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If you loved Pirates by John Matthews, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft, Military & Wars, Transportation, and Juvenile Nonfiction.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

I Escaped The World’s Deadliest Shark Attack The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, WW2, I Escaped Book 3 — Scott Peters

I Escaped The World’s Deadliest Shark Attack The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, WW2, I Escaped Book 3

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Submarines — Sydelle Kramer

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Landed Victory in World War II — Nancy Rust

Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Landed Victory in World War II

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Abandon Ship! The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia — Michael J. Tougias

Abandon Ship! The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia

Michael J. Tougias

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Sugar Changed the World A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science — Marc Aronson

Sugar Changed the World A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

The Port Chicago 50 Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights — Steve Sheinkin

The Port Chicago 50 Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Torpedoed The True Story of the World War II Sinking of “The Children’s Ship” — Deborah Heiligman

Torpedoed The True Story of the World War II Sinking of “The Children’s Ship&#8221

Deborah Heiligman

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific — Deborah Hopkinson

Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific

Deborah Hopkinson

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Battleships — Michael Green

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves — L. M. Elliott

Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves — L. M. Elliott

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

Left for Dead A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis — Peter Nelson

Left for Dead A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

September 17 A Novel — Amanda West Lewis

September 17 A Novel

Amanda West Lewis

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

The Boy Allies Under the Sea — Robert L. Drake

The Boy Allies Under the Sea

Robert L. Drake

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Military & Wars • Transportation

The Titanic for Kids The English Learning Tree — Keith Goodman

The Titanic for Kids The English Learning Tree

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

History Smashers: The Titanic — Kate Messner

History Smashers: The Titanic

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Titanic Coloring Book for Kids 30 Coloring Activities to Learn About the Titanic — Rockridge Press

Titanic Coloring Book for Kids 30 Coloring Activities to Learn About the Titanic

Rockridge Press

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Revenge of the Whale The True Story of the Whaleship Essex — Nathaniel Philbrick

Revenge of the Whale The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Ten of the Best Adventures on the Seas — David West

Ten of the Best Adventures on the Seas

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Titanic A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic — Will Osborne

Titanic A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Finest Hours (Chapter Book) The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue — Michael J. Tougias

The Finest Hours (Chapter Book) The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue

Michael J. Tougias

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex A Narrative Account — Owen Chase

The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex A Narrative Account

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Boating Book for Boys A Guide to Motor Boating, Sailing, Canoeing and Rowing — Charles Gerard Davis

Boating Book for Boys A Guide to Motor Boating, Sailing, Canoeing and Rowing

Charles Gerard Davis

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Great Ships on the Great Lakes A Maritime History — Cathy Green

Great Ships on the Great Lakes A Maritime History

Themes: Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft • Transportation • Juvenile Nonfiction

Fans of Pirates by John Matthews will find 24 titles here, all united by Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft, Military & Wars, Transportation. Authors represented include Scott Peters, Sydelle Kramer, Nancy Rust, Michael J. Tougias, and others.

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