Clive Cussler was an acclaimed American adventure novelist, best known for his Dirk Pitt series. He was born on July 15, 1931, in Aurora, Illinois, and grew up in Alhambra, California. Cussler was a marine archaeologist, and his novels often featured shipwrecks, drawing from his own experiences and knowledge in this field. His novels have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List numerous times.
Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first Dirk Pitt novel, "The Mediterranean Caper," in 1973. His first non-fiction book, "The Sea Hunters," was released in 1996. Cussler was an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his team of marine experts and NUMA volunteers discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites, including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic.
Cussler was a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He was honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration. His books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries. Cussler lived in Arizona and wrote more than 80 books, including the Dirk Pitt series, the NUMA Files, and the Oregon Files. He passed away on February 24, 2020, at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dirk Pitt Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Mediterranean Caper / Mayday!
1973
2
Iceberg
1974
3
Raise the Titanic!
1976
4
Vixen 03
1978
5
Night Probe!
1981
6
Pacific Vortex
1983
7
Deep Six
1984
8
Cyclops
1986
9
Treasure
1988
10
Dragon
1990
11
Sahara
1992
12
Inca Gold
1994
13
Shock Wave
1996
14
Flood Tide
1997
15
Atlantis Found
1999
16
Valhalla Rising
2001
17
Trojan Odyssey
2003
18
Black Wind (With: Dirk Cussler)
2004
19
Black Wind
2004
20
Treasure of Khan (With: Dirk Cussler)
2006
21
Treasure of Khan
2006
22
Arctic Drift (With: Dirk Cussler)
2008
23
Arctic Drift
2008
24
Crescent Dawn (With: Dirk Cussler)
2010
25
Crescent Dawn
2010
26
Poseidon's Arrow (With: Dirk Cussler)
2012
27
Poseidon's Arrow
2012
28
Havana Storm (With: Dirk Cussler)
2014
29
Havana Storm
2014
30
Odessa Sea (With: Dirk Cussler)
2016
31
Odessa Sea
2016
32
Celtic Empire (With: Dirk Cussler)
2018
33
Celtic Empire
2018
34
The Devil's Sea
2021
35
The Devil's Sea (By: Dirk Cussler)
2021
36
The Corsican Shadow
2023
37
The Corsican Shadow (By: Dirk Cussler)
2023
NUMA Files Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Serpent (With: Paul Kemprecos)
1999
2
Serpent
1999
3
Blue Gold (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2000
4
Blue Gold
2000
5
Fire Ice (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2002
6
Fire Ice
2002
7
White Death
2003
8
White Death (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2003
9
Lost City (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2004
10
Lost City
2004
11
Polar Shift (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2005
12
Polar Shift
2005
13
The Navigator (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2007
14
The Navigator
2007
15
Medusa (With: Paul Kemprecos)
2009
16
Medusa
2009
17
Devil's Gate (With: Graham Brown)
2011
18
Devil's Gate
2011
19
The Storm (With: Graham Brown)
2012
20
The Storm
2012
21
Zero Hour (With: Graham Brown)
2013
22
Zero Hour
2013
23
Ghost Ship (With: Graham Brown)
2014
24
Ghost Ship
2014
25
The Pharaoh's Secret (With: Graham Brown)
2015
26
The Pharaoh's Secret
2015
27
Nighthawk (With: Graham Brown)
2017
28
Nighthawk
2017
29
The Rising Sea (With: Graham Brown)
2018
30
The Rising Sea
2018
31
Sea of Greed (With: Graham Brown)
2019
32
Sea of Greed
2019
33
Journey of the Pharaohs (With: Graham Brown)
2020
34
Journey of the Pharaohs
2020
35
Fast Ice (With: Graham Brown)
2021
36
Fast Ice
2021
37
Dark Vector (With: Graham Brown)
2022
38
Dark Vector
2022
39
Condor's Fury
2023
40
Condor's Fury (With: Graham Brown)
2023
41
Desolation Code (With: Graham Brown)
2024
Oregon Files Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Golden Buddha (With: Craig Dirgo)
2003
2
Golden Buddha
2003
3
Sacred Stone (With: Craig Dirgo)
2004
4
Sacred Stone
2004
5
Dark Watch (With: Jack Du Brul)
2005
6
Dark Watch
2005
7
Skeleton Coast (With: Jack Du Brul)
2006
8
Skeleton Coast
2006
9
Plague Ship (With: Jack Du Brul)
2008
10
Plague Ship
2008
11
Corsair (With: Jack Du Brul)
2009
12
Corsair
2009
13
The Silent Sea (With: Jack Du Brul)
2010
14
The Silent Sea
2010
15
The Jungle (With: Jack Du Brul)
2011
