Clive Eric Cussler was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books. He often placed himself into his books as himself.
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| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | The Mediterranean Caper | 1973 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Iceberg | 1975 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Raise the Titanic! | 1976 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | Vixen 03 | 1978 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Night Probe! | 1981 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Pacific Vortex! | 1983 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | Deep Six | 1984 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | Cyclops | 1986 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | Treasure | 1988 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | Dragon | 1990 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | Sahara | 1992 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | Inca Gold | 1994 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | Shock Wave | 1996 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | Flood Tide | 1997 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | Atlantis Found | 1999 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | Valhalla Rising | 2001 | Amazon |
| 17 | Trojan Odyssey | 2003 | Amazon | |
| 18 |  | Black Wind | 2004 | Amazon |
| 19 |  | Treasure of Khan | 2006 | Amazon |
| 20 |  | Arctic Drift | 2008 | Amazon |
| 21 |  | Crescent Dawn | 2010 | Amazon |
| 22 |  | Poseidon's Arrow | 2012 | Amazon |
| 23 |  | Havana Storm | 2014 | Amazon |
| 24 |  | Odessa Sea | 2016 | Amazon |
| 25 |  | Celtic Empire | 2019 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | Serpent | 1999 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Blue Gold | 2000 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Fire Ice | 2002 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | White Death | 2003 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Lost City | 2004 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Polar Shift | 2005 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | The Navigator | 2007 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | Medusa | 2009 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | Devil's Gate | 2011 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | The Storm | 2012 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | Zero Hour | 1900 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | Ghost Ship | 2014 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | The Pharaoh's Secret | 2015 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | Nighthawk | 2017 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | The Rising Sea | 2018 | Amazon |
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| 1 |  | Golden Buddha | 2003 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Sacred Stone | 2004 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Dark Watch | 2005 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | Skeleton Coast | 2006 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Plague Ship | 2008 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Corsair | 2009 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | The Silent Sea | 2010 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | The Jungle | 2011 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | Mirage | 2012 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | Piranha | 2014 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | The Emperor's Revenge | 2016 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | Typhoon Fury | 2017 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | Shadow Tyrants | 2018 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | The Chase | 2007 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | The Wrecker | 2009 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Spy | 2010 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The Race | 2011 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | The Thief | 2012 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | The Striker | 2013 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | The Bootlegger | 2014 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | The Assassin | 2015 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | The Gangster | 2016 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | The Cutthroat | 2017 | Amazon |
| 11 | The Titanic Deception | — | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | Spartan Gold | 2009 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Lost Empire | 2010 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Kingdom | 2011 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The Tombs | 2012 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | The Mayan Secrets | 2013 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | The Eye of Heaven | 2014 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | The Solomon Curse | 2015 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | Pirate | 2016 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | The Romanov Ransom | 2017 | Amazon |
| 10 | The Gray Ghost | — | Amazon |
Standalone books
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | Clive Cussler Collection | 1992 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | The Sea Hunters | 1996 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt revealed | 1998 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The Sea Hunters II | 2002 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Trojan Odysey | 2003 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | The adventures of Vin Fiz | 2006 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | Thriller 2 | 2009 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy | 2010 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | The Saboteurs | 2010 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | Sea of Greed | 2018 | Amazon |
| 11 |  | The Grey Ghost | 2018 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | Final Option | 2019 | Amazon |
| 13 |  | The Oracle | 2019 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | The Titanic Secret | 2019 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | Journey of the Pharaohs | 2020 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | Marauder | 2020 | Amazon |
| 17 |  | Wrath of Poseidon | 2020 | Amazon |
| 18 |  | Fast Ice | 2021 | Amazon |
| 19 |  | The Devil's Sea | 2021 | Amazon |
Reading Clive Cussler in order
Clive Cussler has 5 series in our catalogue. Each one above is listed in reading order with its position number, so you can start at book one and work forward.
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