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Books like Cryptid Hunters: 9 series to read next

Cryptid Hunters is adventure, about expeditions, set in contemporary, adventurous and tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Cryptid Hunters is 4 books, 2005–2014.

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Roland Smith's Cryptid Series
The Copernicus Legacy
Dirk Pitt
Alexander Cold
Luke Challenger
Jack Howard
The Joshua Files
Allan Quatermain
The NUMA Files

Roland Smith's Cryptid SeriesSeries

seriesRoland Smith5 books1998

Adventure, adventurous and tense in tone, about expeditions, set in contemporary.

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The Copernicus LegacySeries

seriesTony Abbott6 books2014

About magical artifacts.

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Forbidden Stone →

Dirk PittSeries

seriesClive Cussler12 books1973

Thriller & suspense.

“Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished.”
from the catalogue description of Pacific Vortex!

Start with Pacific Vortex! →

Alexander ColdSeries

seriesIsabel Allende3 books2002

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about expeditions and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Walden Media acquired the novel's movie rights in 2006, but no film has yet been produced.”
from the catalogue description of City of the Beasts

Start with City of the Beasts →

Luke ChallengerSeries

seriesSteve Barlow & Steve Skidmore3 books2010

Adventure, adventurous and tense in tone, about expeditions, set in contemporary.

“Luke and his friend Nick are soon being pursued by would-be assassins and a mysterious clult who are bent on destroying them.”
from the catalogue description of Return to the Lost World

Start with Return to the Lost World →

Jack HowardSeries

seriesDavid Gibbins8 books2005

Thriller & suspense.

Start with Atlantis →

The Joshua FilesSeries

seriesM. G. Harris6 books2008

Thriller & suspense, about prophecy.

“The mythology of the series includes a fictional prophecy of the ancient Maya of a catastrophic event that will occur in December 2012.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Descendant →

Allan QuatermainSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885

Set in africa and 19th century.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marie →

The NUMA FilesSeries

seriesClive Cussler, Graham Brown & Paul Kemprecos6 books2004

Thriller & suspense.

“Lost City finds them investigating a life-extending enzyme discovered deep in the North Atlantic, and the string of deaths and disappearances surrounding its discovery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lost City →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Cryptid Hunters?: Roland Smith's Cryptid Series — the closest match to Cryptid Hunters on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cryptid Hunters?: Cryptid Hunters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cryptid Hunters.
How big is Cryptid Hunters?: Cryptid Hunters is 4 books, 2005–2014.

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