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Books with an Underwater Setting

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Dive into new reads with an underwater setting. Discover underwater cities or kingdoms, new creatures and species that reside in the depths below. Perfect for fans of speculative fiction, adventure, and oceanic mysteries!
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Fantasy

 
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An epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. Best friends Chachel and Glint, a merson and a cuttlefish, are returning from a shark hunt when they stumble upon an unconscious female demon.
Oshenerth book by Alan Dean Foster
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It depicts an underwater society built by the water-breathing descendants of pregnant slaves thrown overboard from slave ships. A very different story you never really see
The Deep|eBook
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This is the first of three books in the Broken Tides series by Catherine Jones Payne. It follows Jade, a mermaid whose fiancé committed a murder of a creature called a naiad which ensues conflict between groups.
Breakwater (Broken Tides Stories)
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This is the second book in the Chronicles of the Undersea Realm duology by L.E. Richmond. As a vengeful enchantress, fiery monster, and impending war threaten the Undersea Realm, Locklyn and Darin must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in ord...
The Locket's Revenge (Chronicles of the Undersea Realm, #2)|eBook
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A futuristic "enemy to lovers" type story of a woman living in an underwater city comes across a merman from an ancient civilization
Whispers of the Deep|Paperback
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Deep in the ocean evil stirs, corruption reigns and the only way out is up.A standalone book in the Mermaid Curse series. Seventeen-year-old Delphin must mate before his pod's next Hunt or face the wrath of his father-the pod's tyrant leader. His mat...
Merman Rising: A Mermaid Curse Book|Paperback
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Science Fiction

 
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A very unique and interesting book about a bio-engineered crew members who work in the deep Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. This book does contain body horror
Starfish|Paperback
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An intriguing and different read where a life where humanity has retreated underwater. A compelling dystopian thriller
Silent City (Corin Hayes) (Volume 1)
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This read is a science fiction thriller about a group of scientists in the middle of the South Pacific that are investigating a ship on the ocean floor.
Sphere: A Novel|Paperback
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Dark Life is the first book in its futuristic adventure series by Kat Falls. Set in an apocalyptic future, where a group of underwater pioneers reside. There is a rough underworld to be discovered.
Dark Life (1)
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A classic and most loved underwater sci-fi book that anyone science fiction lover should have in their collection
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Tor Classics)
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Prepare to be taking on a thrilling underwater adventure in this mysterious read by H.G. Wells
In the Abyss: Unabridged Port of Planets
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On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the blind alien race that lives below.
A Darkling Sea: A Novel
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The Deep Range is a 1957 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, concerning a future sub-mariner who works in the field of mariculture, herding whales. The story includes the capture of a sea monster similar to a kraken. Fulfill you...
The Deep Range|eBook
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