New York Times Bestsellers
Clive Cussler has placed 14 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 180 weeks on the charts. 2 titles reached #1.
22 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Dec 1976
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18 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Mar 1988
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Reading Order
11 series · 226 booksClive Cussler Children's Books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Adventures of Vin Fiz | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
The Sea Hunters Series with Craig Dirgo
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sea Hunters | 1994 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Sea Hunters II | 2002 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Clive Cussler Non-Fiction Books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed | 1998 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Built to Thrill | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
General Military Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The British Home Guard Pocketbook ( By: A.F.U. Green) | — | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple ( By: Stuart Smith) | 1950 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Forgotten Dead: Why 946 American Servicemen Died Off The Coast of Devon in 1944 ( By: Mark Rogerson, Ken Small) | 1988 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage ( By: Rick Jolly) | 1989 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Joshua L. Chamberlain: The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War ( By: Thomas A. Desjardin) | 1999 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship ( By: Angus Konstam) | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan ( By: Martin Pegler) | 2004 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Rome at War ( By: Adrian Goldsworthy) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War ( By: Aaron Sheehan-Dean) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited ( By: Andrew Wiest) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II ( By: Gordon L. Rottman) | 2007 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | An Officer's Manual of the Western Front: 1914-1918 ( By: Stephen Bull) | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | Warship 2008 ( By: John Jordan) | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II ( By: Terry Crowdy) | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World ( By: Brian Lavery) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 ( By: Blair Worden) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II (General Mi ( By: Kenneth K. Koskodan) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | Battleground Prussia ( By: Prit Buttar) | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 19 | The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa ( By: Dale A. Dye, Robert J. O'Neill) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 20 | The Spitfire Pocket Manual: 1939-1945 ( By: Martin Robson) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 21 | Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare ( With: James P. Delgado) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 22 | Warship 2011 ( By: John Jordan) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 23 | Quick Training for War (Short Story) ( By: Robert Baden-Powell, Martin Robson) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 24 | Panther: Germany's quest for combat dominance ( By: Michael; Green Gladys Green) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 25 | The Para Fitness Guide ( By: Sam McGrath) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 26 | The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China ( By: Linda Kush) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 27 | The Commando Pocket Manual: 1940-1945 (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Westhorp) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 28 | Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq ( By: Lou DiMarco) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 29 | America's Elite: U.S. Special Forces From The American Revolution To The Present Day ( By: Chris McNab) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 30 | American Tanks & AFVs of World War II ( By: Michael Green) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 31 | Invasion 1914: The Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne ( By: Ian Senior) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 32 | No Victory in Valhalla: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden ( By: Ian Gardner) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 33 | The SAS Pocket Manual: 1941-1945 (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Westhorp) | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 34 | Company of Heroes: A Forgotten Medal of Honor and Bravo Company’s War in Vietnam ( By: Eric Poole) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 35 | Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 ( By: Prit Buttar) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 36 | The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I: 1939–42 ( By: Thomas Anderson) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 37 | Finland at War: the Winter War 1939-40 ( By: Vesa Nenye) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 38 | American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion ( By: Victor Failmezger) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 39 | Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 ( By: Chris Birks, Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter, Toni Wirtanen) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 40 | Liberty or Death: The French Revolution ( By: Peter McPhee) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 41 | Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass ( By: Trevor Absolon) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 42 | Maps of War: Mapping conflict through the centuries ( By: Jeremy Black) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 43 | We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 ( By: Robert Forczyk) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 44 | Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 ( By: Dennis E. Showalter) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 45 | With Their Bare Hands: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the battle for Montfaucon ( By: Gene Fax) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 46 | Loco Spotter’s Guide (Short Story) ( By: Stuart Black) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 47 | The Long Range Desert Group in World War II ( By: Gavin Mortimer) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 48 | Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin ( By: Mungo Melvin) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 49 | Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II ( By: Michael G. Walling) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 50 | Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants ( By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 51 | Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45 ( By: Jim Laurier, Robert Forsyth) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 52 | Shot Down and in the Drink: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Saved from the Sea in WWII ( By: Graham Pitchfork) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 53 | The Splintered Empires ( By: Prit Buttar) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 54 | Panther ( By: Thomas Anderson) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 55 | The Second World Wars ( By: