The most popular Oceans & seas books of 2026

An Ocean Lover's Sticker Book

Workman Publishing

Seashells of Delmarva

Melissa Avstreih

Seashells of Cape Cod & the Islands

Melissa Avstreih

Petroleum Geology and Exploration of Deep Marine Strata in China

Yongsheng Ma, Maowen Li, Hairuo Qing

On the Sponge Islands

Julia Martin

The Catchment to Coast Conundrum in Tanzania The Past, the Present, and the Future of Water Resources and Anthropogenic Activities

Raphael Mwalyosi, Asukile R. Kajuni, Japhet J. Kashaigili

Wild Orcas A Deep Dive Into the World of Killer Whales

Hanne Strager, Catherine DeNardo

Ghost Sharks A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Chimaeras of the World

David A. Ebert, Marc Dando, Dominique A. Didier, Jenny M. Kemper, Brittany Finucci

Coastal Seas

Frances Dipper, Paul Naylor

The Trench Biosphere at the Bottom of the Ocean Progress and Challenges

Jiasong Fang, Weidong Sun, Rulong Liu

The Functional Ecology of Freshwater Mussels

Caryn C. Vaughn

The Pocket Shells

Gemini

The Coastal Forager A Guide to the Edible Opportunities of Our Amazing Coastlines

Mark L. Williams

Super-Cute Axolotls A Cozy Creatures Coloring Book

The Shell Seeker Encounters with Thirty Treasures from the Sea

Juli Berwald

The Wreck of the Mentor

Eric Jay Dolin

The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Uncovering the Social Complexity of Whales and Dolphins

Darren P. Croft, STEPHANIE L. KING, Ellen C. Garland, Andrew D. Foote

The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest

Josie Iselin

Done in a Day Telex from the Fall of Saigon

Elisa Tamarkin

Whale The Illustrated Biography

Asha de Vos

Marine Life of the Caribbean

Lawson Wood

Under the Sea A deep dive into 50 of the most fascinating sea creatures

Jacinta Shackleton

Underwater Lives Humans, Species, Oceans

Clare Brant

The Waterlands Follow a Raindrop from Source to Sea

Stephen Rutt