50 Books like Moby Dick

Moby-Dick or, The Whale

by Herman Melville • 1851

A sailor joins a whaling ship whose captain will destroy everything to kill one white whale.

3.57

620k+

⚓ Maritime Adventure 🤔 Philosophical Novel 🔥 Obsessive Quest

Moby-Dick or, The Whale 95%

A sailor joins a whaling ship whose captain will destroy everything to kill one white whale.

by Herman Melville 1851

3.57

620k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime Adventure 🤔 Philosophical Novel 🔥 Obsessive Quest

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne • 1869

Captured aboard an impossible submarine, a scientist trades his freedom for the wonders of the deep.

3.89

279k+

🚢 Submarine Adventure 🎭 Enigmatic Captain 🐙 Underwater Exploration

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 88%

Captured aboard an impossible submarine, a scientist trades his freedom for the wonders of the deep.

by Jules Verne 1869

3.89

279k+ ratings

🚢 Submarine Adventure 🎭 Enigmatic Captain 🐙 Underwater Exploration

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Ian Edginton • 2008

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

4.17

60k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption

The Picture of Dorian Gray 88%

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

by Ian Edginton 2008

4.17

60k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption

The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne • 2004

Five Civil War castaways crash on an island where something unseen keeps them alive.

4.14

60k+

🏝️ Castaway Survival 🔬 Scientific Ingenuity 💕 Found Family

The Mysterious Island 88%

Five Civil War castaways crash on an island where something unseen keeps them alive.

by Jules Verne 2004

4.14

60k+ ratings

🏝️ Castaway Survival 🔬 Scientific Ingenuity 💕 Found Family

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

3.5

15k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 88%

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999

3.5

15k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor • 1969

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

3.80

39k+

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

The Cay 88%

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

by Theodore Taylor 1969

3.80

39k+ ratings

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville • 2006

An American captain boards a Spanish slave ship in chaos, sensing danger but misreading every sign.

3.53

10k+

🛳️ Maritime Gothic ⛓️ Slave Revolt 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Benito Cereno 88%

An American captain boards a Spanish slave ship in chaos, sensing danger but misreading every sign.

by Herman Melville 2006

3.53

10k+ ratings

🛳️ Maritime Gothic ⛓️ Slave Revolt 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

We, the Drowned

by Carsten Jensen • 2006

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

4.24

13k+

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers

We, the Drowned 88%

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

by Carsten Jensen 2006

4.24

13k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers

Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 2002

His uncle sells him. Shipwrecked with a Jacobite, he flees the Highlands for his stolen birthright.

3.79

69k+

🏔️ Highland Adventure 🏴 Jacobite Scotland 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Kidnapped 87%

His uncle sells him. Shipwrecked with a Jacobite, he flees the Highlands for his stolen birthright.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 2002

3.79

69k+ ratings

🏔️ Highland Adventure 🏴 Jacobite Scotland 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Wrecker

by Carl Hiaasen • 2023

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

4.05

5k+

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure

Wrecker 87%

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

by Carl Hiaasen 2023

4.05

5k+ ratings

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1882

A treasure map sends an innkeeper's son to sea with a crew plotting mutiny.

3.85

545k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 💰 Treasure Hunt ✨ Charming Rogue

Treasure Island 87%

A treasure map sends an innkeeper's son to sea with a crew plotting mutiny.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882

3.85

545k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 💰 Treasure Hunt ✨ Charming Rogue

Cabo Trafalgar

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2004

Pressed peasants and weary officers sail a Spanish warship into Trafalgar, certain of their doom.

3.77

3k+

🚢 Naval Historical Fiction ⚔️ Napoleonic Wars ⛵ Age Of Sail

Cabo Trafalgar 87%

Pressed peasants and weary officers sail a Spanish warship into Trafalgar, certain of their doom.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2004

3.77

3k+ ratings

🚢 Naval Historical Fiction ⚔️ Napoleonic Wars ⛵ Age Of Sail

The Hobbit

by Chuck Dixon • 2001

A home-loving hobbit is swept into a dwarven quest to reclaim their kingdom from a dragon.

4.51

277k+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💛 Found Family 💎 Dragon Hoard

The Hobbit 87%

A home-loving hobbit is swept into a dwarven quest to reclaim their kingdom from a dragon.

by Chuck Dixon 2001

4.51

277k+ ratings

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💛 Found Family 💎 Dragon Hoard

Ship of Magic

by Robin Hobb • 1998

Death awakens the family ship; the rightful captain must steal her from a pirate king.

