Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival, and Moby-Dick grew to be considered one of the great American novels.

Books by Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick or, the Whale
Herman Melville
3.5 (479k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
A whaling captain, consumed by revenge, sacrifices his crew and mind in a relentless hunt for a mythical white whale across the ocean.
Benito Cereno
Herman Melville
3.6 (7k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
A Spanish slave ship, seemingly in trouble, hides a dark secret, forcing an American captain to confront misleading appearances of power, race, and madness at sea.
Billy Budd
Herman Melville
3.6 (5k) average on Goodreads
On a British warship, the innocent sailor Billy Budd faces a deadly plot by a jealous master-at-arms who frames him for treason amid fears of mutiny.