Best Clive Cussler Audiobooks

Clive Cussler is the king of the adventure thriller — a writer who treats the ocean floor, lost civilizations, and forgotten history as his personal playground. His Dirk Pitt series, anchored by barnstorming set pieces in books like Sahara and Raise the Titanic, runs on pure momentum: globe-trotting plots, audacious salvage operations, and heroes who crack wise while defusing bombs. Cussler's prose is breezy and propulsive, more interested in the next reversal than in psychological depth, which is exactly the point. He's not building characters; he's building roller coasters. The Isaac Bell series adds a period-adventure flavor — early twentieth-century detective work with the same larger-than-life energy. If you want literary fiction, look elsewhere. If you want to spend a long weekend racing through underwater discoveries and geopolitical intrigue with a cold drink in hand, Cussler is your man.

Where to Start with Clive Cussler

Best entry point → The Chase
Start the Dirk Pitt® series → Pacific Vortex!
What fans keep coming back to → Sahara
Best narrator for Clive Cussler → Raise the Titanic
Highest rated by listeners → The Sea Wolves (Isaac Bell #13)

27 audiobooks in collection

★ 4.22 avg ABR rating

Thriller, Mystery

Best Audiobooks | All Audiobooks | Top 25 Ranked List

Best Clive Cussler Audiobooks

1

The Sea Wolves

Isaac Bell • Book 13

by Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.47 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)

★ 4.41 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.75 Audible (778)

12h 2m listening time • Released 2022

Scott Brick handles the period dialogue and nautical tension with his usual polish while Isaac Bell races to stop German U-boats from turning the tide of WWI.

More about this pick

Scott Brick handles the period dialogue and nautical tension with his usual polish while Isaac Bell races to stop German U-boats from turning the tide of WWI.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
2

The Heist

Isaac Bell • Book 14

by Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.35 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)

★ 4.39 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.75 Audible (328)

11h 21m listening time • Released 2024

Detective Isaac Bell attends a 1914 meeting on President Wilson's yacht about the new Federal Reserve system, unaware he's walking into a massive financial conspiracy. Brick's authoritative narration suits the historical thriller perfectly.

More about this pick

Detective Isaac Bell attends a 1914 meeting on President Wilson's yacht about the new Federal Reserve system, unaware he's walking into a massive financial conspiracy. Brick's authoritative narration suits the historical thriller perfectly.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
3

Trojan Odyssey

Dirk Pitt® • Book 17

by Clive Cussler

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.32 ABR Score (21.8K ratings)

★ 3.98 Goodreads (20.0K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.8K)

14h 13m listening time • Released 2005

Dirk Pitt discovers he has grown twins while investigating mysterious deaths in the Caribbean, and Scott Brick's familiar voice guides listeners through Cussler's most personal adventure yet.

More about this pick

Dirk Pitt discovers he has grown twins while investigating mysterious deaths in the Caribbean, and Scott Brick's familiar voice guides listeners through Cussler's most personal adventure yet.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
4

The Cutthroat

Isaac Bell • Book 10

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.30 ABR Score (8.0K ratings)

★ 4.04 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.57 Audible (2.0K)

9h 21m listening time • Released 2017

Isaac Bell investigates what appears to be a simple runaway case until the aspiring actress turns up brutally murdered. This 1911 New York thriller pits the Van Dorn detective against a killer targeting young women with stage ambitions.

More about this pick

Isaac Bell investigates what appears to be a simple runaway case until the aspiring actress turns up brutally murdered. This 1911 New York thriller pits the Van Dorn detective against a killer targeting young women with stage ambitions.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
5

Raise the Titanic

Dirk Pitt® • Book 4

by Clive Cussler

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.29 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)

★ 3.99 Goodreads (30.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (362)

12h 44m listening time • Released 2018

Dirk Pitt must accomplish the impossible—raising the world's most famous shipwreck—to secure a rare element that could change the balance of global power. Scott Brick captures every moment of this audacious underwater adventure.

