pacific islands, naval vessels during WWII	Set during World War II, this historical novel follows intertwined lives amidst the conflict in the Pacific, exploring themes of love, loyalty, and survival against the backdrop of naval battles and island life.	Pacific
Padma and the Elephant Sutra	W. L. Snowden	2017		Indian Ocean	Ocean		CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform		Novel					The novel, set in Sri Lanka, follows the parallel lives of Padma, a village girl, and an elephant whose paths collide in an arena of environmental extraction and Buddhist thought. A confluence of myth and meditation and activism shape Snowden’s narrative, presenting the ocean and the forests as living things. The language of the novel flows like a stream of poetry and investigates compassion, suffering, and the sacred relationship between humanity and nature, and encourages ecologically mindful awareness, in a changing landscape, on an island the size of South Carolina.
Paley’s Watch	Anil Menon	2021		Gulf of Alaska	Gulf	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2, Hachette India		Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about an unidentified object found in the Gulf of Alaska and the subsequent effort to understand, and own, it by different actors	Ocean
Paradise	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	1994		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hamish Hamilton, London		Novel, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction	Colonialism, slavery, coming-of-age, East African history, trade	Tanzania	19th Century	East African coast (Tanzania), caravan journeys, Indian Ocean trade routes	Set in 19th-century colonial East Africa, ‘Paradise’ explores the impact of colonialism and slavery through the eyes of a young boy, highlighting the region’s role as a maritime trade hub on the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Peacemaker	Nourse, Alan Edward	1921		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Survival	United States	20th Century	Ship, Pacific Ocean	A group of sailors must navigate the treacherous Pacific Ocean to reach their destination.	Ocean
Penelope’s Island	McNeish, James	1990		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel, Political Fiction	Colonialism, political unrest, cultural clash, identity, outsider perspective	New Zealand	20th Century	New Caledonia, Pacific island	Set during political unrest in 1970s-80s New Caledonia, the narrative follows an outsider woman entangled in local tensions through her marriage to a French-descended islander, with the Pacific Ocean surrounding the turbulent island.	Ocean
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief	Riordan, Rick	2005		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Disney‑Hyperion, New York		Young Adult Fantasy	Heroic quest, identity, mythic heritage	United States	Early 21st century	Camp Half‑Blood on Long Island, with Poseidon’s domain linked to the Atlantic Ocean	Teen demigod Percy discovers his divine parentage as the son of Poseidon and embarks on a quest that ties his fate to the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Perils and Captivity	Dard, Charlotte-Adelaïde	1853		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Maritime Adventure	Shipwreck, Survival	France	19th century	Shipwreck, Ocean	A novel based on the true story of the shipwreck of the Medusa, and the subsequent struggles of the survivors.	Atlantic Ocean
Persuasion	Austen, Jane	1817		English Channel	Sea	English	John Murray, London		Romance, Maritime Fiction	Love, social class, naval life	England	19th century	English countryside, naval ships	A romance novel that explores the life of Anne Elliot, a young woman who must navigate her feelings for a former love, now a naval officer.	Ocean
Peter and Wendy	Barrie, James Matthew	1911		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Children’s Fantasy / Maritime Adventure	Coming of age, fantasy, piracy	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	The voyage from London to Neverland and the pirate-infested waters	A novelization of the Peter Pan story, emphasizing the journey across the sea and the nautical battles with pirates.	Sea
Peter Pan	Barrie, James Matthew	1911		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Children’s Fantasy / Maritime Adventure	Eternal childhood, adventure, piracy	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	The Jolly Roger pirate ship and the lagoons of Neverland	While a fantasy, the narrative centers on a voyage across the ocean to Neverland and the ongoing conflict with Captain Hook’s pirate crew.	Ocean
Peter Parley’s Wonders of the Earth, Sea, and Sky	Goodrich, Samuel G.	1855		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Children’s Literature	Maritime Exploration	United States	Mid 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	The story follows the adventures of Peter Parley as he explores the wonders of the earth, sea, and sky.	Sea
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2	Marryat, Frederick	1834		English Channel	Sea	English	Henry Colburn, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Nautical, Sea	The novel follows the adventures of Peter Simple, a young man who joins the British Royal Navy and his experiences on the high seas.	Sea
Philosopher Jack	Ballantyne, R. M.	1886		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Nautical Adventure	Morality and Seafaring	United Kingdom	Victorian	Various sailing vessels across the Atlantic and Caribbean	The adventures of a sailor with a philosophical outlook on life, exploring themes of morality amidst the perils of the sea.	Sea
Phosphorus and Stone	Visvanathan, Susan	2007		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Zubaan, New Delhi		Novel, Literary Fiction	Coastal life, social class, tradition vs. modernity, environmental issues	India	21st Century	Fishing hamlet in Kerala, India, on the Indian Ocean coast	This novel examines life in a fishing hamlet on the Kerala coast, near the Indian Ocean, contrasting it with urban bourgeois perspectives.	Ocean
Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy	Gibbs, George	1897		Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Naval heroism, patriotism	United States	19th century	Navy ships, oceanic battles	Pike & Cutlass is a collection of nautical tales that celebrate the heroism of the US Navy, set against the backdrop of oceanic battles and adventures. The stories evoke a sense of patriotism and bravery, highlighting the sacrifices made by naval officers.	Ocean
Pincher Martin	Golding, William	1956		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Faber and Faber, London		Nautical Survival	Isolation, existential struggle, survival	United Kingdom	Mid‑20th Century (1950s)	Shipwreck and lifeboat in the North Atlantic	After a shipwreck in the North Atlantic, a sailor believes he is the sole survivor and confronts hallucinatory experiences while adrift.	North Atlantic Ocean
Pincher Martin, O.D.: A Story of the Inner Life of the Royal Navy	Dorling, H. Taprell	1916		North Sea	Sea	English	Mills & Boon, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, War	United Kingdom	20th century	Royal Navy, World War I	A story of survival and the inner life of the Royal Navy during World War I, set in the North Sea. The novel explores the psychological effects of war on a naval officer.	North Sea
Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere	Green, Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott)	1885		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Non-Fiction, Maritime History	Crime, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sea, Land	A non-fiction account of piracy off the Florida coast.	Atlantic Ocean
Pirates	Johnson, Charles	1724		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	T. Woodward, London		Historical Nonfiction	Piracy, Maritime History	United Kingdom	Early Modern	Atlantic Ocean, Pirate Ships	A historical account of piracy in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Pirates’ Hope	Lynde, Francis	1884		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Piracy	United States	Late 19th Century	Pirate ship	A nautical adventure novel that follows a group of pirates on their quest for treasure.	Pirate
Plague Ship	Norton, Andre	1956		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York		Science Fiction, Adventure	Science, Exploration	USA	20th Century	A spaceship in the Pacific Ocean	A science fiction novel about a group of people who are stranded on a spaceship in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
Plain Tales from the Raj: Images of India in the Twentieth Century	Allen, Charles	1975			Other	English	Abacus		Non-Fiction	India, British Raj, and Images	India	20th Century	India	A collection of stories on the British Raj in India.	Indian Ocean
Playground	Richard Powers	2023		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Penguin Random House		Novel					In this survival tale, the protagonist diving near Monastery Beach is attacked by a giant squid and subsequently swallowed by a sperm whale, initiating a desperate struggle to survive with limited oxygen.
Poetics of Relation	Glissant, Edouard	2010	Translated by Betsy Wing	Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI	Betsy Wing (translator)	Postcolonial Studies	Caribbean identity, cultural diversity	France	Late 20th century	Caribbean islands	An exploration of the concept of relation in Caribbean culture and identity.	Caribbean Sea
Poinciana	Goldsmith, Jane Turner	2011	Translated from French by the author	Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Wakefield Press, Kent Town, South Australia	Translated by Jane Turner Goldsmith	Novel	Love, memory, colonialism, shipwreck, New Caledonian history	Australia	21st Century	New Caledonia, coastal areas, shipwreck site	Focusing on returned soldier Tom and his lover Léna in New Caledonia, this novel weaves love, ancestral dreams, and political memory around a symbolically significant shipwreck.	Pacific Ocean
Polar Renaissance – The Arctic Ocean (2060)		2021		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Conflict Futures Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	A speculative speech by the CEO of an indigenous-led organization regarding international conflicts around a melting Arctic Sea	Ocean
Port Vila Blues	Disher, Garry	1995		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW		Crime Novel, Thriller	Corruption, crime, colonial legacies, postcolonialism, Pacific island life	Australia	20th Century	Port Vila, Vanuatu, marina, coastline, Pacific Ocean	This crime novel featuring thief Wyatt utilizes Vanuatu’s Port Vila marina and coastline as both symbolic and practical backdrops for exploring corruption, criminal enterprises, and colonial legacies in the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Post Captain	O’Brian, Patrick	1972		Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea	Ocean	English	Collins, London (UK); J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia (US)		Historical Fiction, Naval Fiction	Naval warfare, friendship, duty, exploration, Napoleonic Wars	United Kingdom	20th Century (set in early 19th Century)	HMS Polychrest, various naval vessels, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean	Captain Jack Aubrey navigates the complexities of naval life during the Peace of Amiens and returns to sea for missions against Spanish ships, often accompanied by his friend Stephen Maturin.	Sea
Postcolonialism and Cosmopolitanism	Gilroy, Paul	2012			Other	English	Rosi Braidotti et al. (editors), Routledge, London, UK		Postcolonial Studies	Postcolonialism, cosmopolitanism	UK	21st century		An exploration of the relationship between postcolonialism and cosmopolitanism.	Atlantic Ocean
Potiki	Grace, Patricia	1986		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books, Auckland		Novel, Indigenous Fiction	Maori culture, land rights, environmentalism, community, colonialism, spirituality	New Zealand	20th Century	Coastal Maori community, New Zealand	Through multiple narrators in a coastal Maori community, the novel chronicles resistance against development threatening their land and meeting hall, highlighting indigenous connection to place against a Pacific backdrop.	Pacific Ocean
Pounamu Pounamu	Ihimaera, Witi	1972		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Reed Publishing, Wellington		Short Stories, Indigenous Fiction	Indigenous identity, Maori culture, connection to land and sea, community	New Zealand	20th Century	Coastal Maori communities, New Zealand	This collection of short stories explores Indigenous identity, community bonds, and the profound connection of Maori people to both terrestrial landscapes and oceanic environments in New Zealand.	Ocean
Preparations	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Prisoner of Paradise	Gunesekera, Romesh	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bloomsbury Publishing, London		Historical Fiction, Novel	Exile, colonialism, identity, power, island life	Sri Lanka	18th Century	Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Mauritius, Indian Ocean voyage	‘Prisoner of Paradise’ narrates the story of a Ceylonese prince exiled to Mauritius, involving a significant journey across the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Project Reefoir				Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Coral Reef Futures, short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative future where a handful of communities survived a climate catastrophe who are now attempting to revive the coral reefs	Ocean
Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference	Chakrabarty, Dipesh	2000		Other	Other	English	Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ		Postcolonial Theory	Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Europe	India	Late 20th Century	Historical, Colonial	A critical examination of the concept of Europe and its impact on non-European cultures.	Ocean
Putri Junjung Buih: The Princess Born From The Sea	Multiple Authors		Original Indonesian/Malay translated to English	Java Sea	Sea	English	Traditional Oral Transmission / Bhuana Ilmu (Modern Edition)		Folklore	Divine Origin and Sea Mysticism	Indonesia	Traditional	The coastal regions and waters of Kalimantan and Java	A legendary tale of a mystical princess born from sea foam who brings prosperity and royalty to the land.	Sea
Q-Ships and Their Story	Chatterton, E. Keble	1922		North Sea	Sea	English	Original publication details not specified in the input, however, according to historical records, it was first published in 1922 by London: Hurst & Blackett		Maritime History	Q-Ships, World War I, Maritime History	United Kingdom	20th century	Q-Ships in the North Sea during World War I	The book tells the story of Q-Ships and their role in World War I, set in the North Sea. The story is a classic tale of maritime history and World War I.	North Sea
Ralph Osborn, Midshipman at Annapolis: A Story of Life at the U.S. Naval Academy	Beach, Edward L.	1900		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Naval Fiction	Duty, professionalism, military training	USA	Turn of the Century	United States Naval Academy	The narrative follows Ralph Osborn’s development and experiences as a midshipman training for a career in the Navy.	Ocean
Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R.N.	Gardner, James Anthony			Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Biography	Nautical	United Kingdom	19th century	Nautical	Memoirs of a British naval commander.	Ocean
Records, by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher	Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron	1920		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder and Stoughton, London		Memoir	Maritime History	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Ocean, Ships	The records of Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, which include his experiences and reflections on his naval career.	Sea
Red Ocean	Song, Han	2004	Original language: Chinese. No full English translation widely published.	The Ocean (primordial world-ocean)	Ocean	Chinese	Science Fiction World, Chengdu		Science Fiction	Dystopia, posthumanism, ecological crisis, civilization, identity, power, oceanic space	China	21st century	Underwater human societies, a dystopian future Earth’s ocean	This novel explores posthuman and ecological themes in a future where human societies exist underwater, with the ocean central to the construction of civilization, identity, and power amidst environmental catastrophe.	Ocean
Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew	Ballantyne, R. M.	1882		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Nautical Adventure	Loyalty and Redemption	United Kingdom	Victorian	Sailing ships and coastal ports	A tale of bravery and betrayal among a ship’s crew, focusing on the redemption of the titular character.	Sea
Red Sea	Emily Benedek	2007		Red Sea	Sea		St. Martin’s Press		Novel					Four airplanes are blown out of the sky-hundreds of civilians are dead, and the world is gripped by fear. As young American reporter Marie Peterssen investigates the attacks, she meets Julian Granot, a mysterious Israeli operative who offers her an enticing lead-one that points them to maverick FBI agent Morgan Ensley and the ravages of war-torn Iraq. Soon Marie, Julian, and Morgan discover a connection between the crashes and a devastating plot to detonate a nuclear bomb in a New York City port-and time is running out.
Red Sea	Tullson, Diane	2005		Red Sea	Sea	English	Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC, Canada		Young Adult Fiction, Adventure	Adventure, sailing, danger, family, coming-of-age	Canada	21st Century	Sailing vessel on the Red Sea	A fourteen-year-old girl experiences danger and adventure while sailing through the Red Sea with her parents.	Sea
Redburn: His First Voyage	Melville, Herman	1849		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure, Coming-of-Age	Coming-of-Age, Identity, and the Human Condition	United States	19th Century	Nautical, 19th Century	A young sailor’s first voyage on a merchant ship, exploring themes of coming-of-age, identity, and the human condition.	Sailor
Reef	Gunesekera, Romesh	1994		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Granta Books, London		Novel, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction	Colonialism, class, political unrest, coming-of-age, marine life	Sri Lanka	20th Century	Coastal Sri Lanka, marine research, domestic service	Set in coastal Sri Lanka, ‘Reef’ tells the story of a young chef working for a marine biologist, against a backdrop of political unrest and the rich marine environment of the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Reeftopia	Ignacio Gianelli, Laura Pereira, Andrew Merrie, Kim Yip Tong			Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean	Reef, Sea, Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Coral Reef Futures, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative story of a future where people from all over the world assemble to create a global constitution based on harmony, ecological sustainability and social responsibility	Ocean
Regions Unbound: Towards a New Politics of Place	Amin, Ash	2004			Other	English	Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, Stockholm				Sweden				Ocean
Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy	Batten, John M.	1863		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by the author, United States		Maritime Memoir	Naval Life, American Civil War Era, Seafaring	United States	19th Century	Various US Navy vessels	Personal recollections of service within the United States Navy during the mid-19th century.	Ocean
Remodeled Empire – East China Sea (2045)		2021		East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Yellow Sea, South China Sea	Sea, Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Conflict Futures Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative account of a future UN meeting regarding fishing related conflicts in and around the China Seas	Ocean
Rene Dubos, Tuberculosis, and the “Ecological Facets of Virulence”	Honigsbaum, M.	2017		River	River	English	HPLS, Berlin		Medical History	Tuberculosis, Ecology, Virulence	Germany	Early 21st Century	River landscapes and environments	An exploration of the relationship between tuberculosis, ecology, and virulence, examining the ways in which the natural world has shaped our understanding of disease and health.	Oceanic
Representing Anglo-Indians: A Genealogical Study	D’Cruz, Glenn	1999			Other	English	University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC		History	Anglo-Indian Identity	Australia	Late 20th Century		A historical study of Anglo-Indian identity and representation.	Indian Ocean
Research (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
Return to the Straits				Straits of Malacca					Novel					Referring to the Straits of Malacca
Reunion	Vandana Singh	2019		Arabian Sea	Sea	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Hachette India		Speculative Fiction, Climate Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a postapocalypse Mumbai that is drowned to a large extent due to a climate catastrophe	Ocean
Revolt on Io	Bond, Nelson S.	1934		Io (Jupiter’s Moon)	Other	English	Doubleday, New York		Science Fiction	Space Exploration, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Io (Jupiter’s Moon)	A science fiction novel set on the moon Io, exploring themes of space exploration and adventure.	Ocean
Riambel	Hein, Priya	2022	Original language: French. English translation by Priya Hein (2023).	Indian Ocean (context of Mauritius)	Ocean	French	Globe Editions, Paris		Novel	Social inequality, colonialism, slavery, identity, resistance	Mauritius	21st century	Riambel, Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean	Follows fifteen-year-old Noemi in Mauritius, revealing stark social and ethnic divides shaped by slavery and colonial rule, with the island’s oceanic setting embodying history, identity, and resistance.	Ocean
Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast	Munroe, Kirk	1895		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and survival on the Northwest Coast	USA	19th century	Pacific Ocean and Northwest Coast	A nautical adventure novel about a man who is exploring the Northwest Coast.	Coast
Rime of the Last Fisherman – 2070		2018		Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, etc.	Oceans and Seas	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Future Ocean Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative future where the oceans of the world lose almost all marine life, especially fish	Ocean
Ririentaru no matsuei (The Descendants of Lilienthal)		2011		General Oceans	Ocean	Japanese	Hayakawa Publishing		Short story	Posthumanism, Biotechnology, Climate Crisis	Japan	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a genetically mutated boy in The Ocean Chronicles world	Ocean
Rising Tide – 2070	Dr. Andrew Merrie and Dr. Patrick Keys	2018		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Future Ocean Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative story of a future world where global warming caused sea level rise drove a section of humanity to build a new base for habitation under the Pacific Ocean	Ocean
Rites of Passage	Golding, William	1972		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Faber and Faber, London		Historical Maritime Fiction	Migration, colonisation, endurance	United Kingdom	Late‑20th Century (1970s)	Six‑month voyage of British migrants from England to Australia, rounding the Cape of Good Hope	A detailed account of a six‑month journey of British migrants sailing to Australia in the early nineteenth century.	Sea
Rival Ocean Divers	Rockwood, Roy	1900		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Competition, Friendship	United States	Early 20th Century	Underwater	Two rival ocean divers compete in a series of underwater challenges.	Ocean
River of Smoke	Ghosh, Amitav	2011		Indian Ocean, Pearl River	Ocean, River	English	John Murray, London		Historical Fiction, Novel	Opium trade, colonialism, migration, cultural encounter, maritime history	India	19th Century	Ship Ibis, Indian Ocean, Canton (China)	Set in 1838, this novel follows the ship Ibis as it transports convicts and laborers across the Indian Ocean, intertwining their fates with the burgeoning opium trade in Canton.	Indian Ocean
Rivers of Ice	Ballantyne, R. M.	1874		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Polar Adventure	Survival and Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian	Ice-bound waters of the Arctic regions	A harrowing narrative of Arctic exploration and the struggle for survival against extreme polar conditions.	Arctic Ocean
Robinson Crusoe	Defoe, Daniel	1719		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	William Taylor, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Isolation	England	18th century	Deserted island, Sailing vessels	Robinson Crusoe is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a man who becomes stranded on a deserted island and must survive against all odds. The novel explores themes of survival and isolation.	Caribbean Sea
Rodan the Devil, and Other Stories	Becke, Louis	1897		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Moral decay, cultural clash, South Sea trade	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	The islands of the South Pacific	A collection of stories focusing on the gritty and often brutal realities of life and trade in the South Seas.	South Seas
Rodney, the Overseer	Castlemon, Harry	1870		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Slavery	United States	19th Century	Sailing ship on the Atlantic Ocean	A young boy’s adventures on a sailing ship and his experiences with slavery.	Ocean
Rollo on the Atlantic	Abbott, Jacob	1847		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Biglow & Main, New York		Educational Fiction	Geography, nature, and maritime exploration	United States	Mid-19th Century	A passenger ship crossing from North America to Europe	An educational narrative where a young boy learns about the Atlantic Ocean and navigation during a voyage.	Atlantic Ocean
Rotting Mangoes and the Killer Sea Snail				International Ocean Waters	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Post Growth Imaginaries, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative future where international seas have declared common heritage of humanity sees the development of a cure for breast cancer using a deep sea animal which could not be patented or owned by IP rights therefore aiding in open access of the same	Ocean
Round the Galley Fire	Russell, William Clark	1865		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A nautical adventure novel, exploring themes of friendship and adventure on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Round the Horn before the mast	Lubbock, Basil	1879		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship	A narrative of a voyage around Cape Horn, highlighting the challenges and experiences of the crew.	Cape
Round the World	Carnegie, Andrew	1884		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner, Armstrong and Company, New York		Travelogue	Exploration, Imperialism	Scotland	19th Century	The Pacific Ocean and surrounding regions	A travelogue of the author’s journey around the world, including the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Round the World in Any Number of Days	Baring, Maurice	1914		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	Methuen & Co., London		Satirical Travel Fiction	Irony of modern travel, cultural observation, global transit	UK	Edwardian Era	Various ocean liners and transit vessels	A satirical take on the classic ’round the world’ journey, focusing on the absurdities of international travel by sea.	Sea
Rowing After the White Whale: A Crossing of the Indian Ocean by Hand	Adair, James	2001		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Self-published/Independent, United Kingdom		Maritime Memoir	Endurance, Human Will, Isolation	United Kingdom	Contemporary	Small rowing boat crossing the Indian Ocean	A first-hand account of an arduous solo rowing journey across the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Ruins	Savanadasa, Rajith	2016		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hachette, Australia		Novel	Post-war Sri Lanka, family, ambition, corruption, hope, regeneration	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Post-war Colombo, Sri Lanka, coastal	Ruins offers a rich depiction of post-war Colombo through the multiple voices of a family, exploring ambition, corruption, and hope in a rapidly changing Sri Lanka, with the oceanic analogy evoking remnants of conflict and search for regeneration.	Ocean
Running Away to Sea	Defoe, Daniel	1700		English Channel	Sea	English	Bennett, London		Maritime Adventure	Youth, Rebellion	England	17th Century	Life at sea	Running Away to Sea is a novel by Daniel Defoe, detailing the life of a young man who runs away to sea.	Sea
Rushi, tsuki, hoshi, taiyo (Lucis, Moon, Stars, and Sun)		2017		General Oceans	Ocean	Japanese	Hayakawa		Short story	Posthumanism, Biotechnology, Climate Crisis	Japan	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a dolphin like lucis which has survived the catastrophe of The Ocean chronicles world	Ocean
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point; or, Nita, the Girl Castaway	Emerson, Alice B.	1916		Ocean	Ocean	English	Cupples & Leon Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Friendship	United States	20th century	Lighthouse, ocean	A story about a girl named Ruth Fielding and her adventures at a lighthouse, including a shipwreck and a castaway.	Ocean
Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories	Becke, Louis	1899		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Maritime Fiction	Moral ambiguity, island life, nautical isolation	United Kingdom	Victorian	Remote Pacific islands and accompanying vessels	A collection of stories depicting the darker, more visceral side of life in the South Seas.	South Seas
S.O.S. Aphrodite!	Mullen, Stanley	1927		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macaulay Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Love and survival at sea	USA	20th century	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a man who falls in love with a woman on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea	Fenn, George Manville	1884		Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Youth, Exploration, Survival	United Kingdom	19th century	Sailing vessel, Ocean	The story follows a young boy’s adventures at sea, exploring the ocean and learning the ways of sailing. The narrative is a classic example of nautical adventure, with themes of youth, exploration, and survival.	Ocean
Sail Shining in White	Mark Helprin
Sailing Alone Around the World	Slocum, Joshua	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	USA	Late 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A memoir of Joshua Slocum’s solo voyage around the world.	Voyage
Sailing ships	Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)	1850		Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London		Nautical History	Maritime History	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ships	A comprehensive history of sailing ships, covering their design, construction, and operation.	Ocean
Sailor and Beachcomber	Safroni-Middleton, A. (Arnold)	1908		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Maritime Realism	Travel and Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A travelogue about a sailor’s adventures in Australia and the Pacific.	Pacific
Sailor Jack, the Trader	Castlemon, Harry	1875		Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia		Nautical Adventure	Maritime trade, Friendship	United States	19th century	Sailing vessel	The story revolves around Sailor Jack, a young trader who sails the seas and faces various challenges as he navigates the world of maritime trade.	Sea
Salt to the Sea	Sepetys, Ruta	2016		Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean	Sea, Ocean	English	Philomel Books, New York		Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novel	World War II, refugees, survival, human tragedy, maritime disaster	USA	20th Century	Wilhelm Gustloff ship, Baltic Sea, during evacuation	Set during WWII, this novel follows multiple characters seeking refuge on a ship in the Baltic Sea, culminating in one of history’s greatest maritime disasters.	Sea
Saltwater Spirits	Ismail, Syahidah	2010		Kampung Coastal Waters	Sea	English	Epigram Books, Singapore (in The Best of Singapore Short Stories: Volume 1)		Short Story	Malay folklore, coastal legends, tradition vs. modernization, loss, fishing life	Singapore	21st Century	Malay kampung (village) by the sea, coastal waters	A contemporary short story reworking Malay coastal legends, featuring sea spirits, tides, and fishing life as metaphors for the loss of tradition amidst modernization.	Sea
Salvage the Bones	Jesmyn Ward (African American)	2011		Gulf of Mexico	Ocean		Bloomsbury		Novel					The novel explores the plight of a working-class African-American family in Mississippi as they prepare for Hurricane Katrina and follows them through the aftermath of the storm.[
Samandar ki chori (Stealing the Sea)	Asif Aslam Farrukhi	2017	Syed Saeed Naqvi in 2017 for OUP	Arabian Sea	Sea	Urdu	In Search of Butterflies, Oxford University Press		Speculative Fiction, Short story	Climate Fiction, Surrealism	Pakistan	Future	Karachi	Story about how the city of Karachi wakes up one morning to find the sea missing	Ocean
Sand Roses	Hamza Koudri (Algeria)	2023		Mediterranian Sea	Sea		Holland House Books		Novel					Sand Roses is a historical novel about the semi-nomadic Ouled Nail group in Algeria whose women are trained as dancers—but are also forced into sex work by the community at an early age.
Sand Roses	Koudri, Hamza	2023		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Holland House Books, London		Historical Novel	Historical culture, women’s roles, societal pressures	Algeria	21st Century	Algeria, Ouled Nail group	A historical novel set in Algeria, focusing on the Ouled Nail group, with the Mediterranean Sea as a geographical context for the region.	Sea
Sands of Time				Coastal					Novel					Relating to the coastal environment, exploring history and the erosion of time.
Saree	Dharmapala, Su	2014		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Simon & Schuster Australia, Sydney		Novel	Migration, diaspora, cultural identity, family, memory, resilience, connection across oceans	Australia	21st Century	Sri Lanka, Australia, journeys across the Indian Ocean	This novel traces the interconnected stories of five women across generations, moving between Sri Lanka and Australia, with the Indian Ocean symbolizing migration, memory, and the enduring connections between them.	Indian Ocean
Sargasso of the Stars	Frederic Arnold Kummer			Sargasso Sea	Sea	English	Project Gutenberg (NA)		Science Fiction	Space Exploration			Sargasso Sea	A science fiction novel about a journey through space.	Sargasso Sea
Sarró	Becke, Louis	1899		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Adventure	Identity, ambition, maritime law	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Pacific trading ports and vessels	A tale of intrigue and personal ambition set against the backdrop of the Pacific shipping trade.	Pacific Ocean
Sasagara	Roy, Prafulla	1993		Bay of Bengal	Bay	Bengali	Ujjwal Sahitya Mandir, Kolkata		Maritime Fiction	Maritime Life	India	Modern Era	Coastal Village	A story about the lives of people living in a coastal village, focusing on their relationship with the sea.	Sea
Satellite of Fear	Frederic Arnold Kummer			Other	Other	English	Project Gutenberg (NA)		Science Fiction	Space Exploration			Galactic Space	A science fiction novel about a satellite in space.	Ocean
Saved at Sea	Walton, O. F., Mrs.	1835		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival at Sea	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipwrecked sailors	A story of survival at sea, where a group of sailors must navigate treacherous waters to reach safety.	Sea
Saved by the Lifeboat	Ballantyne, R. M.	1888		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Maritime Survival	Endurance and Rescue	United Kingdom	Victorian	A lifeboat drifting in the open Atlantic	A dramatic account of survivors drifting in a lifeboat after a shipwreck, emphasizing human endurance.	Sea
Scramble for the Atlantic – North-East Atlantic Ocean (2030)	Andrew Merrie, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Matthew Osborne, Malin Mobjork, Orjan Bodin, Elizabeth R. Selig, Phillippe Le Billon, Cullen Hendrix, Gerald Singh, Patrick W. Keys, Tiffany H. Morrison	2021		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Conflict Futures Fiction, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	A hypothetical conversation between government representatives regarding fishing quotas in a world where oceans have become destabilised due to climate change	Ocean
Sea Creatures	Daniel, Susanna	2013		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper, New York		Novel, Literary Fiction	Family secrets, disability, coastal life, motherhood, mystery	USA	21st Century	Coastal Florida, by the Atlantic Ocean	Set in Florida, this novel explores a family’s struggles and secrets, deeply intertwined with their life by the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
Sea Creatures	Susanna Daniel	2013		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Harper		Novel					Set in Florida, this novel is intertwined with the Atlantic Ocean and follows a family’s struggles and secrets as they navigate life by the sea.