4.24

107k+

🛳️ Nautical Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Betrayal 🎭 Hidden Identity

Ship of Magic 87%

Death awakens the family ship; the rightful captain must steal her from a pirate king.

by Robin Hobb 1998

4.24

107k+ ratings

🛳️ Nautical Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Betrayal 🎭 Hidden Identity

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools

by G.P. Taylor • 2009

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

3.92

118

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools 87%

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

by G.P. Taylor 2009

3.92

118 ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway • 1952

Eighty-four days empty, an old fisherman rows far offshore and hooks a marlin longer than his boat.

3.81

1.3M+

📘 Allegorical Fiction 👴 Mentor And Student 🌊 Man Versus Nature

The Old Man and the Sea 87%

Eighty-four days empty, an old fisherman rows far offshore and hooks a marlin longer than his boat.

by Ernest Hemingway 1952

3.81

1.3M+ ratings

📘 Allegorical Fiction 👴 Mentor And Student 🌊 Man Versus Nature

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy • 1985

A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.

4.15

227k+

🤠 Literary Western 🕴️ Enigmatic Villain ✝️ Fallen Priest

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 87%

A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.

by Cormac McCarthy 1985

4.15

227k+ ratings

🤠 Literary Western 🕴️ Enigmatic Villain ✝️ Fallen Priest

Mortal Engines

by Philip Reeve • 2001

Cast from a predator city alongside the scarred girl whose assassination attempt got him exiled.

3.77

71k+

⚙️ Steampunk Adventure 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🗡️ Quest For Revenge

Mortal Engines 87%

Cast from a predator city alongside the scarred girl whose assassination attempt got him exiled.

by Philip Reeve 2001

3.77

71k+ ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Adventure 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🗡️ Quest For Revenge

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas • 1844

Falsely imprisoned, a sailor finds a hidden fortune and becomes a mysterious count bent on revenge.

4.33

1.0M+

🗡️ Revenge Epic 🔒 Wrongful Imprisonment 💰 Hidden Treasure

The Count of Monte Cristo 87%

Falsely imprisoned, a sailor finds a hidden fortune and becomes a mysterious count bent on revenge.

by Alexandre Dumas 1844

4.33

1.0M+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Epic 🔒 Wrongful Imprisonment 💰 Hidden Treasure

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel • 2001

A shipwreck leaves a boy adrift on the Pacific, sharing a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.

3.94

1.8M+

⛵ Survival At Sea 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Life of Pi 87%

A shipwreck leaves a boy adrift on the Pacific, sharing a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.

by Yann Martel 2001

3.94

1.8M+ ratings

⛵ Survival At Sea 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

English Passengers

by Matthew Kneale • 2000

A vicar sails to Tasmania seeking Eden; an Aboriginal boy fights to survive his people's extinction.

4.07

8k+

💔 Indigenous Displacement 🗺️ Misguided Expedition 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

English Passengers 87%

A vicar sails to Tasmania seeking Eden; an Aboriginal boy fights to survive his people's extinction.

by Matthew Kneale 2000

4.07

8k+ ratings

💔 Indigenous Displacement 🗺️ Misguided Expedition 🗣️ Multiple Narrators

Sharpe's Trafalgar

by Bernard Cornwell • 2002

An army officer sails for England, unaware his captain has sold them to the French.

4.15

16k+

⚔️ Napoleonic Wars ⛵ Age Of Sail 💔 Forbidden Love

Sharpe's Trafalgar 87%

An army officer sails for England, unaware his captain has sold them to the French.

by Bernard Cornwell 2002

4.15

16k+ ratings

⚔️ Napoleonic Wars ⛵ Age Of Sail 💔 Forbidden Love

Blackbeard

by Samuel Marquis • 2018

An educated gentleman builds a radical pirate democracy, daring the British Empire to crush it.

4.12

974

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 📜 Revisionist Legend 🤝 Egalitarian Outlaws

Blackbeard 87%

An educated gentleman builds a radical pirate democracy, daring the British Empire to crush it.

by Samuel Marquis 2018

4.12

974 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 📜 Revisionist Legend 🤝 Egalitarian Outlaws

Black Sun

by Rebecca Roanhorse • 2020

A blind sacrifice sails toward a holy city to unleash a god's vengeance at the eclipse.

4.17

56k+

🌺 Mesoamerican Fantasy 👤 Godly Vessel 💔 Doomed Lovers

Black Sun 87%

A blind sacrifice sails toward a holy city to unleash a god's vengeance at the eclipse.

by Rebecca Roanhorse 2020

4.17

56k+ ratings

🌺 Mesoamerican Fantasy 👤 Godly Vessel 💔 Doomed Lovers

Of Sea and Shadow

by Will Wight • 2014

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

4.13

6k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities

Of Sea and Shadow 87%

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

by Will Wight 2014

4.13

6k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities

The Terror

by Dan Simmons • 2007

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

4.09

75k+

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror

The Terror 87%

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

by Dan Simmons 2007

4.09

75k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe • 1719

A shipwreck leaves one man alone on a deserted island, where he must build a world from scratch.

