Recommended Reading

The Best Pirate Books Ever Written

Here’s a list of some of the best pirate books ever written. We have primary sources, some of the best comprehensive modern histories available, and a breakdown of deep dive histories from each era of the Golden Age of Piracy. And a few niche, academic works for the real pirate nerds out there.

Contemporary Classic History

Modern Must Read History

The Gentleman Adventurers : 1492 – 1588

The Buccaneers : 1655 – 1688

Pirates of the Round : 1688 – 1709

The Pirate Republic : 1715 – 1723

Outside the Golden Age

Fiction

Bad History but Fun Reading