Sea of Dreams	Liu, Cixin	2004		Earth’s oceans	Ocean	Chinese	Science Fiction World		Science Fiction Novella	Environmental crisis, Art, Alien otherness	China	21st Century	Earth’s oceans, space (orbit)	This novella explores a global-ocean scenario where an alien artist freezes and hoists Earth’s oceans into orbit, focusing on environmental crisis, human survival, and alien otherness.	Ocean
Sea of Poppies	Ghosh, Amitav	2008		Indian Ocean, Ganges River	Ocean, River	English	John Murray, London		Historical Fiction, Novel	Opium trade, colonialism, migration, cultural encounter, maritime history	India	19th Century	Schooner Ibis, Indian Ocean, Calcutta, Mauritius, Canton	This historical novel chronicles the journey of diverse characters from Calcutta to Mauritius aboard the schooner Ibis, traversing the Indian Ocean amidst the backdrop of the opium trade.	Indian Ocean
Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812	Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)	1905		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Little, Brown and Company, Boston		Nautical History	Sea Power and Naval Warfare	United States	Late 19th Century	Naval warfare during the War of 1812	A historical analysis of the role of sea power in the War of 1812, highlighting the importance of naval warfare in shaping the outcome of the conflict.	Sea
Sea Scouts up-Channel	Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)	1926		English Channel	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London		Nautical Adventure	Friendship, Coming of age	United Kingdom	20th century	Small yacht on the English Channel	Sea Scouts up-Channel.	Sea
Sea Stories	Brady, Cyrus Townsend	1917		Sea	Sea	English	Dodd, Mead and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure	United States	Early 20th century	At sea, on a ship	Sea Stories is a collection of nautical adventure stories that explore themes of maritime life and adventure.	Sea
Sea Story	A. S. Byatt	2013		Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Caribbean Sea	Ocean, Sea	English	The Guardian		Posthumanist Eco-fiction, Short story	Microplastics, Ocean Pollution	United Kingdom	21st Century	Ocean / Sea	Story about microplastics pollution in the ocean and the interconnected nature of human and marine existence	Ocean
Sea Warfare	Kipling, Rudyard	1899		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	War at Sea	United Kingdom	Late Victorian Era	Naval warfare in the Indian Ocean	A collection of essays on naval warfare, including the use of submarines and the importance of sea power.	Sea
Sea Yarns	Taylor, Joshua N.	1894		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Company, London		Nautical Fiction	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Sailing Vessel	A collection of sea stories and yarns.	Sea
Sea, Spray and Spindrift	Dorling, H. Taprell	1893		Sea	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval vessel	A collection of naval stories and sketches.	Sea
Sea-Dogs All!	Bevan, Tom	1905		North Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Sailor camaraderie and peril	UK	Edwardian	British merchant and naval vessels	A series of adventurous tales focusing on the rugged lives and daring escapades of professional sailors.	Sea
Sea-Hounds	Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)	1903		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, naval history	United States	Early 20th century	Marine setting, naval vessels	A narrative of adventure and exploration on the high seas, following the exploits of a group of sailors and their encounters with the natural world. The story delves into the complexities of life at sea and the human relationship with the ocean.	Ocean
Sea-Power and Other Studies	Bridge, Cyprian, Sir	1910		Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Strategy	Naval Power, Maritime Warfare	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Naval vessels and oceanic theaters	Sir Cyprian Bridge’s collection of essays on sea power and its role in shaping global events, offering insights into the strategic importance of maritime dominance. The book is a classic of naval thought, exploring the intersection of sea power and international relations.	Sea
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairs	Currey, E. Hamilton	1910		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Originally published by John Lane, London		Maritime History	Maritime piracy, Mediterranean history	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Mediterranean Sea, Moslem corsairs	The book is a historical account of the grand period of the Moslem corsairs in the Mediterranean Sea.	Mediterranean Sea
Seed of the Arctic Ice	Bates, Harry	1922		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harry Bates (Private/Small Press), USA		Nautical Adventure	Polar exploration, survival, and isolation	USA	Early 20th Century	Arctic ice fields and expedition vessels	A survival narrative focusing on the hazards and mysteries of the frozen Arctic waters.	Arctic Ocean
Setsuko and the Song of the Sea	Barker, Fiona	2023		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Tiny Tree, USA		Children’s Literary Fiction	Healing, cultural memory, connection to nature	USA	Contemporary	Coastal Japan and the Pacific shoreline	A lyrical story about a girl’s emotional connection to the sea and its role in processing historical trauma.	Sea
Shadows on the Water				Water/ Coast					Novel					An oceanic title suggesting mystery, hidden dangers, or dark secrets related to the sea or the coastline.
Shark Dialogues	Davenport, Kiana	1994		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Atheneum, New York		Historical Fiction, Family Saga, Literary Fiction	Hawaiian history, colonialism, cultural identity, family, myth, ocean connection	USA	19th-20th Century	Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean	This novel spans generations of Hawaiian history, beginning with a Yankee sailor and a Tahitian chief’s daughter, deeply intertwining the characters’ lives and the islands’ fate with the vast Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Shark Dialogues	Kiana Davenport	1994		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		1995 (Plume)		Novel					Beginning with the fateful meeting of a nineteenth-century Yankee sailor and the runaway daughter of a Tahitian chief, and sweeping over a century and a half of passionate, turbulent Hawaiian history, Shark Dialogues takes its place as the first novel to do justice to the rich heritage and cruel conflicts of the beautiful and beleaguered islands and their people.
Sheer Off: A Tale	Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Fisher Unwin, London		Nautical Adventure	Moral fortitude, maritime peril, and redemption	United Kingdom	Victorian	A sailing vessel navigating the North Atlantic	A maritime tale focusing on the struggles and moral trials of sailors during a dangerous voyage.	Sailor
Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn	Ballantyne, R. M.	1890		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Nautical Adventure	Trade and Global Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian	Merchant sailing vessels in Eastern waters	A rugged seafaring yarn detailing the adventures of sailors navigating the trade routes of the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
Shinku no hibun (Deep Crimson Epitaphs)		2013		General Oceans	Ocean	Japanese	Hayakawa Shobo		Novel	Posthumanism, Biotechnology, Climate Crisis	Japan	Future	Ocean / Sea	Continuation of the story from Karyu no miya and biotechnological modifications allowing humans to survive in marine ecosystems	Ocean
Ships & Ways of Other Days	Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)	1853		Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London		Nautical History	Maritime History	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ships	A historical account of ships and maritime practices from ancient times to the mid-19th century.	Ocean
Ships at Work	Elting, Mary	1913		Various	Other	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Maritime Non-Fiction	Shipbuilding, Maritime Industry	United States	Early 20th Century	Various shipyards and ports	A non-fiction book about ships and shipbuilding, featuring various vessels and maritime industries.	Ocean
Shipwrecks on Cape Cod	Small, Isaac M. (Isaac Morton)	1908		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Cape Cod Press, Provincetown		Nautical History	Maritime Disaster	USA	Early 20th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A history of shipwrecks on Cape Cod.	Cape
Short Stories from Mauritius	Abu Alladin,Ysz Yun So	2000		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Editions Le Printemps		Collection of Short Stories					Short Stories from Mauritius by Abu Alladin and Ysz Yun So is a collection of diverse tales that vividly portray life on the island. The stories feature a range of characters, from everyday people to mythical figures, reflecting the rich multicultural fabric of Mauritian society. Themes include humor, social conflict, nature, migration, and cultural identity. The collection captures the island’s unique landscapes, traditions, and challenges, offering readers an intimate glimpse of Mauritius through engaging narratives that balance local specificity and universal human experiences. The collaboration between Alladin and Ysz Yun So emphasizes Mauritius’s plural cultural heritage and storytelling traditions
Short Stories from Mauritius	Alladin, Abu; So, Ysz Yun	2000		Indian Ocean (context of Mauritius)	Ocean	English	Editions Le Printemps, Vacoas, Mauritius		Collection of Short Stories	Multiculturalism, identity, nature, social conflict, migration	Mauritius	21st century	Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean	A collection of diverse tales vividly portraying life on Mauritius, reflecting its multicultural fabric and unique landscapes, with the island’s oceanic environment influencing themes of identity and connection.	Indian Ocean
Silent Winds, Dry Seas	Busjeet, Vinod	2021		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Novel	Identity, migration, cultural hybridity, colonialism, tradition vs. modernity	Mauritius	21st century	Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean	Set in Mauritius, the novel traces Vishnu Bhushan’s life as he navigates a multiracial society, with the Indian Ocean symbolizing connection and isolation, reflecting themes of identity and migration.	Indian Ocean
Silent Winds, Dry Seas	Vinod Busjeet			Indian Ocean	Ocean		Doubleday							Silent Winds, Dry Seas by Vinod Busjeet is a novel set in Mauritius tracing the life of Vishnu Bhushan, a descendant of Indian indentured laborers, as he navigates the complexities of a multiracial society marked by tensions between tradition and modernity, freedom and repression. The book highlights family pressures, clan feuds, and societal divides against a backdrop of historical and cultural shifts on the island. Oceanic fiction qualities are evident in its setting—Mauritius surrounded by the Indian Ocean—where the sea symbolizes both connection and isolation, reflecting broader themes of identity, migration, and cultural hybridity in an island context. The novel richly portrays the evolution of Mauritian society with poetic charm while exploring the legacies of colonialism and community dynamics
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters	Marshall, Logan	1912		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Co., New York		Non-fiction, Maritime history	Disaster, Survival	United States	Early 20th century	Ocean, Maritime	The book tells the story of the sinking of the Titanic and other great sea disasters.	Sea
Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Voyage to Newfoundland	Hayes, Edward, active 1602	1602		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	London: Printed by John Windet for William Ponsonbie		Historical, Maritime	Exploration, Colonization	England	Renaissance	Maritime, Oceanic	A historical account of Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s voyage to Newfoundland.	Voyage
Siren Song of the Mississippi Queen	Garner, Hank	2017		Gulf of Mexico	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Fantasy/Mystery)	Folklore, mystery, family, fishing, ancient civilizations, Gulf Coast culture	United States	21st Century	Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi coast, fishing boats	A commercial fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico searches for his sister, who believes in an ancient underwater civilization, forcing him to confront the reality of maritime legends.	Gulf of Mexico
Skin of the Sea	Bowen, Natasha	2021		Sea in general (West African coast)	Sea	English	Random House, New York		Young Adult Fantasy, Maritime Fiction	Mythology, identity, quest, sacrifice, West African folklore	Nigeria/UK	21st Century	West African coast, open sea, mythical underwater realms, mami wata society	Simi, a mami wata, breaks an ancient law to save a human, embarking on a perilous journey across the sea to seek the Supreme Creator and prevent a catastrophic curse.	Sea
Skin of the Sea	Natasha Bowen	2021		Sea in general	Sea		Random House		Nevel					Bowen’s debut novel follows Simi, a mami wata who travels across sea and land in search of the Supreme Creator after breaking a law that threatens the existence of all mami wata.
Sky Dancer	Ihimaera, Witi	2003		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Group (NZ), Auckland		Novel	Māori mythology, identity, tradition, environmentalism, spiritual connection to land/sea	New Zealand	21st Century	New Zealand coastal areas, spiritual realms	This work integrates contemporary characters into traditional Māori mythology concerning warring terrestrial and aquatic birds, bridging ancient Pacific storytelling with modern narrative approaches.	Pacific
Sky Island	Baum, L. Frank	1912		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George M. Hill Company, New York		Fantasy/Maritime Adventure	Exploration, Magic, Seafaring	USA	Edwardian	Sailing vessels and fantastical islands	A nautical fantasy following the further adventures of the sailor Cap’n Bill and Trot, blending traditional maritime elements with surrealist exploration.	Ocean
Slavery and South Asian History	Chatterjee, Indrani and Richard Eaton	2006		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN		Maritime History	Slavery, South Asian History	India	Early 21st Century	Indian Ocean coastal regions	A historical analysis of slavery in South Asia, focusing on the Indian Ocean trade.	Indian Ocean
Smaller and Smaller Circles	F.H. Batacan	1999		Philippine Sea	Sea		University of the Philippines Press		Novel					Crime novel set partly in coastal Manila; moral pollution vs sea purity
Smallpox Vaccination in Early Colonial India: Diversity in Resistance	Davey, S.	2018			Other	English	South Asia Research, London, UK		History	Smallpox Vaccination, Colonial India	United Kingdom	Late 20th Century	Colonial India	An article exploring the history of smallpox vaccination in early colonial India.	Indian Ocean
Snow-shoes and Sledges A Sequel to The Fur-Seal’s Tooth	Munroe, Kirk	1898		Bering Sea	Sea	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and survival in the Bering Sea	USA	19th century	Bering Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a man who is exploring the Bering Sea.	Sea
Softness of the Lime	Maxine Case	2017		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Umuzi		Novel					The novel spans more than 80 years, from 1782 in the bustling settlement at the Cape of Good Hope where traders, politicians, farmers and fortune-seekers compete for goods, land and power.
Softness of the Lime	Case, Maxine	2017		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Umuzi, Cape Town		Historical Fiction	Colonial Cape trade, cultural encounter, maritime commerce	South Africa	21st Century	Cape of Good Hope settlement, with ships entering and leaving the Atlantic Ocean	Spanning over eight decades, the novel follows traders, politicians and settlers at the Cape of Good Hope, illustrating how Atlantic maritime routes shaped lives and power structures.	Atlantic Ocean
Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia	Evans, Cerinda W.	1935		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Virginia Historical Society, Richmond		Maritime History	Shipbuilding, Colonial History	United States	20th century	Colonial Virginia, Atlantic Ocean	A historical study of shipbuilding and shipping in colonial Virginia.	Chesapeake Bay
Sonata in Sea Major	Baratham, Gopal	1980		Singapore Strait	Strait	English	Heinemann Asia, Singapore (in Figments of Experience)		Short Story	Human alienation, sensual longing, maritime imagery, urban life	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore coastline, view of the Singapore Strait	A short story where characters are situated in sight of the sea, using maritime imagery as a backdrop for themes of sensual longing and human alienation.	Sea
Songs of Sea and Sail	Day, Thomas Fleming	1913		Sea	Sea	English	The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis		Nautical Poetry	Maritime life, Sailing	United States	20th century	Sailing vessels	A collection of poems about the sea and sailing, Songs of Sea and Sail explores the beauty and danger of maritime life. The poems evoke a sense of longing and nostalgia for the ocean and its rhythms.	Ocean
Sophocles’ Chorus (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
Soul of the Deep	Bowen, Natasha	2022		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Random House		Young Adult Fantasy	Mermaids, Mythology	United Kingdom	15th Century (Alternate History)	Atlantic Ocean, West African Coast	The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Skin of the Sea, in which the world must pay the price for one mermaid’s choice, and a dark force reverberates across realms. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and those eagerly anticipating the live-action film adaptation of The Little Mermaid.	Atlantic Ocean
South Sea Stories	Becke, Louis	1895		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Colonialism, nature, maritime hardship	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Various islands and ships across the South Pacific	A seminal collection of stories depicting the rugged lives of sailors and settlers in the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories	Dorling, H. Taprell	1895		Sea	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval vessel	A collection of naval stories and sketches.	Ocean
Stories by the Sea	Various Singaporean writers	2000		Coastal Singapore / Singapore Strait	Sea	English	SNP Editions, Singapore		Children’s Fiction (Anthology)	Children’s stories, folklore, imagination, marine life, coastal communities	Singapore	21st Century	Singaporean coastlines, Singapore Strait, imagined underwater worlds	An anthology of sea-based tales for young readers, ranging from fishermen stories to sea monsters, documenting the contemporary oceanic imagination in Singaporean storytelling.	Ocean
Stories by the Sea (children’s fiction anthology)	Various Singaporean writers	2000		Coastal / Singapore Strait	Sea				Short Stories					Aimed at young readers, this anthology collects sea-based tales, from fishermen to sea monsters. While written for children, it documents contemporary uses of oceanic imagination in Singaporean storytelling.
Stories of Ships and the Sea	London, Jack	1919		Other	Other	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime History	United States	20th Century	Various maritime settings	A collection of short stories about ships and the sea.	Sea
Stories of the Ships	Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Original publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York		Maritime Adventure	Shipbuilding, Navigation	United States	Late 19th century	Atlantic Ocean	Stories of the ships, including their construction, navigation, and adventures.	Sea
Storm Warriors; or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands	Gilmore, John	1877		Goodwin Sands	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure, Maritime Fiction	Life-boat work, rescue, Goodwin Sands	United Kingdom	Victorian	Goodwin Sands, life-boats	The story of life-boat work on the Goodwin Sands, exploring the experiences and rescues of the life-boat crew in the treacherous waters.	English Channel
Strange waters	Scott, Kingsbury	1904		Sea	Other	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United States	Early 20th Century	Narrative vessel	A collection of sea stories.	Sea
Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo	Eric Hansen			Borneo, Rivers, Coast					Narrative Hybrid					A detailed narrative that provides the rich physical setting for Borneo fiction.
Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia	Campbell, Gwyn	2004		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Routledge, London, UK		Slavery, Indian Ocean	Slavery, Indian Ocean, Africa, Asia	UK	Early 21st Century	Historical, Colonial	An examination of the structure of slavery in the Indian Ocean region.	Indian Ocean
Studying Islands: On Whose Terms? Some Epistemological and Methodological Challenges to the Pursuit of Island Studies	Baldacchino, G.	2008			Other	English	Island Studies Journal, Canada		Geography, Island Studies	Island Studies, Epistemology	Canada	Early 21st Century		A study of the challenges of studying islands.	Ocean
Submarine U93	Gilson, Charles	1909		Ocean	Ocean	English	C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, London		Nautical Adventure, Science Fiction	Submarines, naval warfare, World War I	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Submarine U93	The story of a submarine, U93, and its crew, exploring the experiences and adventures of naval warfare during World War I.	Ocean
Submergence	J. M. Ledgard	2011 (UK) 2013(US)		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Jonathan Cape (UK) Coffee House (US)		Contemporary fiction and exploration, Novel	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	A love story alternating with the sea-floor exploration and captivity in Somalia of both protagonists respectively	Ocean
Sula’s Voyage	Torres, Catherine	2016		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Scholastic, New York		Novel	Sea voyage, self-discovery, ocean journey, courage, personal growth	Philippines	21st Century	Open sea, various islands during a voyage	This novel chronicles a sea voyage of self-discovery, emphasizing themes of courage and personal growth during an ocean journey.	Ocean
Sunk at Sea	Ballantyne, R. M.	1888		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Maritime Adventure	Shipwreck and Rescue	United Kingdom	Victorian	A sinking ship and the open ocean	A narrative focusing on the terrifying experience of a ship sinking and the subsequent struggle for rescue.	Sea
Sunshine and Snow	Bindloss, Harold	1908		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Polar exploration	UK	Edwardian	Arctic exploration ships	A narrative of adventure and survival set against the contrasting climates of the frozen north and warmer seas.	Sea
Swallow the Moon	Constable, Kate and Kuriyan, Priya	2015		Undefined Ocean	Ocean	English	Zubaan Books, New Delhi		Graphic Novel, Speculative Fiction	Environmentalism, mythology, speculative futures, human-nature relationship	Australia	21st Century	Coastal/oceanic setting, unspecified	This graphic novel is a work of speculative fiction where the Ocean plays a significant and central role in the narrative.	Ocean
Swept Out to Sea; Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers	Foster, W. Bert	1919		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cupples & Leon Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime adventure, whaling	United States	20th century	Whaling ship, Pacific Ocean	The story follows Clint Webb as he joins a whaling crew and faces various challenges and adventures on the high seas. The novel explores themes of maritime adventure, whaling, and self-discovery.	Sea
Tales of Our Coast	Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)	1896		North Sea	Sea	English	Blackie & Son, London		Nautical Fiction	Coastal Life	United Kingdom	19th Century	North Sea Coast	A collection of tales set on the North Sea coast.	North Sea
Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea	Bingley, Thomas	1883		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime Narrative	Survival, nautical tragedy, and the power of the sea	United Kingdom	Victorian	Various shipwreck sites across global oceans	A collection of detailed narrative accounts describing the causes and aftermath of various maritime disasters.	Sea
Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1844		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	Life at Sea, Naval Traditions	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, Coastal Towns	A collection of nautical tales and stories about life at sea and naval traditions.	Sea
Ten Little Niggers	Christie, Agatha	1939		Bristol Channel	Other	English	Collins Crime Club, London		Mystery / Detective Fiction	Justice, guilt, retribution	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Isolated Soldier Island off the Devon coast, surrounded by the Bristol and English Channels	Ten strangers are lured to a remote island off Devon where they are systematically murdered, each death echoing a nursery rhyme.	English Channel
Tentacle	Indiana, Rita	2015	Original language: Spanish. English translation by Achy Obejas (2018).	Caribbean Sea	Sea	Spanish	Periférica, Cáceres, Spain	Achy Obejas (English Translator)	Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Novella	Climate change, Santería, time travel, gender, post-apocalypse, ocean preservation	Dominican Republic	21st Century	Post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, Caribbean	In a post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, a young maid is tasked with traveling back in time to save the ocean and humanity from disaster, with the Caribbean Sea being central to the Santería prophecy.	Ocean
Terror in Topaz	A.M. Stuart			Colonial Setting, Coast					Novel
Test (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
That Others Might Live	Deepchand Beehary	1976		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Orient Paperbacks		Novel					Deepchand Beeharry’s That Others Might Live is a powerful novel about the tragic lives of early Indian immigrants brought to Mauritius as indentured laborers in the 19th century. It follows characters like Manish, Thomas, and Dinesh, who navigate the harsh realities of colonial exploitation, poverty, and displacement. The narrative portrays the struggle for freedom and equality amid social unrest and racial oppression. Through personal stories intertwined with historical events, Beeharry highlights the sacrifices and resilience of these migrants striving for a better life. The novel is considered foundational in Indian diasporic literature, influencing later works such as Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies
That worlds may live	Bond, Nelson S.	1935		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Nautical Adventure	Pirate, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel featuring a pirate captain and his exploits on the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
The Accidental Malay	Karina Robles Bahrin								Novel					A satirical novel exploring identity and racial classification in modern Malaysia, where the protagonist is suddenly classified as “Malay.”
The Achievement of the British Navy in the World-War	Leyland, John	1921		English Channel	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co., London, UK		Historical Non-Fiction	World War I	UK	Early 20th Century	Naval battles, ports	A historical account of the British Navy’s achievements during World War I.	Navy
The Admirable Crichton	Barrie, J. M.	1902		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Constable & Company, London		Satirical Drama	Social Class and Hierarchy	United Kingdom	Edwardian	A deserted island in the Atlantic after a shipwreck	A butler becomes the leader of a group of shipwrecked aristocrats, reversing social hierarchies due to his survival skills.	Ocean
The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors	Barrett, Frank	1724		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Printed for the Author, London		Pirate Adventure	Captivity, resilience, maritime peril	United Kingdom	18th Century	Merchant ships and pirate sloops	An adventure story following Biddy Fane’s tribulations and survival after being captured by pirates during a sea voyage.	Sea
The Adventure Club Afloat	Barbour, Ralph Henry	1924		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis		Juvenile Nautical Adventure	Youthful exploration, maritime discipline, adventure	USA	Early 20th Century	A private sailing vessel utilized by a youth adventure club	A group of boys forms an adventure club and engages in nautical excursions and challenges across the Atlantic coast.	Atlantic Ocean
The Adventure of Elizabeth Morey, of New York	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Maritime Adventure	Displacement, oceanic travel, colonial encounter	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Trans-Pacific vessels	A narrative following a New Yorker’s perilous and transformative journey across the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi	Shannon Chakraborty	2023		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Harper Voyager		Novel					Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.
The Adventures of Captain Horn	Stockton, Frank R.	1895		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Pirate, Adventure	United States	Late 19th Century	Ship, Ocean	The story of a pirate captain and his adventures on the high seas.	Sea
The Adventures of Nonya Mouse	Kon, Stella	1980		Singapore River / Sea Trade Routes	River	English	Heinemann Asia, Singapore		Children’s Fiction / Novella	Peranakan culture, maritime history, migration, livelihood, children’s adventure	Singapore	20th Century	Singapore River, historical sea trade	A children’s tale linking Peranakan culture to maritime Singapore, where the sea and river represent livelihood, migration, and stories passed across waters.	Oceanic
The Adventures of Roderick Random	Smollett, Tobias	1748		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	E. and C. Dilly, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Social Commentary	Scotland	18th Century	Nautical, Atlantic Ocean	A young man’s adventures at sea and on land, exploring themes of identity, morality, and social class.	Sea
The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social	Clough, Patricia and Jean Halley	2007			Other	English	Duke University Press, Durham, NC		Social Theory	Affect, Social Theory	United States	Late 20th Century		A collection of essays exploring the concept of affect in social theory.	Ocean
The African Trader; Or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1849		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	African Trade, Colonialism	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, African Coast	A tale of adventure and trade on the African coast, featuring the exploits of Harry Bayford.	Bay
The AfroAmerican Novel and Its Tradition	Bell, Bernard William	1970		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst		Literary Criticism	African American Literature, Tradition, and Identity	USA	20th Century	USA, Atlantic Ocean	A study of the Afro-American novel and its tradition.	Atlantic Ocean
The Ambassador’s Pet	Garrett, Randall	1953		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Alien Invasion	United States	Mid-20th century	Alien invasion	A story about an alien invasion.	Ocean
The Ambassadors From Venus	Crossen, Kendell Foster	1929		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Science Fiction	Alien Invasion	United Kingdom	20th Century	Mediterranean Sea	A science fiction tale of alien ambassadors from Venus.	Ocean
The American Navy	Chadwick, French Ensor	1903		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Non-Fiction	History, Military	United States	20th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A historical account of the American Navy.	Ocean
The American Navy and Liberia An Address before the American Colonization Society, January 18, 1876	Shufeldt, Robert Wilson	1876		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	American Colonization Society, Washington D.C.		Non-Fiction	Colonization, Imperialism, and Diplomacy	United States	Late 19th Century	Naval battles and diplomatic relations between the United States and Liberia	A speech delivered by Robert Wilson Shufeldt on the role of the American Navy in Liberia and the importance of colonization.	Navy
The Americans in the South Seas	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Maritime Realism	International trade, imperialism, nautical rivalry	United Kingdom	Edwardian	American trading ships in Oceania	Examines the influence and activities of American sailors and traders in the Pacific islands.	Pacific Ocean
The Anglo-Indian Community: Survival in India	Abel, Evelyn	1988			Other	English	Chanakya, New Delhi				India				Ocean
The Anglo-Indians: A Study in the Problems and Process Involved in Emotional and Cultural Integration	Gaikwad, V.R.	1967			Other	English	Asia Publishing House, Bombay, India		Sociology	Anglo-Indian identity, cultural integration	India	Mid 20th century	India	A study of the problems and processes involved in the emotional and cultural integration of Anglo-Indians.	Indian Ocean
The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea	Miller, C.L.	2025		Red Sea	Sea	English	Atria Books, New York		Mystery, Cozy Mystery	Murder mystery, cruise ship, antiques, travel, secrets	UK	21st Century	Cruise ship on the Red Sea	An antique hunter and her aunt investigate a murder and stolen antiques aboard a cruise ship sailing through the Red Sea.	Sea
The Arctic regions and the northern whale-fishery	Scoresby, William	1853		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London		Scientific	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Mid 19th Century	Arctic regions	A scientific account of the Arctic regions and the northern whale-fishery.	Whale
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes	Conrad, Joseph	1919		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, Mediterranean Sea	A novel that explores the human condition through the lens of the Mediterranean Sea.	Mediterranean Sea
The Autobiography of a Seaman	Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of	1859		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Maritime Memoir	Naval Adventure, Piracy	United Kingdom	19th century	Royal Navy ships, pirate vessels	The autobiography of Thomas Cochrane, a British naval officer, detailing his experiences at sea, including being captured by pirates and the English. The narrative spans across the Atlantic Ocean, highlighting Cochrane’s adventures and struggles.	Atlantic Ocean
The Barn Dance (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The Battery and the Boiler: Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables	Ballantyne, R. M.	1885		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Technical Maritime Fiction	Industrialization and Marine Engineering	United Kingdom	Victorian	Specialized cable-laying ships	A blend of fiction and technical detail describing the challenges of laying submarine telegraph cables across the ocean floor.	Ocean
The Battle and the Breeze	Ballantyne, R. M.	1888		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Nautical Adventure	Naval Conflict and Navigation	United Kingdom	Victorian	Merchant and naval ships	A story centering on maritime conflict and the mastery of sailing ships during volatile weather.	Sea
The Battleship Boys at Sea; Or, Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam’s Navy	Patchin, Frank Gee	1912		Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Naval Life	USA	20th Century		A nautical adventure novel about two apprentices in Uncle Sam’s Navy.	Navy
The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service; or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas	Patchin, Frank Gee	1913		European Seas	Sea	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Naval Life	USA	20th Century		A nautical adventure novel about earning new ratings in European seas.	Sea
The Bay Revolution				Makani Bay, Pacific Ocean	Bay, Ocean	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Coral Reef Futures, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	The story of how technological advancements and community efforts helped Pacific islanders stave off the worst ravages of climate change while also rejuvenating the coral reefs	Ocean
The Beach	Garland, Alex	1996		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Viking, London		Thriller, Adventure, Novel	Utopia/dystopia, tourism, isolation, human nature, paradise lost	UK	20th Century	Remote island in Southeast Asia, beaches, ocean	A thriller set in Southeast Asia, this novel follows a young backpacker’s discovery of a secluded beach paradise, with the Pacific Ocean as a central backdrop.	Pacific Ocean
The Beach at Galle Road: Stories from Sri Lanka	Joanna Luloff	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Algonquin Books		Short story collection					This linked collection depicts the present-day nation of Sri Lanka through the personal stories of ordinary people who are dealing with the consequences of war, displacement, and changes to their culture. Many of Luloff’s characters include fisherfolk, merchants, migrants, and families living through loss, memory, and small manifestations of grace during social upheaval. These narratives reflect upon how personal narrative and experience are placed within the construct of national happenings, presenting grief, humor, and survival with equal sensitivity.
