Start with high-confidence sea stories books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
HMS Ulysses
Unknown author
Sea Wife
Amity Gaige
The Best Science Fiction of the Year
Neil Clarke
Rich Larson
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Howard Pyle
The Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad
The Sea Wolf
Jack London
Lord Jim
Flappers and Philosophers
F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Dufris
Moby-dick: Or, the Whale
Herman Melville, Bob Eggleton
The Cup of Gold
John Steinbeck
