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List of Hardy Boys books#The Hardy Boys Casefiles

{{Short description|Juvenile detective fiction}}

This is a list of all Hardy Boys books published, by series.

''The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories'' (1927–2005)

=Grosset & Dunlap=

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! Manuscript

! Editor

! Rev.

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1

| The Tower Treasure

| 1927

| rowspan="9"| Edward Stratemeyer{{refn|group=note|name=first|Although it cannot be confirmed, Stratemeyer is the most accepted choice.}}

| rowspan="11"| Leslie McFarlane

| rowspan="9"| Edward Stratemeyer

| 1959

| rowspan="5"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="2"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

2

| The House on the Cliff

| 1927

| 1959

3

| The Secret of the Old Mill

| 1927

| 1962

| Alistair Hunter

4

| The Missing Chums

| 1928

| 1962

| James Buechler

5

| Hunting for Hidden Gold

| 1928

| 1963

| Alistair Hunter

6

| The Shore Road Mystery

| 1928

| 1964

| David Grambs

| David Grambs

7

| The Secret of the Caves

| 1929

| 1965

| Andrew E. Svenson

| Andrew E. Svenson

8

| The Mystery of Cabin Island

| 1929

| 1966

| Anne Shultes

| Anne Shultes, Andrew E. Svenson, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

9

| The Great Airport Mystery

| 1930

| 1965

| James Duncan Lawrence and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="2"| Tom Mulvey

10

| What Happened at Midnight

| 1931

| rowspan="3| Edna Stratemeyer Squier

| rowspan="34"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1967

| Tom Mulvey

11

| While the Clock Ticked

| 1932

| 1962

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, Grace Grote, and Andrew E. Svenson

| James Buechler

12

| Footprints Under the Window

| 1933

| rowspan="3"| Leslie McFarlane{{refn|group=note|McFarlane's credit is disputed, due to a number of differences between writing style from his other books, and more frequent and obvious racism that the series was criticized for in later years.}}

| 1965

| David Grambs

| David Grambs

13

| The Mark on the Door

| 1934

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1967

| Tom Mulvey

| Tom Mulvey

14

| The Hidden Harbor Mystery

| 1935

| Edna Stratemeyer Squier

| 1961

| Grace Grote

| James Buechler

15

| The Sinister Signpost

| 1936

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="2"| Leslie McFarlane

| 1968

| Tom Mulvey

| Tom Mulvey

16

| A Figure in Hiding

| 1937

| rowspan="2"| Edna Stratemeyer Squier

| 1965

| rowspan="2"| James Duncan Lawrence

| rowspan="2"| James Duncan Lawrence

17

| The Secret Warning

| 1938

|| Leslie McFarlane and John Button{{refn|group=note|McFarlane's credit is disputed, due to a number of differences between writing style from his other books, even though he claims authorship of The Secret Warning in his autobiography Ghost of the Hardy Boys. However, John Button's sole authorship of the entire manuscript is also in dispute, despite signed author records showing that he apparently wrote a manuscript for the book, due to a number of differences in writing style from his other books. There has been some speculation that the book, as it was released, was edited together by an editor at the Stratemeyer Syndicate from two different manuscripts that both McFarlane and Button wrote separately.}}

| 1966

18

| The Twisted Claw

| 1939

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="4"| John Button

| 1969

| Tom Mulvey

| Tom Mulvey

19

| The Disappearing Floor

| 1940

| Edna Stratemeyer Squier

| 1964

| James Duncan Lawrence

| James Duncan Lawrence

20

| The Mystery of the Flying Express

| 1941

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1970

| rowspan="4"| Andrew E. Svenson

| Vincent Buranelli

21

| The Clue of the Broken Blade

| 1942

| Edna Stratemeyer Squier

| 1970

| Richard Deming

22

| The Flickering Torch Mystery

| 1943

| rowspan="10"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="3"| Leslie McFarlane

| 1971

| Vincent Buranelli

23

| The Melted Coins

| 1944

| 1970

| Andrew E. Svenson

24

| The Short-Wave Mystery

| 1945

| 1966

| Patricia Doll, Priscilla Baker-Carr, and James Duncan Lawrence

| David Grambs

25

| The Secret Panel

| 1946

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1969

| rowspan="7"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="2"| Priscilla Baker-Carr