The Beast of Cretacea	Tod Strasser	2015		Fictional Ocean World	Ocean	English	Candlewick Press		Novel	Environmentalism, Adaptation	United States	Future	Ocean / Sea	An adaptation of Moby Dick set in a future oceanic off-world planet	Ocean
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born	Armah, Ayi Kwei	1968		Atlantic Ocean (Accra coast)	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction	Post-independence Ghana, corruption, moral decay, urban life, political upheaval, trade, renewal	Ghana	20th Century	Accra, Ghana; Atlantic coast, harbor, fishing communities	Set in post-independence Accra, Ghana, the novel uses the Atlantic Ocean and its coastal settings to explore themes of political corruption, urban decay, and the contrast between natural rhythms and societal upheaval.	Atlantic Ocean
The Belt of Seven Totems: A Story of Massasoit	Munroe, Kirk	1899		Massachusetts Bay	Bay	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and survival in Massachusetts Bay	USA	19th century	Massachusetts Bay	A nautical adventure novel about a man who is exploring Massachusetts Bay.	Bay
The Belted Seas	Colton, Arthur	1902		Belted Seas	Sea	English	The Century Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime exploration, Adventure	United States	20th century	Sailing vessels, Belted Seas	The Belted Seas is a novel about maritime exploration and adventure, set in the Belted Seas. The story follows the journey of a sailing vessel and its crew as they navigate the seas.	Belted Seas
The Big Otter	Ballantyne, R. M.	1887		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Co, London		Nautical Adventure	Youthful Exploration and Sailing	United Kingdom	Victorian	A sailing yacht named the Big Otter	The adventures of young sailors learning the craft of navigation and sailing aboard a yacht.	Sea
The Blocking of Zeebrugge	Carpenter, Alfred Francis Blakeney	1922		North Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., London		Maritime History	World War I, naval operations, heroism	England	20th century	Zeebrugge, North Sea, World War I	A historical account of the blocking of Zeebrugge during World War I, focusing on the bravery and sacrifice of the British sailors and soldiers involved in the operation. The narrative provides a detailed description of the events leading up to the blocking and the aftermath, highlighting the significance of the operation in the context of the war.	North Sea
The Blowfish	Hird, Tom	2022		Ocean	Ocean	English	Atlantic Books, London		Literary Fiction	Marine Life	United Kingdom	21st Century	Ocean	A story about a blowfish and its experiences in the ocean.	Ocean
The Blue Horizon	Innes, Hammond	1942		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Collins, London		Thriller, Adventure, Maritime Fiction	Seafaring, Mystery, Survival, Ambition	UK	Mid 20th Century	A yacht in the Mediterranean Sea.	A maritime thriller set on a yacht in the Mediterranean, where the vastness of the sea represents both danger and the unknown future.	Sea
The Blue Horizon				Horizon, Sea	Sea				Novel					An oceanic title suggesting ambition, future possibilities, or the vast unknown represented by the sea.
The Blue Notebook	Levine, James A.	2009		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Spiegel & Grau, New York		Novel, Literary Fiction	Human trafficking, exploitation, survival, resilience, childhood	USA	21st Century	Coastal India, near the Indian Ocean	This novel follows a young girl’s life in coastal India, near the Indian Ocean, as she navigates themes of human trafficking and exploitation.	Ocean
The Blue Sarong	Brown, Janet	2013		South China Sea, Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Simon & Schuster, London		Historical Fiction, Romance	Colonial Life, Identity, Memory, Culture, Coastal Life	UK	21st Century	Coastal Malaya.	Set in coastal Malaya, the novel uses a blue sarong as a central symbol to explore themes of culture, memory, and identity within the coastal region.	Ocean
The Blue Sarong				Coastal Malaysia					Novel					Uses a distinctive piece of clothing as a symbol for culture or memory in the coastal region.
The Boat People	Sharon Bala	2018		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Doubleday		Novel					The author is of Canadian and Sri Lankan descent, the novel explores the experiences of Sri Lankan refugees who arrive in Canada via the Indian Ocean.
The Boats of the ‘Glen Carrig’	Hodgson, William Hope	1907		Ocean	Ocean	English	John Lane, The Bodley Head, London		Horror	Supernatural	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Sailing Vessel	A story about a group of sailors who encounter supernatural forces on the ocean.	Ocean
The Bonadventure: A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday	Blunden, Edmund	1922		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Dutton, New York		Maritime Travelogue	Oceanic Exploration, Travel	United Kingdom	20th century	Sailing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean	The Bonadventure is a travelogue of Edmund Blunden’s sailing holiday in the Atlantic Ocean, detailing his experiences and observations. The book is a classic example of maritime literature, offering insights into the joys of oceanic travel.	Atlantic Ocean
The Bondmaid	Lim, Catherine	1997		Singapore Strait (implied)	Strait	English	Orion Books, London		Novel	Tradition, tyranny, love, class, gender, social constraints, port city life	Singapore	20th Century	House of Wu, implied Singaporean port city	A novel about Han, a bondmaid sold into the House of Wu, whose life is shaped by tradition and tyranny, with the port city background implying maritime connections to her world.	Port
The Bone People	Hulme, Keri	1984		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Spiral, Wellington		Novel, Literary Fiction	Identity, trauma, family, Maori culture, spirituality, connection to nature	New Zealand	20th Century	Coastal New Zealand, marine environments	The ocean serves as both physical setting and metaphorical force in this novel exploring the complex relationships between three outcasts in New Zealand, where marine environments embody mystery and psychological trauma.	Ocean
The Book of Negroes	Hill, Lawrence	2007		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins Canada, Toronto		Historical fiction, Slave narrative	Slavery, Freedom, Identity, Transatlantic journey, Resilience	Canada	18th-19th century	Slave ship, various coastal settlements (West Africa, Nova Scotia, Sierra Leone)	The novel chronicles the life of Aminata Diallo, an African woman abducted from her village and forced into slavery, detailing her harrowing journey across the Atlantic and her lifelong struggle for freedom and self-determination.	Atlantic
The Book of Night Women	Marlon James	2009		Caribbean Sea	Sea		Riverhead Books		Novel					It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they and she will come to both revere and fear.
The Book of Secrets	Vassanji, M. G.	1994		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	McClelland and Stewart, Toronto		Novel	Colonialism, historical mystery, East African history, identity, secrets	Canada	20th Century	East African coast, historical diary, investigative journey	In 1988, a retired schoolteacher named Pius Fernandes receives an old diary found in the back room of an East African shop. Written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator, the diary captivates Fernandes, who begins to research the coded history he encounters in its terse, laconic entries. What he uncovers is a story of forbidden liaisons and simmering revenges, family secrets and cultural exiles–a story that leads him on an investigative journey through his own past and Africa’s.	Oceanic
The Bottle of Whisky (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Sri Lankan life, Migration, Diaspora	Sri Lanka / United Kingdom	21st Century	Sri Lanka and various locations related to the Sri Lankan diaspora, with the Indian Ocean as a vast connection.	This short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection explores aspects of Sri Lankan life, human relationships, and the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, vividly set against the backdrop of the Indian Ocean which symbolizes both separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The Boy Allies in the Baltic; Or, Through Fields of Ice to Aid the Czar	Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)	1915		Baltic Sea	Sea	English	Grosset & Dunlap, New York		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Exploration	United States	Early 20th century	Maritime, Oceanic	A story of adventure and exploration set in the Baltic Sea.	Sea
The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines	Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)	1915		Ocean	Ocean	English	Grosset & Dunlap, New York		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Exploration	United States	Early 20th century	Maritime, Oceanic	A story of adventure and exploration set under the sea.	Sea
The Boy Scouts on a Submarine	Blaine, John	1915		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	A. L. Burt Company, New York		Juvenile Nautical Fiction	Adventure, patriotism, and naval exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	A submarine vessel in the Atlantic	A juvenile adventure story following a group of Boy Scouts who encounter and travel aboard a submarine.	Ocean
The Boy Tar: A Story of the Sea	Reid, Mayne	1867		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship, Atlantic Ocean	The story follows a young boy who becomes a sailor and his adventures on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The boy who counted stars	Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo	2019		Indian Ocean (Lamu Archipelago)	Ocean	English	Myriad Editions, Brighton		Short story	Political unrest, escape, identity, mysticism, cosmology, maritime identity	Kenya	21st Century	Lamu Archipelago, Indian Ocean	A Lamu boy’s fascination with stars and the ocean reflects his desire to escape political unrest and find purpose beyond colonial borders, blending mysticism, cosmology, and maritime identity.	Ocean
The Boy who sailed with Blake	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1847		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	Life at Sea, Naval Traditions	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, Coastal Towns	A tale of a young boy’s adventures at sea with the famous naval commander Robert Blake.	Sea
The Boy’s Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery	Bacon, Edwin M.	1900		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Maritime Adventure	Exploration and imperial discovery	USA	Victorian/Edwardian	English exploration vessels traversing global waters	A curated collection of historic English voyages designed to inspire youth through tales of maritime discovery.	Ocean
The Boys’ Book of Submarines	Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)	1893		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Newnes Ltd, London		Non-Fiction	Submarines	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A non-fiction book about submarines and their history.	Ocean
The Brassbounder: A Tale of the Sea	Bone, David W.	1910		Sea	Sea	English	Chatto & Windus, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	At sea, on a ship	The Brassbounder is a nautical adventure novel that follows the story of a young man at sea. The novel explores themes of maritime life and adventure.	Sea
The Brave Walk Alone	McGreevey, John	1918		Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	The Pacific Ocean	A novel about a group of people who embark on a journey across the Pacific Ocean, facing various challenges and adventures.	Ocean
The Brighton Boys in the Submarine Treasure Ship	Driscoll, James R.	1916		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurston, New York		Nautical Adventure	Treasure hunt, Submarines	United States	20th century	Submarine, Atlantic Ocean	A story of adventure and treasure hunting, following the Brighton Boys as they explore the Atlantic Ocean in a submarine. The novel explores themes of bravery and friendship.	Atlantic Ocean
The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet	Driscoll, James R.	1909		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Submarine Warfare	United States	Early 20th Century	Submarine	A story about a group of boys who serve in the submarine fleet.	Ocean
The British Navy Book	Field, Cyril	1900		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Maritime History	Naval History, British Navy	United Kingdom	20th century	British Navy, Ocean	The book provides an overview of the British Navy, its history, and its significance. The narrative is a classic example of maritime history, with themes of naval history and the British Navy.	Sea
The British Navy in Battle	Pollen, Arthur Joseph Hungerford	1901		English Channel	Sea	English	Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London		Maritime History	Naval Warfare, British Navy	United Kingdom	19th Century	English Channel, British coast	A history of the British Navy in battle, including its engagements in the English Channel.	Navy
The Buccaneers and Marooners of America	Exquemelin, Alexandre Olivier	1678		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Original publisher not specified, first English translation published by William Crooke, London		Pirate Adventure	Piracy, Buccaneers, Caribbean	Netherlands	17th century	Caribbean Sea, Spanish colonies	A historical account of the buccaneers and marooners of America, detailing their lives, raids, and battles with the Spanish. The book provides a unique insight into the world of piracy in the 17th century.	Caribbean Sea
The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King	Davidson, Edith B.	1914		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston		Children’s Literature	Nautical Adventure	United States	20th Century	Sailing vessel	A children’s story featuring a nautical theme.	Sea
The Call of the Wild	London, Jack	1903		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Novel	Nature, survival, animal instinct, wilderness, journey	USA	Early 20th Century	Ship voyage across the Pacific, Yukon wilderness	The story begins with Buck, a domesticated dog, being stolen from his home in California and transported by ship across the Pacific Ocean to the Yukon, where he is forced into a life as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.	Ocean
The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas	Vandercook, Margaret	1922		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia		Children’s Fiction	International Friendship	United States	20th century	Atlantic Ocean	Children’s fiction narrative of the Camp Fire Girls’ journey across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Captain of the Kansas	Tracy, Louis	1906		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company New York		Nautical Fiction	Maritime Life, Adventure	United States	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical novel about the captain of a ship, exploring themes of maritime life and adventure.	Captain
The Carrier	Mahjoub, Jamal	1998		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Phoenix Paperbacks, London		Novel	Reimagining classics, historical drama, identity, conflict	UK	16th Century	16th-century Mediterranean, likely involving sea travel and port cities	The text is a historical novel that re-writes Shakespeare’s Othello, set in the 16th-century Mediterranean.	Mediterranean
The Castaway	Bond, Nelson S.	1951		Ocean	Ocean	English	Gnome Press, New York		Science Fiction	Survival, Space Travel	United States	20th century	Spacecraft and oceanic planet	The Castaway is a science fiction novel by Nelson S. Bond, exploring themes of survival and space travel. The book features an oceanic planet and a castaway protagonist, making it a relevant work of oceanic fiction.	Ocean
The Castaways	Collingwood, Harry	1908		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Friendship	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Deserted island	The novel tells the story of a group of castaways and their struggles to survive on a deserted island. It explores themes of friendship and survival in a maritime context.	Ocean
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine	Stockton, Frank R.	1898			Other	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Travel, Adventure	United States	Late 19th Century	Land, Travel	A story about two women who are cast away on a deserted island.	Island
The Casuarina Tree	Maugham, W. Somerset	1926		South China Sea, Strait of Malacca	Sea	English	William Heinemann, London		Short Stories, Colonial Fiction	Colonial life, expatriate struggles, moral dilemmas, cultural clashes, tropical settings	UK	20th Century	Various colonial settlements and coastal areas across Malaya and Borneo	A collection of short stories set in colonial Malaya, depicting the lives and moral quandaries of British expatriates in tropical coastal environments.	Coast
The Cat’s Table	Ondaatje, Michael	2011		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	McClelland & Stewart, Toronto		Literary Fiction, Bildungsroman	Childhood, journey, memory, coming-of-age, secrets, ocean travel	Canada	20th Century (setting), 21st Century (publication)	Ocean liner Oronsay, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea	An 11-year-old boy’s journey by ocean liner from Colombo to England via the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea becomes a formative experience filled with eccentric characters and hidden secrets.	Ocean
The Children of the King	Crawford, F. Marion	1891		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Macmillan and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Adventure, Personal Growth	United States	Late 19th century	Sailing vessel in the Mediterranean	The Children of the King is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a young American sailor’s experiences on a sailing vessel in the Mediterranean Sea. The novel explores themes of maritime adventure, personal growth, and self-discovery.	Mediterranean Sea
The Circle of Reason	Ghosh, Amitav	1986		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hamish Hamilton, London		Literary Fiction	Journey, reason, superstition, cross-cultural encounters, Indian diaspora	India	20th Century	India, North Africa, and the Middle East, involving sea travel across the Indian Ocean	The narrative explores cross-ocean connections between India and the Arab world, following characters on a journey that spans continents and delves into themes of reason and superstition.	Indian Ocean
The Clangers (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The clipper ship era an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869	Clark, Arthur H.	1843		Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical History	Maritime History	United States	Victorian Era	Clipper ships	A historical account of the clipper ship era, covering their design, construction, and operation.	Oceans
The Coast of Newfoundland: The Southwest Corner	Vautier, Clarence	2002		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Flanker Press, St. John’s, NL		Short Stories, Regional Fiction, Maritime Fiction	Seafaring traditions, resilience, human-sea relationship, community, tragedy	Canada	21st Century	Coastal Newfoundland, fishing communities, the sea	A collection of short stories celebrating the seagoing traditions and the challenges faced by the people of remote southwest Newfoundland, highlighting their relationship with the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Colonial Mortuary Bard	Becke, Louis	1901		Coral Sea	Sea	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Maritime Fiction	Death at sea, colonial melancholy	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Coastlines and waters of Northern Australia and the Coral Sea	A series of vignettes dealing with the tragic and often grim reality of death in the maritime colonies.	Ocean
The Comfort, the Joy (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The Commodore	O’Brian, Patrick	1995		Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Guinea	Ocean	English	HarperCollins, London (UK); W. W. Norton & Company, New York (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, anti-slavery, naval diplomacy, command	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Bellona, West African coast, Irish coast	As a commodore, Aubrey leads a squadron to disrupt the slave trade off the West African coast and later engages in naval battles along the Irish coast.	Coast
The Commodore (UK), Commodore Hornblower (US)	C. S. Forester	1945		Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland	Sea, Gulf		Michael Joseph		Novel					Hornblower is assigned on a mission to the Baltic to enlist Russia in the war against Napoleon, he participates in naval battles against French forces, especially against the latter’ siege of Riga.
The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon	Defoe, Daniel	1705		Moon	Other	English	Bennett, London		Satire, Science Fiction	Politics, Society	England	17th Century	The Moon	The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon is a satirical novel by Daniel Defoe, detailing the politics and society of the Moon.	Ocean
The Coral Heart: A Shopkeeper’s Journey	Lampotang, Peggy	2014		Indian Ocean (context of Mauritius)	Ocean	English	Atelier d’écriture, Mauritius		Novel	Immigration, cultural identity, familial duty, resilience, racial divisions	Mauritius	21st century	Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean	Follows a young Hakka Chinese immigrant boy in Mauritius in 1911, navigating cultural identity, familial duty, and resilience amidst historical events on the island, with the Indian Ocean as the backdrop to his journey.	Ocean
The Coral Heart: A Shopkeeper’s Journey	Peggy Lampotang	2014		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Atelier d’écriture		Novel					Peggy Lampotang’s The Coral Heart follows the journey of a hardworking young Hakka Chinese boy who arrives in Mauritius in 1911 with his family as immigrants. The boy assists his father, a shopkeeper, adhering to Chinese traditions of family duty. As he interacts with the island’s diverse community, he navigates racial divisions and falls in love, all set against historical events including the overthrow of the Chinese emperor, the rise of communism, Japanese invasion of China, and the World Wars. The novel captures the immigrant experience, exploring themes of cultural identity, familial duty, and resilience on the island of Mauritius.
The Coral Island	Ballantyne, R. M.	1858		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	James Duncan, Edinburgh		Nautical Adventure	Survival, colonialism, and Christian morality	United Kingdom	Victorian	A deserted coral island in the South Pacific	Three boys are shipwrecked on a coral island in the Pacific, where they must survive and encounter various indigenous peoples.	Pacific Ocean
The Corner House Girls on Palm Island	Hill, Grace Brooks	1912		Ocean	Ocean	English	Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston		Children’s Literature	Friendship	United States	Edwardian Era	Island	A story about four girls who spend their summer on Palm Island, near the ocean.	Ocean
The Coxswain’s Bride	Ballantyne, R. M.	1872		English Channel	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime Romance	Duty, courage, and seaside life	United Kingdom	Victorian	English coast and coastal waters	A tale focusing on the life and romances of a boatman and the perils of the English coast.	English Coast
The Crater; Or, Vulcan’s Peak: A Tale of the Pacific	Cooper, James Fenimore	1847		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	New York: Stringer and Townsend		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, exploration	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, exploration vessels	The Crater is a nautical novel that tells the story of a group of American sailors who become stranded on a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean and must survive against the harsh environment and hostile native populations.	Pacific Ocean
The Crew of the Water Wagtail	Ballantyne, R. M.	1889		North Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Youthful adventure and maritime skill	United Kingdom	Victorian	The sailing vessel Water Wagtail	A narrative following the adventures of a young crew sailing through the North Sea.	North Sea
The Crocodile	Eri, Vincent	1970		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Jacaranda Press, Milton, QLD, Australia		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction, Cultural Fiction	Traditional life, mythology, cultural identity, coming-of-age, colonialism	Papua New Guinea	20th Century	Pre-colonial Papua New Guinea village life, coastal regions	Depicting pre-colonial Papua New Guinea, the novel integrates traditional mythology and legends to illustrate village life where sacred customs intertwine with daily experiences, often near the coast.	Sea
The Crocodile’s Egg	Shelley, Rex	1990		Mangrove Estuaries / Singapore Straits	Other	English	Times Books International, Singapore		Short Story	Eurasian identity, family history, nature, danger, memory, resilience	Singapore	20th Century	Mangrove estuaries, river-sea boundary in Singapore	A Eurasian family story where mangrove estuaries and the river-sea boundary shape identity, serving as a metaphor for danger, memory, and resilience.	Oceanic
The Cruel Sea	Monsarrat, Nicholas	1951		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	William Collins, Sons, London		Maritime Realism / War Novel	Battle of the Atlantic and crew camaraderie	United Kingdom	20th Century	Royal Navy corvette HMS Compass Rose and other escort vessels in the Atlantic Ocean	The novel follows a Royal Navy convoy escort crew as they battle U‑boats and harsh seas in the Atlantic during World War II.	Sea
The Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ Round the World After Sperm Whales	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Whaling, Maritime life	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Whaling ships, Sailing vessels	The Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ is a novel about a whaling ship’s journey around the world, exploring themes of adventure and survival. The story follows the crew’s experiences and challenges as they hunt for sperm whales.	Ocean
The Cruise of the ‘Esmeralda’	Collingwood, Harry	1909		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship in the Mediterranean	The novel follows the cruise of the ‘Esmeralda’ and the adventures of its crew in the Mediterranean. It explores themes of exploration and adventure in a maritime context.	Mediterranean Sea
The Cruise of the Dainty; Or, Rovings in the Pacific	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1847		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	Life at Sea, Pacific Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, Pacific Islands	A tale of adventure and exploration in the Pacific, featuring the cruise of the “Dainty”.	Pacific
The Cruise of the Dazzler	London, Jack	1902		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Identity	United States	20th Century	Pacific Islands	A young man’s journey to the Pacific Islands, where he becomes embroiled in colonial politics.	Pacific
The Cruise of the Dream Ship	Stock, Ralph	1909		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Travel, Adventure	United States	Edwardian	Atlantic Ocean	A novel by Ralph Stock, featuring a group of friends on a sailing adventure across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Cruise of the Dry Dock	Stribling, T. S. (Thomas Sigismund)	1901		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Friendship, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Sailing, Shipwreck	A group of friends embark on a sailing adventure across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Cruise of the Frolic	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1848		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	Life at Sea, Pacific Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, Pacific Islands	A tale of adventure and exploration in the Pacific, featuring the cruise of the “Frolic”.	Pacific
The Cruise of the Jasper B.	Marquis, Don	1900		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Social class	United States	Early 20th century	Sailing vessel	The novel tells the story of a group of young people who embark on a sailing voyage around the world and encounter a series of challenges and adventures.	Voyage
The Cruise of the Jolly Roger	Kurt Vonnegurt
The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas	Chappell, George S. (Walter E. Traprock)	1921		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York		Novel, Satire, Travelogue, Parody	Exploration, exoticism, cultural commentary, humor	United States	20th Century	Fictional Filbert Islands in the South Pacific, aboard the yacht Kawa	This satirical travelogue follows the yacht Kawa’s crew as they explore the fictional Filbert Islands in the South Pacific, parodying popular travel narratives of the era.	Pacific Ocean
The Cruise of the Mary Rose; Or, Here and There in the Pacific	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1849		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	Life at Sea, Pacific Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, Pacific Islands	A tale of adventure and exploration in the Pacific, featuring the cruise of the “Mary Rose”.	Pacific
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer	Collingwood, Harry	1909		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Pirate ship in the Caribbean	The novel tells the story of a pirate ship and its crew in the Caribbean. It explores themes of piracy and adventure in a maritime context.	Caribbean Sea
The Cruise of the Pelican	Bedford-Jones, Henry	1924		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Espionage, maritime duty, exploration	United Kingdom	Interwar Period	The sailing vessel Pelican	An adventure story involving a cruise that blends maritime exploration with elements of mystery.	Ocean
The Cruise of the Royal Mail Steamer Dunottar Castle Round Scotland on Her Trial Trip	Dalgleish, Walter Scott	1890		North Sea	Sea	English	Originally published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh		Travelogue	Maritime travel, shipbuilding	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Royal Mail Steamer Dunottar Castle	The book describes the trial trip of the Royal Mail Steamer Dunottar Castle around Scotland.	Sea
The Cruise of the Snark	London, Jack	1907		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Identity	United States	20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A story about a voyage around the world on a yacht.	Voyage
The Cruise of the Thetis: A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection	Collingwood, Harry	1909		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	War, Revolution	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship during the Cuban Insurrection	The novel follows the cruise of the Thetis during the Cuban Insurrection. It explores themes of war and revolution in a maritime context.	Caribbean Sea
The Cruise of The Violetta	Colton, Arthur	1906		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	The Century Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime exploration, Adventure	United States	20th century	Sailing vessels, Mediterranean Sea	The Cruise of The Violetta is a novel about maritime exploration and adventure, set in the Mediterranean Sea. The story follows the journey of a sailing vessel and its crew as they navigate the seas.	Mediterranean Sea
The Dark Frigate	Hawes, Charles Boardman	1896		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life, Adventure	USA	Late 19th Century	Pirate ship, Atlantic Ocean	A romance about a young boy’s adventures on a pirate ship.	Pirate
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey, and Other Tales of Pirates	Doyle, Arthur Conan	1925		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	John Murray, London		Pirate Fiction	Piracy, Adventure	United Kingdom	20th century	Pirate ships, Caribbean Sea	A collection of pirate stories, including the tale of Captain Sharkey, set in the Caribbean Sea. The stories explore themes of piracy, adventure, and danger on the high seas.	Caribbean Sea
The Deep	Rogers, Alex	2019		Ocean	Ocean	English	Wildfire, London		Young Adult Fiction	Survival, Friendship	United Kingdom	21st Century	Underwater	A group of teenagers embark on a submarine journey to the ocean floor.	Ocean
The Deep	Alma Katsu	2020		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Transworld Digital		Novel					A supernatural thriller that explores the mysteries of the Titanic and its connection to a tragic event that occurred in the North Atlantic.
The Deep Sea’s Toll	Connolly, James B.	1922		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Maritime Realism	Fishing industry, Maritime life	United States	20th century	Fishing vessels, North Atlantic Ocean	The Deep Sea’s Toll is a novel about the fishing industry and the lives of those involved in it, set in the North Atlantic Ocean. The story explores the hardships and dangers faced by fishermen and their families.	North Atlantic Ocean
The demon ship, or The pirate of the Mediterranean	Unknown			Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Unknown		Pirate Fiction	Piracy	Unknown	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea	Narrative of a pirate ship in the Mediterranean.	Mediterranean
The Derelict Neptune	Robertson, Morgan	1902		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a derelict ship on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of	1666		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	A. Maxwell, London		Science Fiction, Utopia	Colonialism, Feminism	England	17th Century	A fantastical world in the Arctic Ocean	A utopian novel about a young woman who travels to a fantastical world in the Arctic Ocean and becomes the ruler of a new society.	Ocean
The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770–1820	Brathwaite, Kamau E.	1971		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Oxford University Press, Oxford		Historical Fiction	Colonialism, Slavery, and Social Change	Jamaica	20th Century	Jamaica, Caribbean	A historical study of the development of Creole society in Jamaica from 1770 to 1820.	Caribbean Sea
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years	Khan, Shubnum	2024		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Viking, New York		Novel	Racism, identity, culture, supernatural	South Africa	21st Century	Durban, coastal mansion	Set in Durban, South Africa, this novel explores themes of racism, identity, and culture, with the Indian Ocean as its coastal backdrop.	Ocean
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years (2024)	Shubnum Khan (Durban)	2024		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Viking		Novel					The novel depcits issues of racism, identity, and culture of people in Durban.
The Dragonfly Sea	Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo	2019		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Novel	Identity, belonging, migration, East African history, island life	Kenya	21st Century	Pate Island, Kenyan coast, Indian Ocean	The novel narrates the story of people living on Pate, an island located on the coast of Kenya, where characters seek to forget or rewrite their life stories in the embrace of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
The Dreadnought Boys Aboard a Destroyer	Goldfrap, John Henry	1913		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure, Young Adult Fiction	Naval life, destroyers, adventure	United States	Early 20th century	Destroyer ship	The story of a group of young men, the Dreadnought Boys, and their adventures aboard a destroyer, exploring naval life and experiences.	Ocean
The Eagle Cliff	Ballantyne, R. M.	1862		English Channel	Sea	English	James Duncan, Edinburgh		Adventure	Smuggling and coastal mystery	United Kingdom	Victorian	The rugged cliffs and coastal waters of the English shore	An adventure story involving smugglers and the dangers of the English coastline.	English Coast
The Ebb Tide	R. L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne	1894		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Heinemann (UK), Smith & Kimball (US)		Novella					Story of dishonest sailors who try to steal a ship and its cargo.
The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette	Stevenson, Robert Louis	1894		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York		Nautical Adventure	Isolation, Survival	United States	Late Victorian	Pacific Ocean	A novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, featuring a trio of sailors struggling to survive on a deserted island.	Sailor
The End of a Coil	Warner, Susan	1883		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Survival at Sea	United States	Victorian Era	Shipwrecked sailors	A story of survival at sea, where a group of sailors must navigate treacherous waters to reach safety.	Sea
The End of the Tether	Conrad, Joseph	1924		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, Indian Ocean	A novel that explores the human condition through the lens of the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
The Engineer	Pohl, Frederik	1950		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Fantasy Press, New York		Science Fiction	Space Exploration, Engineering	United States	20th Century	Pacific Ocean, Space	A story about an engineer who travels to the Pacific Ocean and discovers a hidden world.	Ocean
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences	Barrow, Sir John	1831		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London		Maritime History	Mutiny, Colonialism, Nautical Law	United Kingdom	19th Century	HMS Bounty	A comprehensive historical narrative detailing the mutiny on the HMS Bounty and its aftermath in the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story	Collins, Wilkie	1865		English Channel	Sea	English	Tinsley Brothers, London		Domestic Fiction	Family	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	English Channel	A domestic fiction novel about a family’s struggles.	Atlantic Ocean
The Exuberant Vitality of Hatching Habitats	D. A. Xiaolin Spires	2021		Unnamed Sea	Sea	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Speculative Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about developing a biodegradable construction material for building hatching habitats for seagulls	Ocean
The Famished Road	Okri, Ben	1991		Nigerian waterways, Atlantic Ocean (Lagos coast)	Ocean	English	Jonathan Cape, London		Novel, Magical Realism, Postcolonial Fiction	Spirit world, liminality, post-colonial Nigeria, freedom, migration, spiritual beliefs, economic survival	Nigeria/UK	20th Century	Lagos, Nigeria; coastal areas, waterways	Following a spirit child in Nigeria, the novel features the Atlantic Ocean as a powerful presence, representing a barrier, a gateway, and a liminal space that mirrors the protagonist’s existence between physical and spiritual worlds.	Ocean
The Far Pavilions	Kaye, M. M.	1978		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Allen Lane, London		Novel	Colonialism, romance, adventure, India, Afghanistan	UK	19th Century	British India, Himalayas, Afghanistan, coastal regions of the Indian Ocean	While much of this epic novel takes place in the Himalayas and Afghanistan, its characters travel to regions along the Indian Ocean, connecting vast geographical and cultural landscapes.	Ocean
The Far Side of the World	O’Brian, Patrick	1984		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Collins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, pursuit, whaling, distant voyages	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Surprise, whaling ships, South Pacific	Captain Aubrey’s mission takes him to the vast Pacific Ocean to protect British whalers from an American frigate, leading to a prolonged chase across the globe.	Ocean
The Far Spent Day	Nihal de Silva	2004		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Vijitha Yapa Publications		Novel					Nihal de Silva’s The Far Spent Day is a gripping political thriller that takes place during Sri Lanka’s civil conflict. The narrative centers on a government official whose life is linked to the corruption, violence, and moral degradation of postcolonial politics. De Silva combines the calmness of the island’s coastal and riverine landscapes with the turbulence of human greed and conflict. Here, the “far spent day” stands for a nation’s lost innocence, enhancing themes of loss, conscience, and reconciliation.
