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Books like Dane and Bones: 9 series to read next

Dane and Bones is adventure, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dane and Bones is 39 books across 8 series, 2006–2022.

“Somewhere off a forgotten reef a diver breaks the surface holding a relic that a great many powerful people would kill to keep buried.”
from the catalogue description

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Jack West, Jr.
Tarzan
Dirk Pitt
Jack Howard
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase
Allan Quatermain
The Copernicus Legacy
Atlantis (Thomas Greanias)
The NUMA Files

Jack West, Jr.Series

seriesMatthew Reilly7 books2005

Adventure and thriller & suspense, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Seven Ancient Wonders →

TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Dirk PittSeries

seriesClive Cussler12 books1973

Adventure and thriller & suspense, tense and adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in contemporary and our world.

“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! →

Jack HowardSeries

seriesDavid Gibbins8 books2005

Adventure and thriller & suspense, tense and adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Atlantis →

Nina Wilde and Eddie ChaseSeries

seriesAndy McDermott19 books2007

Adventure and thriller & suspense, adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in contemporary and our world.

“A LOST CIVILIZATION.A DANGEROUS QUEST.A DEADLY SECRET.It's one of history's most enduring and controversial legends--the lost city of Atlantis.”
from the catalogue description of The Hunt for Atlantis

Start with The Hunt for Atlantis →

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
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Start with Marie →

The Copernicus LegacySeries

seriesTony Abbott6 books2014

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Forbidden Stone →

Atlantis (Thomas Greanias)Series

seriesThomas Greanias3 books2005

Adventure and thriller & suspense, tense and adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in contemporary and our world.

“Greanias originally planned a longer series; this trilogy stands as the completed core of a larger Atlantis mythology he later expanded through prequels and spin-offs.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Raising Atlantis →

The NUMA FilesSeries

seriesClive Cussler, Graham Brown & Paul Kemprecos6 books2004

Thriller & suspense, tense and adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“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

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What should I read after Dane and Bones?: Jack West, Jr. — the closest match to Dane and Bones on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Dane and Bones?: Dane and Bones is 39 books across 8 series, 2006–2022.

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