78 books — for every stage of your Loop journey
What to Look for, Ship-watching Destinations, Ports, Whistles and More...
A practical, fascinating guide to identifying and understanding the ships you'll see on the Great Lakes — a favorite while...
Monster Hunter Mysteries Book 1
A mystery set in Door County, Wisconsin — a bookstore owner who hunts cryptids teams up with the police chief...
A multigenerational saga of a Florida frontier family spanning from the Civil War era to the 1960s, following the MacIveys...
6000 miles in 5 months aboard a borrowed 26' boat...
Australian author Derrick Baan fulfills a thirty-year dream by completing America's Great Loop in a borrowed 26-foot boat, telling the...
A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake
An intimate portrait of three years spent on Smith Island — a marshy archipelago in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay — and...
A beloved classic celebrating resilience, friendship, and the beauty of Prince Edward Island — a delightful companion for your Canada...
Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe
A family's nine-month journey across China, New Zealand, and beyond — exploring what it truly means to feel at home...
A wicked Florida Keys comedy-thriller from Carl Hiaasen — disgraced detective Andrew Yancy has a severed arm in his freezer...
A firsthand account of the USS Wisconsin's deployment from Norfolk, Virginia during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
A practical field guide to the plants, fish, birds, and invertebrates of the Gulf Coast -- the kind of book...
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A memoir about the healing and transformative power of water — and the courage it takes to answer its call....
4th Edition
The definitive comprehensive guide to boat electrical systems, engines, electronics, and repairs — a must-have for novice and experienced sailors...
Documents the skipjack's storied role in the Chesapeake Bay oyster dredging industry — best read near Deltaville, Virginia.
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One Woman's Great Loop Adventure
A bold, honest memoir about a woman who decided not to wait for retirement to live her dream of cruising...
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How Two Disenchanted People Traveled the Great Loop for Nine...
The story of two people who traded their everyday lives for nine months on America's Great Loop — and came...
A Dream Quest Adventure
In 1836, an eleven-year-old New York farm girl travels the Erie Canal westward — a vivid picture of early canal...
Artfully Cruising the Rivers and Canals of North America
James and Jill Iverson recount their year-long Great Loop journey with Jill's sketch journal illustrations woven throughout, making this one...
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An Adventure of Boating on North America's Great Loop
John Gray traces his Great Loop journey through the backyard waterways of America, from rivers and canals to the communities...
Anna Pigeon Mysteries Book 11
Book 11 of the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series — a thriller set at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas.
Frog Finds Friends on the Great Loop
A chapter book following Frog, a curious traveler aboard the boat Sanctuary, as he navigates America's Great Loop with a...
A Newbery Honor novel set in 1933 Key West — follow Beans as he navigates family, neighborhood antics, and small-town...
A thorough history of Great Lakes shipwrecks from the seventeenth century to the present, covering the storms, the vessels, the...
A Newbery Honor survival story set in the Canadian wilderness — a perfect companion for the Georgian Bay and North...
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A Cruising Adventure of America's Great Loop
A beloved Great Loop classic — the story of a couple who traded life on land for life on the...
A Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller — new kid Roy moves to Florida and stumbles into...
Navigating the treacherous waters of the cruising dream with your...
Heartfelt stories and hard-won experiences to help you navigate the search and purchase of your yacht while keeping your sanity...
A Newbery Medal coming-of-age novel set on a small Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s — strong independent reading...
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Thirty-five chapters from women who have traveled America's Great Loop — offering guidance, humor, and honest reflections on the journey....
The Risks and Rewards of Raising a Family on a...
A memoir about one family's journey from suburban Atlanta to distant islands — exploring the trade-offs of prioritizing experience over...
Anna Pigeon Mysteries Book 7
Book 7 of the Anna Pigeon Mystery Series — a thriller set at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island....
Mark Twain's memoir of his years as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River — part autobiography, part travel book,...
Heroes, Haunts & Havoc on the Great Lakes
Completely factual short and long stories of shipwrecks, courage, and Great Lakes lore — something for everyone on the lakes....
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This fun activity journal features 100 playful prompts for drawing, coloring, and capturing each day’s memories—from weather and location to...
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the...
The story of John Harrison, an eighteenth-century clockmaker who spent forty years building the first marine chronometer precise enough to...
Mariners' Guide to VHF Radio (Escape Series)
A clear, practical guide to using your VHF radio confidently — perfect for anyone new to boat communications.
An adventure story beginning at Fort Detroit and continuing to Fort Michilimackinac — best started as you pass between Lake...
A Savannah Story
A New York Times bestseller for a record 216 weeks — John Berendt's immersive portrait of Savannah, Georgia, woven around...