The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras	Verne, Jules	1874		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	French	Jules Verne’s original publisher was Hetzel, Paris, France.		Adventure, Science Fiction	Survival, Exploration	France	19th Century	Arctic Ocean, Ships	Captain Hatteras and his crew are trapped in the Arctic Ocean.	Ocean
The Fifty-Fourth of July	Nourse, Alan Edward	1922		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Maritime Realism	Survival, Human Nature	United States	20th Century	Ship, Atlantic Ocean	A group of sailors must survive on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on the 4th of July.	Ocean
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (UK), 21 (US)	Patrick O’Brian	2004		Strait of Magellan, Atlantic Ocean	Strait, Ocean		HarperCollins		Unfinished Novel					Journeys to and fro River Plate and England; journey to the Cape of Good Hope.
The First Capture; or, Hauling Down the Flag of England	Castlemon, Harry	1868		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Lee and Shepard, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, War	United States	19th Century	Sailing ship on the Atlantic Ocean	A young boy’s adventures on a sailing ship and his experiences during the American Civil War.	Ocean
The First Mate: The Story of a Strange Cruise	Collingwood, Harry	1910		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Mystery, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship at sea	The novel tells the story of a strange cruise and the adventures of the first mate. It explores themes of mystery and adventure in a maritime context.	Ocean
The Fishermen	Chigozie Obioma	2015		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Little, Brown and Company		Novel					In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers take advantage of their strict father’s absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river.
The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea	Reid, Mayne	1865		South Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship, South Sea	The story follows a young man who becomes a sailor and his adventures on the South Sea.	Sea
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands	Ballantyne, R. M.	1881		English Channel	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime Adventure	Rescue, danger, and the perils of navigation	United Kingdom	Victorian	The Goodwin Sands lightship in the English Channel	A story detailing the dangers of the Goodwin Sands and the bravery of those manning the lightship.	Goodwin Sands
The Fluorescent Jacket (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The Fog Horn	Bradbury, Ray	1951		Ocean (coastal)	Ocean	English	The Saturday Evening Post (magazine publication), then Doubleday (in The Golden Apples of the Sun), New York		Science Fiction, Short Story, Horror	Loneliness, isolation, ancient creatures, technology vs. nature, existential dread	USA	20th Century	A remote lighthouse, the deep ocean, a prehistoric sea monster	Two lighthouse keepers encounter a lonely sea monster, the last of its kind, drawn to the sound of their fog horn, mistaking it for a kindred spirit from the deep.	Sea
The Force of Circumstance	Maugham, W. Somerset	1921		South China Sea	Sea	English	William Heinemann, London (as part of ‘The Trembling of a Leaf’)		Short Story, Colonial Fiction	Colonialism, Betrayal, Isolation, Cultural Clash	UK	Early 20th Century	Remote colonial coastal outpost in Malaya.	A young English wife discovers her husband’s hidden past with a local woman in a distant, isolated colonial coastal posting in Malaya.	Coast
The Fortunate Island, and Other Stories	Clark, Charles Heber	1869		Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Short Stories	Maritime Adventure	United States	Victorian Era	Island	A collection of short stories, featuring a fortunate island and other maritime adventures.	Ocean
The Fortune of War	O’Brian, Patrick	1979		Botany Bay, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Collins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, naval warfare, British Royal Navy, adventure	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Leopard, various Royal Navy vessels, naval engagements	Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin navigate naval battles between the British and American navies during the War of 1812, particularly focusing on the British blockade of Boston Harbour.	Captain
The Fountains of Paradise	Clarke, Arthur C.	1979		Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Victor Gollancz, London		Science Fiction Novel	Space elevator, engineering, human ambition, spirituality, future technology, environmental impact	United Kingdom	20th Century	Fictional island of Taprobane (based on Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean, and Earth orbit.	Set on a fictional island in the Indian Ocean, this science fiction novel details the construction of a space elevator, exploring themes of human ambition, technological marvels, and the interplay between science and spirituality.	Indian Ocean
The Frigate Bird	Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki	1989		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Heinemann Reed, Auckland		Novel, Literary Fiction, Postcolonial Fiction	Identity, memory, Polynesian spirituality, cultural heritage, diaspora	New Zealand	20th Century	Cook Islands, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean	Moving between the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and surreal inner landscapes, this novel explores identity and memory through Polynesian spirituality, grounding psychological journeys in Pacific cultural contexts and the vastness of the ocean.	Pacific Ocean
The Gallant, Good Riou; and Jack Renton	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London / George G. Harrap & Co.		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Adventure, Seafaring	Australia / United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Pacific Islands and vessels traversing the South Pacific	A collection of stories set in the Pacific Islands, featuring the characters Riou and Jack Renton. These tales of adventurous mariners explore themes of piracy and seafaring as they navigate the hazards and rewards of the South Seas.	Pacific Ocean / South Seas
The Galleon’s Gold; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Deep Sea Search..	Senarens, Luis	1884		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Beadle and Adams, New York		Science Fiction, Nautical Adventure	Submarine Exploration, Treasure Hunting	United States	19th Century	Submarine vessel, Caribbean Sea	A science fiction novel featuring a submarine boat searching for treasure in the Caribbean Sea.	Sea
The Garden of Evening Mists	Tan, Twan Eng	2011		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Myrmidon Books, Newcastle upon Tyne		Novel	Memory, war, art, Japanese occupation, Malaysia	Malaysia	20th Century	Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, with coastal and oceanic influences	Set in the highlands of Malaysia, this novel includes references to the surrounding oceans and their influence on the story’s landscape and characters’ lives.	Ocean
The German pirate	Ajax	1835		North Sea	Sea	English	T. EggHarper, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, lawlessness, maritime conflict	UK	Romantic Era	Privateer and pirate vessels in the North Sea	A dramatic account of piracy and maritime adventure centered on a German privateer.	Sea
The Ghost Bride	Choo, Yangsze	2013		Strait of Malacca	Strait	English	William Morrow, New York		Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Romance	Ghost marriage, afterlife, colonial Malaya, family duty, cultural traditions, port city life	Malaysia	19th Century	The colonial port cities of Malacca and Penang, with their maritime trade and cultural influences	Set in colonial Malaya in the 1890s, this historical fantasy follows a young woman forced into a ‘ghost marriage,’ drawing her into the mysterious afterlife within the vibrant, sea-connected port city setting.	Sea
The Ghost of Sani Abacha	Nwokolo, Chuma	2012		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	County Books, Lagos		Novel	Corruption, politics, oil industry, Nigeria	Nigeria	21st Century	Nigeria, offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean	Set in Nigeria, this novel follows a protagonist involved in a conspiracy concerning offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, touching on themes of corruption and political intrigue.	Ocean
The Ghost Pirates	Hodgson, William Hope	1909		Ocean	Ocean	English	John Lane, The Bodley Head, London		Horror	Supernatural	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Sailing Vessel	A story about a group of sailors who encounter supernatural forces on the ocean.	Ocean
The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole	Ballantyne, R. M.	1872		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Polar Exploration	Exploration, endurance, and the unknown	United Kingdom	Victorian	Arctic waters and ice fields	A fictionalized account of expeditions toward the North Pole and the challenges of the Arctic Ocean.	Arctic Ocean
The Glamour of the Arctic	Doyle, Arthur Conan	1898		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Travelogue	Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Arctic Ocean	A travelogue about the author’s experiences in the Arctic.	Arctic Ocean
The Glass Palace	Ghosh, Amitav	2000		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Ravi Dayal Publisher, Delhi; Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Novel	Colonialism, migration, family saga, Burma, India, Malaysia	India	Late 19th to late 20th Century	Burma, India, Malaysia, with significant sea travel across the Indian Ocean	The Glass Palace follows the fortunes of a Burmese man and his family, beginning in Mandalay and spanning generations, with significant journeys and connections across the Indian Ocean between Burma, India, and Malaysia.	Indian Ocean
The God of Small Things	Arundhati Roy	1997		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Random House		Novel
The Golden Harpoon; Or, Lost Among the Floes: A Story of the Whaling Grounds	Starbuck, Roger	1899		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Whaling, Survival	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Whaling grounds, Arctic Ocean	The story of a whaling expedition and the crew’s struggle to survive in the Arctic Ocean.	Ocean
The Grain Ship	Robertson, Morgan	1901		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a grain ship on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean	Ho, Engseng	2006		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	University of California Press, Berkeley		History	Genealogy, Mobility, Indian Ocean	Singapore	Early 21st Century	Indian Ocean and its cultures	An exploration of the genealogical and mobility patterns of people across the Indian Ocean, examining the ways in which the ocean has shaped our understanding of identity, culture, and community.	Ocean
The Great Green Blight	McDuffie, Robert Emmett	1915		Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	The Atlantic Ocean	A novel about a group of people who embark on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, facing various challenges and adventures.	Ocean
The Great Pacific War	Hector Charles Bywater	1925		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Constable & Co. (UK), Houghton Mifflin Company (US)		Future War, Novel	Naval Warfare, Future War	United Kingdom	1930s	Ocean / Sea	Hypothetical story of how a war across the Pacific between the US and Japan would enfold	Ocean
The Great Quest	Hawes, Charles Boardman	1899		Gulf of Guinea	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Exploration	USA	Late 19th Century	Ship, Gulf of Guinea	A romance about a young man’s adventures in the Gulf of Guinea.	Gulf
The Great Reclamation	Heng, Rachel	2023		Coastal Seas / East Coast of Singapore	Sea	English	Riverhead Books, New York		Novel	Land reclamation, love, political history, environmental change, coastal communities, national development	Singapore	21st Century	Coastal Singapore, East Coast, fishing villages, reclaimed land	A sweeping narrative set in mid-20th-century Singapore, charting a fishing boy’s love story amidst massive land reclamation projects that reshaped the island’s coastline, merging oceanic space with political history.	Ocean
The Green Hand: Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant	Cupples, George	1866		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Originally published by Blackie and Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Naval adventure, maritime warfare	United Kingdom	Mid 19th century	British Royal Navy	The book is a nautical adventure novel that follows the story of a naval lieutenant and his experiences in the Mediterranean Sea.	Mediterranean Sea
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War	Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)	1916		Gulf of Mexico	Sea	English	Little, Brown and Company, Boston		Nautical History	Naval Warfare and the American Civil War	United States	Early 20th Century	Naval warfare during the American Civil War	A historical analysis of the role of the Navy in the American Civil War, focusing on the Gulf and inland waters.	Gulf
The Gunny Sack	Vassanji, M. G.	1989		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	McClelland and Stewart, Toronto		Novel	Memory, diaspora, identity, East African history, Indian community	Canada	20th Century	East African coast, particularly Tanzania, with historical journeys across the Indian Ocean	The Gunny Sack is about US-based Salim Juna who inherits his grandmother’s gunny sack, which unlocks a torrent of memories about being an Asian in East Africa and the historical connections across the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
The Guns of Navarone	Alistair MacLean	1957		Aegean Sea	Sea		Collins		Novel					An Allied Forces commando team attempts to destroy a German fortress threatening Allied navy ships in the Aegean.
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific	Theroux, Paul	1992		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	William Morrow & Co, New York		Travelogue, Non-fiction	Travel, exploration, Pacific cultures, colonialism, environmental observation	USA	20th Century	Various Pacific islands and atolls, kayak journey across the Pacific Ocean	Through an ambitious kayak journey from New Zealand’s rainforests to remote atolls, this travelogue captures the diverse geographies, cultures, and challenges of Pacific exploration.	Pacific
The Happy Return (UK), Beat to Quarters (US)	Forester, C. S.	1937		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea	Ocean	English	Michael Joseph, London (UK); Little, Brown and Company, Boston (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, naval command, adventure, heroism	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Lydia, Pacific coast of Nicaragua, Caribbean	Horatio Hornblower sails to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua to support resistance against Spain, engaging in naval battles before returning to England via the Caribbean.	Pacific Ocean
The Hard-Scrabble of Elm Island	Kellogg, Elijah	1887		Lake Michigan	Lake	English	American Tract Society, New York		Children’s Adventure	Orphaned Boy	USA	19th Century	Elm Island	A children’s adventure novel about an orphaned boy who lives on Elm Island.	Island
The Harmony Silk Factory	Tash Aw	2005		Indian Ocean	Ocean		HarperPerennial		Novel					This novel takes place in Malaysia and features the nearby seas and oceans as it tells the story of a textile merchant and his mysterious past.
The Hartley Brothers	Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth	1891		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Fisher Unwin, London		Nautical Adventure	Brotherly loyalty and seamanship	United Kingdom	Victorian	Merchant shipping routes in the Atlantic	Follows the adventures and professional growth of the Hartley brothers within the merchant navy.	Navy
The Haunted Island	Visiak, E. H. (Edward Harold)	1911		English Channel	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Supernatural, Mystery	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	English Channel, coastal towns	A nautical adventure about a haunted island in the English Channel.	Island
The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1845		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Richard Bentley, London		Nautical Adventure	Life at Sea, Naval Traditions	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Vessels, Coastal Towns	A tale of adventure and romance on the Atlantic coast, featuring the heir of Kilfinnan.	Coast
The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918	Hurd, Archibald	1919		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	HMSO (His Majesty’s Stationery Office)		Nautical History	War, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Naval battles in the Atlantic	A short history of the British Navy’s role in World War I, highlighting its heroic achievements.	Navy
The Hidden Papyrus of Hen-taui	Shelley, Rex	2001		Maritime Singapore / Shipping Routes	Sea	English	Times Books International, Singapore		Novel	Eurasian identity, cultural journey, maritime trade, history, belonging	Singapore	21st Century	Singapore, historical shipping routes	A novel about Eurasian roots and cultural journeys, where maritime trade routes shape cross-cultural identity, making the sea central to history and belonging.	Sea
The History of the Buccaneers of America	Burney, Charles	1724		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	John Darby, London		Historical Fiction	Colonialism, Piracy	England	18th Century	The Caribbean Sea and surrounding islands	A historical account of the buccaneers of America, their exploits, and the colonial era.	Sea
The History of the Pyrates	Defoe, Daniel	1720		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	T. Warner, London		Nautical History	Piracy, Maritime history	England	18th century	Sailing vessels, Pirate ships	The History of the Pyrates is a nautical history book that tells the story of piracy and its history on the high seas. The book explores themes of piracy and maritime history.	Sea
The Honour of the Flag	Russell, William Clark	1884		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
The House in the Cerulean Sea	Klune, T. J.	2020		Cerulean Sea	Other	English	Tor Books, New York		Fantasy Novel	Family, acceptance, magical realism, sea‑bound isolation	United States	21st Century	A magical orphanage on a remote island in the fictional Cerulean Sea	A whimsical fantasy where a caseworker visits an orphanage on a remote island in the Cerulean Sea, exploring themes of belonging and acceptance.	Sea
The House of Doors	Eng, Tan Twan	2023		Strait of Malacca	Strait	English	Canongate Books, Edinburgh		Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction	Colonialism, secrets, forbidden love, identity, literary life, island confinement	Malaysia	20th Century	The island port city of Penang, situated on the Strait of Malacca, during the colonial era	Set in Penang in the 1920s, this historical novel explores secrets and colonial life, with its narrative constrained by the boundaries and maritime connections of the island port city.	Sea
The House of Mapuhi	London, Jack	1909		Pacific Ocean, South Seas	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York (in South Sea Tales)		Short Story, Adventure, Maritime Fiction	Colonialism, cultural clash, justice, island life, pearl diving, exploitation	USA	20th Century	A remote South Sea island, its lagoon, and the surrounding ocean, pearl diving boats	This story depicts the struggle of Mapuhi, a native chief, against a corrupt white trader over a valuable pearl, set against the backdrop of island life and the dangers of the sea.	Sea
The House of Rust	Khadija Abdalla Bajaber (Kenya)	2021		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Graywolf Press		Novel					The novel depicts the mytholigies and traditions of Swahili and Hadrami cultures.
The House Under the Sea: A Romance	Pemberton, Max	1897		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Romance	Love, Adventure, and Mystery	United Kingdom	Late Victorian Era	A ship at sea	A romance novel set on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea, exploring themes of love, adventure, and mystery.	Sea
The House With Sixty Closets: A Christmas Story for Young Folks and Old Children	Child, Frank Samuel	1852		Other	Other	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Children’s Literature	Christmas	United States	Victorian Era	Other	A Christmas story for children, featuring a house with sixty closets.	Atlantic Ocean
The Hundred Days	O’Brian, Patrick	1998		Adriatic Sea	Sea	English	HarperCollins, London (UK); W. W. Norton & Company, New York (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, urgent mission, covert operations, Mediterranean conflict	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Surprise, Adriatic coast, naval engagements	With Napoleon’s return, Aubrey is assigned a critical mission in the Adriatic Sea to destroy shipyards supporting the French emperor along the coast.	Sea
The Hungry Ghosts	Selvadurai, Shyam	2013		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday Canada, Toronto		Novel	LGBTQ+ identity, intergenerational trauma, Sri Lankan civil war, Buddhist background, exile, homeland, reconciliation	Canada	21st Century	Sri Lanka and Canada, with the Indian Ocean acting as a symbolic boundary and bridge.	A young gay Sri Lankan-Canadian returns to Sri Lanka, confronting intergenerational trauma, desire, and the ghosts of the civil war, with the Indian Ocean symbolizing the boundary and bridge between exile and homeland.	Ocean
The Hungry Tide	Ghosh, Amitav	2004		Bay of Bengal	Bay	English	HarperCollins, New York		Novel	Environment, human-nature conflict, displacement, culture, India, Bangladesh	India	21st Century	Sundarbans delta, Bay of Bengal, rivers and tidal waterways	The novel explores the unique ecosystem of the Sundarbans delta, formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal, focusing on human interaction with this fragile environment.	Bay of Bengal
The Hunt for the Vigilant	Shvartsman, Alex	2017		South Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Fantasy/Science Fiction)	Magic, eldritch horror, technology, deep-sea exploration, adventure	United States	21st Century	South Pacific Ocean, deep-sea mission	An eccentric billionaire recruits a man for a dangerous mission to the bottom of the South Pacific, where programmable magic and eldritch gods exist.	Pacific
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall	Vassanji, M. G.	2003		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday Canada, Toronto		Novel	Colonialism, identity, corruption, Kenya, Indian diaspora	Canada	Mid-20th Century	Kenya, with coastal elements and historical connections via the Indian Ocean	Vikram Lall comes of age in 1950s Kenya, navigating a world divided between Kenyans and the British amidst Mau Mau violence, with his family’s history tied to journeys across the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
The Incomplete Theft	Garrett, Randall	1954		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Time Travel	United States	Mid-20th century	Time travel	A story about time travel.	Ocean
The Indo-Portuguese Creoles of the Malabar: Historical Cues and Questions	Cardoso, Hugo C.	2019		Other	Other	English	India, The Portuguese and Maritime Interactions: Vol. II: Religion, Language and Cultural Vol.2		Linguistics, History	Indo-Portuguese Creoles, Malabar, Historical Cues	India	Late 20th Century	Historical, Colonial	An examination of the Indo-Portuguese creoles of the Malabar region.	Arabian Sea
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783	Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)	1905		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Little, Brown and Company, Boston		Nautical History	Sea Power and Naval Warfare	United States	Late 19th Century	Naval warfare and sea power in the 17th and 18th centuries	A historical analysis of the influence of sea power on world history from 1660 to 1783.	Sea
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, vol 1	Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)	1908		English Channel	Sea	English	Little, Brown and Company, Boston		Nautical History	Sea Power and Naval Warfare	United States	Late 19th Century	Naval warfare during the French Revolution and Empire	A historical analysis of the influence of sea power on the French Revolution and Empire from 1793 to 1812.	Sea
The Inheritance of Loss	Desai, Kiran	2006		Himalayan foothills, Indian Ocean	Other	English	Atlantic Monthly Press, New York		Literary Fiction	Globalization, Identity	India	21st century	Himalayan foothills, Indian Ocean coastline	The story of several characters whose lives are interconnected and affected by globalization and cultural identity. The novel explores themes of globalization, identity, and the human condition.	Ocean
The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future	Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)	1900		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Little, Brown and Company, Boston		Nautical History	Sea Power and Naval Warfare	United States	Late 19th Century	Naval warfare and sea power in the late 19th century	A historical analysis of the interest of America in sea power, focusing on the present and future implications.	Sea
The Invasion of New York: Or How Hawaii was Annexed	John Henry Palmer	1897		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	F. Tennyson Neely		Future War, Historical Fiction, Novel	Imperialism, Future War	United States	Early 20th Century / Future War	Ocean / Sea	Speculative account of how the US annexed Hawaii by overthrowing its monarchy leading to myriad social problems like anarchy and cannibalism	Ocean
The Ionian Mission	O’Brian, Patrick	1981		Ionian Sea	Sea	English	Collins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, diplomacy, naval strategy, Mediterranean politics	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Worcester, Greek islands, Mediterranean naval operations	Captain Aubrey and Dr. Maturin undertake a mission to the Greek islands in the Ionian Sea, aiming to influence the balance of power at the borders of the Turkish empire.	Sea
The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea	Pemberton, Max	1895		North Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life, Mystery, and Suspense	United Kingdom	Late Victorian Era	A pirate ship at sea	A nautical adventure novel about a pirate’s life, mystery, and suspense on the North Sea.	Sea
The Island Home	Archer, Richard	1875		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Ward, Lock & Co, London		Maritime Romance	Isolation and the search for domestic peace	UK	Victorian	A secluded island setting	A narrative exploring the challenges and tranquility of establishing a home on a remote island.	Ocean
The Island of Sheep	John Buchan	1936		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean		Hodder & Stoughton		Novel					Treasure hunt across England, Scotland and to the Island of Sheep (based on present day Faroe Islands).
The Island of Whispers	Davies, Brenda	2014		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Matador, Leicester		Mystery, Thriller	Isolation, Secrets, Folklore, Island Life	UK	21st Century	Remote Scottish island.	A fictional work set on an isolated Scottish island, where secrets and local folklore intertwine with the unique challenges of island life.	Atlantic Ocean
The Island Queen	Ballantyne, R. M.	1871		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Shipwreck, Isolation	United Kingdom	Victorian	Remote Pacific islands and a shipwrecked vessel	A tale of survival and adventure following a shipwreck on a remote island in the South Pacific.	South Pacific Ocean
The Isle Of Pines	Neville, Henry	1668		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Herrington, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Utopia	England	17th Century	Island in the Pacific Ocean	A utopian novel about a group of English colonists who establish a new society on a Pacific island.	Pacific
The Jam Fruit Tree	Muller, Carl	1993		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Novel	Burgher community, Sri Lankan identity, postcolonialism, humor, family, social critique	Sri Lanka	20th Century	Kandy, Sri Lanka; the narrative is deeply rooted in the island nation, with the Indian Ocean surrounding it.	The novel provides a humorous and affectionate portrayal of the Burgher community in Sri Lanka through the Laiser family, exploring themes of cultural blending, identity, and social transition against a postcolonial backdrop.	Port
The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon	Fielding, Henry	1755		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Andrew Millar, London		Travelogue	Maritime adventure, travel	England	18th century	Ship voyage from England to Lisbon	The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon is a travelogue by Henry Fielding, detailing his journey to Lisbon for health reasons. The narrative focuses on his experiences at sea and his observations of the people and places he encounters.	Sea
The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner	Forstner, Georg-Günther, Freiherr von	1917		North Sea	Sea	English	Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston		War Novel	World War I, submarine warfare	Germany	20th century	Submarine, North Sea	The journal recounts the experiences of a German submarine commander during World War I, providing a unique perspective on the war at sea. The book is a valuable historical record of submarine warfare during the Great War.	Sea
The Joys of Motherhood	Emecheta, Buchi	1979		Atlantic Ocean (Lagos coast)	Ocean	English	Allison & Busby, London		Novel, Feminist Fiction, Postcolonial Fiction	Motherhood, women’s exploitation, tradition vs. modernity, urban life, colonialism, economic change, personal tragedy	Nigeria/UK	20th Century	Lagos, Nigeria; Atlantic coast, market scenes	Following Nnu Ego’s journey to Lagos, the Atlantic Ocean and its coastal setting symbolize the city’s role as a colonial and post-colonial capital, representing modernity, opportunity, and the broader world that disrupts traditional Igbo life.	Atlantic Ocean
The judgment of Johan Coull	Sleath, Frederick	1747		North Sea	Sea	English	John Whiston, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Piracy	UK	18th Century	North Sea	A novel about a pirate’s judgment.	Pirate
The Kidnapped President	Boothby, Guy	1900			Other	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Adventure Fiction	Politics	United Kingdom	20th Century		A novel about a kidnapped president and his subsequent rescue.	Ocean
The King of Pirates	Defoe, Daniel	1720		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	A. Bettsworth, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Maritime life	England	18th century	Sailing vessels, Pirate ships	The King of Pirates is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a pirate king and his exploits on the high seas. The novel explores themes of piracy and maritime life.	Sea
The Lady of Lynn	Besant, Walter	1884		North Sea	Sea	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Maritime Realism	Social class and the economy of coastal port towns	UK	Late Victorian	The port town of King’s Lynn and the Wash estuary	A regional novel examining the social dynamics and emotional struggles of residents in a prominent English maritime trading town.	North Sea
The Land of the Permauls, or Cochin, its Past and its Present	Day, Francis	1863			Other	English	Gantz Brothers, Madras, India		History	Cochin, India	India	19th Century	Cochin, India	A historical study of Cochin, India, and its past and present.	Laccadive Sea
The Last Boat				The boat journey, Sea					Novel					An oceanic title symbolizing finality, migration, or escape.
The Last Buccaneer	Cornford, L. Cope	1929		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	United Kingdom	20th Century	Pirate Ship	A tale of piracy and adventure on the high seas.	Sea
The Last Entry	Russell, William Clark	1885		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
The Last Gift	Gurnah, Abdulrazak	2011		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bloomsbury Publishing, London		Novel, Literary Fiction	Migration, memory, identity, colonialism, family history	Tanzania	21st Century	East African coast, merchant navy ships, England	The novel delves into the life of Abbas, a former merchant navy sailor from the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa, as he confronts his past and family history.	Indian Ocean
The Last Night on Bikini	MacInnes, Patricia	1995		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW		Novel, Historical Fiction, Environmental Fiction	Nuclear testing, colonialism, environmental destruction, trauma, Marshallese culture	Australia	20th Century	Kwajalein Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean	Set on Kwajalein Island, this novel examines the devastating aftermath of American nuclear testing programs in the Marshall Islands, interweaving personal trauma with environmental destruction in the Pacific.	Pacific
The Last Nyonya	Nasution, Khoo Salma	2017		Straits of Malacca, Andaman Sea	Strait	English	Areca Books, Penang		Historical Fiction, Cultural Fiction	Peranakan Culture, Heritage, Identity, Colonial History	Malaysia	21st Century	Coastal cities of Penang and Malacca, Malaysia.	Explores the rich Peranakan culture and history, primarily set in the coastal cities of Penang and Malacca, which are historically significant port cities.	Coast
The Last Voyage of the Karluk	Bartlett, Bob	1915		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Originally published as part of narrative accounts/memoirs (e.g., Over Ice and Snow), 1915		Maritime Survival Narrative	Endurance, Arctic Exploration, Shipwreck	United States	20th Century	SS Karluk	A firsthand account of the shipwreck and survival struggle of the crew of the SS Karluk in the Arctic ice.	Arctic Ocean
The Last Voyage: To India and Australia, in the ‘Sunbeam’	Brassey, Annie	1886		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Maritime Travelogue	Oceanic Exploration, Travel	United Kingdom	19th century	Sailing yacht Sunbeam	Annie Brassey’s account of her final voyage on the yacht Sunbeam, traveling to India and Australia, and exploring the Indian Ocean. The book is a testament to her love of the sea and her adventurous spirit.	Indian Ocean
The Last Wave: An Island Novel	Sekhsaria, Pankaj	2014		Andaman Sea / Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins India, New Delhi		Environmental Fiction / Novel	Tsunami, Indigenous communities, Ecology	India	21st Century	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal regions, Indian Ocean	Set in the Andaman Islands, this novel explores the devastating impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on indigenous communities. It is a story of lost loves, culture, community, and ecology poised on the sharp edge of time and history, intertwining personal stories with environmental themes.	Indian Ocean / Andaman Sea
The law of the sea	Canfield, George L.	1906		Ocean	Ocean	English	The Banks Law Publishing Co., New York		Maritime Law	Maritime law, navigation, international relations	United States	20th century	International waters, maritime trade	A treatise on the law of the sea, covering topics such as navigation, shipping, and international relations. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the legal framework governing maritime activities and the rights and responsibilities of nations and individuals in the context of the ocean.	Ocean
The Letter of Marque	O’Brian, Patrick	1988		Horta Bay, Petrius d’Antioche Strait	Other	English	Collins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, privateering, redemption, naval combat	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Surprise (as a privateer), naval engagements	Stripped of his command, Aubrey takes to the seas as a privateer under a letter of marque, achieving naval victories against French ships in specific bays and straits.	Sea
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe	Defoe, Daniel	1719		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	William Taylor, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Isolation	England	18th century	Deserted island	The story of Robinson Crusoe, a sailor who becomes stranded on a deserted island and must survive using his wits and resourcefulness. The novel explores themes of survival, isolation, and the human condition.	saltwater
The Life of a Ship	Ballantyne, R. M.	1882		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Industry, Global Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian	Various merchant vessels and global ports	An educational adventure that follows the lifecycle of a ship, from its construction to its voyages across the world’s oceans.	Oceans
The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain	Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)	1902		English Channel	Sea	English	Little, Brown and Company, Boston		Nautical Biography	Sea Power and Naval Warfare	United States	Late 19th Century	Naval warfare and sea power in the late 18th century	A biography of Admiral Horatio Nelson, focusing on his role as the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain.	Sea
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. I	Dundonald, Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of	1860		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, London		Biography, Maritime History	Heroism, Naval Warfare	United Kingdom	19th Century	Naval Battles, Oceanic Voyages	The life story of Thomas Cochrane, a British naval officer and admiral.	Ocean
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II	Dundonald, Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of	1861		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, London		Biography, Maritime History	Heroism, Naval Warfare	United Kingdom	19th Century	Naval Battles, Oceanic Voyages	The life story of Thomas Cochrane, a British naval officer and admiral.	Ocean
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton	Defoe, Daniel	1720		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	J. Brotherton, A. Bettesworth, and W. Mears, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Adventure	England	18th century	High seas, pirate ship	The story of Captain Singleton, a pirate who sails the Indian Ocean and engages in various adventures and battles. The novel explores themes of piracy, adventure, and the high seas.	Indian Ocean
The Lifeboat	Ballantyne, R. M.	1876		North Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Heroism, Rescue, Maritime Peril	United Kingdom	Victorian	Lifeboat stations and stormy seas of the North Sea	A dramatized account of the bravery and danger associated with lifeboat crews rescuing sailors from shipwrecks.	Sea
The Light Between Oceans	Stedman, M. L.	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Random House Australia, North Sydney		Novel	Morality, love, loss, isolation, secrets, Australia	Australia	Early 20th Century	Janus Rock, a remote lighthouse island off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean	This novel takes place on a remote island off the coast of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean, where a lighthouse keeper and his wife face a moral dilemma after a baby washes ashore.	Ocean
The Lighthouse	Ballantyne, R. M.	1868		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London		Nautical Mystery	Duty, Isolation, Maritime Safety	United Kingdom	Victorian	A coastal lighthouse and surrounding treacherous waters	A narrative exploring the solitary life of lighthouse keepers and the mysteries that unfold amidst the Atlantic storms.	Atlantic Ocean
The Lighthouse at the End of the World	Jules Verne	1905		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Jules Hetzel		Novel					This classic adventure novel takes place on an island in the Indian Ocean, where a lighthouse keeper faces various challenges.
