Series
Dirk Pitt
Clive Cussler · 12 novels · 1973–2001
Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels follow the title character, a two-fisted marine engineer and de facto field agent for the fictional National Underwater and Marine Agency, through globe-spanning adventures mixing undersea salvage, historical mystery, and international conspiracy. The run collected here spans The Mediterranean Caper (1973) through Valhalla Rising (2001), the earlier stretch of a series Cussler continued for decades with later co-authors.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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Stats
By decade
- 1970s4
- 1980s5
- 1990s2
- 2000s1
Shape
12 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:thriller & suspenseexpeditionsour worldcontemporaryadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book12 of 12 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Cyclopsdarkest · most intense
- Night Probe!brightest · calmest