16
The Jungle
2011
17
Mirage (With: Jack Du Brul)
2013
18
Mirage
2013
19
Piranha (With: Boyd Morrison)
2015
20
Piranha
2015
21
The Emperor's Revenge (With: Boyd Morrison)
2017
22
The Emperor's Revenge
2017
23
Typhoon Fury (With: Boyd Morrison)
2017
24
Typhoon Fury
2017
25
Shadow Tyrants (With: Boyd Morrison)
2018
26
Shadow Tyrants
2018
27
Final Option (With: Boyd Morrison)
2019
28
Final Option
2019
29
Marauder (With: Boyd Morrison)
2020
30
Marauder
2020
31
Hellburner
2022
32
Hellburner (By: Mike Maden)
2022
33
Fire Strike
2023
34
Fire Strike (By: Mike Maden)
2023
35
Ghost Soldier (By: Mike Maden)
2024
36
Quantum Tempest (By: Mike Maden)
2025
Isaac Bell Adventures Books (with Jack Du Brul, with Justin Scott)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Chase
2007
2
The Wrecker (With: Justin Scott)
2009
3
The Wrecker
2009
4
The Spy (With: Justin Scott)
2010
5
The Spy
2010
6
The Race (With: Justin Scott)
2011
7
The Race
2011
8
The Thief (With: Justin Scott)
2012
9
The Thief
2012
10
The Striker (With: Justin Scott)
2013
11
The Striker
2013
12
The Bootlegger (With: Justin Scott)
2014
13
The Bootlegger
2014
14
The Assassin (With: Justin Scott)
2015
15
The Assassin
2015
16
The Gangster (With: Justin Scott)
2016
17
The Gangster
2016
18
The Cutthroat (With: Justin Scott)
2017
19
The Cutthroat
2017
20
The Titanic Secret (With: Jack Du Brul)
2019
21
The Titanic Secret
2019
22
The Saboteurs (With: Jack Du Brul)
2021
23
The Saboteurs
2021
24
The Sea Wolves (By: Jack Du Brul)
2022
25
The Sea Wolves
2022
26
The Heist
2024
27
The Heist (By: Jack Du Brul)
2024
28
The Iron Storm (By: Jack Du Brul)
2025
Isaac Bell Adventures Series in Chronological Order
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Striker (With: Justin Scott)
2013
2
The Striker
2013
3
The Assassin (With: Justin Scott)
2015
4
The Assassin
2015
5
The Chase
2007
6
The Gangster (With: Justin Scott)
2016
7
The Gangster
2016
8
The Wrecker (With: Justin Scott)
2009
9
The Wrecker
2009
10
The Spy (With: Justin Scott)
2010
11
The Spy
2010
12
The Race (With: Justin Scott)
2011
13
The Race
2011
14
The Thief (With: Justin Scott)
2012
15
The Thief
2012
16
The Cutthroat (With: Justin Scott)
2017
17
The Cutthroat
2017
18
The Titanic Secret
2019
19
The Titanic Secret (With: Jack Du Brul)
2019
20
The Bootlegger (With: Justin Scott)
2014
21
The Bootlegger
2014
22
The Saboteurs (With: Jack Du Brul)
2021
23
The Saboteurs
2021
24
The Sea Wolves (By: Jack Du Brul)
2022
25
The Sea Wolves
2022
26
The Heist
2024
27
The Heist (By: Jack Du Brul)
2024
28
The Iron Storm (By: Jack Du Brul)
2025
Children's Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Adventures of Vin Fiz
2006
2
The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy
2010
Fargo Adventures Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Spartan Gold (With: Grant Blackwood)
2009
2
Spartan Gold
2009
3
Lost Empire (With: Grant Blackwood)
2010
4
Lost Empire
2010
5
The Kingdom (With: Grant Blackwood)
2011
6
The Kingdom
2011
7
The Tombs (With: Thomas Perry)
2012
8
The Tombs
2012
9
The Mayan Secrets (With: Thomas Perry)
2013
10
The Mayan Secrets
2013
11
The Eye of Heaven (With: Russell Blake)
2014
12
The Eye of Heaven
2014
13
The Solomon Curse (With: Russell Blake)
2015
14
The Solomon Curse
2015
15
Pirate (With: Robin Burcell)
2016
16
Pirate
2016
17
The Romanov Ransom (With: Robin Burcell)
2017
18
The Romanov Ransom
2017
19
The Gray Ghost (With: Robin Burcell)
2018
20
The Gray Ghost
2018
21
The Oracle (With: Robin Burcell)
2019
22
The Oracle
2019
23
Wrath of Poseidon (With: Robin Burcell)
2020
24
Wrath of Poseidon
2020
25
The Serpent's Eye (With: Robin Burcell)
2026
26
The Serpent's Eye
2024
The Sea Hunters Books (with Craig Dirgo)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Sea Hunters
1994
2
The Sea Hunters II
2002
Non-Fiction Books
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed
1998
2
Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt
2011
3
Built to Thrill
2016
General Military Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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
Joshua L. Chamberlain: The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War (By: Thomas A. Desjardin)
1999
5
Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship (By: Angus Konstam)
2003
6
Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan (By: Martin Pegler)
2004
