Tom Swift Jr. Books in Order
Tom Swift Jr. by Victor Appleton contains 32 books, published between 1954 and 1970. The first book is Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (1954) and the newest is Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express (1970). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1954–1970
- Pages on record
- 1,897 in 10 of 32 books
Tom Swift Jr. is a science fiction adventure series for young readers, published under the name Victor Appleton. Thirty-two books appeared between 1954 and 1970, starting with Tom Swift and His Flying Lab and four further titles in that first year. Tom Swift invents his way through the run - a jetmarine, a rocket ship, a giant robot, a diving seacopter, an ultrasonic cycloplane - and space flight, robots and space pirates fill the later books. The series ends with Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express (1970).
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How many Tom Swift Jr. books are there?
Tom Swift Jr. has 32 books, released between 1954 and 1970.
Tom Swift Jr. Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Tom Swift Jr. 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 November 2026.
- 1Tom Swift and His Flying Lab1954 · confirmed 2/41954–2/4
- 2Tom Swift and His Jetmarine1954 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419542082/4
- 3Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship1954 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419542082/4
- 4Tom Swift and His Giant Robot1954 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/419542112/4
- 5Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster1954 · confirmed 2/41954–2/4
- 6Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space / Tom Swift and His Sky Wheel1955 · confirmed 2/41955–2/4
- 7Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter1956 · confirmed 2/41956–2/4
- 8Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire1956 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/419562142/4
- 9Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite1956 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/419562142/4
- 10Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane1957 · confirmed 2/41957–2/4
- 11Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome1958 · confirmed 2/41958–2/4
- 12Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon1958 · confirmed 2/41958–2/4
- 13Tom Swift and His Space Solartron1958 · confirmed 2/41958–2/4
- 14Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope / Tom Swift in the Jungle of the Mayas1959 · confirmed 2/41959–2/4
- 15Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector / Tom Swift and the City of Gold1959 · confirmed 2/41959–2/4
- 16Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts1960 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/419601842/4
- 17Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X1961 · confirmed 2/41961–2/4
- 18Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung1961 · confirmed 2/41961–2/4
- 19Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar1962 · confirmed 2/41962–2/4
- 20Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober1962 · confirmed 2/41962–2/4
- 21Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates1963 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419631602/4
- 22Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway1963 · confirmed 2/41963–2/4
- 23Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker1964 · 178 pages · confirmed 2/419641782/4
- 24Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector1964 · confirmed 2/41964–2/4
- 25Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere1965 · confirmed 2/41965–2/4
- 26Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap1965 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419651602/4
- 27Tom Swift and His Sub-ocean Geotron1966 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419661602/4
- 28Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet1966 · confirmed 2/41966–2/4
- 29Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid1967 · confirmed 2/41967–2/4
- 30Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter1968 · confirmed 2/41968–2/4
- 31Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule1969 · confirmed 2/41969–2/4
- 32Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express1970 · confirmed 2/41970–2/4
Is there a chronological order for Tom Swift Jr.?
No separate chronological order is on record for Tom Swift Jr., 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 Tom Swift Jr. books in order?
You should read the Tom Swift Jr. books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Tom Swift Jr. book also stands alone.
Where to start with Tom Swift Jr.
Start with Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (1954), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Swift Jr. book?
Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express (1970) is the newest Tom Swift Jr. book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Swift Jr. book coming?
No next Tom Swift Jr. book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Swift Jr. at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Tom Swift Jr. title on record dates from 1970, 56 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Tom Swift Jr. books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,897 pages across the 10 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 196 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Swift Jr. books, 16 of 32, were published in the 1960s.
When Tom Swift Jr. books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Tom Swift Jr. titles appeared. 1960s was the most productive decade with 16 titles.
32 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Tom Swift Jr. books are about
12 of the 32 Tom Swift Jr. books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 11 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 11 of 12 books
- Children's fiction 6 of 12 books
- Tom Swift (Fictitious character) 6 of 12 books
- Adventure stories 4 of 12 books
- Boys 4 of 12 books
- Swift, tom (fictitious character) 4 of 12 books
- Space flight 2 of 12 books
Characters in the Tom Swift Jr. books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
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