A community read event is an effort to get the whole community reading a related topic at the same time.
This year, we're going to be reading and learning all about pirates, piracy and privateering! Throughout history, legends of pirates created fantastical stories and have inspired numerous characters and works of fiction. The lure of treasure and bounty helped create pirate lore. We've put together a list of pirate-themed books for all ages to enjoy, both fiction and non-fiction. We'll be reading throughout the months of January, February and March, which gives you plenty of time to walk the plank, dive in and read!
Click the jewel below to get to our online form to tell us which pirate books you've read. You can use this form more than once so add to your checklist as you go! Which titles will win the most popular for Children's, YA and Adult? It's up to you, NP!
EASY PICTURE BOOK TITLES
Peter Pan. Disney. E Dis
Eat Pete. Rex, Michael. E Rex
Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates. Prince, April Jones. E Pri
Robinson. Sis, Peter. E Sis
The Pirate Jamboree. Teague, Mark. E Tea
Captain Jack and the Pirates. Bently, Peter. E Ben
The Word Pirates. Cooper, Susan. E Coo
We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt. DiPucchio, Kelly. E Dip
Pirate Bob. Lasky, Kathryn. E Las
Pirates, ho! Thomson, Sarah L. E Tho
JUVENILE FICTION TITLES
The Pirate Captain’s Daughter. Bunting, Eve. JUV FIC Bun
Emily Winsnap and the Pirate Prince. Kessler, Liz. JUV FIC Kes
Swap! Light, Steve. JUV FIC Lig
Gasparilla’s Gold. Markle, Sandra. JUV FIC Mar
Amelia Bedelia Digs In. Parish, Herman. JUV FIC Par
Vampirates (series) Somper, Justin. JUV FIC Som
Treasure Island. Stevenson, Robert Louis. JUV FIC Ste
JUVENILE NONFICTION TITLES
The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon: & 101 Other Things for Young Mariners to Build, Try & Do on the Water. Seidman, David JUV 797.083 Sei
A Pirate’s Life for She: Swashbuckling Women Through the Ages. Duncombe, Laura Sook. JUV 910.4 Dun
Shiver Me Timbers: Pirate Poems and Paintings. Florian, Douglas JUV 910.45 Flo
Pirate. Lock, Deborah. JUV 910.45 Loc
The Barbarossa Brothers and Pirates of the Mediterranean. Malam, John. JUV 910.45 Mal
Pirates. Matthews, John. JUV 910.45 Mat
Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World. Yolen, Jane. JUV 910.45 Yol
The Tripolitan War, 1801-1805: America Meets the Menace of the Barbary Pirates. Castor, Henry. JUV 973.47 Cas
YOUNG ADULT FICTION TITLES
Beauty Queens. Bray, Libba. YA FIC Bra
The Pirates of Turtle Rock. Jennings, Richard W. YA FIC Jen
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. Lee, Mackenzi. YA FIC Lee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy. Lee, Mackenzi. YA FIC Lee
The Assassin’s Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas. Maas, Sarah J. YA FIC Maa
Cybelle’s Secret. Marillier, Juliet. YA FIC Mar
Seeker. Nicholson, William. YA FIC Nic
Captain Blood. Sabatini, Rafael. YA FIC Sab
TimeRiders: The Pirate Kings. Scarrow, Alex. YA FIC Sca
Pacifica. Simmons, Kristen. YA Fic Sim
The Soul Keepers. Taylor, Devon. YA FIC Tay
The Ghost Seekers, Taylor, Devon. YA FIC Tay
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION TITLES
The Sea Rovers: Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers. Marrin, Albert. YA 920 Mar
Women of the Renaissance. Thomson, Melissa. YA 940.21 Tho
ADULT FICTION TITLES
Hawke. Bell, Ted. FIC Bel
The Jefferson Key. Berry, Steve. FIC Ber
Cinnamon and Gunpowder. Brown, Eli. FIC Bro
Pirate Latitudes. Crichton, Michael. FIC Cri
Dark Watch. Cussler, Clive. FIC Cus
Hazardous Duty. Griffin, W.E.B. FIC Gri
The Tenth Gift. Johnson, Jane. FIC Joh
Djibouti. Leonard, Elmore. FIC Leo
Captive of My Desires. Lindsey, Johanna. FIC Lin
Love Over Scotland. McCall Smith, Alexander. FIC Mcca
The Midwife of Venice. Rich, Roberta. FIC Ric
Riptide. Rimington, Stella. FIC Rim
Those in Peril. Smith, Wilbur. FIC Smi
The Confusion. Stephenson, Neal. FIC Ste
ADULT NONFICTION TITLES
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast. Moore, Michael Scott. 364.15 Moo
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier. Urbina, Ian. 639.2 Urb (on new shelf)
The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World. Bahadur, Jay. 910.45 Bah
The Pirates’ Pact: The Secret Alliances Between History’s Most Notorious Buccaneers... Burgess, Douglas. 910.45 Bur
Seized : a Sea Captain's Adventures Battling Scoundrels and Pirates. Hardberger, Max 910.45 Har
Terror on the Seas : True Tales of Modern-Day Pirates. Sekulich, Daniel. 910.45 Sek
Pirate Hunters : Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship. Kurson, Robert. 910.9163 Kur
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and... Talty, Stephan. 972.904 Tal
Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution. Patton, Robert H. 973.35 Pat
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests, and Captivity in the Seventeenth-century Mediterranean. Tinniswood, Adrian 973.45 Tin
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates : the Forgotten War that Changed American History. Kilmeade, Brian. 973.46092 Kil
The Barbary Wars : American Independence in the Atlantic World. Lambert, Frank. 973.47 Lam
Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans. Groom, Winston. 973.523 Gro