3.68

333k+

🏝️ Deserted Island 🔧 Survival Ingenuity 🤔 Reflective Solitude

Robinson Crusoe 86%

A shipwreck leaves one man alone on a deserted island, where he must build a world from scratch.

by Daniel Defoe 1719

3.68

333k+ ratings

🏝️ Deserted Island 🔧 Survival Ingenuity 🤔 Reflective Solitude

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas • 1844

A young Gascon's sword earns him three friends, a queen's secret, and a cardinal's undying hatred.

4.10

349k+

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🖤 Found Family 👑 Royal Court Intrigue

The Three Musketeers 86%

A young Gascon's sword earns him three friends, a queen's secret, and a cardinal's undying hatred.

by Alexandre Dumas 1844

4.10

349k+ ratings

🗡️ Swashbuckling 🖤 Found Family 👑 Royal Court Intrigue

The Romantic

by William Boyd • 2022

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

4.14

10k+

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile

The Romantic 86%

An orphan's false name propels a life of war, romance, exploration, exile across the 19th century.

by William Boyd 2022

4.14

10k+ ratings

📖 Picaresque Novel 🎭 False Identity 🏝️ Exile

The Scar

by China Miéville • 2002

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

4.19

35k+

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

The Scar 86%

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

by China Miéville 2002

4.19

35k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

Raise the Titanic!

by Clive Cussler • 1976

To recover a Cold War edge, Dirk Pitt must salvage the Titanic, with Soviets closing in.

3.99

30k+

🤖 Techno-Thriller 💰 Sunken Treasure 🔍 MacGuffin Hunt

Raise the Titanic! 86%

To recover a Cold War edge, Dirk Pitt must salvage the Titanic, with Soviets closing in.

by Clive Cussler 1976

3.99

30k+ ratings

🤖 Techno-Thriller 💰 Sunken Treasure 🔍 MacGuffin Hunt

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Chase 86%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

Master and Commander

by Patrick O'Brian • 1969

A new captain, a misfit crew, one aging sloop: glory or ruin in the Mediterranean.

4.07

64k+

🌊 Age Of Sail ⚔️ Napoleonic Era 🤝 Male Friendship

Master and Commander 86%

A new captain, a misfit crew, one aging sloop: glory or ruin in the Mediterranean.

by Patrick O'Brian 1969

4.07

64k+ ratings

🌊 Age Of Sail ⚔️ Napoleonic Era 🤝 Male Friendship

Chesapeake

by James A. Michener • 1978

A Chesapeake island gives four families everything. Over four centuries, the water takes it back.

4.22

27k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🌾 American South 🌍 Land As Legacy

Chesapeake 86%

A Chesapeake island gives four families everything. Over four centuries, the water takes it back.

by James A. Michener 1978

4.22

27k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🌾 American South 🌍 Land As Legacy

Sackett's Land

by Louis L'Amour • 1974

A farmer finds Roman gold, humiliates a nobleman, and flees England for an untamed new world.

4.16

15k+

🗡️ Elizabethan Adventure 🌲 Colonial Frontier 💰 Found Treasure

Sackett's Land 86%

A farmer finds Roman gold, humiliates a nobleman, and flees England for an untamed new world.

by Louis L'Amour 1974

4.16

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Elizabethan Adventure 🌲 Colonial Frontier 💰 Found Treasure

Senlin Ascends

by Josiah Bancroft • 2013

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

4.11

34k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Senlin Ascends 86%

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

by Josiah Bancroft 2013

4.11

34k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Ship of Ishtar

by A. Merritt • 1924

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

3.56

669

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds

The Ship of Ishtar 86%

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

by A. Merritt 1924

3.56

669 ratings

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds

Rolling in the Deep

by Mira Grant • 2015

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

3.94

12k+

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

Rolling in the Deep 86%

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.94

12k+ ratings

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

The Cruel Sea

by Nicholas Monsarrat • 1951

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

4.23

9k+

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership

The Cruel Sea 86%

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

by Nicholas Monsarrat 1951

4.23

9k+ ratings

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership

Williwaw

by Gore Vidal • 1946

When a man vanishes in an Aleutian storm, a young skipper weighs truth against survival.