The little elves seeking the beautiful world	Warner, Lucy Hamilton	1884		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Fantasy	Elves and the Ocean	United States	Victorian Era	Fantasy world	A story of elves who seek the beautiful world, featuring the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak	Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock	1874		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Children’s Literature	Travel and Exploration	United Kingdom	19th Century	Mediterranean Sea	A tale of a prince’s travels and adventures on the Mediterranean Sea.	Mediterranean Sea
The Little Skipper: A Son of a Sailor	Fenn, George Manville	1877		Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Youth, Exploration, Survival	United Kingdom	19th century	Sailing vessel, Sea	The story follows a young boy’s adventures at sea, exploring the sea and learning the ways of sailing. The narrative is a classic example of nautical adventure, with themes of youth, exploration, and survival.	Sea
The Little Washingtons’ Travels	Roy, Lillian Elizabeth	1885		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Oceanic Voyage	A family’s travels on the Atlantic Ocean, encountering various adventures and experiences.	Ocean
The Lively Poll: A Tale of the North Sea	Ballantyne, R. M.	1881		North Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Fishing Industry, Seafaring Life	United Kingdom	Victorian	The fishing vessel ‘Lively Poll’ in the North Sea	A detailed adventure focusing on the hardships and excitement of the North Sea fishing trade.	North Sea
The Log of a Privateersman	Collingwood, Harry	1909		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, War	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Privateer ship at sea	The novel follows the log of a privateersman and his adventures at sea. It explores themes of piracy and war in a maritime context.	Sea
The Log of a Sea-Waif	Bullen, Frank Thomas	1899		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Maritime life	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Sailing ships, Whaling vessels	The Log of a Sea-Waif is a novel about a young man’s experiences at sea, exploring themes of identity and belonging. The story follows his journey as he navigates the challenges of life on a sailing ship.	Ocean
The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure	Collingwood, Harry	1908		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Science Fiction, Nautical Adventure	Invention, Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Submarine and airship	The novel tells the story of a flying fish-shaped submarine and airship and the adventures of its crew. It explores themes of invention and exploration in a maritime and science fiction context.	Ocean
The logs of the Serapis–Alliance–Ariel, under the command of John Paul Jones, 1779-1780	Barnes, John S.	1879		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Government Printing Office/Naval Records, Washington D.C.		Naval Logs	Navigation, Naval Warfare, Command	USA	18th Century (logs), 19th Century (published)	The ships Serapis, Alliance, and Ariel	An archival publication of the daily sailing logs of John Paul Jones’ fleet during his 1779-1780 campaign.	Atlantic Ocean
The Lonely Island: The Refuge of the Mutineers	Ballantyne, R. M.	1873		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London		Nautical Adventure	Mutiny, Redemption, Survival	United Kingdom	Victorian	A secluded Pacific island and the ships that seek it	The story of mutineers who flee to a remote island, focusing on the social and physical struggles of their isolation.	Ocean
The Long Day Wanes	Burgess, Anthony	1956		Strait of Malacca	Strait	English	William Heinemann, London		Literary Fiction, Colonial Fiction	Colonialism, post-colonialism, cultural clash, identity, expatriate life	UK	20th Century	The port city of Malacca (Dahaga) in colonial Malaya, with its maritime connections	The first novel in ‘The Malayan Trilogy,’ it depicts the life of an English schoolteacher in the port city of Malacca during the final years of British colonial rule, exploring cultural clashes and the impending end of an era.	Strait of Malacca
The Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, in the Bay of Biscay Narrated in a Letter to a Friend	McGregor, Duncan	1919		Bay of Biscay	Bay	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime History	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	The Bay of Biscay	A historical account of the sinking of the East Indiaman Kent in the Bay of Biscay, told through a letter to a friend.	Bay
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons	Beesley, Lawrence	1912		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Heinemann, London		Maritime Non-Fiction	Maritime Disaster	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A non-fiction account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, featuring a story of maritime disaster and loss.	Atlantic Ocean
The loss of the Swansea	Alden, William Livingston	1868		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Maritime Tragedy	Shipwreck, survival, grief	USA	Mid-19th Century	The vessel ‘Swansea’ during a transatlantic voyage	A harrowing account of the sinking of the ship Swansea and the desperate struggle of its passengers and crew.	Sea
The Madman and the Pirate	Ballantyne, R. M.	1889		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Mental Instability, Adventure	United Kingdom	Victorian	Various ships navigating the Indian Ocean and pirate hideouts	A nautical yarn blending piracy and psychological drama during voyages through the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
The Magus	Fowles, John	1965		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Jonathan Cape, London		Postmodern Novel	Illusion vs. reality, manipulation, coming‑of‑age	United Kingdom	20th century	Fictional Greek island of Phraxos in the Mediterranean Sea	An Oxford graduate becomes a teacher on a Greek island, where a mysterious figure draws him into a labyrinth of psychological games amid the Mediterranean.	Mediterranean Sea
The Mammoth Steps	Andrew Dana Hudson	2018		Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean	Sea, Ocean	English	Terraform		Solarpunk, Speculative Fiction, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about helping a de-extinct mammoth find community among other elephants living in Phuket	Ocean
The Man in the Wooden Hat	Jane Gardam			Malaya					Novel					A novel set in Malaya.
The Man with the Golden Gun	Fleming, Ian	1965		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Jonathan Cape, London		Spy Thriller	Espionage, assassination, Cold War tensions	United Kingdom	Mid-20th Century	Caribbean island and yacht setting featuring Bond’s mission	James Bond is dispatched to a Caribbean island to track down a rogue agent, leading to a deadly showdown on the sea.	Caribbean Sea
The Mannion Court-Martial	Garrett, Randall	1954		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Science Fiction	Military Justice	United States	Mid-20th century	Military court	A story about a military court-martial.	Ocean
The Maracot Deep	Doyle, Arthur Conan	1929		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	John Murray, London; Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York		Short novel	Lost civilizations, underwater exploration, adventure, science fiction	United Kingdom	20th Century	Submarine, Atlantic Ocean, sunken city of Atlantis	Professor Maracot leads an expedition into the Atlantic Ocean, culminating in the discovery of the legendary sunken city of Atlantis.	Atlantic Ocean
The Mate of the ‘Vancouver’	Roberts, Morley	1902		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Vancouver Island	A nautical adventure novel about a young sailor’s journey on the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Mate of the Good Ship York; Or, The Ship’s Adventure	Russell, William Clark	1887		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
The Mauritius Command	Patrick O’Brian	1977		Indian Ocean, Waters around La Reunion and Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago	Ocean		Collins		Novel					Patrick O’Brian’s The Mauritius Command is a historical naval novel following Captain Jack Aubrey, who is promoted to Commodore and assigned to lead a British naval squadron in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars. The mission is to capture the French-held islands of La Réunion and Mauritius. After a successful campaign on La Réunion, Aubrey faces setbacks during the assault on Mauritius, including battles with the French fleet and challenges among his own captains. The novel blends detailed naval strategy with rich character development and historical accuracy, showcasing themes of leadership, loyalty, and warfare during the early 19th century colonial conflicts.
The Mayflower and Her Log	Ames, Azel	1901		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Grosset & Dunlap, New York		Maritime History	Pilgrims, American Colonization	United States	17th century	The Mayflower ship	The Mayflower and Her Log is a historical account of the Mayflower’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, detailing the experiences of the Pilgrims and their journey to America. The book provides a comprehensive log of the ship’s journey, highlighting the challenges and significance of the voyage.	Atlantic Ocean
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat; Or, the Stormy Cruise of the Red Rover	Aldridge, Janet	1906		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Religious Tract Society, London		Juvenile Nautical Fiction	Female adventure, resilience, moral fortitude	UK	Edwardian	The sailing yacht ‘Red Rover’	A group of young women face peril and growth during a stormy cruise on the Atlantic.	Atlantic Ocean
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome Bar	Aldridge, Janet	1906		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Religious Tract Society, London		Juvenile Nautical Fiction	Rescue, maritime disaster, friendship	UK	Edwardian	The Atlantic coast and the shipwreck site of the ‘Lonesome Bar’	An adventure story involving the rescue of shipwrecked survivors and the perils of the Atlantic coastline.	Atlantic Ocean
The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford	Beresford, Charles William De la Poer Beresford, Baron	1912		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	A. & C. Black, London		Naval Memoir	Naval strategy and British maritime hegemony	UK	Edwardian era	Royal Navy vessels and global maritime stations	An extensive autobiographical account of naval service, leadership, and strategic critiques of the Royal Navy.	Ocean
The Mermaid Chair	Kidd, Sue Monk	2005		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Viking Press, New York		Novel	Self-discovery, spirituality, secrets, marriage, island life	USA	21st Century	Egret Island, a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina	This novel is set on a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean and tells the story of a woman’s journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening, deeply connected to the island’s mysteries.	Ocean
The Merry Men	Stevenson, Robert Louis	1882		Atlantic Ocean (Scottish coast)	Ocean	English	The Cornhill Magazine (magazine publication), then Chatto & Windus (in The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables), London		Short Story, Gothic Fiction, Maritime Fiction	Shipwrecks, madness, greed, superstition, the power of the sea, guilt	UK	19th Century	A remote Scottish island (Aros), its treacherous coast, and the surrounding sea	A young man visits his uncle on a remote Scottish island, where the uncle is haunted by the wreckage of a Spanish galleon and the ghosts of drowned sailors, leading to madness and obsession.	Sailor
The Merry Men	Robert Louis Stevenson
The Midas Touch	Sukanya Datta	2021		Arabian Sea	Sea	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2, Hachette India		Tall tales, Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	A treasure hunt adventure story narrated by a sailor which was spurred on by the discovery of a map from the sea by fishermen	Ocean
The Mirror of the Sea	Conrad, Joseph	1906		English Channel	Sea	English	Methuen & Co., London		Maritime Memoir	Sailing, Identity	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	English Channel	The book is a collection of autobiographical essays that reflect on Conrad’s experiences as a sailor and explore the themes of identity, morality, and the human condition.	Sea
The Missing Merchantman	Collingwood, Harry	1907		North Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Mystery, Survival	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Merchant ship at sea	The novel follows the story of a missing merchantman and the subsequent search for it. It explores themes of mystery and survival in a maritime context.	Ocean
The Monsoon Wife	Brown, Janet	2014		Indian Ocean, South China Sea	Ocean	English	Simon & Schuster, London		Historical Fiction, Romance	Colonial Life, Monsoon, Isolation, Relationships	UK	21st Century	Coastal Malaya during the monsoon season.	Set in colonial Malaya, the narrative is heavily influenced by the powerful seasonal monsoon, which dictates events and characters’ lives near the coast.	Ocean
The Moon and Sixpence	Maugham, W. Somerset	1919		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	William Heinemann, London		Novel, Biographical Fiction, Literary Fiction	Artistic pursuit, societal rejection, individualism, exoticism, escape	United Kingdom	20th Century	London, Paris, Tahiti (South Pacific island)	Inspired by Paul Gauguin, this novel depicts a man’s radical departure from Western society to seek artistic liberation in Tahiti, portraying the Pacific island as a mythic paradise.	Pacific
The Moon Colony	Bell, William Dixon	1909		Moon	Other	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Science Fiction	Space Exploration	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Moon	A science fiction novel set on the moon, featuring a story of space exploration and discovery.	Sea of Space
The Moor’s Account	Lalami, Laila	2014		Gulf of Mexico	Sea	English	Pantheon Books, New York		Novel	Exploration, colonialism, slavery, survival, identity, North America	Morocco	16th Century	Narvaez expedition, sea voyages across the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and North American wilderness	It is a fictional memoir of Estebanico, the Moroccan slave who survived the Narvaez expedition, chronicling his perilous journey across the Atlantic and through the Gulf of Mexico to become one of the first African explorers of America.	Gulf
The Motion Picture Comrades Aboard a Submarine	Barnes, Elmer Tracey	1915		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	A. L. Burt Company, Boston		Submarine Adventure	Technology, teamwork, undersea exploration	USA	World War I Era	A primitive early 20th-century submarine	A story blending the early film industry with the high-stakes environment of submarine navigation.	Ocean
The Motor Boys Under the Sea; or, From Airship to Submarine	Young, Clarence	1909		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Grosset & Dunlap, New York		Nautical Adventure	Innovation, Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Submarine in the Atlantic Ocean	A novel about a group of young boys who build and operate a submarine in the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Motor Rangers on Blue Water; or, The Secret of the Derelict	Goldfrap, John Henry	1913		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure, Young Adult Fiction	Naval life, adventure, mystery	United States	Early 20th century	Motor boat, ocean	The story of a group of young men, the Motor Rangers, and their adventures on the ocean, exploring naval life and experiences, and solving a mystery.	Ocean
The Motor Rangers’ Wireless Station	Goldfrap, John Henry	1908			Other	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Wireless Station	The story follows the adventures of a group of motor rangers as they operate a wireless station.	Ocean
The Mutineers	Hawes, Charles Boardman	1897		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Mutiny, Adventure	USA	Late 19th Century	Mutiny on a ship, Indian Ocean	A romance about a mutiny on a ship in the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
The Mutiny of the Elsinore	London, Jack	1909		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Mutiny, Identity	United States	20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A story about a mutiny on a ship in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd’s Message	Powell, Van	1905		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Street & Smith, New York		Adventure	Pirate Adventure, Mystery	United States	20th Century	Indian Ocean, Pirate ship	A tale of adventure and mystery set in the Indian Ocean, featuring Captain Kidd.	Ocean
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket	Poe, Edgar Allan	1827		South Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure	Mutiny, Survival	United States	19th Century	South Atlantic Ocean, Nantucket	A young man’s journey to the South Pole, featuring a mutiny and survival on the high seas.	Sea
The Naval Cadet: A Story of Adventures on Land and Sea	Stables, Gordon	1885		Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval Academy, Ship	A story of a naval cadet’s adventures on land and sea.	Sea
The Naval History of the United States	Abbot, Willis J.	1885		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Little, Brown, and Company, Boston		Non-fiction	History, Naval warfare	United States	19th century	Naval warfare	A non-fiction book about the naval history of the United States.	Ocean
The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans	Roosevelt, Theodore	1910		Ocean	Ocean	English	G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York		Historical Study	War, History	United States	Early 20th Century	At Sea	A historical study of the United States Navy during the War of 1812.	Navy
The Navy as a Fighting Machine	Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen)	1906		Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston		Non-Fiction	Maritime History	United States	Early 20th Century	Ocean, Ships	A non-fiction book that explores the role of the navy as a fighting machine, including its history and operations.	Ocean
The Navy Eternal	Bartimeus, H. Taprell Dorling	1925		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Constable & Company, London		Nautical Fiction	Tradition and Naval Legacy	United Kingdom	Interwar Period	Royal Navy fleet	A fictionalized exploration of the enduring nature of naval traditions and the lives of those who serve.	Ocean
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’	Conrad, Joseph	1897		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	William Heinemann		Nautical Adventure	Racism, Identity	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Ship	The story explores the themes of racism and identity through the character of a black sailor on a ship traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. The narrative delves into the complexities of human relationships and the social dynamics on board.	Atlantic Ocean
The Night Tiger	Yangsze Choo	2019		Inland (Perak, Ipoh, Batu Gajah)			Flatiron Books		Historical Fiction, Magical Realism					Historical mystery set in 1930s colonial Malaya involving weretigers. The narrative contrasts jungle folklore with the modernizing colonial world.
The North Water	McGuire, Ian	2016		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner, New York		Novel	Survival, brutality, morality, whaling, Arctic exploration	UK	19th Century	Whaling ship (Volunteer), North Atlantic, Arctic waters	This historical novel is set aboard a whaling ship in the North Atlantic during the 19th century, exploring the brutal and dangerous life of its crew as they venture into Arctic waters.	Atlantic
The North Water	Ian McGuire	2016		North Water Polynya, Baffin Bay	Bay		Henry Holt and Company (US), Simon & Schuster (UK)/Scribner (UK)		Novel					A whaling ship on its voyage to the North Water Polynya with different sailors upon it having various ulterior motives.
The northern whale-fishery	Scoresby, William	1853		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London		Scientific	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Mid 19th Century	Arctic regions	A scientific account of the northern whale-fishery.	Whale
The Nutmeg of Consolation	O’Brian, Patrick	1991		South China Sea, Java Sea, Celebes Sea	Sea	English	HarperCollins, London (UK); W. W. Norton & Company, New York (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, piracy, exotic voyages, survival	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	Various small vessels, South East Asian seas	Following a shipwreck, Aubrey and Maturin face pirate attacks and sea battles across the South China, Java, and Celebes Seas.	Sea
The Ocean and Its Wonders	Ballantyne, R. M.	1874		Ocean	Ocean	English	T. Nelson and Sons, London		Maritime Non-Fiction	Oceanic Exploration	United Kingdom	19th century	Global Oceans	The book explores the wonders of the ocean, its depths, and the creatures that inhabit it. It is a classic work of maritime non-fiction that has captivated readers for generations.	Ocean
The Ocean at the End of the Lane	Neil Gaiman	2013		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	William Morrow and Company		Dark Fantasy, Surrealism, Horror, Magical Realism, Novel	Memory, Childhood, Dark Fantasy	United Kingdom	Late 20th Century	Sussex, England	The story of how the protagonist travels to other worlds through a hidden ocean in the pond near his home	Ocean
The Ocean Cat’s Paw: The Story of a Strange Cruise	Fenn, George Manville	1891		Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Youth, Exploration, Survival	United Kingdom	19th century	Sailing vessel, Ocean	The story revolves around a young boy’s adventures at sea, exploring the ocean and discovering the secrets of a strange cruise. The narrative is a classic example of nautical adventure, with themes of youth, exploration, and survival.	Ocean
The Ocean Uprising	Hannah Marlen Lubker, Patrick W. Keys, Andrew Merrie, Juan C. Rocha, Guillermo Ortuno Crespo, Laura M. Pereira	2023		General Oceans	Oceans	English	Radical Ocean Futures		Computing Imaginations, Short story	Climate Change, Sustainability, Ocean Governance, Speculative Futures	Sweden	2030-2070	Ocean / Sea	Speculative story of how a technocratic rule takes over a rebellion aimed at countering anthropogenic harm caused to the world’s oceans leading to, finally, the privatization of the entire seabed	Ocean
The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea	Reid, Mayne	1863		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing ship, Pacific Ocean	The story follows two young boys who are rescued from a shipwreck and their adventures on a sailing ship.	Shipwreck
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code	Goldfrap, John Henry	1914		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure, Young Adult Fiction	Naval life, wireless communication, adventure	United States	Early 20th century	Ocean, wireless communication	The story of a group of young men, the Ocean Wireless Boys, and their adventures with wireless communication and naval codes, exploring naval life and experiences.	Ocean
The Ocean Wireless Boys of the Iceberg Patrol	Goldfrap, John Henry	1908		Iceberg Patrol (Arctic Ocean)	Other	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	Arctic Ocean, Iceberg Patrol	The story follows the adventures of a group of wireless operators as they patrol the Arctic Ocean and encounter various challenges.	Arctic Ocean
The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants	Figuier, Louis	1868	Translated from French by Unknown	World Oceans	Ocean	English	Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London	Unknown translator	Marine biology, oceanography	Oceanic life, marine science	France	19th century	General oceanic setting, various marine ecosystems	The Ocean World is a descriptive work on the sea and its living inhabitants, covering various aspects of marine biology and oceanography. The book provides an overview of the ocean’s ecosystems and the creatures that inhabit them.	Ocean
The Old Drift	Serpell, Namwali	2019		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hogarth Press, New York		Novel	Colonialism, family saga, Zambian history	Zambia	21st Century	Zambia, across three generations	A multi-generational saga set in Zambia, exploring colonialism and intertwined families, with the Indian Ocean as a broader geographical context for historical movements.	Ocean
The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemingway	1952		The Gulf Stream	Sea		Charles Scribner’s Sons		Novella					This novella tells the story of an aging Cuban fisherman’s epic battle with a marlin in the waters of the Gulf Stream.
The Old Man, the Boy and the Shark	Veramu, Joseph	1991		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Polynesian Press, Suva		Children’s Literature, Novella, Indigenous Tales	Marine ecology, traditional knowledge, intergenerational relationships, Fijian culture	Fiji	20th Century	Coastal Fijian village, Pacific Ocean, sharks	Set in a coastal Fijian village, this children’s tale explores intergenerational relationships and traditional stories connected to marine ecology, particularly focusing on the shark and the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Open Boat	Crane, Stephen	1897		Atlantic Ocean (off the coast of Florida)	Ocean	English	Scribner’s Magazine (magazine publication), then Doubleday & McClure Co. (in The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure), New York		Short Story, Naturalism, Maritime Fiction	Survival, indifference of nature, camaraderie, fate, human insignificance, existentialism	USA	19th Century	A small dinghy adrift in the open sea after a shipwreck	Four men, survivors of a shipwreck, struggle for survival in a small dinghy on the open sea, battling the elements and their own despair while contemplating nature’s indifference.	Sea
The Opium Clerk	Basu, Kunal	2001		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Phoenix House, London; Penguin Books India		Historical Fiction	Colonialism, Opium trade	India	19th Century	India, China, Southeast Asia, British-run opium factories, trading ships	Spanning the Indian Ocean, this historical novel follows the life of a clerk navigating British-run factories and merchant ships across India, China, and Southeast Asia during the colonial opium trade.	Indian Ocean
The Ordinary Seaman	Goldman, Francisco	1997		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Grove Press, New York		Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction	Immigration, displacement, war trauma, urban life, survival, hope	USA	20th Century	Dilapidated cargo ship Urus docked in Brooklyn, New York	A group of Nicaraguan seamen, including a war veteran, find themselves trapped on a derelict ship docked on a Brooklyn pier, with the nearby North Atlantic Ocean symbolizing both their past journeys and their uncertain future.	North Atlantic Ocean
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier	Urbina, Ian	2015		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Non-fiction	Ocean Conservation	United States	21st century	Pacific Ocean	Non-fiction narrative of the author’s journeys across the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Outlaw Sea	William Langewiesche	2005		Ocean world in general	Ocean		North Point Press		novel					The open ocean–that vast expanse of international waters–spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last patch of land is claimed by one government or another, it is a place that remains radically free.
The Outrun	Amy Liptrot	2016		Pentland Firth, Fair Isle Channel	Strait, Channel		Canongate Books		Memoir					Memoir of the author returning to her childhood home in Orkney, Scotland.
The Outstation	Maugham, W. Somerset	1926		South China Sea, Celebes Sea	Sea	English	William Heinemann, London		Short Story, Colonial Fiction	Colonialism, isolation, cultural clash, snobbery, decline	UK	20th Century	A remote colonial outpost in Borneo, accessible and isolated by the surrounding seas	A short story set in a remote Bornean outstation, it explores the isolation and cultural clashes experienced by a snobbish British official, whose existence is defined by his distance from the sea and civilization.	Sea
The Pagoda	Powell, Patricia	1998		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Harcourt Brace & Company, New York		Novel	Chinese immigration, gender identity, colonialism	Jamaica	20th Century	Rural Jamaica, 19th century	Explores Chinese immigration to Jamaica in the 19th century, focusing on a Chinese woman passing as a man, set against the backdrop of the Caribbean Sea.	Sea
The Pagoda	Patricia Powell	1998		Caribbean Sea	Sea		Harper Perennial		Novel					The Pagoda is a novel about Chinese Immigration to Jamaica during the 19th century. Specifically, it follows the experiences of Lowe, a Chinese woman passing as a male shopkeeper in rural Jamaica.
The Pearl	John Steinbeck	1947		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		The Viking Press		Novella					This novella takes place in a coastal town on the Gulf of California, which is connected to the Pacific Ocean, and follows a poor pearl diver’s quest for a valuable pearl.
The Pearl	Steinbeck, John	1947		Pacific Ocean (Gulf of California)	Ocean	English	The Viking Press, New York		Novella	Greed, fate, poverty, human-nature relationship	USA	20th Century	Coastal town on the Gulf of California, pearl diving	A poor pearl diver’s quest for a valuable pearl in a coastal town on the Gulf of California, highlighting the ocean’s role in his life and fate.	Ocean
The pearl lagoon	Nordhoff, Charles	1899		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Exploration	USA	19th Century	A lagoon in the Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a group of people who live in a lagoon in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Penang Affair				Island (Penang)					Novel					Specifically set in the island port of Penang.
The Penang Chronicles				Island (Penang)					Novel					A series or collection of stories focused entirely on the history and culture of Penang.
The Personality of Kerala	Aiyappan, A.	1982			Other	English	Department of Publications, University of Kerala		Non-Fiction	Kerala, Culture, and Personality	India	20th Century	Kerala	A study on the personality of Kerala.	Arabian Sea
The Phantom Death, etc.	Russell, William Clark	1888		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
The Phantom Ship	Marryat, Frederick	1839		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Colburn, London		Nautical Adventure	Supernatural, Naval life	United Kingdom	19th century	Naval vessel, Atlantic Ocean	The story follows the adventures of a young naval officer as he encounters a mysterious and supernatural ship on the high seas.	Sea
The Pilot and His Wife	Lie, Jonas			Baltic Sea	Sea	English	No original publisher found, likely self-published or unknown.		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Folklore	Norway	19th Century	Finnish coastal towns, sea	A story about a pilot and his wife’s adventures on the Baltic Sea.	Sea
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea	Cooper, James Fenimore	1824		North Sea	Sea	English	New York: Charles Wiley		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, piracy	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, pirate vessels	The Pilot is a nautical novel that explores the adventures of a young American sailor and his experiences with piracy in the North Sea during the American Revolution.	North Sea
The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore	Gilbert, W. S.	1908		Ocean	Ocean	English	George Bell and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Naval life, satire	United Kingdom	Edwardian	H.M.S. Pinafore	The story of H.M.S. Pinafore, a British warship, and its crew. The narrative explores life on board and the social satire of the British Royal Navy.	Sea
The Pirate	Marryat, Frederick	1837		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Colburn, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Naval life	United Kingdom	19th century	Naval vessel, Atlantic Ocean	The story follows the adventures of a young naval officer as he confronts the dangers of piracy on the high seas.	Sea
The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1887		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Captivity, North African Coast	United Kingdom	Victorian	Algerian coast and Mediterranean vessels	An adventure story focusing on the dangers of Barbary pirates and captives along the North African coast of the Mediterranean.	Mediterranean Sea
The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific	Collingwood, Harry	1909		South Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Pirate island in the South Pacific	The novel tells the story of a pirate island in the South Pacific and the adventures of its inhabitants. It explores themes of piracy and exploration in a maritime context.	South Pacific Ocean
The Pirate Slaver: A Story of the West African Coast	Collingwood, Harry	1909		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Slavery	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Pirate ship off the West African coast	The novel follows the story of a pirate slaver and the adventures of its crew off the West African coast. It explores themes of piracy and slavery in a maritime context.	Atlantic Ocean
The Pirate Woman	Dingle, Aylward Edward	1923		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson, London		Historical Fiction, Romance	Piracy, Love	England	20th Century	Pirate life	The Pirate Woman is a historical romance novel by Aylward Edward Dingle, detailing the life of a pirate woman.	Ocean
The Pirate’s Gold	Stables, Gordon	1890		Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Treasure	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Ship, Island	A story of a pirate’s quest for gold.	Pirate
The Pirate’s Pocket Book	Calthrop, Dion Clayton	1894		English Channel	Sea	English	Smithers, London		Humor	Piracy, Nautical	England	19th Century	The English Channel and surrounding waters	A humorous guide to piracy, including anecdotes and advice.	Sea
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago	Biddulph, John	1880		Arabian Sea	Sea	English	Tinsley Brothers, London		Historical Maritime Romance	Colonialism and piracy	UK	Victorian	Malabar Coast and Indian Ocean vessels	A historical narrative blending romance and danger, centered on the piracy-ridden waters of the Malabar Coast.	Arabian Sea
The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America	Exquemelin, Alexandre Olivier	1678		Spanish Main	Sea	English	Original publisher not specified, first English translation published by William Crooke, London		Pirate Adventure	Piracy, Buccaneers, Spanish Main	Netherlands	17th century	Caribbean Sea, Spanish colonies	A true account of the famous adventures and daring deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and other notorious freebooters of the Spanish Main. The book provides a detailed description of the pirates’ lives, their raids, and their battles with the Spanish.	Caribbean Sea
The Pirates of Shan	Goodwin, Harold L.	1930			Other	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Science Fiction	Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Shan	The story follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they navigate the island of Shan.	Ocean
The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730	Dow, George Francis	1911		Coast	Other	English	Scribner, New York		Historical Nonfiction	Piracy	United States	Early 20th Century	New England Coast	A historical account of piracy on the New England coast.	Atlantic Ocean
The Pirates Own Book	Ellms, Charles	1837		Sea	Sea	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Adventure	United States	19th century	High seas	A collection of stories about famous pirates and their adventures on the high seas.	Sea
The Planet Mappers	Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)	1912		Various	Other	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Science Fiction, Adventure	Exploration, Science	United States	Early 20th Century	Various planets and celestial bodies	A science fiction novel about a group of explorers who travel to various planets and celestial bodies.	Ocean
The Planter’s Wife	Ann Bennett			Coastal Estates					Novel					Set during the Malayan Emergency, focusing on the lives of rubber planters near trade routes.
