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Philip K. Allan
• Alexander Clay #1: The Captain's Nephew
• Alexander Clay #2: A Sloop of War
• Alexander Clay #3: On the Lee Shore
• Alexander Clay #4: A Man of No Country
• Alexander Clay #5: The Distant Ocean
• Alexander Clay #6: The Turn of the Tide
• Alexander Clay #7: In Northern Seas
• Alexander Clay #8: Larcum Mudge
• Alexander Clay #9: Upon the Malabar Coast
• Alexander Clay #10: Clay & the Immortal Memory
• Alexander Clay #11: Clay & the River of Silver
• Wolves WW2 #1: Sea of Wolves
• Wolves WW2 #2: The Wolves in Winter

Avi
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Michael Aye
• Fighting Anthonys #1: The Reaper
• Fighting Anthonys #2: HMS SeaWolf
• Fighting Anthonys #3: Barracuda
• Fighting Anthonys #4: SeaHorse

Kage Baker
• Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key

Christophe Blain
• Isaac the Pirate: To Exotic Lands

Alaric Bond
• Coastal Forces #1: Hellfire Corner
• Coastal Forces #2: Glory Boys
• Coastal Forces #3: Narrow Seas
• Fighting Sail #1: His Majesty's Ship
• Fighting Sail #2: Jackass Frigate
• Fighting Sail #3: True Colours
• Fighting Sail #4: Cut & Run
• Fighting Sail #5: The Patriot's Fate
• Fighting Sail #6: The Torrid Zone
• Fighting Sail #7: The Scent of Corruption
• Fighting Sail #8: HMS Prometheus
• Fighting Sail #9: The Blackstrap Station
• Fighting Sail #10: Honour Bound
• Fighting Sail #11: Sealed Orders
• Fighting Sail #12: Sea Trials
• Fighting Sail #13: Lone Escort
• Fighting Sail #14: The Seeds of War
• Fighting Sail #15: On the Barbary Coast

Broos Campbell
• Matty Graves #1: No Quarter
• Matty Graves #2: The War of Knives
• Matty Graves #3: Peter Wicked

Edward Chupack
• Silver

Pat Lowery Collins
• Schooner

Tom Connery
• Markham of the Marines #1: A Shred of Honour
• Markham of the Marines #2: Honour Redeemed
• Markham of the Marines #3: Honour Be Damned

Susan Cooper
• Victory

Bernard Cornwell
• Killer's Wake

Thomas E. Crocker
• Captain Hale's Covenant

Gideon Defoe
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with the Romantics

Debra Denson
• Magician's Spell

David Donachie
• John Pearce #1: By the Mast Divided
• John Pearce #2: A Shot Rolling Ship
• John Pearce #3: An Awkward Commission
• John Pearce #4: A Flag of Truce
• John Pearce #5: The Admirals' Game
• John Pearce #6: An Ill Wind
• John Pearce #7: Blown Off Course
• John Pearce #8: Enemies at Every Turn
• John Pearce #9: A Sea of Troubles
• John Pearce #10: A Divided Command
• John Pearce #11: The Devil to Pay
• John Pearce #12: The Perils of Command
• John Pearce #13: A Treacherous Coast
• John Pearce #14: On a Particular Service
• John Pearce #15: A Close Run Thing
• John Pearce #16: HMS Hazard
• John Pearce #17: A Troubled Course
• John Pearce #18: Droits of the Crown
• Markham of the Marines #1: A Shred of Honour (writing as Tom Connery)
• Markham of the Marines #2: Honour Redeemed (writing as Tom Connery)
• Markham of the Marines #3: Honour Be Damned (writing as Tom Connery)
• Nelson & Emma #1: On a Making Tide
• Nelson & Emma #2: Tested by Fate
• Nelson & Emma #3: Breaking the Line
• The Privateersman Mysteries #1: The Devil's Own Luck
• The Privateersman Mysteries #2: The Dying Trade
• The Privateersman Mysteries #3: A Hanging Matter
• The Privateersman Mysteries #4: An Element of Chance
• The Privateersman Mysteries #5: The Scent of Betrayal
• The Privateersman Mysteries #6: A Game of Bones

Chris Durbin
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #1: The Colonial Post-Captain
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #2: The Leeward Islands Squadron
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #3: The Jamaica Station
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #4: Holbrooke's Tide
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #5: The Cursed Fortress
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #6: Perilous Shore
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #7: Rocks & Shoals
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #8: Niagara Squadron
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #9: Ligurian Mission
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #10: Nor'west by North
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #11: Carlisle's Duty
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #12: Treacherous Moon
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #13: Cousins at Arms
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #14: An Upright Man
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #15: Old Bahama Straits
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #16: Debatable Lands
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #17: Red Gold
• Carlisle & Holbrooke #18: Straits of Anian
• Silkworm! Four Days in April

