A trio of swashbuckling pirate tales

From Treasure Island to Peter Pan, pirates have long been a feature of some of the best-loved adventure novels. Here are a few more pirate books that are sure to give you a taste of the adventures of the high seas.

Hook's Tale by John Leonard Pielmeier

Pielmeier takes the infamous character of Captain Hook from the Peter Pan story penned by JM Barrie as his inspiration for this tale. Hook’s Tale is written as a memoir of the pirate captain who was the scourge of Peter and the Lost Boys. It delves deep into his history, acting as a kind of origin story for the notoriously one-handed pirate. Funny, adventurous and even enchanting, this is a well-observed fresh take on a well-established character.

Magic of Blood and Sea by Cassandra Rose Clarke

This has many of the stock traits of a rip-roaring pirate story – feuding bands of pirates, a race across the sea and a mystical curse. The twist is that the central figure is pirate princess Ananna. When her family arranges for her to be married off to another pirate, the fiercely independent Ananna is having none of it. She abandons ships and when an assassin is sent after her by the rival clan, she unleashes a curse that threatens them all. Can she reverse in time with the help of her would-be assassin?

The Scar by China Mieville

A journey to a new land by a group of colonists is blown off course by a floating pirate city. The travellers themselves are drawn from very different parts of society who soon find that they have different ways of reacting to their new situation.

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Best Books With Gripping Adventure Story Written by Women

Reading adventure stories promotes your psychological and intellectual growth. It also develops your mental stability. With that in mind, here are the best adventure books by women.

Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening

When she was 25, Captain Liz Clark was climbing the mast of her sailboat, which is 40-foot, Swell. It was steered from Mexico and beyond. The captain is still transversing the seas as a model of carpe diem and a fierce environmental steward after a decade and 20,000 miles later. Throughout the captain's vividly narrated story, which is mostly a solo voyage with intoxicating bravery, you will feel the urge to venture into crazy things like planning a mother-daughter trip.

Rough Magic: Riding The World's Loneliest Race

This memoir on how to overcome considerable odds, is an instant classic by Lara Prior-Palmer, a 23-year-old British au pair-turned-champion equestrian rider, who wins the world's most robust and longest horse race, the Mongol Derby, at the age of 19. You are reminded that no matter how many times we fall, we should never give up, and we have what it takes to stay upright.

Lands of Lost Borders - Kate Harris

Explorer Harris lures as she makes the open road irresistible. The book follows Harris and her childhood friend Mel Yule on a bike-packing adventure that goes for ten months through 10 countries. The childlike awe of Harris will electrify the page while awakening your tech-weary soul until you lose track of time. The intriguing journey will keep your cortisol spiking and heart breathing as you feel every word.

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