Franklin W. Dixon Books in Order: All 473 books (1927

Franklin W. Dixon is the author name on the Hardy Boys books, and the catalogue lists 473 titles under the Dixon name from 1927 to 2023. The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff and The Secret of the Old Mill all date from 1927. Dixon series include Hardy Boys Casefiles, Hardy Boys Adventures, Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, Hardy Boys: Secret Files and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mystery, plus the Ted Scott Flying Stories. Undercover Bookworms (2023) is the newest title.

Franklin W. Dixon books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Hardy Boys books in order

142 books by Franklin W. Dixon

1. The Tower Treasure
1. The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook
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 Mystery of Cabin Island
8. The Secret of the Caves
9. The Great Airport Mystery
10. What Happened at Midnight
11. While the Clock Ticked
and 130 more in the table above

Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys: Be A Detective in order

6 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 the Hardy Boys, Super Sleuths! in order

2 books

1. Super Sleuths!
2. Super Sleuths! Vol. 2

Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller in order

2 books

1. Time Bomb
2. The Alien Factor

Do you have to read Franklin W. Dixon books in order?

You only need to read Franklin W. Dixon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Franklin W. Dixon

Start with the first book of the Franklin W. Dixon series you want to read: Hardy Boys Adventures starts with Secret of the Red Arrow (2013), Hardy Boys Casefiles starts with Dead on Target (1987) and Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers starts with Extreme Danger (2005). The earliest catalogued title overall is Over the Ocean to Paris (1927).

What is the newest Franklin W. Dixon book?

Undercover Bookworms (2023) is the newest Franklin W. Dixon book released so far.

Is there a new Franklin W. Dixon book coming?

No next Franklin W. Dixon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Franklin W. Dixon at a glance

Paused: No new Franklin W. Dixon title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace: Franklin W. Dixon books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 50,939 pages across the 339 of 473 books with a recorded length, a median of 155 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Franklin W. Dixon books, 168 of 473, were published in the 1990s.

What the Franklin W. Dixon books are about

442 of the 473 Franklin W. Dixon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 365 of 442. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Mystery & detective 365 of 442 books
Hardy boys (fictitious characters) 362 of 442 books
Series:HardyBoys 327 of 442 books
Children's fiction 314 of 442 books
CollectionID:HBCFS 109 of 442 books
CollectionID:HBMS3 68 of 442 books
Brothers 50 of 442 books
CollectionID:HBMS1 27 of 442 books

Franklin W. Dixon Books in Order

How many Franklin W. Dixon books are there?

Franklin W. Dixon Books in Publication Order

Franklin W. Dixon series and characters in order