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Clive Cussler Books in Order
Clive Cussler is a renowned author of action-adventure novels and a respected expert on shipwrecks. Since 1965, he has been writing novels, and his first work featuring his iconic series hero, Dirk Pitt, was published in 1973. In 1996, Cussler released his non-fiction book, <i>The Sea Hunters</i>, which earned him a Doctor of Letters degree from the Maritime College, State University of New York, in 1997. This prestigious honor marked the first time the College awarded such a degree since its founding in 1874. As the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), a 501C3 non-profit organization, Cussler and his team of experts have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites, including the Hunley, U-20, and Carpathia. He serves as Chairman of NUMA and is a fellow of numerous esteemed institutions, solidifying his position as a leading authority on maritime history.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
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What are all of Clive Cussler's book series? Clive Cussler has written 9 book series. The most notable is the Children's series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Clive Cussler
- #1
The Adventures of Vin Fiz(2006) - #2
The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy(2010)
- #1
The Mediterranean Caper / Mayday!(1973) - #2
Iceberg(1974) - #3Raise the Titanic!(1976)
- #4
Vixen 03(1978) - #5
Night Probe!(1981) - #6
Pacific Vortex(1983) - #7Deep Six(1984)
- #8
Cyclops(1986) - #9
Treasure(1988) - #10
Dragon(1990) - #11
Sahara(1992) - #12Inca Gold(1994)
- #13Shock Wave(1996)
- #14Flood Tide(1997)
- #15
Atlantis Found(1999) - #16
Valhalla Rising(2001) - #17
Trojan Odyssey(2003) - #18
Black Wind (With: Dirk Cussler)(2004) - #19
Treasure of Khan (With: Dirk Cussler)(2006) - #20
Arctic Drift (With: Dirk Cussler)(2008) - #21
Crescent Dawn (With: Dirk Cussler)(2010) - #22
Poseidon's Arrow (With: Dirk Cussler)(2012) - #23
Havana Storm (With: Dirk Cussler)(2014) - #24
Odessa Sea (With: Dirk Cussler)(2016) - #25
Celtic Empire (With: Dirk Cussler)(2018) - #26
The Devil's Sea (By: Dirk Cussler)(2021) - #27
The Corsican Shadow (By: Dirk Cussler)(2023)
- #1
Spartan Gold (With: Grant Blackwood)(2009) - #2
Lost Empire (With: Grant Blackwood)(2010) - #3
The Kingdom (With: Grant Blackwood)(2011) - #4
The Tombs (With: Thomas Perry)(2012) - #5
The Mayan Secrets (With: Thomas Perry)(2013) - #6
The Eye of Heaven (With: Russell Blake)(2014) - #7
The Solomon Curse (With: Russell Blake)(2015) - #8
Pirate (With: Robin Burcell)(2016) - #9
The Romanov Ransom (With: Robin Burcell)(2017) - #10
The Gray Ghost (With: Robin Burcell)(2018) - #11
The Oracle (With: Robin Burcell)(2019) - #12
Wrath of Poseidon (With: Robin Burcell)(2020) - #13
The Serpent's Eye (With: Robin Burcell)(2026)
- #1
Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple (By: Stuart Smith)(1950) - #2
The Forgotten Dead: Why 946 American Servicemen Died Off The Coast of Devon in 1944 (By: Mark Rogerson,Ken Small)(1988) - #3
Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage (By: Rick Jolly)(1989) - #4
Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship (By: Angus Konstam)(2003) - #5
Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan (By: Martin Pegler)(2004) - #6
Rome at War (By: Adrian Goldsworthy)(2005) - #7
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War (By: Aaron Sheehan-Dean)(2006) - #8
Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited (By: Andrew Wiest)(2006) - #9
FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II (By: Gordon L. Rottman)(2007) - #10
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front: 1914-1918 (By: Stephen Bull)(2008) - #11
Warship 2008 (By: John Jordan)(2008) - #12
Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II (By: Terry Crowdy)(2008) - #13
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World (By: Brian Lavery)(2009) - #14
The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 (By: Blair Worden)(2009) - #15
