Editing Piracy in the Caribbean (section)

===Popular books===
* ''[[A General History of the Pyrates]]'' by [[Captain Charles Johnson|Charles Johnson]], the prime source for the biographies of many well known pirates, giving an almost mythical status to the more colorful characters, such as the infamous English pirates [[Blackbeard]] and [[Calico Jack]], and influenced pirate literature that followed.
* ''[[Treasure Island]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]{{snd}}a novel with a huge influence on pirates in the public imagination, particularly in the character of the quintessential pirate, [[Long John Silver]]
* ''[[Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood]]'' by [[Rafael Sabatini]], a novel chronicling the adventures of Peter Blood, M.D., wrongly convicted of aiding [[Monmouth's Rebellion]] and turned pirate during the reign of [[James II of England|James II]].
* ''[[The Black Corsair]]'' (''Il Corsaro Nero'', 1898) by [[Emilio Salgari]] and its 4 sequels.
* ''[[The Princess Bride (novel)|The Princess Bride]]'' by [[William Goldman]]
* ''[[On Stranger Tides]]'' by [[Tim Powers]] – pirates, voodoo, zombies, and the Fountain of Youth.
* ''[[Pirate Latitudes]]'' – a posthumous novel by Michael Crichton
* ''[[The Pyrates]]'' by [[George MacDonald Fraser]]{{snd}}a [[comic novel|comedic novel]] tracing the adventures of Captain Benjamin Avery (RN) multiple damsels in distress, and the six captains who lead the infamous Coast Brotherhood (Calico Jack Rackham, Black Bilbo, Firebeard, Happy Dan Pew, Akbar the Terrible and Sheba the She-Wolf).