26

| The Phantom Freighter

| 1947

| Amy McFarlane

| 1970

27

| The Secret of Skull Mountain

| 1948

| George Waller, Jr. and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1966

| David Grambs

28

| The Sign of the Crooked Arrow

| 1949

| rowspan="2"| Andrew E. Svenson

| 1970

| Priscilla Baker-Carr

29

| The Secret of the Lost Tunnel

| 1950

| 1968

| David Grambs, June Dunn, and Priscilla Baker-Carr

30

| The Wailing Siren Mystery

| 1951

| Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1968

| rowspan="9"| Priscilla Baker-Carr

31

| The Secret of Wildcat Swamp

| 1952

| William Halstead and William Dougherty

| 1969

32

| The Crisscross Shadow

| 1953

| rowspan="2"| Andrew E. Svenson

| Richard Cohen

| 1969

| rowspan="2"| Andrew E. Svenson

33

| The Yellow Feather Mystery

| 1953

| William Dougherty

| 1971

34

| The Hooded Hawk Mystery

| 1954

| rowspan="2"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| Charles Strong

| 1971

| rowspan="2"| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

35

| The Clue in the Embers

| 1956

| rowspan="2"| John Almquist

| 1972

36

| The Secret of Pirates' Hill

| 1956

| rowspan="2"| Andrew E. Svenson

| 1972

| rowspan="2"| Andrew E. Svenson

37

| The Ghost at Skeleton Rock

| 1957

| rowspan="3"| James Duncan Lawrence

| 1966

38

| The Mystery at Devil's Paw

| 1959

| Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| 1973

| Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

39

| The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

| 1960

| Andrew E. Svenson

40

| Mystery of the Desert Giant

| 1961

| Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| rowspan="2"| James Buechler

41

| The Clue of the Screeching Owl

| 1962

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and Grace Grote

42

| The Viking Symbol Mystery

| 1963

| Andrew E. Svenson

| Alistair Hunter

43

| The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior

| 1964

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams

44

| The Haunted Fort

| 1965

| David Grambs

| David Grambs

| Andrew E. Svenson, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and Jocelyn Starzyk

45

| The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge

| 1966

| Andrew E. Svenson

| Andrew E. Svenson

| Jocelyn Starzyk

46

| The Secret Agent on Flight 101

| 1967

| Tom Mulvey

| Tom Mulvey, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and Grace Grote

| Andrew E. Svenson and Jocelyn Starzyk

47

| Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

| 1968

| rowspan="8"| Andrew E. Svenson

| Jerrold Mundis

| Andrew E. Svenson and Lilo Wuenn

48

| The Arctic Patrol Mystery

| 1969

| Andrew E. Svenson

| rowspan="11"| Lilo Wuenn

49

| The Bombay Boomerang

| 1970

| Vincent Buranelli

50

| Danger on Vampire Trail

| 1971

| Andrew E. Svenson

51

| The Masked Monkey

| 1972

| Vincent Buranelli

52

| The Shattered Helmet

| 1973

| rowspan="3"| Andrew E. Svenson

53

| The Clue of the Hissing Serpent

| 1974

54

| The Mysterious Caravan

| 1975

55

| The Witchmaster's Key

| 1976

| Andrew E. Svenson and Vincent Buranelli

| rowspan="3"| Vincent Buranelli

56

| The Jungle Pyramid

| 1977

| rowspan="2"| Vincent Buranelli

57

| The Firebird Rocket

| 1978

58

| The Sting of the Scorpion

| 1979

| James Duncan Lawrence

| James Duncan Lawrence

=Simon & Schuster=

In 1979, the Hardy Boys books began to be published by Wanderer Books Simon & Schuster in paperback format. Though formatted differently from the original 58-volume series which continued under Grosset & Dunlap's control, these new books were published under the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories banner. These books feature increasingly contemporary cover illustrations and some books have multiple versions of the cover art.

To collectors of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books, books in the original series published at Simon & Schuster are called "Digests". This is due to the books resembling Digest-size paperbacks, differing from Grosset & Dunlap's hardcover books (one of the reasons Adams switched to Simon & Schuster was that Grosset & Dunlap did not like this move, while Simon & Schuster agreed to it).

In 2005, the first eight volumes from Wanderer (#59-66) were republished by Grosset & Dunlap, alongside the first eight Nancy Drew volumes from Wanderer. These republications went out of print in 2013.

