Series like Dirk Pitt
Dirk Pitt by Clive Cussler is thriller — here are 18 more thriller series from the Shelfmark catalog, each with a complete reading order and a no-signup progress tracker. Picks are drawn from shared genre in our Wikidata/Open Library–derived catalog.
Jack Reacher
Lee Child · 29 books · 1997–2024
Ryanverse
Tom Clancy · 28 books · 1984–2018
Bourne
Robert Ludlum · 14 books · 1980–2017
Michael Bennett
James Patterson · 14 books · 2007–2022
Sigma Force
James Rollins · 14 books · 2004–2019
Bourbon Kid
10 books · 2007–2023
Bob Lee Swagger Series
Stephen Hunter · 8 books · 1993–2013
George Smiley series
John le Carré · 8 books · 1961–1990
Private book series
James Patterson · 8 books · 2010–2018
Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz · 7 books · 2003–2015
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria
Eiji Mikage · 7 books · 2009–2015
John Cleaver
Dan Wells · 6 books · 2009–2010
Robert Langdon series
Dan Brown · 6 books · 2000–2025
Tom Clancy's Op-Center
Jeff Rovin · 6 books · 1995–2005
Tom Clancy's Power Plays
Jerome Preisler · 6 books · 1997–2004
The Adversary Cycle
F. Paul Wilson · 5 books · 1981–1992
Hannibal Lecter
Thomas Harris · 4 books · 1981–2006
Jack West Jr series
Matthew Reilly · 4 books · 2005–2016