samson_ryans

It's kind of fun to read books about cruising or about a fictional cruise. You might try "The Woman in Cabin 10" or one of these cruise ship murder mystery books:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18013.Cruise_Ship_Murder_Mystery

 

A true story I think is really a great read is "...And the Sea Will Tell" by Vincent Bugliosi. It all took place back in the 1970's but it is just a fascinating story with an ending that will stay with you afterwards. It's about sailing to a deserted island and a murder that took place there.

 

Then there is "The Dove" by Robin Lee Graham, about the youngest person to sail around the world solo (at the time.)

 

Some other great books:

The Girl on the Train

All the Missing Girls (couldn't put it down!)

The Leaving

Follow You Home

 

I also have to mention the Patricia Highsmith books such as:

Strangers on a Train

The Talented Mr. Ripley (and the sequels)

I'm reading Strangers on a Train now, cant put it down! Did you enjoy Woman in Cabin 10? I found it a little clastrophobic, had to keep taking breaks lol, but I think thats what Ruth Ware was going for in terms of tone/atmosphere.

MSC Symphony in 1998, three day cruise from Durban, South Africa to Inyacha Island off Maputo, ran from a cyclone on the way back with the ship rolling 30 degrees all night. Great fun! No cruise has been as good, but I keep going back for more because all 13 cruises I've been on since have been (almost) as great