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On The High Seas

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Homebound

A Novel

by Portia Elan

Hardcover: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Five interlocking lives. One beloved story. A dazzling adventure across centuries and continents in search of the things that hold us together.

American Fantasy

A Novel

by Emma Straub

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you're already an adult.

Isola

A Novel

by Allegra Goodman

Hardcover: Feb 2025 | Paperback: Dec 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga, an epic story of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam.

Saltcrop

A Novel

by Yume Kitasei

Hardcover: Sep 2025 | Paperback: Sep 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister―and Earth's environmental salvation.

Nicked

A Novel

by M.T. Anderson

Hardcover: Jul 2024 | Paperback: Jul 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint

The Wide Wide Sea

Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

by Hampton Sides

Hardcover: Apr 2024 | Paperback: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this ...

Move Like Water

My Story of the Sea

by Hannah Stowe

Hardcover: Sep 2023 | Paperback: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A book to sweep you away from the shore, into a wild world of water, whale, storm, and starlight— to experience what it's like to sail for weeks at a time with life set to a new rhythm.

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

A Novel

by Briony Cameron

Hardcover: Jun 2024 | Paperback: May 2025

Critics' Consensus:

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.

The Wager

A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by David Grann

Hardcover: Apr 2023 | Paperback: Feb 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Winner: BookBrowse Nonfiction Award 2023

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The ...

Wild and Distant Seas

A Novel

by Tara Karr Roberts

Hardcover: Jan 2024 | Paperback: Jan 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures.

The Oceans and the Stars

A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story (A Novel)

by Mark Helprin

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Oct 2024

Critics' Consensus:

Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of ...

The Blue Machine

How the Ocean Works

by Helen Czerski

Hardcover: Oct 2023 | Paperback: Sep 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A scientist's exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean's systems—and why it matters.

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