List of Hardy Boys books

The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (Original) (1927–1979)

The first 58 stories along with the Detective Handbook, with the first 38 books plus the Detective Handbook being revised between 1959 and 1973.

1. The Tower Treasure 2. The House on the Cliff 3. The Secret of the Old Mill 4. The Missing Chums 5. Hunting for Hidden Gold 6. The Shore Road Mystery 7. The Secret of the Caves 8. The Mystery of Cabin Island 9. The Great Airport Mystery 10. What Happened at Midnight 11. While the Clock Ticked 12. Footprints under the Window 13. The Mark on the Door 14. The Hidden Harbor Mystery 15. The Sinister Signpost 16. A Figure in Hiding 17. The Secret Warning 18. The Twisted Claw 19. The Disappearing Floor 20. Mystery of the Flying Express 21. The Clue of the Broken Blade 22. The Flickering Torch Mystery 23. The Melted Coins 24. The Short-Wave Mystery 25. The Secret Panel 26. The Phantom Freighter 27. The Secret of Skull Mountain 28. The Sign of the Crooked Arrow 29. The Secret of the Lost Tunnel

30. The Wailing Siren Mystery 31. The Secret of Wildcat Swamp 32. The Crisscross Shadow 33. The Yellow Feather Mystery 34. The Hooded Hawk Mystery 35. The Clue in the Embers 36. The Secret of Pirates' Hill 37. The Ghost at Skeleton Rock 38. The Mystery at Devil's Paw 39. The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 40. Mystery of the Desert Giant 41. The Clue of the Screeching Owl 42. The Viking Symbol Mystery 43. The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior 44. The Haunted Fort 45. The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge 46. The Secret Agent on Flight 101 47. Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 48. The Arctic Patrol Mystery 49. The Bombay Boomerang 50. Danger on Vampire Trail 51. The Masked Monkey 52. The Shattered Helmet 53. The Clue of the Hissing Serpent 54. The Mysterious Caravan 55. The Witchmaster's Key 56. The Jungle Pyramid 57. The Firebird Rocket 58. The Sting of the Scorpion

The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook

The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (Digests) (1979–2005)

This now-discontinued series of paperbacks started in 1979 as a continuation of the hardcover books, hence the volume numbers start as #59 and ended in 2005 with volume 190.

Volumes 59 through 85 were also released in hardcover with a dustjacket.

In 2005, Grossett & Dunlap released hardcover versions of volumes 59 through 66. These volumes were in the blue glossy flashlight cover format, similar to the original 58 covers. The artwork on these books was from the original Wanderer paperback covers, although severely cropped to fit the covers. To date, there is no news about plans for further Grossett & Dunlap hardcover versions.

59. Night of the Werewolf 60. Mystery of the Samurai Sword 61. The Pentagon Spy 62. The Apeman's Secret 63. The Mummy Case 64. Mystery of Smugglers Cove 65. The Stone Idol 66. The Vanishing Thieves 67. The Outlaw's Silver 68. The Submarine Caper (retitled Deadly Chase) 69. The Four-Headed Dragon 70. The Infinity Clue 71. Track of the Zombie 72. The Voodoo Plot 73. The Billion Dollar Ransom 74. Tic-Tac-Terror 75. Trapped at Sea 76. Game Plan for Disaster 77. The Crimson Flame 78. Cave-In (retitled Cave-In!) 79. Sky Sabotage 80. The Roaring River Mystery 81. The Demon's Den 82. The Blackwing Puzzle (last book with internal illustrations) 83. The Swamp Monster 84. Revenge of the Desert Phantom 85. The Skyfire Puzzle 86. The Mystery of the Silver Star 87. Program for Destruction 88. Tricky Business 89. The Sky Blue Frame 90. Danger on the Diamond 91. Shield of Fear 92. The Shadow Killers 93. The Serpent's Tooth Mystery 94. Breakdown in Axeblade 95. Danger on the Air 96. Wipeout 97. Cast of Criminals 98. Spark of Suspicion 99. Dungeon of Doom 100. The Secret of the Island Treasure 101. The Money Hunt 102. Terminal Shock 103. The Million-Dollar Nightmare 104. Tricks of the Trade 105. The Smoke Screen Mystery 106. Attack of the Video Villains 107. Panic on Gull Island 108. Fear on Wheels 109. The Prime-Time Crime 110. The Secret of Sigma Seven 111. Three-Ring Terror 112. The Demolition Mission 113. Radical Moves 114. The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals 115. Sabotage at Sports City 116. Rock 'n' Roll Renegades 117. The Baseball Card Conspiracy 118. Danger in the Fourth Dimension 119. Trouble at Coyote Canyon 120. The Case of the Cosmic Kidnapping 121. The Mystery in the Old Mine 122. Carnival of Crime 123. The Robot's Revenge 124. Mystery with a Dangerous Beat 125. Mystery on Makatunk Island 126. Racing to Disaster 127. Reel Thrills 128. Day of the Dinosaur 129. The Treasure at Dolphin Bay

