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CRRL Picks: Pleasing Pirate Fiction

A selection of adult pirate fiction featuring a healthy dose of adventure, romance, and peril on the high seas.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library

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  • A grown woman named Stella Parrish finds a way to enter the mystical Neverland--something that is not allowed by Pan and his "never-grow-up" rule. When Captain Hook discovers Stella, he realizes that he could finally reach redemption and…
    BookNew York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014. — FICTION Jen
  • The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure

    Classic Tales of Dashing Heroes, Dastardly Villains, and Daring Escapes

    Swashbuckling tales of the high seas and savvy pirates written by popular authors such as Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), and Pierce Egan the Younger (Robin Hood).
    BookNew York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014. — FICTION Big
  • Well-known chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by Mad Hannah Mabbot, a cruel, yet beautiful pirate. If he can create a meal every Sunday out of the supplies on her ship the Mad rose, his life will be spared. After his fear begins to…
    BookNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. — FICTION Bro
  • Devyl Bane is a dead pirate warlord from long ago and has recently returned to the land of the living. His goal: take the Deadman crew (a strong fleet of walking dead pirates) and close the gates of Hell, which are wearing thin between the…
    BookNew York : Tor, 2017. — FICTION Ken
  • Hook's Tale

    Being the Account of An Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself

    Pielmeier, John
    J.M. Barrie got it all wrong. Captain Hook wasn't always the vicious pirate he's described to be--in fact, he even learned to fly, thanks to Peter Pan. His first love was the beautiful Tiger Lily. He got along with all of the mermaids of…
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2017. — FICTION Pie
  • Princess Clarice of Swansgaard is determined to find her own fortune. Disguising herself as a male sailor, she jumps on board a ship to the New World. When the crew rebels against the cruel captain, she takes sides with the handsome…
    BookNew York : Tor, 2014. — FICTION Lac
  • Husband and wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo discover a dead body in a local bookstore, which apparently contained a rare treasure map to an epic fortune. Now, the treasure map is missing. When they decide to take up the hunt for…
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016. — FICTION Cus
  • The Pirates!

    in An Adventure With Scientists

    Defoe, Gideon
    The immortal Pirate Lord is worried about his crew--are they getting bored pillaging ships and courting pretty ladies? The Pirate Lord calls for a treasure hunt. After setting sail for an adventure of a lifetime, he accidentally attacks…
    BookNew York : Pantheon Books, [2004], ©2004. — FICTION Def
  • The Shores of Tripoli

    Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates

    Haley, James L.
    After a serious threat from pirates on the high seas, President Thomas Jefferson brings together a strong-willed a strong-willed navy to keep American citizens safe overseas. Bilven Putnam, the great-nephew of Revolutionary War hero Israel…
    BookNew York, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016. — FICTION Hal
  • In 1706, American colonists have discovered a source of wealth on the seas to supplement their financial struggles. Former pirate Thomas Marlowe is determined to find a way to plunder the treasures of the Mogul of India via the Indian…
    BookNew York : Perennial, 2003. — FICTION Nel