Clayton Coetzee
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This will be my first Clive Cussler. Can I read this without context or having read the others?
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Mike Fracasso
Yes you can. I originally read them out of order. The first book I read back in the day was "Raise the Titanic." However, I an re-reading them in order this time. I am up to book 13. I mix the Pitt novels in with others books I read. Cussler did not always write himself in as a character the Pitt novels. You have to discover the first book where Cussler appears to help the hero, Dirk Pitt.
LecturerRich
yes while it sometimes helps with background each one stands on it's own
Tony
Yes, you can. Most of his books contain some reference to other stories but nothing that will throw you off track or spoil other books if you read them later.
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