130. Sidetracked to Danger 131. Crusade of the Flaming Sword 132. Maximum Challenge 133. Crime in the Kennel 134. Cross-Country Crime 135. The Hypersonic Secret 136. The Cold Cash Caper 137. High-Speed Showdown 138. The Alaskan Adventure 139. The Search for the Snow Leopard 140. Slam Dunk Sabotage 141. The Desert Thieves 142. Lost in Gator Swamp 143. The Giant Rat of Sumatra 144. The Secret of Skeleton Reef 145. Terror at High Tide 146. The Mark of the Blue Tattoo 147. Trial and Terror 148. The Ice-Cold Case 149. The Chase for the Mystery Twister 150. The Crisscross Crime 151. The Rocky Road to Revenge 152. Danger in the Extreme 153. Eye on Crime 154. The Caribbean Cruise Caper 155. The Hunt for the Four Brothers 156. A Will to Survive 157. The Lure of the Italian Treasure 158. The London Deception 159. Daredevils 160. A Game Called Chaos 161. Training for Trouble 162. The End of the Trail 163. The Spy that Never Lies 164. Skin & Bones 165. Crime in the Cards 166. Past and Present Danger 167. Trouble Times Two 168. The Castle Conundrum 169. Ghost of a Chance 170. Kickoff to Danger 171. The Test Case 172. Trouble in Warp Space 173. Speed Times Five 174. Hide-and-Sneak 175. Trick-or-Trouble 176. In Plane Sight 177. The Case of the Psychic's Vision 178. The Mystery of the Black Rhino 179. Passport to Danger 180. Typhoon Island 181. Double Jeopardy 182. The Secret of the Soldier's Gold 183. Warehouse Rumble 184. The Dangerous Transmission 185. Wreck and Roll 186. Hidden Mountain 187. No Way Out 188. Farming Fear 189. One False Step 190. Motocross Madness

The Hardy Boys Casefiles (1987–1998)

The Hardy Boys Casefiles were the first major spin-off of the Hardy Boys series that either took place after #190 Motocross Madness of the Mystery Stories line, or took place in different continuity altogether, due to the death of Iola Morton occurring in book #1 Dead On Target. The Casefiles universe also had its own spin-offs, similar to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Be-A-Detective books from the main series, but this series spin-offs were A Nancy Drew And Hardy Boys SuperMystery('88) (with the '88 being attached by fans in 2007 to differentiate this series from a similarly named series that began in 2007) and A Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller.

1. Dead on Target 2. Evil, Inc. 3. Cult of Crime 4. The Lazarus Plot 5. Edge of Destruction 6. The Crowning Terror 7. Deathgame 8. See No Evil 9. The Genius Thieves 10. Hostages of Hate 11. Brother against Brother 12. Perfect Getaway 13. The Borgia Dagger 14. Too Many Traitors 15. Blood Relations 16. Line of Fire 17. The Number File 18. A Killing in the Market 19. Nightmare in Angel City 20. Witness to Murder 21. Street Spies 22. Double Exposure 23. Disaster for Hire 24. Scene of the Crime 25. The Borderline Case 26. Trouble in the Pipeline 27. Nowhere to Run 28. Countdown to Terror 29. Thick as Thieves 30. The Deadliest Dare 31. Without a Trace 32. Blood Money 33. Collision Course 34. Final Cut 35. The Dead Season 36. Running on Empty 37. Danger Zone 38. Diplomatic Deceit 39. Flesh and Blood 40. Fright Wave 41. Highway Robbery 42. The Last Laugh 43. Strategic Moves