7
Rome at War (By: Adrian Goldsworthy)
2005
8
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War (By: Aaron Sheehan-Dean)
2006
9
Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited (By: Andrew Wiest)
2006
10
FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II (By: Gordon L. Rottman)
2007
11
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front: 1914-1918 (By: Stephen Bull)
2008
12
Warship 2008 ( By: John Jordan)
2008
13
Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II (By: Terry Crowdy)
2008
14
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World (By: Brian Lavery)
2009
15
The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 (By: Blair Worden)
2009
16
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II (General Mi (By: Kenneth K. Koskodan)
2009
17
Battleground Prussia (By: Prit Buttar)
2010
18
The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa (By: Dale A. Dye, Robert J. O'Neill)
2011
19
The Spitfire Pocket Manual: 1939-1945 (By: Martin Robson)
2011
20
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare (With: James P. Delgado)
2011
21
Warship 2011 ( By: John Jordan)
2011
22
Quick Training for War (By: Robert Baden-Powell, Martin Robson)
2011
23
Panther: Germany's quest for combat dominance (By: Michael; Green Gladys Green)
2012
24
The Para Fitness Guide (By: Sam McGrath)
2012
25
The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China (By: Linda Kush)
2012
26
The Commando Pocket Manual: 1940-1945 (By: Christopher Westhorp)
2012
27
Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq (By: Lou DiMarco)
2012
28
America's Elite: U.S. Special Forces From The American Revolution To The Present Day (By: Chris McNab)
2014
29
American Tanks & AFVs of World War II (By: Michael Green)
2014
30
Invasion 1914: The Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne (By: Ian Senior)
2014
31
No Victory in Valhalla: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden (By: Ian Gardner)
2014
32
The SAS Pocket Manual: 1941-1945 (By: Christopher Westhorp)
2014
33
Company of Heroes: A Forgotten Medal of Honor and Bravo Company’s War in Vietnam (By: Eric Poole)
2015
34
Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 (By: Prit Buttar)
2015
35
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I: 1939–42 (By: Thomas Anderson)
2015
36
Finland at War: the Winter War 1939-40 (By: Vesa Nenye)
2015
37
American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (By: Victor Failmezger)
2015
38
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 (By: Chris Birks, Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter, Toni Wirtanen)
2016
39
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution (By: Peter McPhee)
2016
40
Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass (By: Trevor Absolon)
2016
41
Maps of War: Mapping conflict through the centuries (By: Jeremy Black)
2016
42
We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 (By: Robert Forczyk)
2016
43
Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 (By: Dennis E. Showalter)
2016
44
With Their Bare Hands: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the battle for Montfaucon (By: Gene Fax)
2017
45
Loco Spotter’s Guide (By: Stuart Black)
2017
46
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II (By: Gavin Mortimer)
2017
47
Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin (By: Mungo Melvin)
2017
48
Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II (By: Michael G. Walling)
2017
49
Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants (By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear)
2017
50
Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45 (By: Jim Laurier, Robert Forsyth)
2017
51
Shot Down and in the Drink: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Saved from the Sea in WWII (By: Graham Pitchfork)
2017
52
The Splintered Empires (By: Prit Buttar)
2017
53
Panther (By: Thomas Anderson)
2017
54
The Second World Wars (By: Victor Davis Hanson)
2017
55
Concorde Pocket Manual (By: Richard Johnstone-Bryden)
2017
56
Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944 (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2017
57
Case Red: The Collapse of France (By: Robert Forczyk)
2017
58
Legion versus Phalanx (By: Myke Cole)
2018
59
The Mosquito Pocket Manual: All Marks in Service 1941–1945 (By: Martin Robson)
2018
