Name Change Welcome to BookDNA.com (formerly Shepherd.com)
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Kids
  • YA
  • 🥇 Best Books 2025
  • My Book DNA
  • Profile
  • Refer friends
  • 🐇 🕳️ ✨
  • Logout
Browse
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Kids
  • YA
  • Best Books 2025
  • My Book DNA
  • Home
  • For Authors
  • Our Story
  • Membership
Age of Sail All Time Best All Time Best Trending New By Book DNA List by Experts

Age of Sail

  • All Time Best
  • Trending
  • New
  • By Book DNA
  • List by Experts

The best Age of Sail books of all time

The books our community loved the most.

All Books

Filter books

By Type
  • All Books
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
By Decade
  • 2000s
  • By Type
    • All Books
    • Fiction
    • Nonfiction
  • By Decade
    • 2000s
  • Related shelves
    • Modern history
    • European history
    • American history
    • History
    • Asian history
    • Black history
    • Native American history
    • Military fiction
    • Military thrillers
    • Maritime
    • Autobiography
    • Biographies
    • Political
    • Sports biographies
    • Presidential biography
Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Loved by 4 people

Villains of All Nations

By Marcus Rediker ,

Book cover of Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail
Loved by 3 people

Young Men and the Sea

By Daniel Vickers , Vince Walsh ,

Book cover of Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Elizabethan Privateering: English Privateering During the Spanish War, 1585 1603
Loved by 2 people

Elizabethan Privateering

By Kenneth R. Andrews ,

Book cover of Elizabethan Privateering: English Privateering During the Spanish War, 1585 1603
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
Loved by 2 people

The Wooden World

By N.A.M. Rodger ,

Book cover of The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
Loved by 2 people

Seafaring Women

By David Cordingly ,

Book cover of Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400-1900
Loved by 1 person

A Search for Sovereignty

By Lauren Benton ,

Book cover of A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400-1900
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime
Loved by 1 person

Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720

By John C. Appleby ,

Book cover of Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700 1750
Loved by 1 person

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

By Marcus Rediker ,

Book cover of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700 1750
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1793 - 1815
Loved by 1 person

Nelson's Navy

By Brian Lavery ,

Book cover of Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1793 - 1815
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Men of Honour
Loved by 1 person

Men of Honour

By Adam Nicolson , Adam Nicolson ,

Book cover of Men of Honour
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
A Few Good Elves
Loved by 1 person

A Few Good Elves

By Diane Morrison , Sarah Buhrman (editor) ,

Book cover of A Few Good Elves
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered
Loved by 1 person

Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

By Jon Tetsuro Sumida ,

Book cover of Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...
Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
Loved by 1 person

Black Jacks

By W. Jeffrey Bolster ,

Book cover of Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
  • Read a chapter
  • Amazon
    • Bookshop.org
Loading book...

Loading book loading book...
Loading book...

Copyright © 2026 - Bookdna.com

NLP Powered By Wikifier.org

Shepherd is a participant in the Bookshop.org and Amazon Associate Affiliate Programs. As a participant, we may earn from qualifying purchases made on those sites.

Discover
  • Discover The Best Books
  • Follow Our Development
About
  • Our Story
  • For Authors
  • Media Inquiries
  • Contact Us
  • Become Founding Member
  • Donate
Legal
  • Affiliate Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Website Disclosure

Login

Create Account

Continue with Google

or

Forgot Password?
Continue with Google

or