Where to Start with Clive Cussler
- Best entry point → The Chase
- Start the Dirk Pitt® series → Pacific Vortex!
- What fans keep coming back to → Raise the Titanic
- Best narrator for Clive Cussler → Atlantis ontdekt / Vixen 03
- Highest rated by listeners → The Sea Wolves (Isaac Bell #13)
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Spartan Gold
Fargo Adventures • Book 1
by Clive Cussler, Grant Blackwood
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.12 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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The Chase
Isaac Bell • Book 1
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.21 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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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 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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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 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)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
★ 4.25 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
★ 4.17 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
★ 4.29 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
★ 4.12 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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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)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.
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Blue Gold
NUMA Files • Book 2
by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos
Narrated by David Purdham
★ 4.09 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (12.1K) ★ 4.31 Audible (587)More about this pick
Kurt Austin investigates whale deaths that lead to a billionaire's plot for world domination through water control. David Purdham keeps the high-concept adventure moving at breakneck pace.
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Iceberg
Dirk Pitt® • Book 3
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.11 ABR Score (26.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (25.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (332)More about this pick
Dirk Pitt investigates a luxury yacht's crew found burned and frozen inside a massive iceberg, uncovering an international conspiracy.
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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)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.
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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)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.
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Treasure of Khan
Dirk Pitt® • Book 19
by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.14 ABR Score (16.4K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.65 Audible (138)More about this pick
Dirk Pitt faces his most audacious adventure yet, connected to Genghis Khan's legendary conquests. Scott Brick guides listeners through Cussler's signature blend of historical mystery and modern action across nearly 18 hours.
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Medusa
NUMA Files • Book 8
by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.10 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.9K) ★ 4.62 Audible (74)More about this pick
NUMA's Kurt Austin investigates a secret government lab studying jellyfish toxins in Micronesia before a bioweapon threatens global catastrophe. Scott Brick's commanding presence matches the high-tech underwater adventure and international conspiracy perfectly.
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