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Books With Water Words in the Title

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1

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,057 members

377 reviews

4

5 Members: Aquila, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bridgetannie

2

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

18,556 members

255 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bridgetannie

3

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

14,940 members

966 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, bridgetannie

4

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,315 members

103 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963

5

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,700 members

67 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963

6

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,614 members

139 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Aquila, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Water for Elephants

28,972 members

1,184 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963, bridgetannie

8

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

11,191 members

209 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,516 members

255 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Madeleine L'Engle

8,089 members

64 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Aquila, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Light Between Oceans

by M. L. Stedman

7,374 members

509 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, elkiedee, ahef1963

12

The Prince of Tides

5,840 members

110 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

2,522 members

161 reviews

4

3 Members: Bookmarque, dara85, ahef1963

14

The Lake of Dead Languages

by Carol Goodman

1,888 members

64 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Bookmarque, dara85, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Stolen Lake

541 members

13 reviews

4

3 Members: Aquila, merrystar, elkiedee

16

The Sea of Monsters

by Rick Riordan

23,043 members

472 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

11,914 members

257 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, bridgetannie

18

Red Storm Rising

6,596 members

59 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, bridgetannie

19

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

6,414 members

169 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

20

The House in the Cerulean Sea

6,352 members

331 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

6,095 members

374 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, bridgetannie

22

by Paula Hawkins

4,695 members

216 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

23

The Lady in the Lake

by Raymond Chandler

3,331 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: Bookmarque, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Pool of Fire

by John Christopher

1,638 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Aquila, ManWithAnAgenda

25

We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

by Arthur Ransome

1,009 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Aquila, elkiedee

26

Lady in the Lake

by Laura Lippman

906 members

55 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

27

by Arthur Ransome

828 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Aquila, elkiedee

28

Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go

by George P. Pelecanos

284 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, elkiedee

29

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

30,881 members

508 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

30

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

17,786 members

684 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

31

The Art of Racing in the Rain

10,140 members

593 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

32

The Year of the Flood

by Margaret Atwood

7,332 members

363 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

33

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

6,157 members

115 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Dennis Lehane

5,914 members

138 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

35

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

5,107 members

204 reviews

3.9

Member: bridgetannie

36

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

4,719 members

92 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

37

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

3,588 members

95 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

38

by James Patterson

3,583 members

44 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

39

Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel

3,260 members

165 reviews

4

Member: Aquila

40

by Amitav Ghosh

3,107 members

151 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

41

by Robert Morgan

2,888 members

55 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

42

The Secret River

by Kate Grenville

2,812 members

130 reviews

3.8

Member: elkiedee

43

Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

2,729 members

19 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

44

The Shape of Water

by Andrea Camilleri

2,622 members

119 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

45

Streams of Silver

by R. A. Salvatore

2,617 members

16 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Elizabeth Enright

2,536 members

32 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

47

by Maeve Binchy

2,530 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

48

Once Upon a River

by Diane Setterfield

2,507 members

165 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee

49

The Water-Method Man

2,486 members

20 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

50

Nights of Rain and Stars

by Maeve Binchy

2,481 members

63 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

51

The Swimming-Pool Library

by Alan Hollinghurst

2,035 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

At the Water's Edge

2,001 members

195 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

53

by Douglas Preston

1,978 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque

54

Star of the Sea

by Joseph O'Connor

1,955 members

61 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

55

The Water Knife

by Paolo Bacigalupi

1,825 members

95 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

56

The Water Is Wide

1,807 members

43 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

57

The Island of Sea Women

1,700 members

96 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

58

The Draining Lake

by Arnaldur Indridason

1,657 members

72 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

59

Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman

1,555 members

130 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

60

Green River, Running Red

1,254 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

61

by John Sandford

1,223 members

38 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

62

by Nicola Griffith

1,200 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

63

by Rivers Solomon

1,159 members

82 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

64

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine

1,085 members

70 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

65

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,019 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

66

Five Go Down to the Sea

991 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Aquila

67

The Water's Lovely

by Ruth Rendell

937 members

37 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

68

The Curse of Camp Cold Lake

917 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

69

Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits

by Robin McKinley

903 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

70

Prayers for Rain

by Dennis Lehane

886 members

22 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

71

The Sweetness of Water

by Nathan Harris

858 members

30 reviews

4.2

Member: elkiedee

72

Stones in Water

by Donna Jo Napoli

771 members

13 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Sea of Adventure

723 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

74

by Patricia Highsmith

699 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

75

Between the Bridge and the River

by Craig Ferguson

671 members

28 reviews

3.9

Member: hipdeep

76

by John Sandford

648 members

27 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

77

A Song Below Water

by Bethany C. Morrow

632 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

78

by Douglas Preston

631 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

79

by Dennis L. McKiernan

631 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

by Laura Lippman

628 members

55 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

81

The River of Adventure

612 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Aquila

82

History of the Rain

by Niall Williams

597 members

31 reviews

4.2

Member: elkiedee

83

Troubled Waters

by Sharon Shinn

595 members

33 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

84

Black Water Sister

568 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: Aquila

85

The Lake Shore Limited

549 members

37 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

86

Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay

by William W. Warner

532 members

10 reviews

4.2

Member: hipdeep

87

Thicker Than Water

512 members

19 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

88

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

509 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

89

506 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

90

Be Buried in the Rain

by Barbara Michaels

484 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

91

by Rachel Caine

437 members

43 reviews

4

Member: Bookmarque

92

The Night Ocean

by Paul La Farge

428 members

33 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

398 members

30 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

94

A Girl is A Body of Water

by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

395 members

19 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: ManWithAnAgenda: 'A Girl is a Body of Water' in the U.S.

95

by Robert Goddard

371 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

96

The Dead Man in Indian Creek

by Mary Downing Hahn

360 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

by Abdulrazak Gurnah

338 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

98

After Me Comes the Flood

334 members

26 reviews

2.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

A Bone From a Dry Sea

by Peter Dickinson

323 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: Aquila

100

A House at the Bottom of a Lake

by Josh Malerman

314 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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