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Fictional series or collections.
Series have protagonists that recur over the course of several novels; collections share an author or
topic.
Sea Room maintains an inventory of the
following lists using US publishers and imports. Some titles have multiple
formats: Hardback and paperback, of course, but also "tradebook," about 5.5
x 8.5; imported paperback, about 6x9; and mass-market paperback, about 5x6.
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 Kenneth
Roberts*
A writer from the 40s who told the Loyalist's side
of the American Revolutionary War |
 Richard
Woodman*
Rivals Kent for his stories of the Royal Navy in
Nelson's time. |
 Alexander
Kent*
A continuing series covering Bolitho from
Midshipman to his rise to admiral. |
 Showell
Styles*
Four Complete Novels in one Cover. Young
Adult books from the 60's, entertaining, authentic, and the same
period as POB and Hornblower. |
 Joseph
Conrad. Perhaps the greatest nautical writer
but work extends beyond the Age of Sail. |
 David
Donachie
Mystery stories about the Age of Sail. Brings
you to authentic, exotic locales. |
 Patrick
O'Brian
POB was the inspiration for Sea Room. Unknown
but outstanding. We'll be selling his books for many more years. |
 James
L. NelsonOne of the
best current writers with three different series active. |
 Wilder
Perkins
An unusual Naval Officer with a strange disability
and unique career based on his unique talents. And Jane
Austen. |
C. S. Forester
Everyone's favorite, Horatio Hornblower, who has
read
 has
had read Hornblower stories earlier. |
 Dewey
Lambdin
Alan Lewrie is an imperfect man in a extremely
readable series. Alan rises through several classes of
vessels and you learn much about them. |
 Capt.
F. Marryat
Not historical novels. Marryat served with
Nelson and wrote these sea novels for an audience contempory to
Nelson, Austen, and others. Not a series since each book has
new characters but all reek of the sea. |
 Arthur
Ransome
The most popular "read-aloud" book about sail.
For children and adults |
Dudley Pope
Another chance to watch a rise from Midshipman to
Admiral. Ranks with Woodman and Kent. Pope, an
historian, knows his ships and his period. |
 Victor
Suthren |
Ronald Wanttaja
A contemporary writer of especially good Young Adult books. |
Young Adult and Children's Books by
several authors. |
Julian Stockwin
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| Tom Connery |
William White
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Jan Needle |