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II (General Mi (By: Kenneth K. Koskodan)(2009) - #16
Battleground Prussia (By: Prit Buttar)(2010) - #17
The Spitfire Pocket Manual: 1939-1945 (By: Martin Robson)(2011) - #18
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare (With: James P. Delgado)(2011) - #19
Warship 2011 (By: John Jordan)(2011) - #20
Quick Training for War (By: Robert Baden-Powell,Martin Robson)(2011) - #21
Panther: Germany's quest for combat dominance (By: Michael; Green Gladys Green)(2012) - #22
The Para Fitness Guide (By: Sam McGrath)(2012) - #23
The Rice Paddy Navy:U.S. Sailors Undercover in China (By: Linda Kush)(2012) - #24
The Commando Pocket Manual: 1940-1945 (By: Christopher Westhorp)(2012) - #25
Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq (By: Lou DiMarco)(2012) - #26
America's Elite: U.S. Special Forces From The American Revolution To The Present Day (By: Chris McNab)(2014) - #27
American Tanks & AFVs of World War II (By: Michael Green)(2014) - #28
Invasion 1914: The Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne (By: Ian Senior)(2014) - #29
No Victory in Valhalla: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden (By: Ian Gardner)(2014) - #30
The SAS Pocket Manual: 1941-1945 (By: Christopher Westhorp)(2014) - #31
Company of Heroes: A Forgotten Medal of Honor and Bravo Company’s War in Vietnam (By: Eric Poole)(2015) - #32
Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 (By: Prit Buttar)(2015) - #33
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I: 1939–42 (By: ThomasAnderson)(2015) - #34
Finland at War: the Winter War 1939-40 (By: Vesa Nenye)(2015) - #35
American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (By: Victor Failmezger)(2015) - #36
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 (By: Chris Birks,Vesa Nenye,Peter Munter,Toni Wirtanen)(2016) - #37
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution (By: Peter McPhee)(2016) - #38
Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass (By: Trevor Absolon)(2016) - #39
Maps of War: Mapping conflict through the centuries (By: Jeremy Black)(2016) - #40
We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 (By: Robert Forczyk)(2016) - #41
Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 (By: Dennis E. Showalter)(2016) - #42
With Their Bare Hands: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the battle for Montfaucon (By: Gene Fax)(2017) - #43
Loco Spotter’s Guide (By: Stuart Black)(2017) - #44
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II (By: Gavin Mortimer)(2017) - #45
Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin (By: Mungo Melvin)(2017) - #46
Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II (By: Michael G. Walling)(2017) - #47
Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear)(2017) - #48
Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45 (By: Jim Laurier,Robert Forsyth)(2017) - #49
Shot Down and in the Drink: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Saved from the Sea in WWII (By: Graham Pitchfork)(2017) - #50
The Splintered Empires (By: Prit Buttar)(2017) - #51
Panther (By: ThomasAnderson)(2017) - #52
The Second World Wars (By: Victor Davis Hanson)(2017) - #53
Concorde Pocket Manual (By: Richard Johnstone-Bryden)(2017) - #54
Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944 (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)(2017) - #55
Case Red: The Collapse of France (By: Robert Forczyk)(2017) - #56
Legion versus Phalanx (By: Myke Cole)(2018) - #57
The Mosquito Pocket Manual: All Marks in Service 1941–1945 (By: Martin Robson)(2018) - #58
Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II (By: Jeffrey R. Cox)(2018) - #59
Cutty Sark Pocket Manual (By: Arron Hewett,Louise MacFarlane)(2018) - #60
The British Home Guard Pocketbook (By: A.F.U. Green)(2018) - #61
Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern (By: Liesl Bradner,PhilStern)(2018) - #62
Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)(2018) - #63
HMS Belfast Pocket Manual (By: John Blake)(2018) - #64