==Wanderer editions==

The main plot, formula, and continuity of the books remained similar to the original Grosset & Dunlap books still being published at the time. After Harriet Adams died in 1982, the Syndicate continued with five of its partners (Adams' remaining three children, plus authors Nancy Axelrod and Lilo Wuenn), until its sale to Simon & Schuster in 1987.

Night of the Werewolf was originally listed as the next book at the end of Sting of the Scorpion. Grosset & Dunlap continued to list this until they lost a court case against the Syndicate and Simon & Schuster in May 1980. The book was later revised to eliminate the next title and instead referenced the first book in the series, The Tower Treasure. They later published Night of the Werewolf and the next seven titles in 2005, with the permission and collaboration of Simon & Schuster. These last eight titles were discontinued once the license ran out.

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| Night of the Werewolf

| 1979

| rowspan="2"| James Duncan Lawrence

| rowspan="2"| James Duncan Lawrence

| rowspan="27"| Lilo Wuenn

60

| Mystery of the Samurai Sword

| 1979

61

| The Pentagon Spy

| 1980

| Vincent Buranelli

| Vincent Buranelli

62

| The Apeman's Secret

| 1980

| James Duncan Lawrence

| James Duncan Lawrence

63

| The Mummy Case

| 1980

| rowspan="3"| Vincent Buranelli

| rowspan="3"| Vincent Buranelli

64

| Mystery of Smugglers Cove

| 1980

65

| The Stone Idol

| 1981

66

| The Vanishing Thieves

| 1981

| Richard Deming

| Richard Deming

67

| The Outlaw's Silver

| 1981

| James Duncan Lawrence

| James Duncan Lawrence

68

| The Submarine Caper{{refn|group=note|name=third|Retitled Deadly Chase in 1987.}}

| 1981

| Conrad Fuchs{{refn|group=note|name=fourth|Fuchs wrote his manuscript in German; Lilo Wuenn translated.}}

| Conrad Fuchs{{refn|group=note|name=fourth}}

69

| The Four-Headed Dragon

| 1981

| Laurence Swinburne

| Laurence Swinburne

70

| The Infinity Clue

| 1981

| Karl Harr III{{refn|group=note|name=fifth|Harr was the grandson of Harriett Stratemeyer Adams, and great-grandson of Edward Stratemeyer.}}

| Karl Harr III{{refn|group=note|name=fifth}}

71

| Track of the Zombie

| 1982

| Vincent Buranelli

| Vincent Buranelli

72

| The Voodoo Plot

| 1982

| Karl Harr III

| Karl Harr III

73

| The Billion Dollar Ransom

| 1982

| Laurence Swinburne

| Laurence Swinburne

74

| Tic-Tac-Terror

| 1982

| James Duncan Lawrence

| James Duncan Lawrence

75

| Trapped at Sea

| 1982

| Vincent Buranelli

| Vincent Buranelli

76

| Game Plan for Disaster

| 1982

| Laurence Swinburne

| Laurence Swinburne

77

| The Crimson Flame

| 1983

| Vincent Buranelli

| Vincent Buranelli

78

| Cave-In

| 1983

| Karl Harr III

| Karl Harr III

79

| Sky Sabotage

| 1983

80

| The Roaring River Mystery

| 1984

| Karl Harr III

| Karl Harr III

81

| The Demon's Den

| 1984

82

| The Blackwing Puzzle

| 1984

83

| The Swamp Monster

| 1985

| Neal Barrett Jr.

| Neal Barrett Jr.

84

| Revenge of the Desert Phantom

| 1985

85

| The Skyfire Puzzle{{refn|group=note|Oiriginally titled and advertised as Mystery of the Space Shuttle.}}

| 1985

| Neal Barrett Jr.

| Neal Barrett Jr.

==Minstrel editions==

After volume 85, the series took a two-and-a-half-year hiatus due to the sale of the Stratemeyer Syndicate to Simon & Schuster. At this point, book packager Mega-Books took over the series, and hired different ghostwriters for the job (many of whom are still unknown). Mega-Books worked on the series until #153 Eye On Crime in 1998. Starting with #154 The Caribbean Cruise Caper, Simon & Schuster handled all books internally. The ghostwriters who are known are ones who have either been discovered through other resources, or have publicly revealed themselves as a ghostwriter for the series.

