Cruise books - novels and memoirs

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Have you read any of these books? Do you think any of them are worth buying and reading?

 

The Cruise - Stanley Hart

 

Straight Up, No Sippin' - George Stowers

 

Princess Charming - Jane Heller

 

The Cruise - Brian and Amber Westerman

 

Cruising on the Queen Elizabeth 2 - Bernard M. Patton

 

If I Were Not Upon the Sea (Under the Captain's Table) - Joyce Gleeson-Adamidis

 

The Captain's Log - Hans Mateboer

 

Cruise Crazy: The Cruise Addict's Survival Guide - Bob Mick

 

 

And can anyone recommend any books along this vein? It seems like the only cruise fiction I can find are mysteries or thrillers, something of that sort - not my favorite genre. I'd love to find some good cruise novels as well as more accounts by crewmembers or other interesting memoirs. Currently I have and/or have read:

 

The Captain - Johnny Faevelen (have not yet read)

 

What Time is the Midnight Buffet? - chesterh (have not yet read)

 

Permanent Passenger - Micha Berman (just finished. Amateurish, yes, and a bit dated, but still an interesting read with some tidbits on crewmember life that I'd never known)

 

Caribbean Cruising - Rachel Hawthorne (a teen novel and not every detail holds true to life, but with a ship and familiar ports of call as the main settings, it's an enjoyable read that feeds my excitement for cruising)