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore	Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)	1859		English Channel	Sea	English	Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London		Nautical Adventure	Press-ganging, naval life	United Kingdom	Victorian era	Naval vessels, English Channel	A historical account of the British Royal Navy’s press-gang system.	Navy
The Prince of the Pin Elves	Sleight, Charles Lee	1904		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Fantasy	Maritime Adventure	USA	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A fantasy novel set on the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation	Hakluyt, Richard	1598		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, London		Maritime History	Exploration, Colonization	England	Renaissance	Maritime voyages, naval exploits	A collection of accounts of English maritime voyages and discoveries, including expeditions to the Americas, Africa, and Asia.	Voyage
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation – Volume 07 England’s Naval Exploits Against Spain	Hakluyt, Richard	1598		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, London		Maritime History	Exploration, Colonization	England	Renaissance	Maritime voyages, naval exploits	A collection of accounts of English maritime voyages and discoveries, including expeditions to the Americas, Africa, and Asia.	Voyage
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation – Volume 09 Asia, Part II	Hakluyt, Richard	1598		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, London		Maritime History	Exploration, Colonization	England	Renaissance	Maritime voyages, naval exploits	A collection of accounts of English maritime voyages and discoveries, including expeditions to the Americas, Africa, and Asia.	Voyage
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation – Volume 10 Asia, Part III	Hakluyt, Richard	1598		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, London		Maritime History	Exploration, Colonization	England	Renaissance	Maritime voyages, naval exploits	A collection of accounts of English maritime voyages and discoveries, including expeditions to the Americas, Africa, and Asia.	Voyage
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation- Volume 01	Hakluyt, Richard	1589		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, London		Maritime History	Exploration, Navigation	United Kingdom	16th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A collection of accounts of English voyages and discoveries.	Voyage
The Queen of the Pirate Isle	Harte, Bret	1894		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life, Adventure	USA	Late 19th Century	Pirate ship, Pacific Ocean	A romance about a pirate queen and her adventures on the high seas.	Sea
The Radiance of the King	Laye, Camara	1954	Original French: Le Regard du Roi (1954). Translated by James Kirkup (1956).	Atlantic Ocean (West African coast)	Ocean	English	Plon, Paris	James Kirkup (Translator)	Novel, Allegory, Postcolonial Fiction	Spiritual transformation, colonial reversal, identity, displacement, redemption, West African culture	Guinea	20th Century	Fictional West African coastal kingdom, Atlantic coast	An allegorical novel where a white man arrives on Africa’s Atlantic coast, with the ocean symbolizing his separation from Europe and marking his journey of spiritual transformation in a West African kingdom.	Ocean
The Ranch Girls in Europe	Vandercook, Margaret	1922		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia		Children’s Fiction	International Friendship	United States	20th century	Atlantic Ocean	Children’s fiction narrative of the Ranch Girls’ journey across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Rape of Sita	Collen, Lindsey	1993		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Pluto Press, London		Novel	Patriarchy, re-imagined epic, political commentary	Mauritius	20th Century	Contemporary Mauritius Island	A re-imagining of the Ramayana set in contemporary Mauritius, using the island setting in the Indian Ocean to comment on patriarchal society.	Indian Ocean
The Red Eric	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1883		North Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Viking Saga	Exploration, Viking Conquest, Norse Mythology	United Kingdom	Victorian	Viking longships in the North Sea and Atlantic	A historical romance detailing the voyages and conquests of a Viking hero navigating the cold waters of the North.	Ocean
The Red Miriok	Barnes, Annie Maria	1910		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Private Press/Serial, UK		Maritime Romance	Love, maritime duty, social class	UK	Early 20th Century	Aboard the ship Miriok	A romantic narrative set against the backdrop of maritime voyages and professional seafaring.	Ocean
The Red Sea	Stephen Spahn	2013		Red Sea	Sea		CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform		Novel					Satirical, iconoclastic, absurd, this journey starts in Korea, ricochets through Key West, bounces off Vermont and winds up in the pristine mountain highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia in 1973. Set in the steamy 70’s, the ex-pats working in The Kingdom keep their decadent habits under cover and one jump ahead of the religious police who enforce a strict moral code and dole out biblical retribution.
The Red Sea (The Cycle of Galand, Book 1)	Edward W. Robertson	2016		Red Sea	Sea		Self-published		Novel					When Dante Galand was just a boy, his father Larsin sailed away to make his fortune. And never returned. Since then, Dante has become a great sorcerer. A ruler. A destroyer of kings. And he’s just learned that his father is living on a forbidden island at the edge of the known world. Where he’s dying of a mysterious plague. In the company of his friend, the swordsman Blays, Dante travels to the island. There, his magic can do nothing for his father. As Dante and Blays quest for a cure—beset by strange beasts, angry spirits, and violent coastal raiders known as the Tauren—Dante falls sick, too. To save his father and himself, he’ll have to rediscover the island’s long-lost magic. But the hunt for its secrets leads Dante on a crash course with the Tauren—and island-wide civil war. And as he’s away, an old threat begins to move against his homeland.
The Red Sea (The Cycle of Galand, Book 1)	Robertson, Edward W.	2016		Red Sea	Sea	English	Self-published		Fantasy Novel	Fantasy, adventure, family, magic, quest	USA	21st Century	Forbidden island, coastal areas, Red Sea	Dante Galand quests to find a cure for his father’s mysterious plague on a forbidden island in the Red Sea, encountering strange beasts and civil war.	Sea
The Red Sea Sharks	Hergé	1958		Red Sea	Sea	French	Casterman		Comic Album / Graphic Novel	Adventure, Slavery, Politics	Belgium	20th Century	Khemed, Red Sea	The narrative follows the young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and his friend Captain Haddock as they travel to the fictional Middle Eastern kingdom of Khemed with the intention of aiding the Emir Ben Kalish Ezab in regaining control after a coup d’état by his enemies, who are financed by slave traders led by Tintin’s old nemesis Rastapopoulos.	Red Sea
The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective	Benítez-Rojo, Antonio	1997		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Duke University Press		Non-Fiction / Literary Criticism	Postcolonialism	Cuba	Late 20th Century	The Caribbean, Cuba	A postmodern study of the Caribbean and its cultural identity.	Caribbean Sea
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows	Conrad, Joseph	1923		South China Sea	Sea	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, South China Sea	A novel that explores the human condition through the lens of the South China Sea.	South China Sea
The Return	K.S. Maniam	1981					Heinemann Educational Books (Asia)		Novel					Follows Ravi whose life is caught up in social transformations during Malaysian independence. Foundational work for Malaysian Indian literature.
The Reverse of the Medal	O’Brian, Patrick	1986		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Collins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, personal misfortune, legal drama, return voyages	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	Various sailing vessels, London, Brazil	Aubrey returns from the Pacific across the Atlantic, facing personal misfortunes and legal troubles upon his return to England.	Atlantic
The Rice Mother	Manicka, Rani	2002		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Historical Fiction	Migration, family, war, resilience, cultural identity, Sri Lankan/Malaysian history	Malaysia	21st Century	Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Malaysia, journey across the Indian Ocean	Nothing in Lakshmi’s childhood, running carefree and barefoot on the sun-baked earth amid the coconut and mango trees of Ceylon, could have prepared her for what life was to bring her. At fourteen, she finds herself traded in marriage to a stranger across the ocean in the fascinating land of Malaysia.	Ocean
The Riddle of the Sands	Childers, Erskine	1903		North Sea	Sea	English	Original publication details not specified in the input, however, according to historical records, it was first published in 1903 by London: Smith, Elder & Co.		Maritime Adventure	Espionage, Adventure, Maritime Journey	United Kingdom	20th century	Yacht in the North Sea	The novel tells the story of two young men who embark on a yachting trip in the North Sea, where they become embroiled in a mystery involving espionage and adventure. The story is a classic tale of maritime adventure and espionage.	North Sea
The Rival Submarines	Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)	1918		North Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Nautical Adventure	War, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Naval vessels, North Sea	A story of rival submarines in the North Sea, focusing on war and naval life.	Sea
The Romance of the Coast	Runciman, James	1909		North Sea	Sea	English	Hodder and Stoughton, London		Nautical Fiction	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	North Sea	A story about the romance of the coast, exploring the relationship between people and the sea.	Sea
The romantic story of the Mayflower pilgrims, and its place in the life of to-day	Addison, A. C.	1915		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Privately Printed, United Kingdom		Historical Narrative	Faith, Survival, Pilgrimage	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	The Mayflower ship during the 1620 crossing	A narrative retelling of the Mayflower’s treacherous voyage across the Atlantic to the New World.	Atlantic Ocean
The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published	Pyle, Howard	1894		Mozambique Channel	Sea	English	Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Exploration	United States	19th Century	The Mozambique Channel	A detailed account of Captain John Mackra’s adventures with pirate Edward England.	Pirate
The Rover	Conrad, Joseph	1923		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, Mediterranean Sea	A novel that explores the human condition through the lens of the Mediterranean Sea.	Mediterranean Sea
The Rover Boys on Land and Sea: The Crusoes of Seven Islands	Stratemeyer, Edward	1899		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Stratford Co., New York		Nautical Adventure	Friendship, Adventure	United States	Late 19th Century	Sailing, Shipwreck	The Rover Boys, a group of young friends, embark on a sailing adventure that takes them across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Rover Boys winning a fortune; or, Strenuous days ashore and afloat	Stratemeyer, Edward	1900		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Stratford Co., New York		Nautical Adventure	Friendship, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Sailing, Shipwreck	The Rover Boys, a group of young friends, embark on a sailing adventure that takes them across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Rover’s Secret: A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba	Collingwood, Harry	1909		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Pirate cays and lagoons of Cuba	The novel tells the story of a rover and the secrets of the pirate cays and lagoons of Cuba. It explores themes of piracy and exploration in a maritime context.	Caribbean Sea
The Rubber Merchant				Port Cities					Novel					A novel focused on the trade and commerce of rubber, linking the plantation economy to the port cities.
The Sacred River	Syl Cheney-Coker	2014		Ogbanje spirit’s river or the waters of Ala (the Earth goddess)—metaphorically and literally connected to the Niger River system in southeastern Nigeria.	Ocean		Simon &Schuster Ltd.		Novel
The Saga of Muziris	Sethu	2009	Translated from Malayalam by Prema Jayakumar (English edition published 2017)	Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean	Sea	English	DC Books, Kottayam, 2009	Prema Jayakumar (Translator)	Historical Fiction, Maritime Fiction	Ancient trade, cultural exchange, port city life, historical mystery, rise and fall of civilizations	India	Ancient (Roman trade era, 1st century BCE to 14th century CE)	Ancient port city of Muziris, trading ships, coastal Kerala	A historical novel that vividly reconstructs the life and eventual disappearance of the legendary ancient port city of Muziris, highlighting its role in global maritime trade and cultural interactions.	Port
The Sailor Hero	Armstrong, Francis Claudius	1852		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	T. C. Hansell, London		Nautical Adventure	Professional bravery and seafaring duty	UK	Mid-19th Century	Various merchant and naval vessels	A series of accounts focusing on the courage and heroism of a professional sailor.	Ocean
The Sailor’s Home	Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth	1892		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Fisher Unwin, London		Maritime Realism	Domesticity versus the wandering life of the sea	United Kingdom	Victorian	Coastal ports and Atlantic shipping lanes	An exploration of the emotional toll of seafaring and the yearning for a stable home.	Sea
The Sailor’s Word-Book	Smyth, William Henry	1867		Various	Other	English	John Murray, London		Nautical Reference	Nautical Terminology, Maritime History	United Kingdom	19th Century	Nautical, Various	A comprehensive dictionary of nautical terms, covering military, scientific, and historical aspects of the sea.	Sea
The Salt Path	Winn, Raynor	2018		English Channel	Other	English	Penguin, London		Travel	Personal Journey	United Kingdom	21st Century	Coastal path in Devon and Cornwall	A couple’s 630-mile walk along the South West Coast Path, exploring the English countryside and their relationship.	Coast
The Salving of the Yan-Shan	Stacpoole, H. De Vere	1911		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co. London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Shipwreck	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Shipwreck, Pacific Ocean	The story of a shipwreck and the survivors’ struggle to stay alive on the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Sandglass	Gunesekera, Romesh	1998		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Granta Books, London		Novel	Colonial history, postcolonial disturbances, migration, memory, identity, dislocation, yearning	Sri Lanka	20th Century	Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and London, with ocean as a key motif for migration	The Sandglass portrays the lives of two families of Sri Lankan origin through generations, influenced by colonial history and postcolonial disturbances, with the ocean serving as a symbol of dislocation and yearning.	Indian Ocean
The Scar	China Mieville	2002		Fictional Ocean of Bas-Lag	Ocean		Macmillan Publishers		Fantasy Novel					Story of the journey of a small ship from the city New Crobuzon to its new colony Nova Esperium across the ocean when it is attacked by pirates.
The Sea	John Banville	2005		Irish Sea	Sea		Picador		Novel					The recollections of the narrator’s life in episodes culminating in his wife’s death and his contemplation of suicide by the ever present waves of the sea.
The Sea (La Mer)	Michelet, Jules	1861		English Channel	Sea	French	Hachette, Paris		Philosophical, Poetic	The Sea, Nature, and the Human Condition	France	19th Century	Coastal, 19th Century	A philosophical and poetic exploration of the sea, its power, and its relationship to the human condition.	Sea
The Sea Fairies	Baum, L. Frank	1911		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Reilly & Company, Chicago		Children’s Fantasy	Undersea exploration, magic, friendship	USA	Early 20th Century	An enchanted undersea kingdom	A young girl is transported to a magical realm beneath the ocean where she interacts with the Sea Fairies and their aquatic society.	Ocean
The Sea Girl	Aspinwall, Marguerite	1910		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Maritime Fiction	Gender boundaries and affinity for the ocean	USA	Early 20th Century	Coastal regions and sailing vessels	A story about a young woman’s deep connection to the sea and her nautical adventures.	Sea
The Sea Horror	Hamilton, Edmond	1896		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Horror	Sea Monsters	England	19th Century	Sea	A horror novel about sea monsters.	Sea
The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers	Cooper, James Fenimore	1849		Southern Ocean	Ocean	English	New York: Stringer and Townsend		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, exploration	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, sealing vessels	The Sea Lions is a nautical novel that tells the story of a group of American sealers who become stranded in the Southern Ocean and must survive against the harsh environment and hostile native populations.	Southern Ocean
The Sea of Monsters	Riordan, Rick	2006		Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda Triangle	Ocean	English	Hyperion Books for Children, New York		Novel Series (Fantasy, Young Adult)	Mythology, adventure, heroism, friendship, quest, coming-of-age	United States	21st Century	Camp Half-Blood, Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda Triangle, various mythical islands	Percy Jackson embarks on a perilous quest into the treacherous Sea of Monsters (Bermuda Triangle) to save Camp Half-Blood, encountering mythical creatures and navigating dangerous waters.	Sea
The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel	Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)	1920		English Channel	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Nautical Adventure	Youth, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Naval vessels, English Channel	A story of sea scouts navigating the English Channel, focusing on youth and naval life.	Sea
The Sea Sings at Night	Mimi Mondal	2019		Arabian Sea	Sea	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Hachette India		Speculative Fiction, Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	Love story about a Mumbaikar and a seafolk where the former has to learn to let go of the latter to the sea in order for their peace	Ocean
The Sea Wolf	Jack London	1904		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Macmillan		Novel					This adventure novel involves a voyage in the Pacific Ocean and explores the conflict between a young literary critic and a brutal sea captain.
The Sea, The Sea	Murdoch, Iris	1978		North Sea	Sea	English	Chatto & Windus, London		Literary Fiction	Obsession, art, love, self‑destruction	United Kingdom	Late‑20th Century (1970s)	Retired theatre director living in a seaside house overlooking the North Sea	A retired director retreats to a house by the North Sea, where his obsessive love and artistic ambitions lead to tragedy.	Sea
The Sea-Hawk	Sabatini, Rafael	1924		Other	Other	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	United Kingdom	20th Century	Pirate Ship	A historical novel about a pirate captain.	Pirate
The Sea-Wolf	London, Jack	1904		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Identity, Survival	United States	20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A story about a man who is rescued from a shipwreck and taken aboard a sealing schooner.	Sea
The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism	Whymper, Frederick	1887		The Sea	Sea	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	The Sea	A stirring story of adventure, peril, and heroism on the high seas.	Sea
The Seafarers	Bloundelle-Burton, John	1928		English Channel	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime History, Exploration	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	English Channel	A historical novel exploring the lives of seafarers and their experiences on the English Channel.	English Channel
The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan	Otis, James	1777		Gulf of Mexico	Sea	English	Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill, 1777		Nautical Adventure	Exploration	United States	18th century	Yucatan	A nautical adventure set in Yucatan, featuring a search for the Silver City.	Sea
The Second Mate	Bedford-Jones, Henry	1923		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co., London		Maritime Realism	Class conflict, seafaring life, duty	United Kingdom	Interwar Period	A merchant vessel on the Atlantic route	A narrative detailing the tensions and professional struggles of a second mate on a merchant ship.	Ocean
The Secret Life of James Cook	Lay, Graeme	2012		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), Auckland		Historical Fiction	James Cook, exploration, maritime history, adventure	New Zealand	21st Century	Various ships and Pacific locations during Cook’s early life and first voyage	First in a trilogy, this historical novel reimagines Captain James Cook’s early life and initial Pacific voyage, exploring the formative experiences that shaped the legendary explorer.	Pacific
The Secret of the Reef	Bindloss, Harold	1912		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime Adventure	Hidden treasures and reef navigation	UK	Edwardian	South Pacific coral reefs and sailing vessels	A maritime mystery focusing on the dangers of navigating coral reefs in the Pacific in search of a hidden secret.	Pacific Ocean
The Secret of the Sands; Or, The ‘Water Lily’ and her Crew	Collingwood, Harry	1910		North Sea	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Mystery, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship in the North Sea	The novel follows the story of the ‘Water Lily’ and her crew and the secrets of the sands. It explores themes of mystery and adventure in a maritime context.	Ocean
The Secret River	Grenville, Kate	2005		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Text Publishing, Melbourne		Novel	Colonization, displacement, indigenous relations	Australia	21st Century	Voyage from London to Australia, colonial Australia	Chronicles a voyage from London to Australia, exploring the impact of colonization, with the initial journey across the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
The Secret Sharer	Conrad, Joseph	1910		Gulf of Siam	Sea	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Maritime Realism	Identity, Morality	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Gulf of Siam	The novella tells the story of a young captain who forms a bond with a fugitive and explores the themes of identity, morality, and the human condition.	Sea
The Seiners	Connolly, James B.	1907		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Maritime Realism	Fishing industry, Maritime life	United States	20th century	Fishing vessels, North Atlantic Ocean	The Seiners is a novel about the fishing industry and the lives of those involved in it, set in the North Atlantic Ocean. The story explores the hardships and dangers faced by fishermen and their families.	North Atlantic Ocean
The Separation	Dinah Jefferies								Novel					A historical novel set in the 1950s Malaya, focusing on a family divided during the Emergency.
The Seven Seas	Kipling, Rudyard	1896		Various Oceans	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and Discovery	United Kingdom	Late Victorian Era	A collection of poems about the seven seas and the people who sail them	A collection of poems about the seven seas and the people who sail them.	Sea
The Shadow Line	Conrad, Joseph	1917		Malay Archipelago	Sea	English	J.M. Dent		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Identity	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship	The story follows a young captain as he navigates the challenges of commanding a ship in the Malay Archipelago. The narrative explores themes of identity, responsibility, and the complexities of human relationships.	Malay Archipelago
The Shadow over Innsmouth	Lovecraft, H. P.	1936		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Visionary Publishing Company, New York		Cosmic Horror	Xenophobia, decay, forbidden knowledge, sea‑born entities	United States	Early 20th Century	The decaying New England seaport town of Innsmouth on the Atlantic coast	A traveler uncovers the terrifying pact between the town of Innsmouth and ancient deep‑sea beings, revealing a legacy of horror beneath the Atlantic.	Sea
The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties	Terry, Richard Runciman	1916		Other	Other	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Music	Sailing Life	United States	Early 20th Century	Ship	A collection of sailor shanties.	Sailor
The Shipping News	Proulx, E. Annie	1993		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Scribner, New York		Novel	Coastal life, family, resilience, fishing industry	USA	20th Century	Coastal Newfoundland town, fishing industry	A man moves to a coastal Newfoundland town, becoming involved in the fishing industry and local life along the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Shipwreck	Falconer, William	1762		Ocean	Ocean	English	Published by William Johnston, London		Nautical Adventure	Shipwreck, Survival, Ocean	England	18th century	Ocean, shipwreck	A poem that tells the story of a shipwreck and the struggles of the survivors to stay alive. The book provides a vivid description of the ocean and its power.	Ocean
The Silent Barrier	Tracy, Louis	1908		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company New York		Romance Fiction	Marriage, Oceanic Adventure	United States	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A romance novel about a couple’s oceanic adventure, exploring themes of marriage and oceanic life.	Ocean
The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner World	Emerson, Willis George	1908		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Company, New York		Science Fiction, Adventure	Exploration, Science	United States	Early 20th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A science fiction novel about a group of explorers who travel to the inner world of the Earth, passing through the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
The Softness of the Lime	Case, Maxine	2017		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Umuzi, Cape Town		Historical Fiction, Novel	Colonialism, slavery, power, identity, South African history	South Africa	18th Century	Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, a key maritime trading post	Set in the bustling 18th-century settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, this novel explores the competition for power and resources, deeply connected to its strategic location on the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
The Songs that Humanity Lost Reluctantly to Dolphins	Shweta Taneja	2021		General seas and oceans	Sea, Ocean	English	Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press		Speculative Fiction, Solarpunk, Short story	Solarpunk, Climate Adaptation, Cohabitation	International	Near Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about children of the world being “infected” by a song of the dolphins making them empathetic causing mass panic in an individualistic world	Ocean
The South Seaman: An Incident in the Sea Story of Australia	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. Rowland, London		Nautical Adventure	Identity, seafaring duty, Australian maritime history	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Australian coastal waters and the South Pacific	A story centered on the life and trials of a sailor operating within the Australian maritime sphere.	Ocean
The Sovereignty of the Sea	Fulton, Thomas Wemyss	1911		British Seas	Sea	English	William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh		Maritime Law	Maritime law, territorial waters	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Marine setting, historical naval vessels	A historical account of the claims of England to the dominion of the British Seas, exploring the evolution of territorial waters and maritime law. The book examines the development of international law and its impact on the sovereignty of the sea.	British Seas
The Star Side of Bird Hill	Jackson, Naomi	2015		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Press, New York		Novel	Coming-of-age, family, cultural identity	USA	21st Century	Barbados, island life	Two sisters from Brooklyn are sent to live with their grandmother in Barbados, with the Atlantic Ocean serving as a prominent backdrop to their coming-of-age story.	Ocean
The Story of a Brief Marriage	Anuk Arudpragasam	2016		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Granta Books, United Kingdom		Novel					Taking place in the last days of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Arudpragasam’s novel tells the story of Dinesh, a young Tamil man who finds himself married in chaos and loss. During the brief time we are with Dinesh and his wife, he searches for meaning and humanity in a dark moment of devastation. The style is meditative, and the prose renders this worn-out landscape — with its beaches and rain, and the winds of the ocean — into embodiments of fleetingness and staying power.
The Story of Jack Ballister’s Fortunes Being the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia, where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands	Pyle, Howard	1895		Virginia	Sea	English	Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York		Nautical Adventure	Piracy, Exploration	United States	19th Century	The Virginia coast	The story of a young gentleman’s adventures with pirate Captain Edward Teach.	Pirate
The Story of Our Submarines	Bower, John Graham	1904			Other	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Non-Fiction	Naval History	United Kingdom	20th Century		A historical account of the development of British submarines.	Ocean
The Story of Sir Francis Drake	Elton, Letitia MacColl	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Biography, Maritime History	Exploration, Piracy	United States	Late 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A biography of Sir Francis Drake, featuring his voyages and exploits on the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
The Story of the Kearsarge and Alabama	Browne, A. K.	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Maritime History	Naval Warfare, American Civil War	United States	Late 19th century	Naval vessels Kearsarge and Alabama	A. K. Browne’s account of the famous naval duel between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama during the American Civil War, exploring the strategic and tactical aspects of the engagement. The book is a classic of maritime history, offering insights into the naval warfare of the era.	Ocean
The Story of the Rock	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1886		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime Adventure	Survival, Island Isolation, Shipwreck	United Kingdom	Victorian	A desolate rocky outpost in the Atlantic	A tale of survival and human endurance centered around a remote rock formation in the middle of the ocean.	Ocean
The Story of the Submarine	Bishop, Farnham	1905		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime History	Technological evolution of underwater warfare	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Early experimental and naval submarines	A historical and technical overview of the development and deployment of submarine vessels in oceanic warfare.	Ocean
The Stowaway Girl	Tracy, Louis	1905		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company New York		Children’s Literature	Oceanic Adventure, Stowaway	United States	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A children’s novel about a stowaway girl’s oceanic adventure, exploring themes of oceanic life and adventure.	Ocean
The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton	Becke, Louis	1902		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Adventure	Isolation, colonial encounters, survival	United Kingdom	Late Victorian/Edwardian	South Sea Islands and various trading vessels	A narrative following the drifting and psychological struggles of a man lost in the South Pacific.	South Pacific Ocean
The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn	Collingwood, Harry	1907		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship at sea	The novel tells the story of Eric Blackburn and his strange adventures at sea. It explores themes of exploration and adventure in a maritime context.	Sea
The Strife of the Sea	Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)	1890		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life, Adventure	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about the struggles of life at sea.	Sea
The Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean, Africa and Asia	Campbell, Gwyn	2004		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Frank Cass, London, UK		Slavery, Indian Ocean	Slavery, Indian Ocean, Africa, Asia	UK	Early 21st Century	Historical, Colonial	An examination of the structure of slavery in the Indian Ocean region.	Indian Ocean
The Submarine Boys and the Middies	Durham, Victor G.	1910		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Altemus, Philadelphia		Nautical Adventure	Maritime education, naval training	United States	20th century	Naval academy, submarine	A story of young boys training to become naval officers, focusing on their experiences and adventures at sea. The narrative explores the challenges of naval education and the importance of teamwork.	Sea
The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep	Durham, Victor G.	1902		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago		Adventure, Young Adult	Friendship, Loyalty	United States	Early 20th Century	Submarine, Oceanic Voyage	A young adult adventure novel about a group of boys who use a submarine to outwit spies on the Atlantic Ocean.	Atlantic Ocean
The Sum of Our Follies	Kow, Shih-Li	2008		Rivers and Straits (connecting Malaysia and Singapore)	Strait	English	Silverfish Books, Kuala Lumpur		Novel	Identity, migration, cultural borders, regional connections, unifying geography	Malaysia	21st Century	Rivers and Straits between Malaysia and Singapore	A novel set in Malaysia with Singapore maritime ties, linking rivers and straits to identity and migration, where the sea forms a unifying geography.	Oceanic
The Sum of Our Follies	Shih-Li Kow (Malaysia but includes Singapore maritime ties)	2008		Rivers and Straits as cultural borders	Sea				Novel					Though Malaysian, the text includes maritime Singapore as part of its setting, linking rivers and straits to identity and migration. Sea forms a unifying geography.