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86

| The Mystery of the Silver Star

| 1987

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| rowspan="85"| Anne Greenberg

87

| Program for Destruction

| 1987

88

| Tricky Business

| 1988

89

| The Sky Blue Frame

| 1988

90

| Danger on the Diamond

| 1988

91

| Shield of Fear

| 1988

92

| The Shadow Killers

| 1988

93

| The Serpent's Tooth Mystery

| 1988

94

| Breakdown in Axeblade

| 1989

95

| Danger On The Air

| 1989

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

96

| Wipeout

| 1989

97

| Cast of Criminals

| 1989

98

| Spark of Suspicion

| 1989

99

| Dungeon of Doom

| 1989

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

100

| The Secret of the Island Treasure

| 1990

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

101

| The Money Hunt

| 1990

102

| Terminal Shock

| 1990

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

103

| The Million-Dollar Nightmare

| 1990

104

| Tricks of the Trade

| 1990

105

| The Smoke Screen Mystery

| 1990

106

| Attack of the Video Villains

| 1991

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

107

| Panic on Gull Island

| 1991

108

| Fear on Wheels

| 1991

109

| The Prime-Time Crime

| 1991

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

110

| The Secret of Sigma Seven

| 1991

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

111

| Three-Ring Terror

| 1991

112

| The Demolition Mission

| 1992

113

| Radical Moves

| 1992

114

| The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals

| 1992

115

| Sabotage at Sports City

| 1992

116

| Rock 'n' Roll Renegades

| 1992

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

117

| The Baseball Card Conspiracy

| 1992

118

| Danger in the Fourth Dimension

| 1993

119

| Trouble at Coyote Canyon

| 1993

120

| The Case of the Cosmic Kidnapping

| 1993

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

121

| The Mystery in the Old Mine

| 1993

122

| Carnival of Crime

| 1993

123

| The Robot's Revenge

| 1993

124

| Mystery with a Dangerous Beat

| 1994

| Frances Lantz

| Frances Lantz

125

| Mystery on Makatunk Island

| 1994

126

| Racing to Disaster

| 1994

127

| Reel Thrills

| 1994

128

| Day of the Dinosaur

| 1994

129

| The Treasure at Dolphin Bay

| 1994

130

| Sidetracked to Danger

| 1995

131

| Crusade of the Flaming Sword

| 1995

132

| Maximum Challenge

| 1995

133

| Crime in the Kennel

| 1995

134

| Cross-Country Crime

| 1995

135

| The Hypersonic Secret

| 1995

136

| The Cold Cash Caper

| 1996

137

| High-Speed Showdown

| 1996

138

| The Alaskan Adventure

| 1996

139

| The Search for the Snow Leopard

| 1996

140

| Slam Dunk Sabotage

| 1996

141

| The Desert Thieves

| 1996

142

| Lost in Gator Swamp

| 1997

143

| The Giant Rat of Sumatra

| 1997

144

| The Secret of Skeleton Reef

| 1997

145

| Terror at High Tide

| 1997

146

| The Mark of the Blue Tattoo

| 1997

147

| Trial and Terror

| 1997

148

| The Ice-Cold Case

| 1998

149

| The Chase for the Mystery Twister

| 1998

150

| The Crisscross Crime{{refn|group=note|Originally written for the Casefiles series.}}

| 1998

151

| The Rocky Road to Revenge

| 1998

152

| Danger in the Extreme

| 1998

153

| Eye on Crime

| 1998

154

| The Caribbean Cruise Caper

| 1999

155

| The Hunt for the Four Brothers

| 1999

156

| A Will to Survive

| 1999

157

| The Lure of the Italian Treasure

| 1999

158

| The London Deception

| 1999

159

| Daredevils

| 1999

160

| A Game Called Chaos

| 2000

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

161

| Training for Trouble

| 2000

162

| The End of the Trail

| 2000

| Christopher Lampton

| Christopher Lampton

163

| The Spy that Never Lies

| 2000

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

164

| Skin & Bones

| 2000

165

| Crime in the Cards

| 2001

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

166

| Past And Present Danger

| 2001

167

| Trouble Times Two

| 2001

168

| The Castle Conundrum

| 2001

169

| Ghost of a Chance

| 2001

170

| Kickoff to Danger

| 2001

=Aladdin editions=

With the new millennium, the series changed publishers to the Aladdin subdivision of Simon & Schuster. With the reboot of Nancy Drew into Girl Detective, coupled with declining sales, Simon & Schuster ended the original series in April 2005.