Victor Davis Hanson) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 56 | Concorde Pocket Manual ( By: Richard Johnstone-Bryden) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 57 | Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944 ( By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 58 | Case Red: The Collapse of France ( By: Robert Forczyk) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 59 | Legion versus Phalanx ( By: Myke Cole) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 60 | The Mosquito Pocket Manual: All Marks in Service 1941–1945 (Short Story) ( By: Martin Robson) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 61 | Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II ( By: Jeffrey R. Cox) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 62 | Cutty Sark Pocket Manual (Short Story) ( By: Arron Hewett, Louise MacFarlane) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 63 | Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern ( By: Liesl Bradner, Phil Stern) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 64 | Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay ( By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 65 | HMS Belfast Pocket Manual ( By: John Blake) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 66 | The German Soldier's Pocket Manual: 1914–18 (Short Story) ( By: Stephen Bull) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 67 | Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage ( By: Martin Robson) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 68 | Valley Of The Shadow: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu ( By: Kevin M. Boylan, Luc Olivier) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 69 | Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On ( By: Leigh Neville) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 70 | Forts: An illustrated history of building for defence ( By: Jeremy Black, National Archives) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 71 | The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939–45 ( By: Christian Jennings) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 72 | Charlie Company Journeys Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans ( By: Andrew Wiest) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 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 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 74 | Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank ( By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 75 | Hitler's Death ( By: Luke Daly-Groves) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 76 | The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present ( By: Chris McNab, Mark Galeotti) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 77 | The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers ( By: Angus Konstam) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 78 | How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide (Short Story) ( By: National Archives) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 79 | An Englishman Abroad: SOE Agent Dick Mallaby’s Italian Missions, 1943–45 ( By: Gianluca Barneschi) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 80 | War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi ( By: Mike Loades) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 81 | Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS ( By: Alastair MacKenzie) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 82 | Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions ( By: Thomas Anderson) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 83 | Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea ( By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 84 | World War II Battle by Battle ( By: Nikolai Bogdanovic) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 85 | Doctor for Friend and Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands ( By: Rick Jolly) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 86 | Warship 2019 ( By: John Jordan) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 87 | Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet ( By: Innes McCartney) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 88 | Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway ( By: David Rigby) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 89 | German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther': The naval archaeology of a U-boat (Short Story) ( By: Aaron Stephan Hamilton) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 90 | Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank ( By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 91 | The Hurricane Pocket Manual: All marks in service 1939–45 (Short Story) ( By: Martin Robson) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 92 | On a Knife's Edge ( By: Prit Buttar) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 93 | Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 ( By: Robert Forczyk) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 94 | Sent by the Iron Sky: The Legacy of an American Parachute Battalion in World War II ( By: Ian Gardner) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 95 | The Persian War: In Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices ( By: William Shepherd) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 96 | Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943 ( By: Jeffrey R. Cox) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 97 | Audacious Missions of World War II: Daring Acts of Bravery Revealed Through Letters and Documents from the Time ( By: National Archives) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 98 | Be PARA Fit: The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness ( By: Sam McGrath) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 99 | Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II ( By: Chris McNab) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 100 | The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy ( By: Richard Endsor) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 101 | Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916–18 ( By: Rob Johnson) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 102 | The Devil's Bridge: The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 ( By: Anthony Tucker-Jones) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 103 | Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943–44 ( By: Victor Failmezger) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 104 | I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway ( By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 105 | The Reckoning ( By: Prit Buttar) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 106 | Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's Revenge ( By: Angus Konstam) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 107 | Blood, Metal and Dust: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14 ( By: Ben Barry) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 108 | The Churchill Quiz Book: How much do you know about Britain's wartime leader? ( By: Kieran Whitworth) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 109 | Warship 2021 ( By: John Jordan) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 110 | Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank ( By: Stephen Sewell, James Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 111 | Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield ( By: Innes McCartney) | 2021 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Clive Cussler Anthologies
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thriller 2 | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.