60
Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II (By: Jeffrey R. Cox)
2018
61
Cutty Sark Pocket Manual (By: Arron Hewett, Louise MacFarlane)
2018
62
The British Home Guard Pocketbook (By: A.F.U. Green)
2018
63
Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern (By: Liesl Bradner, Phil Stern)
2018
64
Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2018
65
HMS Belfast Pocket Manual (By: John Blake)
2018
66
The German Soldier's Pocket Manual: 1914–18 (By: Stephen Bull)
2018
67
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage (By: Martin Robson)
2018
68
Valley Of The Shadow: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu (By: Kevin M. Boylan, Luc Olivier)
2018
69
Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On (By: Leigh Neville)
2018
70
Forts: An illustrated history of building for defence (By: Jeremy Black, National Archives)
2018
71
The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939–45 (By: Christian Jennings)
2018
72
Charlie Company Journeys Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans (By: Andrew Wiest)
2018
73
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
74
Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov)
2018
75
Hitler's Death (By: Luke Daly-Groves)
2019
76
The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present (By: Chris McNab, Mark Galeotti)
2019
77
The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers (By: Angus Konstam)
2019
78
How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide (By: National Archives)
2019
79
An Englishman Abroad: SOE Agent Dick Mallaby’s Italian Missions, 1943–45 (By: Gianluca Barneschi)
2019
80
War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi (By: Mike Loades)
2019
81
Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS (By: Alastair MacKenzie)
2019
82
Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions (By: Thomas Anderson)
2019
83
Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2019
84
World War II Battle by Battle (By: Nikolai Bogdanovic)
2019
85
Doctor for Friend and Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands (By: Rick Jolly)
2019
86
Warship 2019 ( By: John Jordan)
2019
87
Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet (By: Innes McCartney)
2019
88
Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway (By: David Rigby)
2019
89
German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther': The naval archaeology of a U-boat (By: Aaron Stephan Hamilton)
2019
90
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov)
2019
91
The Hurricane Pocket Manual: All marks in service 1939–45 (By: Martin Robson)
2019
92
On a Knife's Edge (By: Prit Buttar)
2019
93
Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 (By: Robert Forczyk)
2019
94
Sent by the Iron Sky: The Legacy of an American Parachute Battalion in World War II (By: Ian Gardner)
2019
95
The Persian War: In Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices (By: William Shepherd)
2019
96
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943 (By: Jeffrey R. Cox)
2020
97
Audacious Missions of World War II: Daring Acts of Bravery Revealed Through Letters and Documents from the Time (By: National Archives)
2020
98
Be PARA Fit: The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness (By: Sam McGrath)
2020
99
Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II (By: Chris McNab)
2020
100
The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy (By: Richard Endsor)
2020
101
Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916–18 (By: Rob Johnson)
2020
102
The Devil's Bridge: The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 (By: Anthony Tucker-Jones)
2020
103
Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943–44 (By: Victor Failmezger)
2020
104
I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2020
105
The Reckoning (By: Prit Buttar)
2020
106
Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's Revenge (By: Angus Konstam)
2020
107
Blood, Metal and Dust: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14 (By: Ben Barry)
2020
108
The Churchill Quiz Book: How much do you know about Britain's wartime leader? (By: Kieran Whitworth)
2021
109
Warship 2021 (By: John Jordan)
2021
110
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov)
2021
111
Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield (By: Innes McCartney)