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171

| The Test Case

| 2002

|

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| rowspan="6"| Anne Greenberg

172

| Trouble in Warp Space

| 2002

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

173

| Speed Times Five

| 2002

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

174

| Hide-and-Sneak

| 2002

175

| Trick-or-Trouble

| 2002

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

176

| In Plane Sight

| 2002

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

177

| The Case of the Psychic's Vision

| 2003

| George Edward Stanley

| George Edward Stanley

178

| The Mystery of the Black Rhino

| 2003

| George Edward Stanley

| George Edward Stanley

179

| Passport to Danger

| 2003

180

| Typhoon Island

| 2003

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

181

| Double Jeopardy

| 2003

182

| The Secret of the Soldier's Gold

| 2003

| George Edward Stanley

| George Edward Stanley

183

| Warehouse Rumble

| 2004

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

184

| The Dangerous Transmission

| 2004

185

| Wreck and Roll

| 2004

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

186

| Hidden Mountain

| 2004

| George Edward Stanley

| George Edward Stanley

187

| No Way Out

| 2004

188

| Farming Fear

| 2004

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

189

| One False Step

| 2005

| George Edward Stanley

| George Edward Stanley

190

| Motocross Madness

| 2005

| Stephen D. Sullivan

| Stephen D. Sullivan

=''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

The Hardy Boys Casefiles Series (1987–1998)

The Hardy Boys Casefiles are aimed at early-to-mid teen readers and have more mature themes, including espionage, murder, and slight romance. The new direction the series would take was set in the first volume, Dead On Target, as a bomb planted in the Hardy Boys' car blows up Joe's longtime girlfriend, Iola Morton, in the first chapter. Book packager Mega-Books and Simon & Schuster released the first two Casefiles under the Archway imprint in April 1987 and continued to release a new title monthly until November 1997. In January 1998 the last Casefile, #127 Dead in the Water, was released. This series was published in mass-market, or rack-sized, paperbacks to widen the distribution of the books to supermarkets and other outlets. In September 1987 the Hardy Boys Digest series was revived and continued with #86 The Mystery of the Silver Star. Events from the Casefiles are not referenced in the Digest series, and Iola Morton is alive and connected with Joe Hardy as in the previous 85 titles. The Casefiles universe also merges with the Nancy Drew Files and Tom Swift worlds in titles published as A Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery and A Hardy Boys and Tom Swift UltraThriller. Several spin-off series were cancelled by Simon & Schuster at the end of 1997, including The Hardy Boys Casefiles.

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| Dead on Target

| April 1987

| Bill McKay{{Cite web|url=http://hardyboys.us/hbcasefiles.htm|title = The Hardy Boys Casefiles Series}}

2

| Evil, Inc.

| April 1987

3

| Cult of Crime

| May 1987

| Steven Grant

4

| The Lazarus Plot

| June 1987

5

| Edge of Destruction

| July 1987

6

| The Crowning Terror

| August 1987

| Steven Grant

7

| Deathgame

| September 1987

8

| See No Evil

| October 1987

9

| The Genius Thieves

| November 1987

| Peter Lerangis

10

| Hostages of Hate

| December 1987

11

| Brother Against Brother

| January 1988

12

| Perfect Getaway

| February 1988

13

| The Borgia Dagger

| March 1988

| Peter Lerangis

14

| Too Many Traitors

| April 1988

| Steven Grant

15

| Blood Relations

| May 1988

16

| Line of Fire

| June 1988

17

| The Number File

| July 1988

| Bruce Whitehill

18

| A Killing in the Market

| August 1988

| Peter Lerangis

19

| Nightmare in Angel City

| September 1988

| Steven Grant

20

| Witness to Murder

| October 1988

| Barbara Steiner

21

| Street Spies

| November 1988

| Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert

22

| Double Exposure

| December 1988

|Dave Stern (D.A. Stern)

23

| Disaster for Hire

| January 1989

| Ron Goulart

24

| Scene of the Crime

| February 1989

25

| The Borderline Case

| March 1989

26

| Trouble in the Pipeline

| April 1989

27

| Nowhere to Run

| May 1989

| Larry Mike Garmon

28

| Countdown to Terror

| June 1989

29

| Thick as Thieves

| July 1989

| Steven Grant

30

| The Deadliest Dare

| August 1989

| Ron Goulart

31

| Without a Trace

| September 1989

| Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert

32

| Blood Money

| October 1989

|Dave Stern (D.A. Stern)

