Where to Start with Clive Cussler
- Best entry point → The Chase
- Start the Dirk Pitt® series → Pacific Vortex!
- Underrated but highly rated → Final Option
- What fans keep coming back to → Raise the Titanic
- Best narrator for Clive Cussler → Shock Wave
- Highest rated by listeners → Flood Tide (Dirk Pitt Adventures #14)
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Final Option
The Oregon Files • Book 14
by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.67 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.82 Audible (2.9K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's crisp, propulsive narration turns this Cussler techno-thriller into pure adrenaline—he nails the rapid-fire dialogue and keeps the momentum relentless for over 10 hours.
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Spartan Gold
Fargo Adventures • Book 1
by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.13 ABR Score (21.7K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (16.6K) ★ 4.3 Audible (5.1K)More about this pick
Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo chase Napoleon's lost gold pillars originally stolen from ancient Delphi, following clues hidden on rare wine bottle labels.
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Shock Wave
Dirk Pitt Adventures • Book 13
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.49 ABR Score (24.9K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (22.8K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's commanding delivery powers this Dirk Pitt adventure into pure escapism—18 hours of propulsive action narration that makes the implausible feel inevitable.
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The Chase
Isaac Bell • Book 1
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.22 ABR Score (24.6K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (20.1K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.5K)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.
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Flood Tide
Dirk Pitt Adventures • Book 14
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.47 ABR Score (23.3K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (1.9K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's gravel-voiced narration transforms this Dirk Pitt adventure into pure propulsive entertainment—he makes nineteen hours vanish with relentless momentum and genuine menace.
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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)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.
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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)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.
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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)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.
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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)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.
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The Titanic Secret
An Isaac Bell Adventure • Book 11
by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.40 ABR Score (8.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (6.6K) ★ 4.68 Audible (1.8K) -
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)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.
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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)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.
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Cyclops
Dirk Pitt Adventures • Book 8
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.40 ABR Score (16.7K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (15.3K) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's relentless pacing turns this Cold War thriller into a genuine page-turner—he nails Cussler's blend of globe-trotting action and B-movie audacity without winking at the absurdity.
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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)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.
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Trojan Odyssey
Dirk Pitt® • Book 17
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.32 ABR Score (21.8K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (20.0K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.8K)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.
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The Saboteurs
An Isaac Bell Adventure • Book 12
by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.47 ABR Score (6.9K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.73 Audible (1.4K) -
{DEEP SIX}
Dirk Pitt Adventures • Book 7
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.37 ABR Score (19.7K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (18.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (1.4K) -
The Bootlegger
Isaac Bell • Book 7
by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.24 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (6.1K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.1K)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.
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The Thief
Isaac Bell • Book 5
by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.26 ABR Score (9.7K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.0K)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.
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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)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.
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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)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.
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Valhalla Rising
Dirk Pitt® • Book 16
Narrated by Ron McLarty
★ 4.24 ABR Score (26.4K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.52 Audible (900)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.
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Pacific Vortex!
Dirk Pitt® • Book 1
by Clive Cussler, Michael Pritchard
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.18 ABR Score (26.2K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (25.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (749)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.
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Raise the Titanic
Dirk Pitt® • Book 4
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.30 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (30.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (362)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.
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Mayday! (The Clive Cussler Library)
Dirk Pitt® • Book 2
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.13 ABR Score (24.7K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (24.3K) ★ 4.52 Audible (460)More about this pick
Classic Cussler underwater adventure with Dirk Pitt investigating a mysterious plane crash in the Pacific—Scott Brick keeps the pacing relentlessly propulsive.
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