
#115 in Adventure
Raise the Titanic!
- 373
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Raise the Titanic!” is a bold, large-scale adventure built around lifting the wreck of the great liner to recover a rare mineral from its hold. Readers of the earlier Dirk Pitt books may find it a clear step forward, with the hero given depth and a fuller backstory, though some find its treatment of women sexist.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Raise the Titanic! is a 1976 adventure novel by Clive Cussler, published in the United States by the Viking Press. It tells the story of efforts to bring the remains of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic to the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in order to recover a stockpile of an exotic mineral that was being carried aboard.
Reading order · Dirk Pitt
Full order & progress →- The Mediterranean CaperStart here
7.47.4 / 10 - Iceberg
7.67.6 / 10 - Raise the Titanic!This book
7.77.7 / 10 - Vixen 03
7.87.8 / 10 - Night Probe!
7.77.7 / 10 - Pacific Vortex!
7.67.6 / 10 - Deep Six
7.87.8 / 10 - Cyclops
7.87.8 / 10 - Treasure
7.87.8 / 10 - Dragon
–Not ranked yet - Sahara
7.97.9 / 10 - Inca Gold
7.87.8 / 10 - Shock Wave
–Not ranked yet - Flood Tide
7.57.5 / 10 - Atlantis Found
7.77.7 / 10 - Valhalla Rising
7.67.6 / 10 - Trojan OdysseyTrojan Odyssey–Not ranked yet
- Black Wind
7.67.6 / 10 - Treasure of Khan
–Not ranked yet - Arctic Drift
–Not ranked yet - Crescent Dawn
–Not ranked yet - Poseidon's Arrow
–Not ranked yet - Havana Storm
–Not ranked yet - Odessa Sea
–Not ranked yet - Celtic Empire
–Not ranked yet - Clive Cussler's The Devil's SeaClive Cussler's The Devil's Sea–Not ranked yet
- Clive Cussler's The Corsican ShadowClive Cussler's The Corsican Shadow–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 95 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 39% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 9 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 86 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Raise the Titanic!?
It has 373 pages — longer than 51% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Adventure — with scores between 7.6 and 7.8, closest to this book.





