Avast ye, me hearties! Splice the mainbrace and pull up a barrel, for there are things landlubbers don’t understand. The pull of the sea, the tug of a sail like heartstring, the camaraderie among sea-faring folk. And ah yes, the roiling tempests, the moral (and mortal) reckonings, the dark and murderous mayhem. To say nothing of the world beneath the waves…

Lovely and lethal, the open ocean—and its measureless depths—is the site of mighty tales. Check out these nautical audiobook adventures of the high seas…and learn the enthralling lives of those who sail above and swim below the waves.