Best Books on Oceans

The deep, the reef and everything that swims between. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the oceans documentaries.

1. The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson - View on Amazon
2. Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols - View on Amazon
3. Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller - View on Amazon
5. Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo - View on Amazon
6. The Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey - View on Amazon
7. Demon Fish by Juliet Eilperin - View on Amazon
8. Four Fish by Paul Greenberg - View on Amazon
9. The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson - View on Amazon
10. Eels by James Prosek - View on Amazon
11. Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson - View on Amazon
12. Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs - View on Amazon
13. Moby-Duck by Donovan Hohn - View on Amazon
14. How to Speak Whale by Tom Mustill - View on Amazon
15. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (4/5) - View on Amazon
16. Voices in the Ocean by Susan Casey - View on Amazon
17. The Dolphin in the Mirror by Diana Reiss - View on Amazon
18. Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell - View on Amazon
19. The Great Barrier Reef by Iain McCalman - View on Amazon
20. Coral Reefs by Charles Sheppard - View on Amazon
21. The Windward Road by Archie Fairly Carr - View on Amazon
22. Voyage of the Turtle by Carl Safina - View on Amazon
23. Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
24. Spineless by Juli Berwald - View on Amazon

Best Books on Sharks & Rays

1. Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo - View on Amazon
2. The Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey - View on Amazon
3. Demon Fish by Juliet Eilperin - View on Amazon
4. Four Fish by Paul Greenberg - View on Amazon
5. The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson - View on Amazon
6. Eels by James Prosek - View on Amazon

Best Books on Whales, Dolphins & Seals

1. Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson - View on Amazon
2. Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs - View on Amazon
3. Moby-Duck by Donovan Hohn - View on Amazon
4. How to Speak Whale by Tom Mustill - View on Amazon
5. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (4/5) - View on Amazon
6. Voices in the Ocean by Susan Casey - View on Amazon
7. The Dolphin in the Mirror by Diana Reiss - View on Amazon
8. Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell - View on Amazon

Best Books on Reefs & Shallow Seas

1. The Great Barrier Reef by Iain McCalman - View on Amazon
2. Coral Reefs by Charles Sheppard - View on Amazon
3. The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson - View on Amazon
4. The Windward Road by Archie Fairly Carr - View on Amazon
5. Voyage of the Turtle by Carl Safina - View on Amazon
6. Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
7. Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
8. Spineless by Juli Berwald - View on Amazon

Best Books on The Deep

1. The Deep by Claire Nouvian - View on Amazon
2. The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales - View on Amazon
3. Below the Edge of Darkness by Edith Widder - View on Amazon
4. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson - View on Amazon
6. The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina - View on Amazon
7. The Silent World by Jacques Yves Cousteau - View on Amazon
8. Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols - View on Amazon

Best Books on Shipwrecks & Seafaring

1. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (4/5) - View on Amazon
4. Endurance by Alfred Lansing (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
5. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord - View on Amazon
6. Titanic by Robert D. Ballard - View on Amazon
7. The Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard - View on Amazon
8. Unsinkable by Daniel Allen Butler - View on Amazon

Best Books on Oceans in Trouble

1. Four Fish by Paul Greenberg - View on Amazon
2. The End of the Line by Charles Clover - View on Amazon
3. Cod by Mark Kurlansky (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina - View on Amazon
5. Moby-Duck by Donovan Hohn - View on Amazon
6. Plastic Ocean by Charles Moore - View on Amazon
7. Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs - View on Amazon
8. The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell - View on Amazon