Start with high-confidence pirate adventures books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Scarlet Morning, Book 1: Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson
Hardy Boys 04: the Missing Chums
Franklin W. Dixon
Northwind
Gary Paulsen
Sent
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape From Alcatraz
Eric Braun
The Great Book of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Great Pirate Stories
Joseph Lewis French
The Pirates of Ersatz
Murray Leinster
Among Malay Pirates
G.A. Henty
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Moonfleet (adventure Classic)
John Meade Falkner
Child of Storm: Allan Quatermain #6
H. Rider Haggard
Allan Quatermain #7