Les Eldridge
• The Chesapeake Command

Anthony R. Fanning
• Natalie's Good Fortune

C.S. Forester
• Horatio Hornblower #1: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
• Horatio Hornblower #2: Lieutenant Hornblower
• Horatio Hornblower #3: Hornblower & the Hotspur
• Horatio Hornblower #4: Hornblower During the Crisis
• Horatio Hornblower #5: Hornblower & the Atropos
• Horatio Hornblower #6: Beat to Quarters
• Horatio Hornblower #7: Ship of the Line
• Horatio Hornblower #8: Flying Colours
• Horatio Hornblower #9: Commodore Hornblower
• Horatio Hornblower #10: Lord Hornblower
• Horatio Hornblower #11: Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

George J. Galloway
• The Powder Monkey

Elizabeth Garrett
• The Sweet Trade

Gregg Hale & Eduardo Sanchez
• Blackbeard, Legend of the Pyrate King

James L. Haley
• Bliven Putnam #1: The Shores of Tripoli
• Bliven Putnam #2: A Darker Sea
• Bliven Putnam #3: The Devil in Paradise

Richard Hamilton
• Violet & the Mean & Rotten Pirates

William C. Hammond III
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #1: A Matter of Honor
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #2: For Love of Country
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #3: The Power & the Glory
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #4: A Call to Arms
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #5: How Dark the Night
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #6: No Sacrifice Too Great
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #7: To Distant Shores
• The Cutler Family Chronicles #8: A Return to Duty

Charles Boardman Hawes
• The Dark Frigate

David Wesley Hill
• At Drake's Command

A.D. Howden Smith
• Porto Bello Gold

Seth Hunter
• Nathan Peake #1: The Time of Terror
• Nathan Peake #2: The Tide of War
• Nathan Peake #3: The Price of Glory
• Nathan Peake #4: The Winds of Folly
• Nathan Peake #5: The Flag of Freedom
• Nathan Peake #6: The Spoils of Conquest
• Nathan Peake #7: The Sea of Silence
• Nathan Peake #8: Trafalgar: The Fog of War
• Nathan Peake #9: The Force of Fate

Lisa Jensen
• The Witch from the Sea

Mark Keating
• The Pirate Devlin

Alexander Kent
• Richard Bolitho #1a: Richard Bolitho, Midshipman
• Richard Bolitho #1b: Midshipman Bolitho & the Avenger
• Richard Bolitho #1c: Band of Brothers
• Richard Bolitho #2: Stand into Danger
• Richard Bolitho #3: In Gallant Company
• Richard Bolitho #4: Sloop of War
• Richard Bolitho #5: To Glory We Steer
• Richard Bolitho #6: Command a King's Ship
• Richard Bolitho #7: Passage to Mutiny
• Richard Bolitho #8: With All Despatch
• Richard Bolitho #9: Form Line of Battle!
• Richard Bolitho #10: Enemy in Sight!
• Richard Bolitho #11: The Flag Captain
• Richard Bolitho #12: Signal -- Close Action!
• Richard Bolitho #13: The Inshore Squadron
• Richard Bolitho #14: A Tradition of Victory
• Richard Bolitho #15: Success to the Brave
• Richard Bolitho #16: Colours Aloft!
• Richard Bolitho #17: Honour This Day
• Richard Bolitho #18: The Only Victor
• Richard Bolitho #19: Beyond the Reef
• Richard Bolitho #20: The Darkening Sea
• Richard Bolitho #21: For My Country's Freedom
• Richard Bolitho #22: Cross of St. George
• Richard Bolitho #23: Sword of Honour
• Adam Bolitho #24: Second to None
• Adam Bolitho #25: Relentless Pursuit
• Adam Bolitho #26: Man of War
• Adam Bolitho #27: Heart of Oak
• Adam Bolitho #28: In the King's Name

S.K. Keogh
• The Prodigal

Dewey Lambdin
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #1: The King's Coat
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #2: The French Admiral
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #3: The King's Commission
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #4: The King's Privateer
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #5: The Gun Ketch
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #6: H.M.S. Cockerel
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #7: A King's Commander
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #8: Jester's Fortune
• The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie #9: King's Captain

Alan Lawrence
• The Continuing Adventures of HMS Surprise #1: The Massacre of Innocents
• The Continuing Adventures of HMS Surprise #2: The Fireships of Gerontas

