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Hardy Boys Clue Books in Order

Hardy Boys Clue by Franklin W. Dixon contains 16 books, published between 2016 and 2023. The first book is The Video Game Bandit (2016) and the newest is Undercover Bookworms (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2016–2023
Confirmed
8 of 16 titles
Pages on record
779 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
13–19 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 779 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable Hardy Boys Clue checklist

Hardy Boys Clue is a children's mystery series credited to Franklin W. Dixon, with 16 books published between 2016 and 2023. The Hardy Boys are the featured characters, and recorded subjects include brothers, skateboarding and video games. The Video Game Bandit (2016) comes first, followed that year by The Missing Playbook, Water-Ski Wipeout and Talent Show Tricks. Scavenger Hunt Heist and A Skateboard Cat-astrophe date from 2017. Later titles include The Pirate Ghost (2018), The Time Warp Wonder (2018), Who Let the Frogs Out? (2019) and The Great Pumpkin Smash (2019). Undercover Bookworms (2023) is the newest.

How many Hardy Boys Clue books are there?

Hardy Boys Clue has 16 books, released between 2016 and 2023.

Hardy Boys Clue Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Hardy Boys Clue 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 Water-Ski Wipeout by Franklin W. Dixon, book 3 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2016)
  2. Cover of Talent Show Tricks by Franklin W. Dixon, book 4 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2016)
  3. Cover of Scavenger Hunt Heist by Franklin W. Dixon, book 5 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2017)
  4. Cover of A Skateboard Cat-astrophe by Franklin W. Dixon, book 6 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2017)
  5. Cover of The Pirate Ghost by Franklin W. Dixon, book 7 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2018)
  6. Cover of The Time Warp Wonder by Franklin W. Dixon, book 8 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2018)
  7. Cover of Who Let the Frogs Out? by Franklin W. Dixon, book 9 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2019)
  8. Cover of The Great Pumpkin Smash by Franklin W. Dixon, book 10 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2019)
  9. Cover of Bug-Napped by Franklin W. Dixon, book 11 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2020)
  10. Cover of The Garden Plot by Franklin W. Dixon, book 15 of the Hardy Boys Clue series (2022)
  1. 1
    The Video Game Bandit2016 · 74 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201674
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  2. 2
    The Missing Playbook2016 · 74 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201674
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  3. 3
    Water-Ski Wipeout2016 · 78 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201678
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  4. 4
    Talent Show Tricks2016 · 77 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201677
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  5. 5
    Scavenger Hunt Heist2017 · 87 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201787
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  6. 6
    A Skateboard Cat-astrophe2017 · 85 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201785
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  7. 7
    The Pirate Ghost2018 · 96 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201896
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  8. 8
    The Time Warp Wonder2018 · 96 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201896
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  9. 9
    Who Let the Frogs Out?2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  10. 10
    The Great Pumpkin Smash2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  11. 11
    Bug-Napped2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    Sea Life Secrets2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    Robot Rescue!2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  14. 14
    The Bad Luck Skate2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  15. 15
    The Garden Plot2022 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022112
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  16. 16
    Undercover Bookworms2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Is there a chronological order for Hardy Boys Clue?

No separate chronological order is on record for Hardy Boys Clue, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Hardy Boys Clue books in order?

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

Where to start with Hardy Boys Clue

Start with The Video Game Bandit (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hardy Boys Clue book?

Undercover Bookworms (2023) is the newest Hardy Boys Clue book released so far.

Is there a new Hardy Boys Clue book coming?

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

Hardy Boys Clue at a glance

Paused
No new Hardy Boys Clue title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Hardy Boys Clue books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
779 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 85 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hardy Boys Clue books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Hardy Boys Clue books are about

11 of the 16 Hardy Boys Clue 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 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Franklin W. Dixon

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

Characters in the Hardy Boys Clue books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Other series by Franklin W. Dixon

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