44. Castle Fear 45. In Self-Defense 46. Foul Play 47. Flight Into Danger 48. Rock 'n' Revenge 49. Dirty Deeds 50. Power Play 51. Choke Hold 52. Uncivil War 53. Web of Horror 54. Deep Trouble 55. Beyond the Law 56. Height of Danger 57. Terror on Track 58. Spiked! 59. Open Season 60. Deadfall 61. Grave Danger 62. Final Gambit 63. Cold Sweat 64. Endangered Species 65. No Mercy 66. The Phoenix Equation 67. Lethal Cargo 68. Rough Riding 69. Mayhem in Motion 70. Rigged for Revenge 71. Real Horror 72. Screamers 73. Bad Rap 74. Road Pirates 75. No Way Out 76. Tagged for Terror 77. Survival Run 78. The Pacific Conspiracy 79. Danger Unlimited (book)Danger Unlimited 80. Dead of Night 81. Sheer Terror 82. Poisoned Paradise 83. Toxic Revenge 84. False Alarm 85. Winner Take All 86. Virtual Villainy

87. Dead Man in Deadwood 88. Inferno of Fear 89. Darkness Falls 90. Deadly Engagement 91. Hot Wheels 92. Sabotage at Sea) 93. Mission: Mayhem 94. A Taste for Terror 95. Illegal Procedure 96. Against All Odds 97. Pure Evil 98. Murder by Magic 99. Frame-up 100. True Thriller 101. Peak Of Danger 102. Wrong Side of the Law 103. Campaign of Crime 104. Wild Wheels 105. Law of the Jungle 106. Shock Jock 107. Fast Break 108. Blown Away 109. Moment of Truth 110. Bad Chemistry 111. Competitive Edge 112. Cliff-Hanger 113. Sky High 114. Clean Sweep 115. Cave Trap 116. Acting Up 117. Blood Sport 118. The Last Leap 119. The Emperor's Shield 120. Survival of the Fittest 121. Absolute Zero 122. River Rats 123. High Wire Act 124. The Viking's Revenge 125. Stress Point 126. Fire in the Sky 127. Dead in the Water 128. title unknown 129. Explosive Force (unpublished) 130. The Criss Cross Crime (published as Hardy Boys #150)

Collector's editions and foreign publications

From 1998 to 1999, Simon & Schuster published three Hardy Boys Casefiles Collector's Editions that contained three previously published Casefiles stories (Vol. 1 #'s 38, 39 and 40; Vol. 2 #'s 48, 51 and 52; Vol. 3 #'s 55, 58 and 59). In 2005, Simon & Schuster reprinted Vol. 3 in hardcover with a different cover that used the current Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (Digest) cover of a file folder with modified art from Hardy Boys #152, exclusively for Borders Bookstores.

The Canadian rights to the Casefiles and its spin-offs have been held by Paperjacks (April 1987-December 1989) and Distican, Inc./Simon & Schuster Canada (January 1990-present; Simon & Schuster US bought out Distican in 2002 and just changed the company name). Aside from inserting an ad for their 'Books By Mail' program, their address on the copyright page, and a small Maple Leaf with "Printed In Canada" being put on the front covers, and distributing the books, Paperjacks was allowed no other editorial/layout changes to the books. Once Distican took over the rights in January 1990, the books were all published in the US and just distributed by Distican in Canada with no publishing occurring in Canada.

Simon & Schuster UK have published many 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 books of the Casefiles since the early 1990s in the UK and other British Commonwealth Nations (except Canada). In 2005/06 Simon & Schuster UK reissued four Casefiles under the Undercover Brothers label, with two other books being planned but cancelled before publication.

Armada/Collins held the UK/British Commonwealth (except Canada) rights to the Casefiles from about 1988 till 1991, with reprint rights continuing on throughout the 1990s, allowing Armada to publish different 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 books of the first 10 Casefiles.

The Hardy Boys are: The Clues Brothers (1997–2000)

The Clues Brothers books were aimed at younger readers, particularly in third and fourth grades. The series was introduced in 1997 and was cancelled in 2000 for lack of popularity.

