Books like 'The Hunt for Atlantis'
Readers who enjoyed The Hunt for Atlantis by Andy McDermott also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
historical action / adventure mystery thriller historical-fiction suspense archaeology myths conspiracies quest
-
Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTen years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult audiobook -
The Last Oracle and The Doomsday Key: A Sigma Force Bundle by James Rollins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Last Oracle and The Doomsday Key has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...Categorized as:
thriller suspense historical-fiction action-adventure mystery fiction historical book -
Fast Ice by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of Adventure.After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world to investigate... -
The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe new Oregon Files adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s accounts...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
-
Journey of the Pharaohs by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsANCIENT SECRETS. MODERN WEAPONS . . . When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of a Scottish trawler, he finds himself trying to save them not once but twice. First, from the violent storm that dashes their vessel into jagged rocks and, second, from the deadly gunmen desperate to get their hands on its lost cargo of stolen Egyptian artefacts...Categorized as:
archaeology crime historical-fiction suspense thriller action-adventure adult audiobook -
Scarecrow / Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSCARECROWAs 'Scarecrow' Schofield watches his mission to eliminate a Siberian turn into a bloodbath, he realizes he has been tricked—and now becomes the prey rather than the predator. For a shadowy consortium of staggering power and wealth has included his name on a list of fifteen targets to be eliminated without fail by noon that day... -
The Two Lost Mountains by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAN INCREDIBLE VICTORYBUT AT A TERRIBLE PRICE...Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost.His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual... -
The Swagger Sword: Templars, Columbus and the Vatican Cover-up by David S. Brody
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the 1980s, a Vatican archbishop and rogue group of Freemasons were implicated in the murder of Pope John Paul I. A decade later, that same cleric illicitly acquired an ancient Templar scroll directly undermining fundamental Church teachings. Today, historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn stumble upon a sword engraved with a map leading to this hidden scroll...Categorized as:
historical-fiction archaeology thriller fiction action-adventure mystery young-adult historical -
The Sea Wolves by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetective Isaac Bell battles foreign spies, German U-boats, and an old nemesis to capture a secret technology that could alter the outcome of World War I in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler...Categorized as:
historical-fiction suspense thriller crime political-intrigue fiction action-adventure mystery -
The Forgotten Holocaust by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA BRUTAL MURDER. A HORRIFYING SECRET.ONLY BEN CAN EXPOSE THE TRUTH.A lost, aimless and hard-drinking Ben Hope has wandered back to his old haunt in Ireland. The ex-SAS soldier is searching for peace, but trouble soon appears when Kirsten Hall, a young journalist, is brutally murdered right in front of him. Unable to prevent it, Ben is driven by guilt to hunt down the killers...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Sacred Sword by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the seventh bestselling Ben Hope conspiracy thriller, the action shoots back in time to the days of Jesus Christ – and a buried secret that has staggering implications for the world as we know it…Returning to the UK to try to sort out his stormy personal life, Ben runs into two old friends. Simeon and Michaela were once his fellow students at Oxford – now they are The Reverend and Mrs Arundel...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEverywhere, the waters are rising--and that is just the beginning of the world's peril, unless the NUMA crew can beat the clock. The thrilling new NUMA Files novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA series of strange events throws the world into turmoil. As a manned Chinese rocket explodes upon launch, three American astronauts, each separated by thousands of miles, are murdered. Then an archaeologist in Croatia uncovers a new cavern system that reveals elaborate primitive paintings by a tribe of Neanderthals...Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime historical-fiction myths political-intrigue suspense thriller -
The Last Oracle by James Rollins
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIn Washington, D.C., a homeless man dies in Commander Gray Pierce's arms, shot by an assassin's bullet. But the death leaves behind a greater mystery: a bloody coin found clutched in the dead man's hand, an ancient relic that can be traced back to the Greek Oracle of Delphi...Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime historical-fiction myths political-intrigue suspense thriller -
-
Kingdom of Darkness by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHistory’s most sought after treasure is now mankind’s worst fear.In Los Angeles, a desperate man seeks out renowned archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase -- only to be gunned down in front of them. The assassin is soon identified as a ninety-year-old Nazi war criminal -- with the body of a healthy forty-year-old...Categorized as:
archaeology crime female-mc historical-fiction myths political-intrigue suspense thriller -
The Amber Secret by David Leadbeater
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA vanished relic. A deadly prize. The half-mad explorer Dante Caruso swears he’s found a fabled Russian relic called the Amber Room, and he’s attracting the wrong kind of attention. A ruthless team of Ukrainian relic hunters called R24 has kidnapped him and his family; they want to know where the Amber Room is—and they’ll spill blood to find it...Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Armada Legacy by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sunken secret. A missing woman. A race against time.Former SAS major Ben Hope is relaxing at his home in Normandy when he hears the worst news of his life. His ex-girlfriend Dr Brooke Marcel has been kidnapped.Racing against the clock, Ben’s frantic search for Brooke leads him from Ireland to the Spanish mountains and the rainforests of Peru... -
