Salt to the Sea
Ranked #14 in World War II, Ranked #22 in 2016 — see more rankings.
While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the little-known January 30, 1945 sinking in the Baltic Sea by a Soviet submarine of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise liner that was supposed to ferry wartime personnel and refugees to safety from the advancing Red Army. The ship was overcrowded with more than 10,500 passengers — the intended capacity was approximately 1,800 — and more than 9,000 people, including 5,000 children, lost their lives.
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Rankings by Category
Salt to the Sea is ranked in the following categories:
- #97 in Awarded
- #81 in Beautiful
- #74 in Blue
- #26 in Children's Boat
- #91 in Courage
- #55 in Heartbreak
- #24 in Historical Fiction
- #91 in Holocaust
- #64 in New York Times Bestseller
- #32 in Poland
- #72 in Resilience
- #74 in Sad
- #51 in Sadness
- #87 in Secrets
- #38 in Ships
- #38 in Survival
- #80 in Suspenseful
- #80 in Teen Adventure
- #53 in Teen Girls
- #71 in Used
- #30 in War
- #54 in War Fiction
- #30 in Wars
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