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Books like Taking on the World

If you loved Taking on the World by Ellen MacArthur, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Sailing, Water Sports, Sports, and Sports & Recreation.

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Top related books to Taking on the World

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Race Against Time — Ellen MacArthur

Race Against Time

Ellen MacArthur

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Gary Jobson An American Sailing Story — Gary Jobson

Gary Jobson An American Sailing Story

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Catalina Summer Sketches of the Past — Gil Lefebvre

Catalina Summer Sketches of the Past

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Offshore High Steve and Doris Colgate and Offshore Sailing School — Herb McCormick

Offshore High Steve and Doris Colgate and Offshore Sailing School

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Second Wind A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together — Nathaniel Philbrick

Second Wind A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together

Nathaniel Philbrick

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

The First Indian The First Indian Solo Circumnavigation Under Sail — Dilip Donde

The First Indian The First Indian Solo Circumnavigation Under Sail

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

In Bed with the Atlantic — Kitiara Pascoe

In Bed with the Atlantic

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Sailing the Dream — Mike Perham

Sailing the Dream

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Catamaran Crossing A Sailing Adventure from La Coruña to Antigua — Douglas Carl Fricke

Catamaran Crossing A Sailing Adventure from La Coruña to Antigua

Douglas Carl Fricke

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

All for a Few Perfect Waves The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora — David Rensin

All for a Few Perfect Waves The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Speed Kills Who killed the Cigarette Boat King, the fastest man on the seas? — Arthur Jay Harris

Speed Kills Who killed the Cigarette Boat King, the fastest man on the seas?

Arthur Jay Harris

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Force of Nature — Robin Knox-Johnston

Force of Nature

Robin Knox-Johnston

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Racundra’s Third Cruise — Arthur Ransome

Racundra’s Third Cruise

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Confessions Yachtsmen Own Up to Their Sailing Sins — Paul Gelder

Confessions Yachtsmen Own Up to Their Sailing Sins

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew — Lin Pardey

Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports

Kihivas Alone at the Ends of the Earth — István Kopár

Kihivas Alone at the Ends of the Earth

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Kijana The Real Story — Jesse Martin

Kijana The Real Story

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

In a Cloud of Sails Canada’s Forgotten Lady of the Sea — George Opacic

In a Cloud of Sails Canada’s Forgotten Lady of the Sea

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

My Old Man and the Sea — David Hays

My Old Man and the Sea

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Following the Setting Sun A Multiyear Sailing Voyage Around the World — Kirk Hall

Following the Setting Sun A Multiyear Sailing Voyage Around the World

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Voyages to Windward Sailing Adventures on Vancouver Island’s West Coast — Elsie Hulsizer

Voyages to Windward Sailing Adventures on Vancouver Island’s West Coast

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Coasting Bargemaster — Bob Roberts

Coasting Bargemaster

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Shackleton’s Boat Journey — Frank Arthur Worsley

Shackleton’s Boat Journey

Frank Arthur Worsley

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

Living in the Lap of the Gods — LYNN. ROACH

Living in the Lap of the Gods

Themes: Sailing • Water Sports • Sports & Recreation

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Taking on the World by Ellen MacArthur. Connected by Sailing, Water Sports, Sports. Authors featured include Ellen MacArthur, Gary Jobson, Gil Lefebvre, Herb McCormick, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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