The Shadow Project by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnly one man can foil a plot set to change the course of history…The latest heart-stopping novel from the rising star of the conspiracy thriller genre...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
Sniper's Honor by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this tour de force—part historical thriller, part modern adventure—from the New York Times bestselling author of I, Sniper, Bob Lee Swagger uncovers why WWII’s greatest sniper was erased from history…and why her disappearance still matters today... -
The Ark Files by Luke Richardson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsImagine a secret manuscript that could change the world, and you’re the only person who knows where it is.Professional treasure hunter EDEN BLACK is no stranger to action. After all, the artifacts she spends her life returning to their rightful owners aren’t always easy to access.When Eden’s father dies in a plane crash, her life’s turned upside down...Categorized as:
suspense archaeology thriller conspiracies crime female-mc political-intrigue fiction -
The Titanic Secret by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW*The Titanic's greatest secret is finally revealed . . .When Dirk Pitt raised the Titanic in search of a rare and valuable element he never learned the disturbing true story of its origins. But upon receiving secret testimony from private detective Isaac Bell he's taken back to the year 1911 and a tragedy at Colorado's Little Angel Mine...Categorized as:
crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult audiobook -
Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsAn ancient mystery becomes an all-too-real modern threat for Dirk Pitt and his colleagues, in an extraordinary adventure novel in one of suspense fiction's most beloved series.The murder of a team of U.N. scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit. An attack from tomb raiders on an archeological site along the Nile... -
The Last Monument by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne small handwritten letter,Sent from a dark, remote corner of the planet,And lost in the system for sixty years,Is about to change the entire human race.Outside Denver, Colorado, Joe Rickards stands over a small aircraft wreckage, studying burnt remains still smoldering in a field of freshly fallen snow..Categorized as:
conspiracies historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense action-adventure adult audiobook book -
The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFor four thousand years, the lavish crypt of the Pharoah Mamose has never been found-- until the beautiful Egyptologist Royan Al Simma finds a tantalizing clue to its location in the Seventh Scroll, a cryptic document written by the slave Taita.But the location of the crypt and its treasure is a secret others would kill to possess... -
-
The Medici Return by Steve Berry
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest installment in his wildly popular Cotton Malone series --- an adventure that takes Cotton to Italy and Tuscany to solve a five hundred year old mystery...Categorized as:
historical-fiction suspense thriller crime conspiracies political-intrigue fiction mystery -
Return to Atlantis by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe power of Gods..Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime female-mc historical-fiction myths political-intrigue suspense -
Empire of Gold by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNina Wilde and Eddie Chase are back for their seventh blockbusting adventure by the bestselling author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, Andy McDermott...Categorized as:
archaeology crime female-mc historical-fiction myths suspense thriller action-adventure -
The Lance by Alex Lukeman
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereAs Hitler's Germany faces final defeat, the Lance that pierced Christ's side – a weapon of legendary power – is spirited away to a secret base hidden in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Decades later the Lance is found, and a long-term plan to conquer America from within begins to unfold...Categorized as:
female-mc historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult audiobook -
The Temple Legacy by D.C. Macey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven hundred years ago, in a time of war and betrayal, Europe’s greatest treasure disappeared. The men who guarded it vanished into history.In Edinburgh today, former élite British Military Intelligence officer Sam Cameron has turned to the quieter world of archaeology. Together with young church minister Helen Johnson, he leads his students on a field trip... -
The Blooding by James McGee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHawkwood finds himself behind enemy lines in America during the war of 1812—for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Patrick O'Brien1812: Matthew Hawkwood, soldier turned spy, is stranded behind enemy lines, in America, a country at war with Britain...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Rule of Knowledge by Scott Baker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFaith, history, science and love collide in this fast-paced action adventure.High school teacher Shaun Strickland is shocked when he receives a last-minute invitation from Cambridge University to deliver a paper on the relationship between space and time, something he has been studying for years. This could be the break he s been longing for... -
The Nomination: A Novel of Suspense by William G. Tapply
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Nomination is a fast-paced action and suspense thriller that brings events from the final days of the Vietnam War into direct conflict with contemporary American politics. Vietnam War hero and Massachusetts Judge Thomas Larrigan is hand-picked by his friend the president to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court... -
Cosega Storm by Brandt Legg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCosega Storm continues from the frightening final seconds of Cosega Search, the series’ first book. Gaines and Asher, caught in a storm of deceit, corruption and power, desperately struggle to escape. But running isn’t enough. They must piece together the mystery of Clastier’s life, understand the incredible artifacts, and somehow discover what links them all together...Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime female-mc political-intrigue suspense action-adventure adult -