More about this pick

Dirk Pitt must accomplish the impossible—raising the world's most famous shipwreck—to secure a rare element that could change the balance of global power. Scott Brick captures every moment of this audacious underwater adventure.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
6

The Iron Storm

Isaac Bell • Book 15

by Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.29 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)

★ 4.44 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.73 Audible (227)

12h 34m listening time • Released 2025

Detective Isaac Bell battles mysterious anarchists bringing Great War brutality to America while serving on a presidential mission that Scott Brick handles with wartime intensity.

More about this pick

Detective Isaac Bell battles mysterious anarchists bringing Great War brutality to America while serving on a presidential mission that Scott Brick handles with wartime intensity.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
7

The Wrecker

Isaac Bell • Book 2

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.29 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)

★ 4.05 Goodreads (11.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (3.3K)

14h 24m listening time • Released 2009

Scott Brick's gruff delivery suits this 1907-set thriller where detective Isaac Bell hunts a saboteur targeting the Southern Pacific Railroad. Old-fashioned adventure with modern pacing.

More about this pick

Scott Brick's gruff delivery suits this 1907-set thriller where detective Isaac Bell hunts a saboteur targeting the Southern Pacific Railroad. Old-fashioned adventure with modern pacing.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
8

The Race

Isaac Bell • Book 4

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.28 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)

★ 4.02 Goodreads (8.4K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.5K)

10h 57m listening time • Released 2011

1910's first transcontinental flying race offers $50,000 to whoever crosses America in under fifty days, but someone's sabotaging the aircraft. Scott Brick captures the early aviation excitement and detective work.

More about this pick

1910's first transcontinental flying race offers $50,000 to whoever crosses America in under fifty days, but someone's sabotaging the aircraft. Scott Brick captures the early aviation excitement and detective work.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
9

The Assassin

Isaac Bell • Book 8

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.28 ABR Score (8.6K ratings)

★ 4.07 Goodreads (6.3K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.3K)

10h 41m listening time • Released 2015

Detective Isaac Bell hunts a sniper murdering Standard Oil's enemies across America's early oilfields. The investigation weaves through Rockefeller's monopoly and the dangerous politics of black gold.

More about this pick

Detective Isaac Bell hunts a sniper murdering Standard Oil's enemies across America's early oilfields. The investigation weaves through Rockefeller's monopoly and the dangerous politics of black gold.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
10

The Thief

Isaac Bell • Book 5

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.25 ABR Score (9.7K ratings)

★ 4.01 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.0K)

9h 50m listening time • Released 2012

Detective Isaac Bell races to protect European scientists with a revolutionary invention aboard the Mauretania, their technology worth killing for in 1910.

More about this pick

Detective Isaac Bell races to protect European scientists with a revolutionary invention aboard the Mauretania, their technology worth killing for in 1910.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
11

Valhalla Rising

Dirk Pitt® • Book 16

by Clive Cussler

Narrated by Ron McLarty

★ 4.24 ABR Score (26.4K ratings)

★ 3.98 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.52 Audible (900)

6h 5m listening time • Released 2009

Revolutionary cruise ship engines fail catastrophically in the middle of the ocean, launching Dirk Pitt into an adventure involving Jules Verne nautical lore and corporate conspiracy.

More about this pick

Revolutionary cruise ship engines fail catastrophically in the middle of the ocean, launching Dirk Pitt into an adventure involving Jules Verne nautical lore and corporate conspiracy.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
12

Lost Empire

Fargo Adventures • Book 2

by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.24 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)

★ 3.97 Goodreads (10.9K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.2K)

12h 9m listening time • Released 2010

Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo chase Aztec gold from Tibet to Argentina while dodging a secret society. The globe-hopping adventure stays coherent thanks to clear chapter transitions.

More about this pick

Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo chase Aztec gold from Tibet to Argentina while dodging a secret society. The globe-hopping adventure stays coherent thanks to clear chapter transitions.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
13

The Spy

Isaac Bell • Book 3

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.24 ABR Score (13.2K ratings)

★ 3.97 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.46 Audible (2.8K)

12h 41m listening time • Released 2010

1908: Isaac Bell investigates a battleship designer's suspicious suicide while international tensions mount toward world war. Scott Brick captures the period's mix of technological optimism and political paranoia.

