The best pirates in fiction
Discover the best pirates in fiction with our curated list of top pirate books. From swashbuckling adventures to legendary rogues, explore the most captivating tales of the high seas.
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
While going through the possessions of a dead guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map …
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Priates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Captain Jack's Tale
by Tennant Redbank
Stories are whispered of a mysterious ship with black sails and the ruthless pirate who captains it--Barbossa. Feared among pirates and sailors alike, Barbossa and …
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Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition)
by J. M. Barrie
The adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
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The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
Originally a part of The Arabian nights stories, Sinbad's adventures are set in the historic lands of the Middle East. The son of a rich …
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The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
A writer's views on life and art are revealed in his effort to edit the children's classic that shaped his literary ambitions.
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Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
Peter Blood is a physician and an English gentleman who becomes a pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after …
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The Sea-hawk
by Rafael Sabatini
Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his half-brother, throwing him into circumstances where he becomes a Barbary …
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Sandokan
by Emilio Salgari
The Tigers of Mompracem are a band of rebel pirates fighting against the colonial power of the Dutch and British Empires. They are led by …
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Sandokan
by Emilio Salgari
The Tiger Roars again! Sandokan and Yanez are back, righting injustices and fighting old foes. Tremal-Naik's misfortunes have continued. Wrongfully imprisoned, the great hunter has …
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Sandokan
by Emilio Salgari
The Tiger faces the Empire! Malaysia, 1868. A mysterious figure has armed the Dyaks and led them into battle against Tremal-Naik. Yanez races to the …
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The Pirate
by Sir Walter Scott
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Bernhard Tauchnitz in Leipzig, 1846.
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Corsair
by Tim Severin
The master storyteller of VIKING returns with an action-packed swashbuckling pirate adventure1677, on a late summer's evening two ships lurk off the coast of southwest …
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Pirate Latitudes
by Michael Crichton
Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port …
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On Stranger Tides
by Tim Powers
In 1718, John Chandagnac, a bookkeeper and puppeteer, unwittingly sails into the company of Blackbeard the pirate, encounters zombie-crewed wrecks, and is caught up in …
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Flashman's Lady
by George MacDonald Fraser
When his beautiful and brainless wife Elizabeth is abducted from Singapore by a half-breed ex-Etonian millionaire, Harry Flashman sets out on an odyssey of reluctant …
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Cup of Gold
by John Steinbeck
"Devoured by lust and greed, Morgan still had two ambitions; first to possess the mysterious woman known as La Santa Roja, and second, to conquer …
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Bloody Jack
by Louis A. Meyer
"While disguised as a boy, Jacky Faber experiences adventure and romance on the high seas"--
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Mississippi Jack
by Louis A. Meyer
In 1806, the exploits of Jacky Faber continue as she heads west to avoid capture by the British and discovers adventure aboard a keelboat on …
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Tales of Pirates and Blue Water
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish author. He is most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are …
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James Fenimore Cooper: Sea Tales (LOA #54)
by James Fenimore Cooper
In The Pilot (1824) and The Red Rover (1828), James Fenimore Cooper invented a new literary genre: the sea novel. Collected here in a single …