The Heretic's Treasure by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn ancient fortune has lain hidden for thousands of years, one so powerful that men will kill to protect it. And only one man can unearth it...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
-
The Covenant of Genesis by Andy McDermott, Gildart Jackson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAN INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY. A MERCILESS FOE. A DEADLY RACE FOR THE TRUTH. Off a remote stretch of the Indonesian coast, archaeologist Nina Wilde has made an astounding discovery: an artifact that will rewrite everything that's known about human history. But before she can return to tell the world of her find, her ship is brutally attacked, her crew is ruthlessly murdered, and the artifact is stolen...Categorized as:
archaeology female-mc historical-fiction myths suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Sacred Vault by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNina Wilde and Eddie Chase are back in another epic contemporary adventure thriller. As the story opens Michelangelo's David is stolen from its plinth in Florence, Italy, in the latest of a series of audacious raids of the world's greatest treasures...Categorized as:
archaeology crime female-mc historical-fiction myths suspense thriller action-adventure -
The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTreasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo's search for a Romanov fortune brings them into perilous contact with an ambitious neo-Nazi clan, in the thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. In 1918, a ransom of enormous size was paid to free the Romanovs from the Bolsheviks, but, as history knows, the Romanovs died anyway... -
The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1906, a groundbreaking Rolls-Royce prototype known as the Grey Ghost vanishes from the streets of Manchester, England, and it is only the lucky intervention of an American detective named Isaac Bell that prevents it from being lost forever...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Oracle by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team of Sam and Remi Fargo return in a new adventure as they search for an ancient scroll--which carries a deadly curse--in this thrilling addition to Clive Cussler's bestselling series.In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army... -
The Secret of the Stones by Ernest Dempsey
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLibrarian note: Older covers for this edition can be found here: 4-Jan-2014, 29-Nov-2012.They tried to kill him to cover up an ancient secret. Now Sean Wyatt is plunged head first into a race against time to save his best friend and the lives of billions.A four thousand year old mystery lurks in the hills of Georgia... -
Havana Storm by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDirk Pitt returns, in the thrilling new novel from the grand master of adventure and number one New York Times best-selling author.While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous - a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba... -
Old Bones by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe first in the groundbreaking Nora Kelly series from #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child blends the legend of the Donner party with a riveting suspense tale, taking the dynamic duo's work to new heights...Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime female-mc historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller -
The Valhalla Prophecy by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNina and Eddie have been thinking about taking a break to start a family. The IHA has nothing major going on at the moment and Nina has been offered a large advance to write a book-it might be the perfect time for a sabbatical. But those dreams are quickly dashed when the new U.N...Categorized as:
archaeology crime female-mc historical-fiction myths political-intrigue suspense thriller -
The 6th Extinction by James Rollins
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a masterful epic of timeless mystery and ripped-from-the-headlines scientific intrigue, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes mankind to its endpoint, to a fate written in rock and ice in an event known as The Sixth Extinction. A remote military research station broadcasts a frantic distress call that ends with a chilling message: Kill us all...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
-
The Tombs by Clive Cussler, Thomas Perry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHusband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder . . -
Pirate: Fargo Adventures #8 by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'Delivers the action and thrills expected. The best book to date featuring the married treasure hunters' Daily Mail From Arizona to Jamaica to England, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo unravel another ancient and cryptic mystery. An 800-year-old treasure . . . An ancient cypher wheel . . . A brutal murder . . -
The Solomon Curse by Clive Cussler, Russell Blake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters... -
The Eye of Heaven by Clive Cussler, Russell Blake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBaffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved—and filled with pre–Columbian artifacts from Mexico...Categorized as:
archaeology conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue quest suspense thriller -
The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetective Isaac Bell returns in the extraordinary new adventure in the #1 New York Times–bestselling series. It is 1920, and both Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult -
The Doomsday Prophecy by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Ben Hope decided to give up rescuing kidnap victims and return to the theology studies he had abandoned years before, he should've known that fate would decide differently. When his old professor begs him to find his missing daughter, Ben soon finds himself launched into his most dangerous mission yet...Categorized as:
conspiracies crime historical-fiction political-intrigue suspense thriller action-adventure adult
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.