Tanith Lee
• Piratica

Peter Lerangis
• Antarctica: Escape from Disaster

Alan J. Levine
• The Adventures of Short Stubbly Brownbeard

Robin Lloyd
• Harbor of Spies

John Macfarlane
• Stormstruck

Robert N. Macomber
• Honor #1: At the Edge of Honor
• Honor #2: Point of Honor
• Honor #3: Honorable Mention
• Honor #4: A Dishonorable Few
• Honor #5: An Affair of Honor
• Honor #6: A Different Kind of Honor
• Honor #7: The Honored Dead

Steven E. Maffeo
• The Perfect Wreck

Frederick Marryat
• Mr. Midshipman Easy

Valerie Martin
• The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

Misty Massey
• Mad Kestrel

Miriam McNamara
• The Unbinding of Mary Reade

L.A. Meyer
• Jacky Faber #1: Bloody Jack
• Jacky Faber #2: Curse of the Blue Tattoo
• Jacky Faber #3: Under the Jolly Roger
• Jacky Faber #4: In the Belly of the Bloodhound
• Jacky Faber #5: Mississippi Jack
• Jacky Faber #6: My Bonny Light Horseman
• Jacky Faber #7: Rapture of the Deep
• Jacky Faber #8: The Wake of the Lorelei Lee
• Jacky Faber #9: The Mark of the Golden Dragon
• Jacky Faber #10: Viva Jacquelina!
• Jacky Faber #11: Boston Jacky
• Jacky Faber #12: Wild Rover No More

Michael Molloy
• Peter Raven Under Fire

Craig Moodie
• A Sailor's Valentine
• Salt Luck
• Seaborn
• Stormstruck

Terry Mort
• Riley Fitzhugh #4: Hunters in the Stream
• Riley Fitzhugh #5: A Spy in Casablanca
• Riley Fitzhugh #6: Convoy to Morocco

Andrew Motion
• Silver: Return to Treasure Island

Jan Needle
• Sea Officer William Bentley #1: A Fine Boy for Killing
• Sea Officer William Bentley #2: The Wicked Trade
• Sea Officer William Bentley #3: The Spithead Nymph

James L. Nelson
• Blood, Steel & Empire #1: The Buccaneer Coast
• Blood, Steel & Empire #2: The Tortuga Plantation
• Brethren of the Coast #1: The Guardship
• Brethren of the Coast #2: The Blackbirder
• Brethren of the Coast #3: The Pirate Round
• The Confederate Navy #1: Glory in the Name
• The Confederate Navy #2: Thieves of Mercy
• The Norsemen Saga #1: Fin Gall
• The Norsemen Saga #2: Dubh-Linn
• The Norsemen Saga #3: The Lord of Vik-Lo
• The Norsemen Saga #4: Glendalough Fair
• The Norsemen Saga #5: Night Wolf
• The Norsemen Saga #6: Raider's Wake
• The Norsemen Saga #7: Loch Garman
• The Norsemen Saga #8: A Vengeful Wind
• The Norsemen Saga #9: Kings & Pawns
• The Norsemen Saga #10: The Midgard Serpent
• The Norsemen Saga #11: The Narrow Seas
• The Norsemen Saga #12: Land of the Wolf
• The Only Life That Mattered
• Revolution at Sea #1: By Force of Arms
• Revolution at Sea #2: The Maddest Idea
• Revolution at Sea #3: The Continental Risque
• Revolution at Sea #4: Lords of the Ocean
• Revolution at Sea #5: All the Brave Fellows
• Revolution at Sea #6: The Falmouth Frigate

Patrick O'Brian
• Aubrey/Maturin #1: Master & Commander
• Aubrey/Maturin #2: Post Captain
• Aubrey/Maturin #3: H.M.S. Surprise
• Aubrey/Maturin #4: The Mauritius Command
• Aubrey/Maturin #5: Desolation Island
• Aubrey/Maturin #6: The Fortune of War
• Aubrey/Maturin #7: The Surgeon's Mate
• Aubrey/Maturin #8: The Ionian Mission
• Aubrey/Maturin #9: Treason's Harbour
• Aubrey/Maturin #10: The Far Side of the World
• Aubrey/Maturin #11: The Reverse of the Medal
• Aubrey/Maturin #12: The Letter of Marque
• Aubrey/Maturin #16: The Wine-Dark Sea
• The Golden Ocean

Joseph O'Connor
• Star of the Sea

C. Northcote Parkinson
• Richard Delancey #1: The Guernseyman
• Richard Delancey #2: Devil to Pay
• Richard Delancey #3: The Fireship
• Richard Delancey #4: Touch & Go
• Richard Delancey #5: So Near So Far
• Richard Delancey #6: Dead Reckoning