The Sunny Beach Hotel	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short Story	Sri Lankan life, post-war, displacement, culture, memory, human resilience	USA	21st Century	Sri Lanka, coastal areas, Indian Ocean.	A short story from ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ depicting aspects of Sri Lankan life near the Indian Ocean, often touching on themes of war, displacement, and human experience.	Ocean
The Sureness of MacKenzie	Bechdolt, Frederick R.	1910		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Small Press/Periodical, USA		Maritime Realism	Seamanship, reliability, labor	USA	Early 20th Century	Aboard a merchant or sailing vessel	A character-driven story highlighting the professional reliability and skill of a seasoned sailor named MacKenzie.	Ocean
The Surgeon’s Mate	O’Brian, Patrick	1980		Baltic Sea, North Sea, English Channel, Douarnenez Bay	Sea	English	Collins, London		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, espionage, naval warfare, captivity	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	Various Royal Navy vessels, prison ships, European coastlines	Aubrey and Maturin are involved in espionage and naval actions in the Baltic Sea and North Sea, facing capture and daring escapes amidst the War of 1812.	Sea
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Raspe, Rudolf Erich	1785		Baltic Sea	Sea	German	Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin		Maritime Folklore	Folklore, Mythology	Germany	18th century	Baltic Sea	The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a collection of folktales and myths from the Baltic Sea region.	Sea
The Survivors of the Chancellor	Verne, Jules	1883		Antarctic Ocean	Ocean	French	Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Paris		Nautical Adventure, Survival	Survival, Exploration	France	19th Century	Antarctic Ocean	A group of people survive a shipwreck in the Antarctic Ocean, facing various challenges and dangers.	Ocean
The Sweet and Simple Kind	Gooneratne, Yasmine	2006		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Perera Hussein Publishing House, Colombo		Novel	Women’s lives, love, ambition, customs, traditions, political and social shifts, Burgher family	Sri Lanka	21st Century	Sri Lanka during the 1950s-70s, with the island’s coastal nature implicitly present.	Set in Sri Lanka from the 1950s-70s, the novel follows two cousins navigating love, ambition, and societal constraints within a privileged Burgher family amidst the island’s political and social changes.	Indian Ocean
The Tempest	Shakespeare, William	1623		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	William Jaggard, London		Nautical Adventure	Colonialism, Power, and Identity	England	Renaissance	Shipwreck on a magical island	A sorcerer’s quest for revenge and redemption on a mystical island.	Island
The Territorial Trap: The Geographical Assumptions of International Relations Theory	Agnew, John	1994			Other	English	Review of International Political Economy		Academic Article	Territoriality, International Relations, and Geographical Assumptions	Global	20th Century	International Relations	A critique of the geographical assumptions of international relations theory.	Ocean
The Terrorist’s Foster Grandmother (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The Thirteen-Gun Salute	Patrick O’Brian	1989		South China Sea, Indian Ocean	Sea, Ocean		Collins		Novel					Aubrey is assigned on a mission to the Malay islands as an envoy for England and on the journey his ship faces hardships including a typhoon.
The Three Cutters	Marryat, Frederick	1839		English Channel	Sea	English	Henry Colburn, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Nautical, Sea	The story follows the adventures of three young men who join the British Royal Navy and their experiences on the high seas.	Sea
The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World	Cook, James	1777		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Navigation	United Kingdom	18th century	Voyage around the world	Captain James Cook’s three voyages of discovery and exploration.	Ocean
The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World	King, James	1784		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Strahan and Cadell, London		Historical Maritime	Exploration, Navigation, and Discovery	United Kingdom	18th Century	Pacific Ocean and surrounding islands	A detailed account of Captain Cook’s three voyages around the world, covering his discoveries and interactions with various cultures.	Voyage
The Tides of Change				Tides, Sea					Novel					Using the tides to symbolize major social changes.
The Tiger’s Wife				Coastal Jungle, Malaysia					Novel					Uses the image of the tiger, symbolizing danger, folklore, or the wildness of the Malayan jungle close to the coast.
The Titan’s Daughter	Smith, Daniel Arthur	2017		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Fantasy/Mystery)	Mystery, longing, fantasy, the unknown	United States	21st Century	Fictional ocean	A man is haunted by a mysterious longing, likely connected to the depths of a fictional ocean, as part of an ocean-themed anthology.	Ocean
The Tragedy of Ida Noble	Russell, William Clark	1889		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
The Tragedy of Monomoy Beach	Bearse, Clarkson P.	1910		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Local Press, USA		Maritime Drama	Shipwreck, nature’s power, coastal tragedy	USA	Early 20th Century	The hazardous shores of Monomoy Island, Massachusetts	A dramatic account focusing on the perils of navigation and a devastating shipwreck on the Atlantic coast.	Atlantic Ocean
The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland, and Other Great Sea Disasters	Marshall, Logan	1914		St. Lawrence River	River	English	The Century Co., New York		Non-fiction, Maritime history	Disaster, Survival	United States	Early 20th century	River, Maritime	The book tells the story of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland and other great sea disasters.	Sea
The Translator, At Low Tide		2020		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Clarkesworld Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine, Issue 164		Climate Fiction, Short story	Science Fiction	Unknown	Future	Ocean / Sea	Dystopian story set in Colombo about a world ruined by climate change in the near future	Ocean
The Traveller	Tashan Mehta	2021		Unnamed fictional seas	Sea	English	The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2, Hachette India		Speculative Fiction, Short story	Speculative Fiction, South Asian Futurism	India / South Asia	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about a traveller who arrives at a fictional island inhabited by fisherwomen with a different kind of attachment with their home	Ocean
The Travels and Extraordinary Adventures of Bob the Squirrel	Anonymous	1834		World Oceans	Ocean	English	London Print Shop		Animal Fable / Nautical Fantasy	curiosity, global exploration, anthropomorphism	United Kingdom	19th Century	Various ships and coastal ports across global oceans	A whimsical fantasy story about a squirrel who embarks on an extensive journey across the world’s oceans.	Ocean
The Travels of Marco Polo	Polo, Marco	1871		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry G. Bohn, London		Travelogue	Exploration, Trade	Italy	13th Century	Indian Ocean, Asia	A travelogue of Marco Polo’s journeys to the Indian Ocean and Asia.	Ocean
The Trawler	Connolly, James B.	1917		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Maritime Realism	Fishing industry, Maritime life	United States	20th century	Fishing vessels, North Atlantic Ocean	The Trawler is a novel about the fishing industry and the lives of those involved in it, set in the North Atlantic Ocean. The story explores the hardships and dangers faced by fishermen and their families.	North Atlantic Ocean
The Treasure Ship	Saki
The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands	Maugham, W. Somerset	1921		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George H. Doran Company, New York		Short Stories, Literary Fiction	Cultural encounter, human psychology, colonialism, exoticism, moral dilemmas	United Kingdom	20th Century	Various South Sea Islands (e.g., Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii)	Maugham’s collection explores the nuanced relationships between Western visitors and Pacific islanders, examining cultural differences and human psychology against the backdrop of South Sea island life.	Sea
The Trickster	Downing, Jane	2002		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Pandanus Books, Canberra		Novel	Cultural exchange, motherhood, indigenous mythology, adaptation	Australia	21st Century	Majuro, Marshall Islands	Based in Majuro, this novel portrays an Australian woman adjusting to Marshall Islands life and motherhood while encountering indigenous mythology woven into contemporary experience.	Pacific Ocean
The True Queen	Cho, Zen	2019		Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Ace Books, New York		Historical Fantasy, Regency Fantasy	Magic, colonialism, identity, sisterhood, cultural exchange, sea travel	Malaysia	19th Century	Sea voyages between England and the magical East, with significant time spent on ships	A historical fantasy novel that continues a series, exploring the magical connection between colonial England and the East, featuring significant sea travel and the challenges faced by characters navigating different worlds across the oceans.	Oceans
The Turtle (from Homesick)	Fernando, Roshi	2010		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Impress Books, Exeter		Short Story	Migration, diaspora, identity, memory	United Kingdom	21st Century	Various, related to Sri Lankan diaspora, with the sea as a symbolic element	A short story from the ‘Homesick’ collection, it contributes to the overarching themes of migration and diaspora, where the Indian Ocean symbolizes separation and connection.	Indian Ocean
The Two Admirals	Cooper, James Fenimore	1842		North Sea	Sea	English	Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, naval warfare	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, naval vessels	The Two Admirals is a nautical novel that explores the adventures of two British admirals during the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on their experiences at sea and their personal relationships.	Sea
The Two Shipmates	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1867		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure about two shipmates who embark on a journey across the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1866		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure about two supercargoes who embark on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1862		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure about two whalers who embark on a journey across the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Valor of Ignorance	Homer Lea	1909		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers		Future War, Novel	Imperialism, Future War	United States	Early 20th Century / Future War	Ocean / Sea	Story of Japan’s future invasion of Philippines written as a warning against the dangers of a militarised Japan	Ocean
The Victory At Sea	Sims, William Sowden	1918		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical History	Maritime Warfare	USA	Early 20th Century	Pacific Ocean	A history of the United States Navy’s victory at sea during World War I.	Sea
The Virgin Soldiers	Leslie Thomas			Port City (Singapore)					Novel					Focusing on British soldiers stationed in Singapore.
The Voice in the Fog	Leverage, Henry			Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	No original publisher found, likely self-published or unknown.		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Mystery	USA	20th Century	Shipwreck, fog	A mysterious voice in the fog leads a sailor to a hidden treasure.	Sailor
The Voyage of the ‘Steadfast’: The Young Missionaries in the Pacific	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1866		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure about the voyage of the ‘Steadfast’ across the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Voyage of the Aurora	Collingwood, Harry	1910		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship in the Arctic	The novel follows the voyage of the Aurora and the adventures of its crew in the Arctic. It explores themes of exploration and adventure in a maritime context.	Arctic Ocean
The Voyage of the Beagle	Darwin, Charles	1839		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Henry Colburn, London		Maritime Travelogue	Evolution, Natural History	United Kingdom	19th Century	Sailing vessel	Charles Darwin’s account of his experiences as a naturalist on the HMS Beagle.	Ocean
The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago	Cross, R.	1898		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Originally published in The San Francisco Call, San Francisco		Nautical Adventure	Maritime travel, naval expedition	United States	Late 19th century	The USS Oregon	The book details the voyage of the USS Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898. The USS Oregon was a U.S. Navy ship that played a significant role in the Spanish-American War.	Ocean
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II	Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik)	1881		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan and Co., London		Travelogue	Exploration	Sweden	19th Century	The Arctic Ocean and surrounding lands	A travelogue about the Swedish expedition led by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, which sailed around Asia and Europe via the Arctic Ocean.	Arctic Ocean
The Voyage of Vanishing Men	Mullen, Stanley	1930		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macaulay Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Survival and mystery at sea	USA	20th century	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure novel about a man who is part of a team that is searching for a lost ship in the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle	Lofting, Hugh	1920		Other	Other	English	George Newnes Ltd, London		Children’s Fantasy	Animal Friendship	United Kingdom	20th Century	Various exotic locations	The adventures of a doctor who can talk to animals, featuring a voyage to Africa.	Voyage
The Voyages of the ‘Ranger’ and ‘Crusader’ And what befell their Passengers and Crews	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1866		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Pacific Ocean	A nautical adventure about the voyages of the ‘Ranger’ and ‘Crusader’ across the Pacific Ocean.	Ocean
The Waiting Earth	Wijenaike, Punyakante	1966		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Colombo Apothecaries’ Company, Colombo		Novel	Rural life, poverty, women’s strength, land-sea connection, island identity, tradition	Sri Lanka	20th Century	Rural Sri Lanka, with the surrounding Indian Ocean as a symbolic presence	Set inland in rural Sri Lanka, this novel explores the deep connection between the land and its people, with the Indian Ocean serving as a symbolic representation of the island’s elemental relationship with the sea.	Ocean
The Wanderings of Persiles and Sigismunda	Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de	1617		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	Spanish	Original publication details not specified in the input, however, according to historical records, it was first published in 1617 by Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta		Maritime Realism	Love, Adventure, Maritime Journey	Spain	17th century	Ships and boats in the Atlantic Ocean	The novel tells the story of two young lovers, Persiles and Sigismunda, who embark on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, facing various challenges and adventures along the way. The story is a classic tale of love, adventure, and maritime journey.	Atlantic Ocean
The Wardens of Cape Cod	Beston, Henry	1938		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Maritime Nature Writing	Coastal ecology and marine conservation	USA	Interwar period	The coastline and beaches of Cape Cod	A lyrical observation of the intersection between land and sea, focusing on the biological diversity of the Cape Cod shores.	Atlantic Ocean
The Water Dancer	Coates, Ta-Nehisi	2019		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	One World, New York		Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Slavery Narrative	Slavery, freedom, escape, trauma, memory, fantasy, Middle Passage	USA	21st Century	Antebellum South, slave ships, Atlantic Ocean	A historical fiction novel merging slavery narratives with fantasy, where the Atlantic Ocean is central to the Middle Passage, offering a poignant fantasy of spiritual return for those who leaped from slave ships.	Atlantic Ocean
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale	Cooper, James Fenimore	1830		New York Harbor	Bay	English	Philadelphia: Carey and Lea		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, piracy	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, pirate vessels	The Water-Witch is a nautical novel that tells the story of a young sailor and his experiences with piracy in New York Harbor during the early 18th century.	New York Harbor
The Web	Kellerman, Jonathan	1996		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Random House, New York		Psychological Thriller	Isolation, secrecy, moral ambiguity, military presence, economic decline	USA	20th Century	Fictional Aruk Island, remote Pacific locale	This psychological thriller unfolds on fictional Aruk Island, where isolation, secrecy, and moral ambiguity intensify against a backdrop of economic decline and military presence in a remote Pacific locale.	Pacific
The Weight of Our Sky	Hanna Alkaf	2019		Urban/Coastally Influenced (Kuala Lumpur)					YA Novel					Set during the 1969 racial riots in Kuala Lumpur. It follows Melati, who has OCD, navigating the violence in the major urban center.
The Whale Caller	Mda, Zakes	2005		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Kwela Books, Cape Town		Novel	Human-animal bond, coastal community, environmentalism	South Africa	21st Century	Seaside village in South Africa, whale watching	Set in a South African seaside village, the novel explores the lives of a shoreline community and their unique relationship with the marine world, particularly whales.	Sea
The Whale Rider	Witi Ihimera (Maori)	1987		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		Harcourt (2003)		Novel					Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather’s love and attention. But he’s focused on his duties as chief of the Maori in Whangara, New Zealand—a tribe that claims descent from the legendary “whale rider.” In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir—there’s only Kahu. She should be next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl.
The Whale Rider	Ihimaera, Witi	1987		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Heinemann, Auckland, New Zealand		Literary Fiction, Mythological Fiction, Young Adult	Maori culture, tradition, gender roles, environmentalism, spiritual connection to nature, whales	New Zealand	20th Century	Whangara, New Zealand coast, Pacific Ocean	Young Kahu, a Maori girl, challenges tradition to become the next chief of her tribe, demonstrating a profound spiritual connection to the whales and the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand.	Ocean
The White Man’s Foot	Allen, Grant	1898		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Chatto & Windus, London		Non-fiction	Colonialism, Imperialism	United Kingdom	19th century	Colonialism	A non-fiction book about the impact of colonialism on indigenous cultures and the environment.	Pacific Ocean
The Wind’s Shadow				Sabah, Coast					Novel					Dealing with challenges faced by indigenous communities living near the coast.
The Wine Dark Sea	O’Brian, Patrick	1993		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins, London (UK); W. W. Norton & Company, New York (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, pursuit, naval strategy, Pacific voyages	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Surprise, South Pacific	A relentless naval chase unfolds across the vast Pacific Ocean as Aubrey pursues an enemy ship, encountering various challenges and natural phenomena.	Ocean
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet	Cooper, James Fenimore	1842		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, adventure, naval warfare	United States	19th century	Sailing ships, naval vessels	The Wing-and-Wing is a nautical novel that explores the adventures of a young American sailor and his experiences with piracy in the Mediterranean Sea during the early 19th century.	Mediterranean Sea
The Wings of the Morning	Tracy, Louis	1904		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company New York		Romance Fiction	Marriage, Oceanic Adventure	United States	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A romance novel about a couple’s oceanic adventure, exploring themes of marriage and oceanic life.	Ocean
The Wireless Operator—With the U. S. Coast Guard	Theiss, Lewis E.	1920		Other	Other	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Nautical Non-Fiction	Wireless Communication	United States	Early 20th Century	Ship	A non-fiction book about wireless communication in the U.S. Coast Guard.	Coast
The Wizard of the Sea; Or, A Trip Under the Ocean	Rockwood, Roy	1896		Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Friendship	United States	Late 19th Century	Underwater	A young boy discovers a magical submarine that takes him on a journey under the ocean.	Ocean
The Wolf-Men: A Tale of Amazing Adventure in the Under-World	Powell, David Franklin	1904		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Street & Smith, New York		Adventure	Underwater Exploration, Mystery	United States	20th Century	Atlantic Ocean, Underwater	A tale of adventure and mystery set in the underwater world of the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The woman obsession	Gault, William Campbell	1930		Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Psychological Fiction	Obsession	United States	Early 20th century	Psychological	A story about obsession.	Ocean
The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds	Yoke, Selina Siak Chin	2016		South China Sea	Sea	English	AmazonCrossing, Seattle		Historical Fiction, Family Saga	Colonialism, tradition vs. modernity, family, survival, community, dependence on the sea	Malaysia	20th Century	A traditional fishing village on the coast of colonial Malaya	Set in a Malaysian fishing village in the 1930s-40s, this novel explores a community whose life and fate are entirely dependent on the ocean, showcasing traditional life, survival, and the impact of modernization.	Ocean
The World of Ice	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1884		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Polar Adventure	Arctic Exploration, Survival against Nature	United Kingdom	Victorian	Polar exploration ships trapped in pack ice	An account of explorers battling the extreme conditions of the frozen Arctic seas.	Arctic seas
The Wreck	Anonymous	1830		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Private Press, London		Maritime Disaster Fiction	survival, nature’s power, tragedy	United Kingdom	19th Century	A shipwrecked vessel and a desolate coastline	A dramatic narrative depicting the harrowing experience of a ship’s crew following a catastrophic shipwreck.	Ocean
The Wreck	Gorodé, Déwé	2004		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	French	Madrépores		Novel	Colonialism, History	New Caledonia	Mid-20th Century to Contemporary	Vanuatu	Spanning both contemporary and World War II-era Vanuatu, this dual-timeline narrative connects an Australian and an English advocate for ni-Vanuatu people, examining colonial legacies against island backdrops.	Pacific Ocean
The Yankee Mining Squadron	Belknap, Reginald Rowan	1920		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis		Nautical Adventure	Industry, maritime exploration, American expansion	United States	Early 20th Century	Mining ships in the Pacific	A story centered on an American maritime expedition focused on mineral extraction in the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town	Russell, William Clark	1890		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Naval ship	A nautical adventure novel about the British Navy.	Navy
The Yellow Admiral	O’Brian, Patrick	1996		Bay of Biscay, Cawsand Bay, Funchal Bay, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	HarperCollins, London (UK); W. W. Norton & Company, New York (US)		Naval Historical Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, peace and war, political change, personal challenges	United Kingdom	20th Century (published), 19th Century (setting)	HMS Surprise, various bays and the Atlantic, British ports	Aubrey faces the prospect of being ‘yellowed’ (retired) during a period of peace, but Napoleon’s escape from Elba reignites the war, bringing him back to action in the Atlantic.	Atlantic
The Young Captives; or, A Narrative of the Shipwreck and Suffering of John and William Doyley	Anonymous	1812		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	W. & T. Chadwell, London		Shipwreck Narrative	Endurance, Youthful Suffering, Providence	United Kingdom	19th Century	Shipwreck wreckage and remote coastlines	The harrowing account of the shipwreck and subsequent survival struggles of the Doyley brothers.	Ocean
The Young Man with the Carnation	Dinesen, Isak (Blixen, Karen)	1934	Original language: Danish. Translated by the author.	Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English (first published in English)	Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York (in Seven Gothic Tales)	Translated by the author from Danish	Short Story, Gothic Fiction, Philosophical Fiction	Identity, fate, illusion, the exotic, European aristocracy, journey	Denmark	20th Century	A ship’s journey across the Mediterranean, a coastal town in Italy	A young man on a ship’s journey to Italy encounters various enigmatic characters and delves into questions of identity and destiny, with the sea voyage serving as a transitional and symbolic space.	Sea
The Young Man with the Carnation	Isak Dinesen
The young naval captain	Stratemeyer, Edward	1900		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Stratford Co., New York		Nautical Adventure	Friendship, Adventure	United States	Early 20th Century	Sailing, Shipwreck	A young naval captain embarks on a sailing adventure across the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
The Young Ship-Builders of Elm Island	Kellogg, Elijah	1889		Lake Michigan	Lake	English	American Tract Society, New York		Children’s Adventure	Orphaned Boy	USA	19th Century	Elm Island	A children’s adventure novel about an orphaned boy who lives on Elm Island.	Island
The Young Supercargo: A Story of the Merchant Marine	Drysdale, William	1903		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton, New York		Maritime Fiction	Merchant Marine, Trade	United States	Early 20th century	Merchant ships, ports	A novel about a young man’s experiences as a supercargo on a merchant ship, set in the Pacific Ocean. The story explores the life of a merchant marine and the trade industry.	Pacific Ocean
The Young Trawler	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1891		North Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Maritime Realism	Commercial Fishing, Youthful Apprenticeship	United Kingdom	Victorian	A commercial fishing trawler in the North Sea	A depiction of the hardships and adventures of young men working in the commercial fishing industry of the North Sea.	North Sea
The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza	Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair (Shafto Justin Adair)	1897		Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Fantasy	Imagination, Fantasy	United Kingdom	Late 19th Century	Ocean, Fantasy World	A fantasy book that tells the story of two magical creatures, the Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch, and their adventures.	Sea
The Zanzibar Wife	Rodriguez, Deborah	2017		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Bantam Press, London		Novel	Interconnected lives, cultural diversity, island life	USA	21st Century	Zanzibar island	Explores the interconnected lives of diverse characters on the island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
The Zealot’s Bones	Mark, D.M.	2017		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon		Novel, Mystery, Thriller	Mystery, historical secrets, religious artifacts, Zanzibar	USA	Contemporary	Zanzibar, an island in the Indian Ocean, with its historical and cultural ties to maritime trade.	Set in Zanzibar, the novel unravels mysteries deeply connected to the Indian Ocean, exploring historical secrets and local intrigue on the island.	Ocean
The ZigZag Way	Anita Desai	2004					Harper Perennial (2006)		Novel
Theerajeevithathinu Oru Oppees	Meera, K. R.	2013		Arabian Sea	Sea	Malayalam	D.C. Books, Kottayam, India		Short Stories, Literary Fiction	Coastal life, human relationships, existentialism, memory, Kerala culture, impact of the sea	India	21st Century	Coastal villages and towns along the Arabian Sea in Kerala, India	A collection of short stories exploring the lives, struggles, and unique culture of people living along the seashore of Kerala, deeply influenced by the proximity to the Arabian Sea.	Sea
There is a Tide	Collen, Lindsey	1990		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Ledikasyon pu Travayer, Port Louis		Novel	Ecology, postcolonialism, global economies	Mauritius	20th Century	Mauritius, colonial and postcolonial periods	Explores the connections between local ecologies and global economies in colonial and postcolonial Mauritius, tracing characters’ relationships to nature and food within the Indian Ocean context.	Indian Ocean
They Who Do Not Grieve	Figiel, Sia	1999		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Beacon Press, Boston		Novel, Literary Fiction, Indigenous Fiction	Samoan culture, feminine identity, myth, spirituality, ancestral migration, tattoos	Samoa	20th Century	Samoa, Pacific islands, ancestral oceanic migration	Interweaving three generations of Samoan women’s lives, this narrative incorporates myth and supernatural elements centered on the malu—a sacred tattoo connected to ancestral oceanic migration and the Pacific.	Pacific Ocean
Thirty Years From Home; or, a Voice From the Main Deck Being the Experience of Samuel Leech	Leech, Samuel	1844		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life, Slavery	United States	Antebellum Era	Naval vessel	A nautical adventure novel featuring the experiences of Samuel Leech on a whaling ship.	Whaling
Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder	Bullock, Shan F.	1908		Irish Sea	Sea	English	T. Fisher Unwin, London		Biography	Industrial History	Ireland	Early 20th Century	Belfast and the Irish Sea	A biography of Thomas Andrews, the shipbuilder who designed the Titanic, featuring his life and work in Belfast.	Atlantic Ocean
Three Sailor Boys; or, Adrift in the Pacific	Cameron, Verney Lovett	1898		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Blackie and Son, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, survival, friendship	England	19th century	Pacific Ocean, sailing vessel	A story of three young sailors who find themselves adrift in the Pacific Ocean, facing numerous challenges and adventures as they try to survive and find their way back to land. The narrative explores the bonds of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.	Pacific Ocean
Thrice Armed	Bindloss, Harold	1903		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Longmans, Green, and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Naval duty, exploration, and maritime conflict	United Kingdom	Edwardian	British naval vessels	A naval adventure focusing on the duties and perils of officers aboard British ships in the Atlantic.	Atlantic Ocean
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy	Anonymous	1850		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Popular Series Press, London		Sensationalist Maritime Fiction	lawlessness, betrayal, maritime crime	United Kingdom	19th Century	Pirate ships and tropical ports in the Caribbean and Indian Oceans	A collection of sensationalized tales focusing on the dark side of maritime life, including piracy and mutiny.	Ocean
Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers	Park, Marmaduke	1841		Ocean	Ocean	English	Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London		Maritime Adventure	Oceanic Exploration	UK	19th Century		A collection of thrilling stories about the ocean, based on authentic accounts of modern voyagers and travellers.	Ocean
Through the Tunnel	Doris Lessing
Tide Sweeping	Tyler, P.K.	2017		Fictional Ocean (pockets of salt water)	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Science Fiction/Post-Apocalyptic)	Post-apocalyptic, survival, environmental collapse, water scarcity	United States	21st Century	Post-apocalyptic Earth, pockets of saltwater	In a dust-devoured Earth, pockets of saltwater are protected by ‘Sweepers’ who serve the ‘Tide,’ hinting at a post-apocalyptic world reliant on dwindling water resources.	Saltwater
Tides of Time	Philip Jeyaretnam	1990		Singapore River	River				Short Story					A modern story where love and urban history are tied to the river and tides.
Tik-Tok of Oz	Baum, L. Frank	1904		Oz	Other	English	Reilly & Britton, Chicago		Fantasy	Fairyland	United States	Edwardian Era	Oz	A fantasy novel set in the land of Oz, featuring a story of magical adventure and discovery.	Ocean
Titanic Victim Speaks through Waterbed	Butler, Robert Olen	1992		Atlantic Ocean (historical context of Titanic)	Ocean	English	Henry Holt and Company, New York (in A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain)		Short Story, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction	Memory, trauma, the afterlife, connection, the Titanic disaster, Vietnamese diaspora	USA	20th Century	A modern home with a waterbed, linked to the historical sinking of the Titanic	A Vietnamese immigrant woman believes her waterbed is inhabited by the spirit of a Titanic victim, through whom she experiences fragments of the disaster and reflects on loss and connection.	Atlantic Ocean
To Cuba and Back	Dana, Richard Henry	1840		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Maritime Travelogue	Colonialism, Slavery	United States	19th Century	Sailing vessel	Richard Henry Dana Jr.’s account of his experiences as a sailor on a merchant ship.	Caribbean Sea
To the Lighthouse	Virginia Woolf	1927		Sea of Hebrides, Atlantic Ocean	Sea, Ocean		Hogarth Press		Novel					The narrative of memories associated with a summer holiday home in the Scottish Isle of Skye bringing together the journey of a family across ten years.
To the Lights	Norton, Roy	1923		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Exploration	United States	20th Century	Shipwreck, Pacific Ocean	A group of survivors must navigate the treacherous Pacific Ocean after their ship is wrecked.	Ocean
To-morrow	Conrad, Joseph	1902		Sea	Sea	English	J.M. Dent & Sons, London		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Maritime, Sea	A short story that explores the human condition through the lens of the sea.	Sea
Toki: The True Adventures of William Mariner	Crawford, Brian K.	2008		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform		Historical Fiction	Cultural immersion, survival, Tongan history, 19th-century exploration	United States	21st Century	Tonga, sailing vessels	This novel reconstructs the survival story of William Mariner following a shipwreck in Tonga, detailing his cultural adaptation and daily existence as an outsider integrated into Pacific island life.	Pacific Ocean
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat; Or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure	Appleton, Victor	1904		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cupples & Leon, New York		Nautical Adventure	Technological innovation and underwater exploration	USA	Early 20th Century	A custom-built submarine vessel	Young inventor Tom Swift builds a submarine to search for sunken treasure and explore the ocean depths.	Ocean
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message; Or, The Castaways of Earthquake Island	Appleton, Victor	1906		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Cupples & Leon, New York		Nautical Adventure	Communication technology and maritime rescue	USA	Early 20th Century	A wireless-equipped ship and a remote island	Tom Swift uses his wireless telegraphy inventions to locate and rescue shipwrecked survivors on a mysterious island.	Ocean
Tom Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas	Becke, Louis	1905		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Religious Tract Society, London		Novel, Adventure, Juvenile Fiction	Adventure, heroism, coming-of-age, exploration, island life	Australia	20th Century	Coastal Australia, South Pacific islands, shipwreck	A young Australian boy’s dreams of South Seas adventure lead him to a courageous rescue mission after discovering a shipwrecked vessel in the Pacific Ocean.	Pacific Ocean
Toofanu	Bapiraju, Adavi	1945		Bay of Bengal	Bay	Telugu	Telugujaathi Trust, Hyderabad		Maritime Drama	Man vs. Nature, survival	India	20th Century	A vessel caught in a violent storm in the Bay of Bengal	A narrative focusing on the harrowing experience of sailors battling a devastating cyclone at sea.	Sea
Tough Yarns, Vol. 1	Barker, Matthew Henry	1891		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	George Routledge & Sons, London		Nautical Short Stories	Sailor’s lore, maritime hardship, camaraderie	UK	Late Victorian	Various commercial and naval ships	A collection of gritty, realistic short stories depicting the lives and struggles of sailors.	Sea
Tough Yarns, Vol. 2	Barker, Matthew Henry	1892		Global Oceans	Ocean	English	George Routledge & Sons, London		Nautical Short Stories	Maritime peril, sea-faring life, professional sailors	UK	Late Victorian	Merchant vessels across various international waters	The second volume of nautical tales focusing on the rugged realities of life at sea.	Sea
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World	Swift, Jonathan	1726		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Benjamin Motte, London		Satire	Human nature, political corruption, and colonial exploration	England	18th Century	The vessel Antelope and various imagined oceanic territories	The voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, who encounters fantastical civilizations while sailing the high seas.	Sea
Travels to Tana and Persia	Barbaro, Giosofat	1880	Translated from the original Italian/Latin manuscripts	Sea of Azov	Sea	English	Hakluyt Society, London	Published by the Hakluyt Society	Travel Narrative	Trade, Diplomacy, Exploration	Italy	15th Century (written), 19th Century (published)	Venetian trade vessels and overland routes to Persia	A detailed account of a Venetian diplomat’s journey to the trading post of Tana on the Sea of Azov and subsequent travels through Persia.	Sea of Azov
Treason’s Harbour	O’Brian, Patrick	1983		Red Sea	Sea	English	Collins, London		Historical Fiction, Naval Fiction	Napoleonic Wars, naval warfare, espionage, friendship, duty, adventure	UK	19th Century (setting), 20th Century (publication)	HMS Surprise, Malta, Ionian Sea, Red Sea operations	Captain Aubrey and Dr. Maturin are involved in naval operations and espionage, with the narrative touching upon the Red Sea as part of their broader strategic movements during the Napoleonic Wars.	Sea
Treasure Island	Stevenson, Robert Louis	1883		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	F. V. White and Co., London		Nautical Adventure	Pirate, Treasure	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean	A classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, featuring a young boy’s quest for treasure on a mysterious island.	Island
Treasure of the Seas	De Mille, James	1883		Sea	Sea	English	Cassell & Company, London		Nautical Adventure	Treasure hunting, Maritime life	Canada	19th century	Sailing vessels, Treasure hunts	Treasure of the Seas is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a group of sailors who embark on a treasure hunt. The novel explores themes of treasure hunting and maritime life.	Sea
Treatise on the Whole-World	Glissant, Edouard	2020	Translated by Celia Britton	Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK	Celia Britton (translator)	Postcolonial Studies	Caribbean identity, cultural diversity	France	21st century	Caribbean islands	A philosophical exploration of the concept of the whole-world in Caribbean culture.	Caribbean Sea
Tubemonkey	Bixby, Jerome	1972		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Techno-Thriller	Claustrophobia, military tension, and underwater operations	United States	Cold War	A nuclear-powered submarine	A tense novel focusing on the psychological and operational pressures of a submarine crew during a high-stakes mission.	Ocean
Turned Adrift	Collingwood, Harry	1908		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship at sea	The novel tells the story of a group of people turned adrift at sea and their struggles to survive. It explores themes of survival and adventure in a maritime context.	Sea
Turtle: An A.L.I.V.E. Story	Brady, R.D.	2017		Fictional Ocean	Ocean	English	Holt Smith Limited		Short Story (Science Fiction)	Environmentalism, science fiction, mystery, humanity’s impact	United States	21st Century	Fictional ocean, mysterious base	A former agent on a break discovers the environmental damage humanity inflicts upon the planet, hinting at a connection to a mysterious base and the ocean.	Ocean
Turtle: An A.L.I.V.E. Story	R.D. Brady	2017		Undefined/ Fictional	Ocean		Holt Smith Limited		Short Story					A short breather from the mysterious R.I.S.E. base should be a relief. But for former D.E.A.D. agent Norah Tidwell, her break opens her eyes to the damage humanity is inflicting upon this planet, and offers a clue to the terrifying reason the base was created.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea	Verne, Jules	1872	Translated from French	Global Oceans	Ocean	English (Originally French)	Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, London	Translated by Lewis Page Mercier	Science Fiction / Adventure	Freedom, Anti-imperialism, Technology, Wonder	France	19th Century	Submarine Nautilus traversing all major oceans	Professor Aronnax and his companions are captured by Captain Nemo and taken on a marvelous underwater journey aboard the advanced submarine Nautilus.	Captain
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Adapted by Ye Yonglie	Ye Yonglie	not found		Deep sea / global oceans					Chilren’s series					Known Chinese reimagination of Jules Verne’s nautical classic for children, reaffirming enthusiasm for technology and marine mysteries. In China, Ye localized the ocean voyage familiarizing audiences with ocean exploration and ocean science. Widely available in children’s series across Mainland and Taiwan; simplified & traditional Chinese editions.
