Our Flag Means Death Readalikes

Did you watch Our Flag Means Death 4 times through already? Desperately waiting to see what happens with Stede and Edward? Here's some books to help hold you over until the good ship Season Two pulls into port!

Updated December 5, 2023
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Born to be hanged : the epic story of the gentlemen pirates who raided the South Seas, rescued a princess, and stole a fortune
Thomson, Keith
Paper Book
The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than three hundred daring, hardened pirates-a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers-gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities,...
In deeper waters
Lukens, F. T.
Paper Book
"A frothy confection of sea-foam, young love, and derring-do." --NPR From the New York Times bestselling author of So This Is Ever After, a young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this...
The bloody black flag : a Spider John mystery
Goble, Steve
Paper Book
Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate. 1722-aboard a pirate ship off the American Colonial Coast. Spider John Rush never wanted to be a pirate, but it had happened and he'd...
The unbinding of Mary Reade
McNamara, Miriam
Paper Book
A clever, romantic novel based on the true story of a girl who disguised herself as a boy to sail with the infamous pirates Anne Bonny and Calico Jack--and fell in love with Anne Bonny. There's no place for a girl in Mary's world. Not in the home of her mum, desperately drunk and...
The mermaid, the witch, and the sea
Tokuda-Hall, Maggie
Paper Book
In a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic, a desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial lady find a connection on the high seas. The pirate Florian, born Flora, has always done whatever it takes to survive--including sailing under false flag on the...
Peter Darling
Chant, Austin
Paper Book
Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is.But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed: the...
Prudence
Carriger, Gail.
Paper Book
From NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a witty adventure about a young woman with rare supernatural abilities travels to India for a spot of tea and adventure and finds she's bitten off more than she can chew. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her...
Cinnamon and gunpowder
Brown, Eli
Paper Book
A gripping adventure, a seaborne romance, and a twist on the tale of Scheherazade--with the best food ever served aboard a pirate's ship The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot. He will be spared,...
A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Pirates
Johnson, Captain Charles.
Paper Book
A thrilling collection of accounts including from all over Great Britain, featuring fantastically detailed contemporary images from the 1724 publication  First published in 1724 following a marked increase in pirate attacks on the Spanish Main and the...

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