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Biggles Books in Order

Biggles by Captain W.E. Johns contains 109 books, published between 1932 and 2009. The first book is Biggles The Camels Are Coming (1932) and the newest is Biggles' Secret Assignments (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
109
Published
1932–2009
Pages on record
15,800 in 79 of 109 books
Reading time
263–395 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 15,800 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 79 of 109 titles with a page count on record.

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Biggles is Captain W.E. Johns's adventure series about a British pilot, written for children and running to 109 titles. Biggles The Camels Are Coming (1932) begins with First World War flying; later books carry the character through the Second World War and beyond, from Biggles Learns To Fly and Biggles Flies East (1935) to Biggles' Secret Assignments (2009). Aircraft, flight and adventure are the constants.

How many Biggles books are there?

Biggles has 109 books, released between 1932 and 2009.

Biggles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 109 Biggles books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Biggles and the Cruise of the Condor by Captain W.E. Johns, book 2 of the Biggles series (1933)
  2. Cover of Biggles of the Camel Squadron / Fighter Squadron by Captain W.E. Johns, book 3 of the Biggles series (1934)
  3. Cover of Biggles Flies Again by Captain W.E. Johns, book 4 of the Biggles series (1934)
  4. Cover of Biggles Learns To Fly by Captain W.E. Johns, book 5 of the Biggles series (1935)
  5. Cover of Biggles and the Black Peril by Captain W.E. Johns, book 6 of the Biggles series (1935)
  6. Cover of Biggles Flies East by Captain W.E. Johns, book 7 of the Biggles series (1935)
  7. Cover of Biggles Hits the Trail by Captain W.E. Johns, book 8 of the Biggles series (1935)
  8. Cover of Biggles and Co. by Captain W.E. Johns, book 10 of the Biggles series (1936)
  9. Cover of Biggles Flies West by Captain W.E. Johns, book 13 of the Biggles series (1937)
  10. Cover of Biggles Goes to War by Captain W.E. Johns, book 15 of the Biggles series (1938)
  11. Cover of Biggles and The Rescue Flight by Captain W.E. Johns, book 17 of the Biggles series (1939)
  12. Cover of Biggles Flies North by Captain W.E. Johns, book 18 of the Biggles series (1939)
  13. Cover of Biggles in Spain by Captain W.E. Johns, book 19 of the Biggles series (1939)
  14. Cover of Biggles in the Baltic by Captain W.E. Johns, book 21 of the Biggles series (1940)
  15. Cover of Biggles defies the Swastika by Captain W.E. Johns, book 25 of the Biggles series (1941)
  16. Cover of Biggles Charter Pilot by Captain W.E. Johns, book 29 of the Biggles series (1943)
  17. Cover of Biggles Fails to Return by Captain W.E. Johns, book 30 of the Biggles series (1943)
  18. Cover of Biggles in the Orient by Captain W.E. Johns, book 31 of the Biggles series (1945)
  19. Cover of Biggles Hunts Big Game by Captain W.E. Johns, book 36 of the Biggles series (1948)
  20. Cover of Biggles Takes a Holiday by Captain W.E. Johns, book 37 of the Biggles series (1949)
  21. Cover of Biggles Breaks the Silence by Captain W.E. Johns, book 38 of the Biggles series (1949)
  22. Cover of Biggles Gets His Men by Captain W.E. Johns, book 39 of the Biggles series (1950)
  23. Cover of biggles goes to school by Captain W.E. Johns, book 40 of the Biggles series (1951)
  24. Cover of Biggles Works It Out by Captain W.E. Johns, book 42 of the Biggles series (1951)
  1. 1
    Biggles The Camels Are Coming1932 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1932203
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  2. 2
    Biggles and the Cruise of the Condor1933 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933206
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  3. 3
    Biggles of the Camel Squadron / Fighter Squadron1934 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1934208
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  4. 4
    Biggles Flies Again1934 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1934183
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  5. 5
    Biggles Learns To Fly1935 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935256
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  6. 6
    Biggles and the Black Peril1935 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935192
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  7. 7
    Biggles Flies East1935 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935238
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  8. 8
    Biggles Hits the Trail1935 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935160
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  9. 9
    Biggles in France1935 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935223
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  10. 10
    Biggles and Co.1936 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1936192
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  11. 11
    Biggles in Africa1936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
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  12. 12
    Biggles and the Secret Mission1937 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1937190
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  13. 13
    Biggles Flies West1937 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1937190
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  14. 14
    Air Commodore1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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  15. 15
    Biggles Goes to War1938 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1938189
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  16. 16
    Biggles Flies South1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  17. 17
    Biggles and The Rescue Flight1939 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939208
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  18. 18
    Biggles Flies North1939 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939157
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  19. 19
    Biggles in Spain1939 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939208
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  20. 20
    Biggles In The South Seas1940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940–
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  21. 21
    Biggles in the Baltic1940 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1940158
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  22. 22
    Biggles, Secret Agent1940 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1940184
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  23. 23
    Biggles Spitfire Parade1941 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    194156
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  24. 24
    Biggles Sees It Through1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  25. 25
    Biggles defies the Swastika1941 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1941192
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  26. 26
    Biggles in the Jungle1942 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1942128
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  27. 27
    Biggles Sweeps the Desert1942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  28. 28
    Biggles in Borneo1943 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1943184
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  29. 29
    Biggles Charter Pilot1943 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1943158
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  30. 30
    Biggles Fails to Return1943 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1943256
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Biggles Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Biggles books run from Biggles The Camels Are Coming (1932) to Biggles' Secret Assignments (2009), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Biggles in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Biggles books in order?

You should read the Biggles books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Biggles book also stands alone.

What order should you read Biggles books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Biggles The Camels Are Coming (1932), the earliest published title. After it come Biggles and the Cruise of the Condor (1933), Biggles of the Camel Squadron / Fighter Squadron (1934), Biggles Flies Again (1934) and Biggles Learns To Fly (1935); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Biggles book?

Biggles' Secret Assignments (2009) is the newest Biggles book released so far.

Is there a new Biggles book coming?

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

Biggles at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Biggles title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Biggles books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
15,800 pages across the 79 of 109 books with a recorded length, a median of 184 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Biggles books, 30 of 109, were published in the 1960s.

What the Biggles books are about

36 of the 109 Biggles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 20 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Captain W.E. Johns

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Captain W.E. Johns

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.