This series had some big differences from the other Hardy Boys books, such as:

• The Hardy Boys don't solve major crimes as they do in the others.
• In these books, Frank and Joe are only 9 and 8, unlike the other books where they are 18 and 17.
• They go to Bayport Elementary School; in the others, they go to Bayport High School.

1. The Gross Ghost Mystery 2. The Karate Clue 3. First Day, Worst Day 4. Jump-Shot Detectives 5. The Dinosaur Disaster 6. Who Took the Book? 7. The Abracadabra Case 8. The Dog-Gone Detectives 9. The Pumped-Up Pizza Problem

10. The Walking Snowman 11. The Monster in the Lake 12. King for a Day 13. Pirates Ahoy! 14. All Eyes on First Prize 15. Slip, Slide, and Slap Shot 16. The Fish-Faced Mask Of Mystery 17. The Bike Race Ruckus

The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers (2005-2012)

Main article: Undercover Brothers

"The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers" is a series of paperback books which replaced the Digest paperbacks in early 2005.

The Hardy Boys are now agents of A.T.A.C. (American Teens Against Crime) and are solving more realistic and/or violent crimes.

This series is written in first-person narrative style with Frank and Joe alternating chapters.

2005 1. Extreme Danger 2. Running On Fumes 3. Boardwalk Bust 4. Thrill Ride 5. Rocky Road 6. Burned 7. Operation: Survival	2006 8. Top Ten Ways to Die 9. Martial Law 10. Blown Away 11. Hurricane Joe 12. Trouble in Paradise 13. The Mummy's Curse	2007 14. Hazed 15. Death And Diamonds 16. Bayport Buccaneers 17. Murder At The Mall 18. Pushed 19. Foul Play
2008 20. Feeding Frenzy 21. Comic Con Artist 22. Deprivation House(Murder House trilogy) 23. House Arrest 24. Murder House 25. Double Trouble (Double Trouble trilogy)	2009 26. Double Down 27. Double Deception 28. Galaxy X(Galaxy X trilogy) 29. X-plosion 30. The X-Factor 31. Killer Mission(Killer Mystery trilogy)	2010 32. Private Killer 33. Killer Connections 34. The Children of the Lost(Lost Mystery trilogy) 35. Lost Brother
2011 36. Forever Lost 37. Movie Menace (Deathstalker Trilogy) 38. Movie Mission	2012 39. Movie Mayhem (Last book in series. Hardy Boys UB canceled effective January 2012 per latest info from Simon and Schuster)

Spy Set - Box set of volumes 1–4 (2005)

Undercover Brothers Special Ghost Stories Edition

• Haunted - 2008

Undercover Brothers Super Mysteries (2006-2007)

Super Mystery #1 Wanted

1. Wanted - 2006

2. Kidnapped at the Casino - 2007

The Hardy Boys Adventures (2013-)

Main article: Hardy Boys Adventures

According to Pubeasy.com, this new series will begin January 2, 2013

1. title to be announced (Jan 2013, ISBN 1442446153)

2. title to be announced (May 2013, ISBN 1442422378)

Undercover Brothers Graphic Novels (2005-2010)

The Undercover Brothers also appear in a series of graphic novels by Papercutz.

1. The Ocean of Osyria - 2005

2. Identity Theft

3. Mad House

4. Malled - 2006

5. Sea You, Sea Me

6. Hyde & Shriek

7. The Opposite Numbers

8. Board To Death - 2007

9. To Die Or Not To Die

10. A Hardy Day's Night

11. Abracadeath - 2008

12. Dude Ranch O' Death!

13. The Deadliest Stunt

14. Haley Danelle's Top Eight

15. Live Free, Die Hardy!

16. Shhhhhh!

17. Word Up!

18. D.A.N.G.E.R. Spells the Hangman

19. Chaos at 30,000 Feet!

20. Deadly Strategy

The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers: The New Case Files (2010-Present)

(A new graphic novel series from Papercutz)

1. Crawling with Zombies

2. Break-Up!

3. Nancy Drew The New Case Files #3 -- "Together With The Hardy Boys" (This book is listed as number 3 in the Nancy Drew series, but is also the 3rd story in the Hardy boys series, and concludes the plot that was begun in Hardy Boys #1 and #2, and Nancy Drew #1 and #2)

In August 2011, an inside source at Papercutz told the owner of hardyboyscasefiles.com that the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew graphic novels would not see another entry in either series till "Fall 2012" at the earliest.