The German Soldier's Pocket Manual: 1914–18 (By: Stephen Bull)(2018) - #65
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage (By: Martin Robson)(2018) - #66
Valley Of The Shadow: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu (By: Kevin M. Boylan,Luc Olivier)(2018) - #67
Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On (By: Leigh Neville)(2018) - #68
Forts: An illustrated history of building for defence (By: Jeremy Black,National Archives)(2018) - #69
The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939–45 (By: Christian Jennings)(2018) - #70
Charlie Company Journeys Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans (By: Andrew Wiest)(2018) - #71
Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq (By: Nicholas Moore,Mir Bahmanyar)(2018) - #72
Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov)(2018) - #73
Hitler's Death (By: Luke Daly-Groves)(2019) - #74
The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present (By: Chris McNab,Mark Galeotti)(2019) - #75
The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers (By: Angus Konstam)(2019) - #76
How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide (By: National Archives)(2019) - #77
An Englishman Abroad: SOE Agent Dick Mallaby’s Italian Missions, 1943–45 (By: Gianluca Barneschi)(2019) - #78
War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi (By: Mike Loades)(2019) - #79
Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS (By: Alastair MacKenzie)(2019) - #80
Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions (By: ThomasAnderson)(2019) - #81
Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)(2019) - #82
World War II Battle by Battle (By: Nikolai Bogdanovic)(2019) - #83
Doctor for Friend and Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands (By: Rick Jolly)(2019) - #84
Warship 2019 (By: John Jordan)(2019) - #85
Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet (By: Innes McCartney)(2019) - #86
Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway (By: David Rigby)(2019) - #87
German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther': The naval archaeology of a U-boat (By: Aaron Stephan Hamilton)(2019) - #88
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov)(2019) - #89
The Hurricane Pocket Manual: All marks in service 1939–45 (By: Martin Robson)(2019) - #90
On a Knife's Edge (By: Prit Buttar)(2019) - #91
Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 (By: Robert Forczyk)(2019) - #92
Sent by the Iron Sky: The Legacy of an American Parachute Battalion in World War II (By: Ian Gardner)(2019) - #93
The Persian War: In Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices (By: William Shepherd)(2019) - #94
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943 (By: Jeffrey R. Cox)(2020) - #95
Audacious Missions of World War II: Daring Acts of Bravery Revealed Through Letters and Documents from the Time (By: National Archives)(2020) - #96
Be PARA Fit: The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness (By: Sam McGrath)(2020) - #97
Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II (By: Chris McNab)(2020) - #98
The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy (By: Richard Endsor)(2020) - #99
Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916–18 (By: Rob Johnson)(2020) - #100
The Devil's Bridge: The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 (By: Anthony Tucker-Jones)(2020) - #101
Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943–44 (By: Victor Failmezger)(2020) - #102
I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)(2020) - #103
The Reckoning (By: Prit Buttar)(2020) - #104
Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's Revenge (By: Angus Konstam)(2020) - #105
Blood, Metal and Dust: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14 (By: Ben Barry)(2020) - #106
The Churchill Quiz Book: How much do you know about Britain's wartime leader? (By: Kieran Whitworth)(2021) - #107
Warship 2021 (By: John Jordan)(2021) - #108
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov)(2021) - #109
Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield (By: Innes McCartney)(2021)
- #1The Chase(2007)
- #2
The Wrecker (With: Justin Scott)(2009) - #3
The Spy (With: Justin Scott)(2010) - #4
The Race (With: Justin Scott)(2011) - #5
The Thief (With: Justin Scott)(2012) - #6
The Striker (With: Justin Scott)(2013) - #7
The Bootlegger (With: Justin Scott)(2014) - #8
The Assassin (With: Justin Scott)(2015) - #9
The Gangster (With: Justin Scott)(2016) - #10
The Cutthroat (With: Justin Scott)(2017) - #11
The Titanic Secret (With: Jack Du Brul)(2019) - #12
The Saboteurs (With: Jack Du Brul)(2021) - #13
The Sea Wolves (By: Jack Du Brul)(2022) - #14
The Heist (By: Jack Du Brul)(2024) - #15
The Iron Storm (By: Jack Du Brul)(2025)
- #1Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed(1998)
- #2Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt(2011)
- #3
Built to Thrill(2016) - #4He also wrote the Numa Files Series which includes Serpent written on(1999)
- #5His Isaac Bell Series includes The Chase in(2007)
- #1
Serpent (With: Paul Kemprecos)(1999) - #2
Blue Gold (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2000) - #3
Fire Ice (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2002) - #4
White Death (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2003) - #5
Lost City (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2004) - #6
Polar Shift (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2005) - #7
The Navigator (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2007) - #8
Medusa (With: Paul Kemprecos)(2009) - #9
Devil's Gate (With: Graham Brown)(2011) - #10
The Storm (With: Graham Brown)(2012) - #11
Zero Hour (With: Graham Brown)(2013) - #12
Ghost Ship (With: Graham Brown)(2014) - #13
The Pharaoh's Secret (With: Graham Brown)(2015) - #14
Nighthawk (With: Graham Brown)(2017) - #15
The Rising Sea (With: Graham Brown)(2018) - #16
Sea of Greed (With: Graham Brown)(2019) - #17
Journey of the Pharaohs (With: Graham Brown)(2020) - #18
Fast Ice (With: Graham Brown)(2021) - #19
Dark Vector (With: Graham Brown)(2022) - #20
Condor's Fury (With: Graham Brown)(2023) - #21
Desolation Code (With: Graham Brown)(2024)
- #1
Golden Buddha (With: Craig Dirgo)(2003) - #2
Sacred Stone (With: Craig Dirgo)(2004) - #3
Dark Watch (With: Jack Du Brul)(2005) - #4
Skeleton Coast (With: Jack Du Brul)(2006) - #5
Plague Ship (With: Jack Du Brul)(2008) - #6
Corsair (With: Jack Du Brul)(2009) - #7
The Silent Sea (With: Jack Du Brul)(2010) - #8
The Jungle (With: Jack Du Brul)(2011) - #9
Mirage (With: Jack Du Brul)(2013) - #10
Piranha (With: Boyd Morrison)(2015) - #11
The Emperor's Revenge (With: Boyd Morrison)(2017) - #12
Typhoon Fury (With: Boyd Morrison)(2017) - #13
Shadow Tyrants (With: Boyd Morrison)(2018) - #14
Final Option (With: Boyd Morrison)(2019) - #15
Marauder (With: Boyd Morrison)(2020) - #16
Hellburner (By: Mike Maden)(2022) - #17
Fire Strike (By: Mike Maden)(2023) - #18
Ghost Soldier (By: Mike Maden)(2024) - #19
Quantum Tempest (By: Mike Maden)(2025)
- #1
The Sea Hunters(1994) - #2The Sea Hunters II(2002)
About Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler is a renowned author of action-adventure novels and a respected expert on shipwrecks. Since 1965, he has been writing novels, and his first work featuring his iconic series hero, Dirk Pitt, was published in 1973. In 1996, Cussler released his non-fiction book, <i>The Sea Hunters</i>, which earned him a Doctor of Letters degree from the Maritime College, State University of New York, in 1997. This prestigious honor marked the first time the College awarded such a degree since its founding in 1874. As the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), a 501C3 non-profit organization, Cussler and his team of experts have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites, including the Hunley, U-20, and Carpathia. He serves as Chairman of NUMA and is a fellow of numerous esteemed institutions, solidifying his position as a leading authority on maritime history.
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