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Summer is a great time to read books about water and the sea. Take a look at this mix of classic tales, popular fiction and nonfiction:








Lord of the Flies by William Golding
What happens to a group of young British schoolboys when their plane is shot down and they land on deserted island in the Pacific?
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The classic Hemingway story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has not caught a fish in eighty-four days
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
Light historical fiction and romance written into the history of the Titanic’s voyage, its passengers and the disaster’s aftermath
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
A story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife, who live alone on an island off Western Australia
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Fast-paced, coming-of-age fantasy tale for adults about the mysteries of life, death, nature, the past, and the present
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
A rotating narrative about abuse over time and generations, and its range of effects
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Touching coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old American boy living on the island of Curaçao during World War II
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
True survival story of the whaleship Essex, attacked and sunk by an eighty-five foot sperm whale in the Pacific
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Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
A classic Melville story about the battle between good and evil
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Gripping suspense novel about a killer shark off a Long Island beach
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Ahab takes on a killer whale. Classic story inspired by the whaleship Essex
Gift from the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Meditations about love, marriage and family written by Charles Lindbergh’s American wife
Old-time classics





The Happy Return by C.S. Forester
Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Do you have any favorite tales about the sea?
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