The Hardy Boys Secret Files (2010-Present)

1. Trouble at the Arcade

2. The Missing Mitt

3. Mystery Map

4. Hopping Mad

5. A Monster of a Mystery

6 The Bicycle Thief

7. The Disappearing Dog (October 2011)

8. Sports Sabotage (April 2012)

9. The Great Coaster Caper (August 2012)

Crossovers

The Hardy Boys teamed up with two other series book protagonists; Nancy Drew and Tom Swift.

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Be a Detective Mystery Stories (1984-1985)

In these books the reader controls the outcome of the story by choosing different options of advancing the plot, similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure books.

1. The Secret of the Knight’s Sword

2. Danger on Ice

3. The Feathered Serpent

4. Secret Cargo

5. The Alaskan Mystery

6. The Missing Money Mystery

Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery Series (1988–1998)

The Hardy Boys teamed up with Nancy Drew in this 36 volume series of paperbacks.

The Carolyn Keene house name was used for this series and the stories are more geared toward Nancy Drew fans.

1. Double Crossing 2. A Crime for Christmas 3. Shock Waves 4. Dangerous Games 5. The Last Resort 6. The Paris Connection 7. Buried in Time 8. Mystery Train 9. Best of Enemies 10. High Survival 11. New Year's Evil 12. Tour of Danger

13. Spies and Lies 14. Tropic of Fear 15. Courting Disaster 16. Hits and Misses 17. Evil in Amsterdam 18. Desperate Measures 19. Passport to Danger 20. Hollywood Horror 21. Copper Canyon Conspiracy 22. Danger Down Under 23. Dead on Arrival 24. Target for Terror

25. Secrets of the Nile 26. A Question of Guilt 27. Islands of Intrigue 28. Murder on the Fourth of July 29. High Stakes 30. Nightmare in New Orleans 31. Out of Control 32. Exhibition of Evil 33. At All Costs 34. Royal Revenge 35. Operation Titanic 36. Process of Elimination

Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller Series (1992–1993)

The two volume Ultra-Thriller series was a short-lived Hardy Boys spin off that joined boy inventor Tom Swift with the crime-solving Hardy Boys, Frank & Joe. Although the Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym was used, the series was more akin to the then-current Tom Swift IV series.

1. Time Bomb

2. The Alien Factor

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery Series (2007-Present)

The Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery books are a new series first published in June 2007 and are not to be confused with the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery series that was published between 1988 and 1998.

This is a spin-off series of the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series and The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series, and is narrated in the same way as both the Girl Detective and the Undercover Brothers series; first person.

1. Terror on Tour - 2007

2. Danger Overseas - 2008

3. Club Dread - 2009

4. Gold Medal Murder - 2010

5. Bonfire Masquerade - July 2011

6. Untitled - July 2012 according to the Simon and Schuster site ISBN 1442456817

Other Books

There have been many Hardy Boys spin-off books and minor series over the years.

The Hardy Boys Handbook: Seven Stories of Survival (1980)

Not to be confused with The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook, The Hardy Boys Handbook: Seven Stories of Survival was first published in 1980 by Wanderer Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) and contains seven short stories with instructions for wilderness survival, 134 pages long. Written and illustrated by outdoor journalist and survival instructor Sheila Link under the Hardy Boys imprint, published in hardcover in different format than the rest of the series.

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Sleuths (1981-1984)

The first Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Sleuths book was published in 1981 with the sequel published in 1984. Both volumes contain seven short stories with Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys working together and are written under the pen-name of Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon. Both books were published under Simon & Schuster’s Wanderer Books imprint.

• Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Sleuths - 1981
• Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Sleuths #2 - 1984

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Campfire Stories (1984)

This book was first published by Wanderer Books in 1984 and like the Super Sleuth books, Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon listed as co-authors. National Director of Program Services, Camp Fire, Inc, Karen W. Bartz wrote a foreword for this book. Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon also wrote a foreword.

The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories (1984)

This was first published in 1984 by Simon & Schuster under their Wanderer Books, and then in 1987 by their Minstrel Books imprint. In 2002 it was published yet again by another Simon & Schuster imprint; Aladdin paperbacks. Because there were so many re-prints, several (four) different editions with different cover art exist.

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