Nolan Can Read

pirates

October 26, 2023

Treasure Island

By Robert Louis Stevenson

For a boy named Hawkins growing up by the (fresh, decidedly not pirate-infested) water, Treasure Island was a formative and exciting read about a boy named Hawkins traveling the world, finding pirates and treasure and friends. Rereading it to get...

October 24, 2023

Pirate Enlightenment

By David Graeber

This book is a fascinating little history of Madagascar and the kingdoms and societies during the golden age of piracy. I (and I imagine I am not unique here) know little of this corner of the world and corner of...

July 03, 2023

The Dawnhounds

By Sascha Stronach

Good fun! Pirates and mushrooms and sci-fi murder-mystery-leads-to-worldending-political-mystery, and they kiss in the end. Didn’t really like the bit where I have to wait a while for the next book to come around, but if you do not find those...