33

| Collision Course

| November 1989

| Rick Oliver

34

| Final Cut

| December 1989

35

| The Dead Season

| January 1990

36

| Running on Empty

| February 1990

| Larry Mike Garmon

37

| Danger Zone

| March 1990

| Peter Lerganis

38

| Diplomatic Deceit

| April 1990

39

| Flesh and Blood

| May 1990

| Larry Mike Garmon

40

| Fright Wave

| June 1990

| Rick Oliver

41

| Highway Robbery

| July 1990

42

| The Last Laugh

| August 1990

43

| Strategic Moves

| September 1990

| Larry Mike Garmon

44

| Castle Fear

| October 1990

| Ron Goulart

45

| In Self-Defense

| November 1990

| Rick Oliver

46

| Foul Play

| December 1990

| Larry Mike Garmon

47

| Flight Into Danger

| January 1991

| Gary Cohn

48

| Rock ‘N’ Revenge

| February 1991

49

| Dirty Deeds

| March 1991

50

| Power Play

| April 1991

| Rick Oliver

51

| Choke Hold

| May 1991

52

| Uncivil War

| June 1991

53

| Web of Horror

| July 1991

54

| Deep Trouble

| August 1991

55

| Beyond the Law

| September 1991

56

| Height of Danger

| October 1991

57

| Terror on Track

| November 1991

| David Robbins

58

| Spiked!

| December 1991

59

| Open Season

| January 1992

| Rick Oliver

60

| Deadfall

| February 1992

61

| Grave Danger

| March 1992

62

| Final Gambit

| April 1992

| Steven Grant

63

| Cold Sweat

| May 1992

64

| Endangered Species{{refn|group=note|name=Phoenix|Part of the "Operation Phoenix" Trilogy.}}

| June 1992

65

| No Mercy{{refn|group=note|name=Phoenix}}

| July 1992

| Chris Lampton

66

| The Phoenix Equation{{refn|group=note|name=Phoenix}}

| August 1992

67

| Lethal Cargo

| September 1992

68

| Rough Riding

| October 1992

69

| Mayhem in Motion

| November 1992

| Rick Oliver

70

| Rigged for Revenge

| December 1992

71

| Real Horror

| January 1993

72

| Screamers

| February 1993

73

| Bad Rap

| March 1993

74

| Road Pirates

| April 1993

75

| No Way Out

| May 1993

76

| Tagged for Terror{{refn|group=note|name=EvilRing|Part of the "Ring of Evil" Trilogy.}}

| June 1993

| rowspan=”2”| Rick Oliver

77

| Survival Run{{refn|group=note|name=EvilRing}}

| July 1993

78

| The Pacific Conspiracy{{refn|group=note|name=EvilRing}}

| August 1993

79

| Danger Unlimited

| September 1993

| Frances Lantz

80

| Dead of Night

| October 1993

81

| Sheer Terror

| November 1993

82

| Poisoned Paradise

| December 1993

83

| Toxic Revenge

| January 1994

84

| False Alarm

| February 1994

85

| Winner Take All

| March 1994

| Rick Oliver

86

| Virtual Villainy

| April 1994

87

| Dead Man in Deadwood

| May 1994

88

| Inferno Of Fear

| June 1994

| Rick Oliver

89

| Darkness Falls

| July 1994

90

| Deadly Engagement

| August 1994

91

| Hot Wheels

| September 1994

92

| Sabotage at Sea

| October 1994

| Gary Cohn

93

| Mission: Mayhem

| November 1994

| Rick Oliver

94

| A Taste for Terror

| December 1994

95

| Illegal Procedure

| January 1995

| Joe Holley{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/native-texan/article/The-identity-of-Franklin-W-Tex-Dixon-unveiled-5259328.php|title = The identity of Franklin W. 'Tex' Dixon unveiled at last|date = 23 February 2014}}