More about this pick

1908: Isaac Bell investigates a battleship designer's suspicious suicide while international tensions mount toward world war. Scott Brick captures the period's mix of technological optimism and political paranoia.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
14

The Bootlegger

Isaac Bell • Book 7

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.23 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)

★ 4 Goodreads (6.1K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.1K)

11h 20m listening time • Released 2014

Isaac Bell hunts international saboteurs through Prohibition-era America after his mentor takes a bullet. This Van Dorn Agency adventure spans from bootlegging operations to a conspiracy threatening the detective's own past.

More about this pick

Isaac Bell hunts international saboteurs through Prohibition-era America after his mentor takes a bullet. This Van Dorn Agency adventure spans from bootlegging operations to a conspiracy threatening the detective's own past.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
15

The Gangster

Isaac Bell • Book 9

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.23 ABR Score (8.6K ratings)

★ 4.01 Goodreads (6.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (2.4K)

9h 40m listening time • Released 2016

Detective Isaac Bell forms a special Black Hand Squad to combat Italian organized crime terrorizing 1906 New York. The gangsters seem omnipresent, making every street corner potentially deadly in this historical thriller.

More about this pick

Detective Isaac Bell forms a special Black Hand Squad to combat Italian organized crime terrorizing 1906 New York. The gangsters seem omnipresent, making every street corner potentially deadly in this historical thriller.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
16

The Chase

Isaac Bell • Book 1

by Clive Cussler

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.21 ABR Score (24.6K ratings)

★ 4 Goodreads (20.1K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.5K)

12h 21m listening time • Released 2009

Detective Isaac Bell hunts a serial bank robber across 1906 America in this period thriller that Scott Brick narrates with the perfect blend of determination and period atmosphere.

More about this pick

Detective Isaac Bell hunts a serial bank robber across 1906 America in this period thriller that Scott Brick narrates with the perfect blend of determination and period atmosphere.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
17

Atlantis ontdekt / Vixen 03

Dirk Pitt® • Book 15

by Clive Cussler, P. Cramer, W. Sanders, R.K. van Spengen

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.21 ABR Score (30.1K ratings)

★ 4.03 Goodreads (29.8K) ★ 4.6 Audible (253)

11h 42m listening time • Released 2018

Two classic Dirk Pitt adventures showcase Cussler's range, from underwater archaeology to military conspiracy, proving why this adventure series became a benchmark for the genre.

More about this pick

Two classic Dirk Pitt adventures showcase Cussler's range, from underwater archaeology to military conspiracy, proving why this adventure series became a benchmark for the genre.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
18

Sahara

Dirk Pitt® • Book 11

by Clive Cussler

Narrated by Magnus Schmitz

★ 4.21 ABR Score (60.6K ratings)

★ 3.99 Goodreads (60.6K)

23h 11m listening time • Released 2024

Dirk Pitt races across the African desert to stop a secret facility from poisoning the world's oceans with deadly chemicals in this high-octane adventure.

More about this pick

Dirk Pitt races across the African desert to stop a secret facility from poisoning the world's oceans with deadly chemicals in this high-octane adventure.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
19

Pacific Vortex!

Dirk Pitt® • Book 1

by Clive Cussler, Michael Pritchard

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.17 ABR Score (26.2K ratings)

★ 3.8 Goodreads (25.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (749)

8h 51m listening time • Released 2017

Dirk Pitt's first adventure plunges into the fog-shrouded Pacific waters where ships vanish without trace, including America's nuclear submarine Starbuck.

More about this pick

Dirk Pitt's first adventure plunges into the fog-shrouded Pacific waters where ships vanish without trace, including America's nuclear submarine Starbuck.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →
20

The Striker

Isaac Bell • Book 6

by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Narrated by Scott Brick

★ 4.14 ABR Score (8.5K ratings)

★ 4.02 Goodreads (6.6K) ★ 4.48 Audible (1.9K)

9h 57m listening time • Released 2013

Young Isaac Bell witnesses a mining accident that reveals union sabotage, launching him into a case that will define his detective career. Brick captures Bell's inexperience perfectly.

More about this pick

Young Isaac Bell witnesses a mining accident that reveals union sabotage, launching him into a case that will define his detective career. Brick captures Bell's inexperience perfectly.

Start Listening → Get the Book →

Start Listening → Get the Book →