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A Young Explorer's Great Loop Journal
A journal with 125 prompts for older elementary kids to capture weather, wildlife, feelings, and memories along the Great Loop....
A Newbery Honor adventure about a boy who runs away to live alone in the Catskill Mountains — perfect for...
Four women who met at a South Carolina college reunite on the North Carolina Outer Banks thirty years later, where...
The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure
Don Starkell and his son paddled a canoe from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the mouth of the Amazon River -- a...
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How to Set Up and Thrive While Working from a...
A practical guide to keeping your career afloat while cruising the Great Loop — from boat office setup to staying...
A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River
A naturalist's journey down Florida's longest river — part adventure narrative, part love letter to a waterway most people have...
A National Book Award-winning novel set in the twelve days before Hurricane Katrina hits a poor Black family in rural...
Terrifying Talons
Get up close with the world's most skilled hunters — eagles, vultures, and more — in a fun graphic novel...
Engineering Masterpieces
Follow four friends across every type of bridge — beam, arch, truss, and suspension — through history and cultures worldwide....
Cities of the Ocean
A colorful, humor-filled nonfiction graphic novel about coral reefs — their biology, their extraordinary inhabitants, and why they matter —...
Nature's Perfect Hunter
A nonfiction graphic novel covering 400 million years of shark evolution, biology, and behavior — from hammerheads and great whites...
Diving into the Unknown
A graphic novel following Zip, an enthusiastic beaked whale, as he travels the global ocean hosting his own undersea podcast...
Storms, Meteorology, and Climate
A nonfiction graphic novel about weather, meteorology, and climate, told through grumpy TV meteorologist Stormin' Norman Weatherby as he attempts...
Reflections on Sailing the Great Loop
Adrian Martin sailed the Great Loop with his family and wrote about it with the kind of honesty that makes...
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A memoir of an unhurried Great Loop for those who want to savor every mile.
How to store food and cook great homecooked meals without (or with a very small) fridge — essential for boat...
A classic coming-of-age tale set along the Mississippi River — the perfect read while cruising the river system.
PICTURE BOOK
The story of how De Witt Clinton's dream of connecting the Hudson River to the Great Lakes was finally realized...
The definitive cookbook for boat cooking — smaller spaces, limited refrigeration, and smarter provisioning for life on the water.
An adventurous wife and a reluctant husband trade dry land for America's waterways, discovering along the way that the Great...
From Concept to Completion A Practical Guide for Planning, Preparing...
A comprehensive planning guide covering finances, insurance, boat selection, route planning, and every practical detail of the Loop.
Cruising America's Great Loop
A big, indispensable reference guide for planning and navigating the Great Loop — especially invaluable in the river system.
Pat Conroy's searing novel about a young cadet at a fictional South Carolina military college, set in 1960s Charleston, where...
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #18
Nancy Drew heads to Florida’s Space Coast in this thrilling mystery where wild animals, a moss-covered mansion, and sabotage intersect....
A Boat Owner’s Guide to Marine Sanitation Systems and Other...
The ultimate resource for solving boat odor problems — addresses sources rather than masking them.
The life-and-death struggle to harvest Chesapeake Bay oysters in the decades after the Civil War — a compelling piece of...
Rachel Carson's National Book Award-winning classic — a poetic and scientifically rich exploration of the ocean's origins, its hidden geography,...
A True Story
A murder mystery set at Solomons Island, Maryland — woven through with Chesapeake Bay watermen's history.
A compelling Newbery Medal novel about colonial life — resilience, prejudice, and growth as protagonist Kit navigates a rigid society....
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Journaling Your Great Loop Adventure
A 6x9 journal with 175 prompts for capturing every detail of your Great Loop adventure — from anchorages to encounters....
A Newbery Honor novel set in 1935 Key West — smart, tough 11-year-old Turtle arrives in the Florida Keys to...
A powerful story of a young enslaved girl's dangerous journey from Virginia to freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad....
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A Teen's Great Loop Travel Journal
A 6x9 journal with 130 creative prompts designed for teens navigating the Great Loop — for capturing memories, reflections, and...
A Guide to Family Life Afloat
A comprehensive, honest guide to moving your family onto a boat — covering safety, education, boat selection, and the reality...
An informative young readers' book about the history and facts behind the Statue of Liberty — perfect to read as...
A kid-friendly introduction to Ellis Island and the immigrant experience — perfect for curious young Loopers approaching New York City....
Explores the Mississippi River's history, significance in American culture, and the diverse ecosystems along its 2,350-mile path.
An accessible biography of the man behind Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn — his time on the Mississippi, his humor,...
A #1 New York Times bestselling middle grade adventure set in 1900 in the Great Smoky Mountains — a young...
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