Arturo Perez-Reverte
• The Nautical Chart

Dudley Pope
• Nicholas Ramage #1: Ramage
• Nicholas Ramage #2: Ramage & the Drumbeat
• Nicholas Ramage #3: Ramage & the Freebooters
• Nicholas Ramage #4: Governor Ramage R.N.
• Nicholas Ramage #5: Ramage's Prize
• Nicholas Ramage #6: Ramage & the Guillotine
• Nicholas Ramage #7: Ramage's Diamond
• Nicholas Ramage #8: Ramage's Mutiny
• Nicholas Ramage #9: Ramage & the Rebels
• Nicholas Ramage #10: The Ramage Touch
• Nicholas Ramage #11: Ramage's Signal
• Nicholas Ramage #12: Ramage & the Renegades
• Nicholas Ramage #13: Ramage's Devil
• Nicholas Ramage #14: Ramage's Trial
• Nicholas Ramage #15: Ramage's Challenge
• Nicholas Ramage #16: Ramage at Trafalgar
• Nicholas Ramage #17: Ramage & the Saracens
• Nicholas Ramage #18: Ramage & the Dido

Tim Powers
• On Stranger Tides

Howard Pyle
• The Book of Pirates

Douglas Reeman
• High Water
• The Hostile Shore
• The Last Raider
• Path of the Storm
• Royal Marines Saga #1: Badge of Glory
• Royal Marines Saga #2: The First to Land
• World War II: With Blood & Iron
• World War II: Dive in the Sun
• World War II: For Valour
• World War II: A Prayer for the Ship
• World War II: A Ship Must Die

Celia Rees
• Pirates!

Elizabeth Reynard
• The Mutinous Wind

Sandra Riley
• Sisters of the Sea

S. Thomas Russell
• Charles Hayden #1: Under Enemy Colors
• Charles Hayden #2: A Battle Won
• Charles Hayden #3: Take, Burn or Destroy
• Charles Hayden #4: Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead

W. Clark Russell
• The Wreck of the Grosvenor
• The Yarn of Old Harbour Town

Jacqueline Church Simonds
• Captain Mary, Buccaneer

A.D. Howden Smith
• Porto Bello Gold

Sutton Stern
• The Commissioner's Rifles
• Sail & Steam #1: Robby Run

Robert Louis Stevenson
• Treasure Island

Julian Stockwin
• Thomas Kydd #1: Kydd
• Thomas Kydd #2: Artemis
• Thomas Kydd #3: Seaflower
• Thomas Kydd #4: Mutiny
• Thomas Kydd #5: Quarterdeck
• Thomas Kydd #6: Tenacious
• Thomas Kydd #7: Command
• Thomas Kydd #8: The Admiral's Daughter
• Thomas Kydd #9: The Privateer's Revenge
• Thomas Kydd #10: Invasion
• Thomas Kydd #11: Victory
• Thomas Kydd #12: Conquest
• Thomas Kydd #13: Betrayal
• Thomas Kydd #14: Caribbee
• Thomas Kydd #15: Pasha
• Thomas Kydd #16: Tyger
• Thomas Kydd #17: Inferno

V.A. Stuart
• Phillip Hazard #1: The Valiant Sailors
• Phillip Hazard #2: The Brave Captains
• Phillip Hazard #3: Hazard's Command
• Phillip Hazard #4: Hazard of Huntress
• Phillip Hazard #5: Hazard in Circassia

Christopher C Tubbs
• The Dorset Boy #1: A Talent for Trouble
• The Dorset Boy #2: The Special Operations Flotilla
• The Dorset Boy #3: Agent Provocateur
• The Dorset Boy #4: In Dangerous Company
• The Dorset Boy #5: The Tempest

V.E. Ulett
• Captain Blackwell's Prize

William Westbrook
• Nicholas Fallon #1: The Bermuda Privateer
• Nicholas Fallon #2: The Black Ring
• Nicholas Fallon #3: Barbarians on an Ancient Sea

Charles Wheeler
• Jannaway's Mutiny

C.D. White
• The Broken Sword
• Standards Left Ragged

William H. White
• The Greater the Honor
• In Pursuit of Glory
• The War of 1812 #1: A Press of Canvas
• The War of 1812 #2: A Fine Tops'l Breeze
• The War of 1812 #3: The Evening Gun

W.L. White
• They Were Expendable

Jeffrey S. Williams
• Anne Bonney: My Pirate Story
• Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney

Gene Wolfe
• Pirate Freedom

Richard Woodman
• Endangered Species
• Nathaniel Drinkwater #1: An Eye of the Fleet
• Nathaniel Drinkwater #2: A King's Cutter
• Nathaniel Drinkwater #3: A Brig of War

Jane Yolen
• The Ballad of the Pirate Queens