I have not read any pirate books, something I need to look into.
But I have seen a number of pirate movies, some of my favorites are:
Captain Blood and The Seahawk ~ awesome movies with Errol Flynn. Watch them if you can find them.
POTC movies ~ the first one is my favorite, but they all are enjoyable.
Now you may laugh at this one, but I love musicals and Gene Kelly so I am added The Pirate to this list, yes at times it is a little corny or silly, but good ole fun none the less. Gene Kelly and Judy Garland how can you go wrong.
~Twi