3.44

486

🚢 WWII At Sea 💔 Love Triangle 🪦 Buried Guilt

Williwaw 86%

When a man vanishes in an Aleutian storm, a young skipper weighs truth against survival.

by Gore Vidal 1946

3.44

486 ratings

🚢 WWII At Sea 💔 Love Triangle 🪦 Buried Guilt

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

The Silence Factory 86%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

Golden Age

by James Maxwell • 2016

A healer's daughter faces prophecy and invasion when a shapeshifter saves her city from ruin.

4.04

10k+

🔱 Mediterranean Fantasy 🐉 Hidden Heritage 🔮 Destiny Foretold

Golden Age 86%

A healer's daughter faces prophecy and invasion when a shapeshifter saves her city from ruin.

by James Maxwell 2016

4.04

10k+ ratings

🔱 Mediterranean Fantasy 🐉 Hidden Heritage 🔮 Destiny Foretold

Vagabond, Vol. 1

by Takehiko Inoue • 1999

After Sekigahara, a feral swordsman roams feudal Japan seeking a strength no blade can give.

4.57

7k+

⚔️ Samurai Epic 🌊 Ronin Tale 🧘 Monk Mentor

Vagabond, Vol. 1 86%

After Sekigahara, a feral swordsman roams feudal Japan seeking a strength no blade can give.

by Takehiko Inoue 1999

4.57

7k+ ratings

⚔️ Samurai Epic 🌊 Ronin Tale 🧘 Monk Mentor

Saint

by Adrienne Young • 2022

A gem sage fleeing her mother collides with a Narrows helmsman whose rival owns her contract.

4.16

14k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Saint 86%

A gem sage fleeing her mother collides with a Narrows helmsman whose rival owns her contract.

by Adrienne Young 2022

4.16

14k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Islands in the Stream

by Ernest Hemingway • 1970

An American painter on a Caribbean island faces his three sons and the past he fled.

3.88

17k+

🖤 Grieving Father 🗿 Masculine Stoicism 👨‍👦‍👦 Father And Sons

Islands in the Stream 86%

An American painter on a Caribbean island faces his three sons and the past he fled.

by Ernest Hemingway 1970

3.88

17k+ ratings

🖤 Grieving Father 🗿 Masculine Stoicism 👨‍👦‍👦 Father And Sons

The Deep

by Nick Cutter • 2015

Summoned to a trench station, a veterinarian discovers the abyss is sentient and feeds on memory.

3.41

43k+

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧬 Cosmic Body Horror 🥀 Estranged Brothers

The Deep 86%

Summoned to a trench station, a veterinarian discovers the abyss is sentient and feeds on memory.

by Nick Cutter 2015

3.41

43k+ ratings

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧬 Cosmic Body Horror 🥀 Estranged Brothers

Sometimes a Great Notion

by Ken Kesey • 1964

A logging clan's defiant creed pits them against their town, their blood, and the river itself.

4.26

24k+

🪵 Family Saga 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🪓 Brother Against Brother

Sometimes a Great Notion 86%

A logging clan's defiant creed pits them against their town, their blood, and the river itself.

by Ken Kesey 1964

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪵 Family Saga 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🪓 Brother Against Brother

Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad • 1900

A young seaman abandons a pilgrim ship in panic. It survives; his shame defines his life.

3.61

33k+

🚢 Maritime Disaster 😔 Moral Cowardice 🖤 Guilt And Atonement

Lord Jim 86%

A young seaman abandons a pilgrim ship in panic. It survives; his shame defines his life.

by Joseph Conrad 1900

3.61

33k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Disaster 😔 Moral Cowardice 🖤 Guilt And Atonement

Beowulf

by Unknown • 1000

A monster emptied a king's hall for twelve years. One warrior crosses the sea to fight it unarmed.

3.50

350k+

🏛️ Heroic Epic 🗡️ Monster Slayer 💀 Glory And Doom

Beowulf 86%

A monster emptied a king's hall for twelve years. One warrior crosses the sea to fight it unarmed.

by Unknown 1000

3.50

350k+ ratings

🏛️ Heroic Epic 🗡️ Monster Slayer 💀 Glory And Doom

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

by Kentaro Miura • 2019

A giant warrior defends his fortress from an empire while his closest friend plots to destroy him.

4.61

19k+

⚔️ Grimdark Fantasy 🔥 Found Family 💔 Friendship Betrayed

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 86%

A giant warrior defends his fortress from an empire while his closest friend plots to destroy him.

by Kentaro Miura 2019

4.61

19k+ ratings

⚔️ Grimdark Fantasy 🔥 Found Family 💔 Friendship Betrayed

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