Twenty Years at Sea: Leaves from My Old Log-Books	Hill, Frederic Stanhope	1887		Ocean	Ocean	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Sailing Vessel	A memoir of the author’s 20 years at sea, detailing his experiences and adventures.	Sea
Twist	Colum McCann
Twisted Temasek	Ng Yi-Sheng	2025		Singapore River, surrounding seas	Sea				Historical fiction / Educational narrative					Middle-grade book presenting precolonial Singapore’s history with humor and satire. Explores maritime heritage, folklore, and past figures in a way accessible to young readers. Combines factual history with storytelling to make Singapore’s maritime past engaging and memorable.
Twixt Land and Sea: Tales	Conrad, Joseph	1894		Sea	Sea	English	William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh		Maritime Realism	Human Nature, Isolation	United Kingdom	Late Victorian	Maritime, Sea	A collection of short stories that explore the human condition through the lens of the sea.	Sea
Two Admirals	Cooper, James Fenimore	1885			Other	English	G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York		Nautical Adventure	War, Leadership	United States	Late 19th century	Naval battles	A novel about two admirals and their naval battles.	Sea
Two American Boys with the Dardanelles Battle Fleet	Crockett, Sherman	1916		Dardanelles	Strait	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		War Memoir	World War I	United Kingdom	20th Century	Dardanelles Strait	A memoir of two American boys’ experiences with the Dardanelles Battle Fleet.	Dardanelles
Two Gallant Sons of Devon: A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess	Collingwood, Harry	1908		English Channel	Sea	English	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London		Nautical Adventure	History, Adventure	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	Ship in the English Channel	The novel follows the story of two gallant sons of Devon and their adventures during the days of Queen Bess. It explores themes of history and adventure in a maritime context.	Ocean
Two Sailor Lads	Stables, Gordon	1887		Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Ship, Port	A story of two sailor lads’ adventures at sea.	Sea
Two Thousand Seasons	Armah, Ayi Kwei	1973		Gulf Stream, Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Heinemann Educational Books, London		Novel, Historical Fiction	Transatlantic slave trade, spiritual return, binarisation, struggle, reclamation, history, identity	Ghana	20th Century	West Africa, Atlantic Ocean, slave trade routes	An epic narrative where the Atlantic becomes a historical symbol of enslavement and disruption of communal life during the transatlantic slave trade, also serving as a site of spiritual return and reclamation.	Atlantic Ocean
Two Years Before the Mast	Dana, Richard Henry	1840		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, Sailing	United States	19th century	Merchant ship, California coast	A classic nautical novel about a young man’s journey at sea, based on the author’s own experiences. The story follows the narrator’s two-year voyage as a common sailor on a merchant ship.	Sea
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life	Melville, Herman	1846		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	John Murray, London; Harper & Brothers, New York		Novel, Adventure, Travelogue, Ethnographic Fiction	Cultural encounter, primitivism, civilization vs. nature, escape, exploration	United States	19th Century	Marquesas Islands (Nuku Hiva), whaling ship, South Pacific	A semi-fictionalized account of Melville’s experiences among the Typee people in the Marquesas Islands after deserting a whaling ship, offering observations of Polynesian culture.	Island
Typhoon	Conrad, Joseph	1902		China Sea	Sea	English	Heinemann, London		Maritime Realism	Nature, Human Condition	United Kingdom	Early 20th century	China Sea	The novella tells the story of a ship caught in a typhoon and explores the themes of nature, human condition, and the power of the sea.	Sea
Uncle Wiggily and the Pirates; Or, How the Enemy Craft of Pirate Fox was Sunk	Garis, Howard Roger			Other	Other	English	Not found via Google Search		Children’s Fiction	Pirate Adventure	United States	Early 20th century	Pirate ship	Uncle Wiggily and his friends go on a pirate adventure.	Ocean
Unconfessed	Christiansë, Yvette	2007		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Other Press		Historical Novel	Slavery, Colonialism, Memory	South Africa	19th Century	Cape Town, South Africa	The novel narrates the life of Sila van den Kaap, a slave woman who spends her days in the prison quarry, breaking stones for Cape Town’s streets and walls.	Indian Ocean
Under Arctic Ice	Bates, Harry	1920		Arctic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harry Bates (Private/Small Press), USA		Nautical Adventure	Exploration and polar peril	USA	Early 20th Century	Ships trapped in polar ice	A thrilling tale of a crew battling the extreme conditions and geological dangers of the Arctic.	Arctic Ocean
Under Sail	Colcord, Lincoln	1924		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Macmillan, New York		Nautical Adventure	Sailing, Maritime Life	United States	Early 20th century	Sailing ship, Atlantic Ocean	The novel follows the experiences of a sailor on a sailing ship in the Atlantic Ocean, exploring themes of maritime life and adventure.	Atlantic Ocean
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War	Collingwood, Harry	1885		English Channel	Sea	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Historical Fiction	War	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	English Channel	A historical fiction novel about a midshipman’s experiences during the French Revolutionary War.	Ocean
Under the mizzen mast: A voyage round the world	Adams, Nehemiah	1892		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Nehemiah Adams (Private Press), New York		Travel Narrative	Exploration, Global Trade, Maritime Life	United States	Late 19th Century	Sailing vessel traversing global oceanic routes	A detailed personal account of a circumnavigation of the globe aboard a sailing ship.	Ocean
Under the Periscope	Bennett, Mark Herbert Joseph	1915		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Submarine warfare and naval combat during WWI	UK	Early 20th Century	German and British submarines	A detailed narrative focusing on the claustrophobic and perilous nature of submarine warfare during the First World War.	Ocean
Under the Red Sea	Hans Hass	1952		Red Sea	Sea		Jarrolds Publishing		Novel					In 1952 the Austrian adventurer Hans Hass went to the completely unknown and little visited countries bordered by the Red Sea. In this book he details, and photographs, his adventures both on dry land and underneath the sea.
Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1880		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Cassell & Company, London		Underwater Adventure	Deep Sea Diving, Marine Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian	Early diving bells and diving suits in the deep ocean	A pioneering adventure novel exploring the depths of the ocean using early diving technology.	Ocean
Under the White Ensign: A Naval Story of the Great War	Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)	1915		North Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Nautical Adventure	War, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Naval vessels, North Sea	A naval story of the Great War, focusing on the experiences of sailors and naval officers.	Sailor
Ungava	Ballantyne, Robert Michael	1887		Hudson Bay	Bay	English	Cassell & Company, London		Polar Adventure	Northern Exploration, Indigenous Encounters	United Kingdom	Victorian	Coastal waters and ice fields of the Ungava Peninsula	An adventure set in the rugged northern territories of Canada, involving navigation of the icy waters of Hudson Bay.	Hudson Bay
Uobune, kemonobune (Fin and Claw)		2009	Daniel Huddleston for Speculative Japan 3 from Kurodahan Press, 2012	General Oceans	Ocean	Japanese	Kobunsha		Short story	Posthumanism, Biotechnology, Climate Crisis	Japan	Future	Ocean / Sea	Story about the interaction between humans and sea creatures in The Ocean Chronicles universe	Ocean
Up North	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Vaka: Saga of a Polynesian Canoe	Davis, Tom (Thomas R. A. H.)	1992		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	G.P. Putnam’s Sons		Historical Novel	Polynesian navigation, Maritime history	Cook Islands	Historical	Pacific Ocean	This historical narrative traces three centuries of Pacific navigation through the legacy of a single great canoe, Takitumu, celebrating the maritime achievements of Polynesian voyagers.	Pacific Ocean
Vanderdecken	Stacpoole, H. De Vere	1911		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hutchinson & Co. London		Nautical Adventure	Shipwreck, Survival	United Kingdom	Edwardian	Shipwreck, Atlantic Ocean	The story of a shipwreck and the survivors’ struggle to stay alive on the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Viajero	F.sionil Jose	1993		Philippine Sea	Sea		Solidaridad Publishing House, Inc.		Novel					Voyages, archipelago identity, Filipino diaspora
Viajero	Jose, F. Sionil	1993		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Solidaridad Publishing House, Inc., Manila		Novel	Voyages, archipelago identity, Filipino diaspora, self-discovery	Philippines	20th Century	Philippine archipelago, various sea voyages	This novel follows a journey of self-discovery, exploring Filipino identity through voyages across the Philippine archipelago and the diaspora.	Voyage
Viper Prison Break	Francis, Neelam	2023		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Wings Publication International, New Delhi		Historical Fiction	Colonialism, penal colonies, escape, injustice, survival	India	21st Century	Andaman Islands, Cellular Jail, sea voyage	Set in the colonial era, this novel tells the daring, partly fictionalized true story of Hemraj, an innocent villager condemned to a penal colony in the Andaman Islands, and his desperate attempt to escape across the black waters.	Andaman Sea
Viper Prison Break	Neelam Francis	2023		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Wings Publication International		Novel					In the days of expanding empires and sprouting penal colonies a dreaded chain of islands, known since ancient times for fierce tribes and inhospitable climate, is chosen to build a place of punishment for all those who opposed the colonial powers. Even the slightest of crimes or even an allegation, is enough to condemn a person to transportation for life to the colony from which no one ever returned. Hemraj, an innocent villager, becomes the victim of a conspiracy that sends him across the black waters with no hope of return. When his requests for parole are repeatedly rejected Hemraj chooses the only path open for him is to escape! Viper Prison Break is the daring tale of escape by Hemraj and his band of fellow convicts. Though partly fictionalized it is a true story.
Voices From the Lost Horizon: Stories and Songs of the Great Andamanese	Abbi, Anvita	2021		Andaman Sea	Sea	English	Niyogi Books, New Delhi		Collection of stories/Folklore	Indigenous culture, folklore, oral traditions	India	21st Century	Andaman Islands, indigenous culture	A collection of folk tales and songs from the Great Andamanese people, reflecting their culture and connection to the Andaman Sea.	Andaman Sea
Volume 1 (of 3)	Grant, James	1881		Other	Other	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Nautical Adventure	Adventure, Friendship	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Shipboard, Sea	A nautical adventure novel about a young man’s journey.	Sea
Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Pandora’	Edwards, Edward	1915		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	John Lane, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime exploration, naval history	United Kingdom	20th century	HMS Pandora, Pacific Ocean	A story of the voyage of the HMS Pandora, exploring the Pacific Ocean and its islands. The narrative delves into the challenges of maritime exploration and the significance of the voyage in naval history.	Pacific Ocean
Voyage of the Liberdade	Slocum, Joshua	1895		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	USA	Late 19th Century	Atlantic Ocean	A memoir of Joshua Slocum’s voyage on the Liberdade.	Voyage
Voyagers	William Collins	2017		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	William Collins, London		Science Fiction	Space Exploration, Human Evolution	United Kingdom	21st Century	Pacific Ocean, space	A science fiction novel about a group of humans who travel to the Pacific Ocean and beyond in search of a new home.	Ocean
Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin	Kingston, William Henry Giles	1866		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A nautical adventure about the voyages and travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin.	Voyage
Waiting for Turtles	Sekhsaria, Pankaj	2014		Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, Gurgaon		Environmental Fiction, Short Stories	Conservation, human-wildlife conflict, island life, environmental ethics, sea turtles	India	21st Century	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal areas, turtle nesting sites, research stations	A collection of stories set in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, focusing on the delicate balance between human activity and the natural environment, particularly concerning sea turtle conservation.	Sea
Waiting in the Future for the Past to Come	Sabiha Al Khemir b. 1959, Korba, Tunisia	1993		Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Tunis); coastal town of Korba, Cap Bon peninsula	Sea		Quartet Books, London		Novel					Set in the Mediterranean coastal town of Korba, Tunisia, this novel follows Amina through a narrative moving between reality and imagination, childhood and adulthood. The Mediterranean is a constant presence—its light, smell, and rhythms permeating scenes of women’s domestic life, mourning, and cultural transition in post-colonial Tunisia. Al Khemir, exceptional as a Tunisian writing directly in English, deploys vivid sensory imagery of the coastline to map cultural shifts of independence-era Tunisia.
Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others	Noyes, Alfred	1915		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Maritime Realism	Survival, Human Nature	United States	20th Century	Ship, Atlantic Ocean	A collection of sea tales and stories that explore the human condition.	Sea
Wanderings in Three Continents	Burton, Richard Francis, Sir	1875		Red Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Blackett, London		Travelogue	Exploration, Imperialism	England	19th Century	The Red Sea and surrounding regions	A travelogue of the author’s journeys in three continents, including the Red Sea.	Red Sea
Wanderlust	Nourse, Alan Edward	1923		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin, Boston		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Survival	United States	20th Century	Ship, Pacific Ocean	A group of sailors must navigate the treacherous Pacific Ocean to reach their destination.	Ocean
War in the Underseas	Wheeler, Harold	1914		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston		Nautical Adventure	War, Naval Life	United States	Early 20th Century	Naval vessels, Atlantic Ocean	A story of war in the underseas, focusing on naval life and the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Waterlife	Rambharos Jha	2016		Undefined	Undefined		Tara Books		Graphic Novel					Waterlife features Mithila art, a vibrant and delicate form of painting from Bihar in eastern India. In this visually stunning book that renders images of water and the life it contains, artist Rambharos Jha creates an unusual artist’s journal, where aquatic motifs of the Mithila style are transformed to invoke childhood memory and lore. Waterlife is silkscreen-printed by hand on handmade paper.
Wednesday the Tenth: A Tale of the South Pacific	Allen, Grant	1889		South Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Ward, Lock, and Co., London		Maritime Fiction	Colonialism, isolation, and maritime survival	UK	19th Century	Islands and vessels within the South Pacific	A dramatic story set in the South Pacific involving the complexities of maritime life and colonial encounters.	Pacific Ocean
Weird Tales from Northern Seas	Lie, Jonas			Baltic Sea	Sea	English	No original publisher found, likely self-published or unknown.		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Folklore	Norway	19th Century	Finnish coastal towns, sea	A collection of weird and fantastical tales from the Northern Seas.	Sea
West Wind Drift	McCutcheon, George Barr	1913		Ocean	Ocean	English	The Macmillan Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	The Atlantic Ocean	A novel about a group of people who embark on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, facing various challenges and adventures.	Ocean
Whale Fishery of New England	State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)	1905		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	State Street Trust Company, Boston		Non-fiction	Whaling, Maritime History	United States	Edwardian	New England whaling grounds, North Atlantic Ocean	A historical account of the whaling industry in New England.	Whaling
Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera	Andrews, Roy Chapman	1916		Oceans worldwide	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Maritime Non-fiction	Whale hunting, marine biology	United States	20th century	Whaling ships	A naturalist’s account of modern shore-whaling, including experiences in various parts of the world.	Ocean
Whalefall	Daniel Kraus	2017		Pacific Ocean	Ocean		MTV Books		Novel					This science fiction thriller focuses on a scientific expedition to the Mariana Trench investigating a mysterious shipwreck, transforming the deep Pacific into a setting for ecological horror and discovery.
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic	Leatherwood, Stephen	1916		North Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, Page & Company, New York		Marine Biology	Marine Life	United States	World War I Era	Marine ecosystem	A non-fiction book on the marine life of the western North Atlantic, featuring whales, dolphins, and porpoises.	Marine
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky	Arimah, Lesley Nneka	2017		Atlantic Ocean (West African coast), global oceans (post-flood)	Ocean	English	Riverhead Books, New York		Short Story Collection, Speculative Fiction, Dystopian Fiction	Climate change, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, human arrogance, colonial exploitation, forced migration, transformation	Nigeria/US	21st Century	Dystopian Earth, West African Atlantic coast, post-flood landscapes	In a dystopian world reshaped by cataclysmic floods, the Atlantic Ocean and rising sea levels serve as a literal agent of change, representing the new physical reality of a planet transformed by climate collapse and human exploitation.	Atlantic Ocean
What Strange Paradise	El Akkad, Omar	2021		Mediterranean Sea	Sea	English	Alfred A. Knopf, New York		Novel	Refugee crisis, migration, survival	Canada	21st Century	Refugee boat, Mediterranean Sea, island	Explores the Syrian refugee crisis and perilous migration journeys across the Mediterranean Sea.	Mediterranean Sea
When All Else Fails	Rayyan Al-Shawaf	2019		Middle Eastern waters (implied)			Interlink Books		Literary Fiction					Darkly humorous novel set in post-9/11 America and Middle East following Iraqi college student Hunayn navigating US aftermath of 9/11. Although Chaldean (not Muslim), Hunayn’s identity constantly under question. While primarily about identity and discrimination, incorporates references to Iraqi waterways as part of homeland memory and cultural identity.
When Eight Bells Toll	MacLean, Alistair	1966		Irish Sea	Sea	English	Collins, London		Thriller	Hijacking, espionage, adventure, naval operations	Scotland	20th Century	Yacht, remote Scottish coast, Irish Sea	From the moment agent Philip Calvert begins his pursuit of a superbly organised gang of seagoing hijackers, this pulse-pounding yarn slips into high.	Sea
When The Future Comes Too Soon	Yoke, Selina Siak Chin	2016		South China Sea, Straits of Malacca	Sea	English	Amazon Publishing, Seattle		Historical Fiction, Family Saga	Malaysian History, Identity, Family, Social Change, Coastal Life	Malaysia	21st Century	Coastal regions of Malaysia.	This novel continues a family saga set against the backdrop of rapidly changing Malaysian society, with significant portions taking place in the coastal regions.	Coast
When the squadron dropped anchor	Burtis, Thomson	1898		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime life, naval operations	United States	19th century	Naval squadron	A narrative of life in a naval squadron, focusing on the experiences of the crew when the squadron drops anchor. The story explores the daily routines, social interactions, and adventures of the sailors.	Sea
Where Angels Fear to Tread, and Other Stories of the Sea	Robertson, Morgan	1900		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Nautical Short Stories	Maritime Life	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	Atlantic Ocean	A collection of nautical short stories about the Atlantic Ocean.	Ocean
Where She Went from Here	Luloff, Joanna	2012		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill		Short story	Post-tsunami life, cultural identity, human connection, resilience, Sri Lanka	United States	21st Century	Sri Lanka, often near the coast or with characters affected by the ocean.	This short story, part of ‘The Beach at Galle Road’ collection, explores human experiences in Sri Lanka, often touching upon the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and the enduring presence of the Indian Ocean.	Ocean
Where the Air is Sweet	Tasneem Jamal	2014		Indian Ocean	Ocean		Harper Collins Publishers, 2014		novel					This absorbing novel about family secrets, generational differences, and the search for identity chronicles a young woman’s quest across four continents to reconcile her nomadic spirit with an inner longing for a home.
Where We Once Belonged	Figiel, Sia	1996		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Pasifika Press, Auckland		Novel, Postcolonial Fiction, Literary Fiction	Samoan culture, feminine identity, postcolonialism, tradition, storytelling	Samoa	20th Century	Samoa, Pacific island life	The first novel by a Samoan woman published in the United States blends prose, poetry, and traditional su’ifefiloi storytelling in examining postcolonial tensions and feminine identity formation within a Pacific island context.	Pacific Ocean
White Turtle	Bobis, Merlinda	1999		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Spinifex Press, North Melbourne		Short Story collection	Ocean myths, ritual, migration, dream, death, Filipino culture	Philippines	20th Century	Coastal Philippines, mythical oceanic settings	A collection of short stories that weaves together ocean myths, rituals, and themes of migration, dream, and death within a Filipino context.	Ocean
White-Jacket; Or, The World in a Man-of-War	Melville, Herman	1850		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Harper & Brothers, New York		Nautical Adventure, Social Commentary	Social Commentary, Reform, and the Human Condition	United States	19th Century	Nautical, 19th Century	A sailor’s experiences on a man-of-war, exploring themes of social commentary, reform, and the human condition.	Sailor
Whoever fears the Sea	Justin Fox	2014		Indian Ocean	Sea		Umuzi (Penguin random house)		Novel					South African scriptwriter Paul Waterson is sent to Kenya to research a documentary film about Swahili culture. It is October 2001, and Paul has just been dumped. He spends time in Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu and falls in love with the place and the people. He becomes consumed with finding what is rumoured to be the last remaining mtepe dhow — a craft stitched together with thread rather than built with nails — an obsession that takes him closer and closer to Somali waters. Piracy is in its infancy but Paul finds it very difficult to find someone willing to take him into Somali waters. Eventually he talks a dhow captain into the journey, but the entire group is captured by Somali pirates. What follows is not simply a tale of survival, but a deeper reckoning with the history of the East African coast, the legacy of colonialism, and a revisionist understanding of why Somali piracy exists at all — rooting it in the long and proud maritime traditions of a people who once ruled these waters
Wide Sargasso Sea	Rhys, Jean	1966		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	André Deutsch, London		Novel	Race, identity, colonialism, madness	Dominica/UK	20th Century	Caribbean islands, plantations	A prequel to ‘Jane Eyre,’ set in the Caribbean, exploring themes of race and identity within the context of the Atlantic Ocean and colonial history.	Ocean
Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas	Osbourne, Lloyd	1906		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	D. Appleton and Company, New York		Short Stories, Adventure, Colonial Fiction	Cultural collision, survival, human nature, exoticism, transformation	United States	20th Century	Various South Sea Islands	This collection captures early 20th-century Pacific life through stories of cultural collision, featuring characters who find the ocean both an escape route and a catalyst for personal transformation.	Ocean
Willie and Lucy at the sea-side	Giberne, Agnes	1885		Sea	Sea	English	Religious Tract Society, London		Children’s literature	Childhood, seaside vacation, family	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Seaside town, beach	Willie and Lucy at the sea-side is a children’s novel that tells the story of two siblings on a seaside vacation. The story explores the themes of childhood, family, and the joys of a seaside holiday.	Sea
Williwaw: A Novel	Vidal, Gore	1946		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	E.P. Dutton, New York		Nautical Adventure	War, Human Nature	United States	Mid-20th Century	Pacific Theater, World War II	A novel about the experiences of a young American sailor during World War II.	Sailor
Witch of the Demon Seas	Anderson, Poul	1966		Demon Seas	Sea	English	Ace Books, New York		Nautical Fantasy	Magic, Exploration, and Maritime Warfare	USA	20th Century	The fantastical vessel ‘The Witch’ navigating the magical Demon Seas.	A fantasy adventure following sailors who navigate a perilous, magical sea filled with supernatural threats.	Sea
With Airship and Submarine: A Tale of Adventure	Collingwood, Harry	1898		English Channel	Sea	English	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London		Science Fiction	Adventure	United Kingdom	Edwardian Era	English Channel	A science fiction novel about a group of people using airships and submarines for adventure.	Ocean
With Beatty off Jutland: A Romance of the Great Sea Fight	Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)	1916		North Sea	Sea	English	Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London		Nautical Adventure	War, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Early 20th Century	Naval vessels, North Sea	A romance of the Great Sea Fight, focusing on the experiences of sailors and naval officers.	Sea
With the Battle Fleet Cruise of the Sixteen Battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, December, 1907-May, 1908	Matthews, Franklin	1908		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	The Century Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Exploration	United States	Early 20th Century	United States Atlantic Fleet	A narrative of the cruise of the United States Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate.	Atlantic
Within the Capes	Pyle, Howard	1898			Other	English	Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York		Nautical Adventure	Exploration, Adventure	United States	19th Century		A collection of stories about the sea and its adventures.	Sea
Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman	Parrish, Randall	1896		Sea	Sea	English	Hurst and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Pirate Life	USA	19th Century		A nautical adventure novel about the life of a pirate.	Pirate
Wreck Off Triton	Coppel, Alfred	1959		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Doubleday, New York		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Disaster, Survival	United States	Mid-20th century	Shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean	Wreck Off Triton is a nautical adventure novel that tells the story of a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean and the survivors’ struggle to stay alive. The novel explores themes of maritime disaster, survival, and human endurance.	Pacific Ocean
Wrecked among cannibals in the Fijis	Endicott, William	1923		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Dodd, Mead and Company, New York		Nautical Adventure	Survival, Cannibalism	United States	20th century	Pacific Ocean, Fijis	A story about a group of people who are wrecked on a Pacific island and must survive among cannibals.	Pacific Ocean
Wrecked on Spider Island; Or, How Ned Rogers Found the Treasure	Otis, James	1779		Caribbean Sea	Sea	English	Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill, 1779		Nautical Adventure	Treasure Hunt	United States	18th century	Spider Island	A nautical adventure set on Spider Island, featuring a treasure hunt.	Island
Y valaskalan selässä ja muita	Lie, Jonas, Friedrich Gerstäcker, and Holger Drachmann			Baltic Sea	Sea	Finnish	No original publisher found, likely self-published or unknown.		Nautical Adventure	Maritime Folklore	Finland	19th Century	Finnish coastal towns, sea	A collection of Finnish folk tales and stories about the sea.	Sea
Yakada Yaka	Muller, Carl	1994		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Penguin Books India, New Delhi		Novel	Burgher community, identity, belonging, postcolonial condition, escape, confinement	Sri Lanka	20th Century	Sri Lanka, coastal areas	Yakada Yaka, the second in Muller’s Burgher trilogy, continues the Von Bloss family saga with comedy and socio-political criticism, set along Sri Lanka’s coastal areas where the ocean acts as both an escape and a confinement.	Ocean
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812	Barnes, James	1820		Atlantic Ocean	Ocean	English	Private Press, New York		Maritime Realism	Naval warfare, patriotism, seafaring life	USA	19th Century	American naval vessels during the War of 1812	A collection of semi-fictionalized tales detailing the exploits of American sailors and warships during the War of 1812.	Ocean
Yniga	Diaz, Glenn	2022		Philippine Sea	Sea	English	Ateneo de Manila University Press, Quezon City		Novel	Return, sea as memory, environmental trauma, community, fishing life	Philippines	21st Century	Filipino fishing town, coastal environment	Set in a fishing town, this novel explores the sea as a repository of memory and addresses the impacts of environmental trauma on a community.	Sea
Yorke The Adventurer	Becke, Louis	1901		Pacific Ocean	Ocean	English	Smith, Elder & Co., London		Maritime Adventure	Adventure, frontier life, maritime commerce	United Kingdom	Late Victorian/Edwardian	The South Seas and various merchant ships	The exploits of a daring adventurer navigating the complexities and dangers of the Pacific islands.	Pacific Ocean
Young Peggy McQueen	Stables, Gordon	1890		Sea	Sea	English	George Routledge and Sons, London		Nautical Adventure	Coming of Age, Naval Life	United Kingdom	Victorian Era	Ship, Port	A story of a young girl’s adventures at sea.	Sea
Youth	Conrad, Joseph	1898		Indian Ocean	Ocean	English	Blackwood’s Magazine		Nautical Adventure	Coming of age, Imperialism	United Kingdom	Late 19th century	Ship	The story revolves around a young man’s journey to the East, exploring themes of identity and colonialism. The narrative is set in the Indian Ocean, where the protagonist faces various challenges and learns valuable lessons.	Indian Ocean