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Books like Doc Savage: 9 series to read next
Doc Savage is thriller & suspense and adventure, set in our world and early 20th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Doc Savage is 269 books across 9 series, 1933–2024.
“On the eighty-sixth floor of a Manhattan skyscraper waits a man built for the impossible.”
from the catalogue description
- Tarzan
- Dirk Pitt
- Jack Howard
- Jack West, Jr.
- Allan Quatermain
- The NUMA Files
- Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase
- Atlantis (Thomas Greanias)
- Philip Mercer
- TarzanUniverse
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Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.
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- Dirk PittSeries
seriesClive Cussler12 books1973
Thriller & suspense and adventure, adventurous and tense in tone, about expeditions, set in our world and contemporary.
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- Jack HowardSeries
seriesDavid Gibbins8 books2005
Adventure and thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, about expeditions, set in our world and contemporary.
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- Jack West, Jr.Series
seriesMatthew Reilly7 books2005
Adventure and thriller & suspense, set in our world and contemporary.
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- Allan QuatermainSeries
seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885
Set in africa and 19th century.
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- The NUMA FilesSeries
seriesClive Cussler, Graham Brown & Paul Kemprecos6 books2004
Thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, set in our world and contemporary.
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seriesAndy McDermott19 books2007
Thriller & suspense and adventure, adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in our world and contemporary.
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seriesThomas Greanias3 books2005
Thriller & suspense and adventure, adventurous and tense in tone, about expeditions, set in our world and contemporary.
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- Philip MercerSeries
seriesJack Du Brul2 books1998
Adventure and thriller & suspense, adventurous and tense in tone, about expeditions, set in our world and contemporary.
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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 Doc Savage?
- Tarzan — the closest match to Doc Savage on what it is about, not on what sells.
- How big is Doc Savage?
- Doc Savage is 269 books across 9 series, 1933–2024.