96

| Against All Odds

| February 1995

97

| Pure Evil

| March 1995

98

| Murder By Magic

| April 1995

| Rick Oliver

99

| Frame-Up

| May 1995

100

| True Thriller

| June 1995

| Rick Oliver

101

| Peak of Danger

| July 1995

102

| Wrong Side of the Law

| August 1995

103

| Campaign of Crime

| September 1995

104

| Wild Wheels

| October 1995

| Gary Cohn

105

| Law of the Jungle

| November 1995

106

| Shock Jock

| December 1995

107

| Fast Break

| January 1996

108

| Blown Away

| February 1996

109

| Moment of Truth

| March 1996

| Joe Holley

110

| Bad Chemistry

| April 1996

111

| Competitive Edge

| May 1996

112

| Cliff-Hanger

| June 1996

113

| Sky High

| July 1996

114

| Clean Sweep

| August 1996

115

| Cave Trap

| September 1996

116

| Acting Up

| October 1996

117

| Blood Sport

| November 1996

118

| The Last Leap

| December 1996

119

| The Emperor’s Shield

| January 1997

120

| Survival of the Fittest

| February 1997

121

| Absolute Zero

| March 1997

122

| River Rats

| April 1997

123

| High Wire Act

| May 1997

124

| The Viking’s Revenge

| July 1997

| Stephen D. Sullivan

125

| Stress Point

| September 1997

126

| Fire in the Sky

| November 1997

| Larry Mike Garmon

127

| Dead in the Water

| January 1998

In addition, there were three unpublished titles, only two of them known: Book #128, titled Explosive Force, was written by Jerry Novick, and a complete manuscript exists; Book #130, titled The Crisscross Crime, was rewritten for the original series, and released as #150.

=''Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Super Mystery'' Series (1988–1998)=

{{main|Super Mystery}}

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew teamed up in this 36-volume series of paperbacks. This series follows the formula of the main characters and their friends typically involved in separate mysteries that end up being connected. The sleuths join forces to solve the overall mystery. This series is based in the Nancy Drew Files and Hardy Boys Casefiles continuity, so murder, romance, and flirtation between the series regulars are common. Nancy Drew and Frank Hardy share an attraction in this series, though after a brief kiss in The Last Resort this attraction is not acted on. Subsequent books focus on the respect and friendship that developed between the two and their continued feelings for Ned Nickerson and Callie Shaw. Several spin-off series were cancelled by Simon & Schuster at the end of 1997, including the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery series. Starting in 2007, in order to differentiate between the new Super Mystery series, many fans started referring to this series as SuperMystery'88.

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

The two-volume Ultra-Thriller series is a short-lived Hardy Boys spin-off that joined boy inventor Tom Swift with the crime-solving Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe. Although the Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym was used, the series was more akin to the then-current Tom Swift IV series and listed in the Tom Swift books as part of that series. Published as mass-market paperback books under the Archway imprint of Simon & Schuster. Both books were written by Bill McKay.

  1. Time Bomb
  2. The Alien Factor

=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 throughout the 1990s, allowing Armada to publish different 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 books of the first 10 Casefiles.

''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. Starting in 2013 the series is available as ebooks.

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

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

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  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|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.

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:2005

:1. Extreme Danger

:2. Running On Fumes

:3. Boardwalk Bust

:4. Thrill Ride

:5. Rocky Road

:6. Burned

:7. Operation: Survival

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: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

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:2007

:14. Hazed

:15. Death And Diamonds

:16. Bayport Buccaneers

:17. Murder At The Mall

:18. Pushed

:19. Foul Play

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: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)

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:2009

:26. Double Down

:27. Double Deception

:28. Galaxy X (Galaxy X trilogy)

:29. X-plosion [Galaxy X trilogy]

:30. The X-Factor [Galaxy X trilogy]

:31. Killer Mission (Killer Mystery trilogy{{Cite book|title=Killer mission|last=W.|first=Dixon, Franklin|date=2009|publisher=Aladdin|isbn=9781416986959|edition=1st Aladdin paperbacks|location=New York|oclc=310397771|url=https://archive.org/details/killermission00dixo}})

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:2010

:32. Private Killer

:33. Killer Connections

:34. The Children of the Lost (Lost Mystery trilogy)

:35. Lost Brother

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{{col-break}}

:2011

:36. Forever Lost

:37. Movie Menace (Deathstalker Trilogy)

:38. Movie Mission

{{col-break}}

:2012

:39. Movie Mayhem - last book in series; Hardy Boys UB canceled January 2012

:40. The Case of the MyFace Kidnapper (working title) - series cancelled before publication

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

=Super Mysteries=

  1. Wanted - 2006{{Cite book|title=Wanted|last=W.|first=Dixon, Franklin|date=2006|publisher=Aladdin Paperbacks|isbn=9781416912583|edition=1st Aladdin paperbacks|location=New York|oclc=68464677|url=https://archive.org/details/wantedhardyboysu00fran_0}}
  2. Kidnapped at the Casino - 2007
  3. Haunted (Special Ghost Story edition) - 2008

=''Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery'' Series (2007–2012)=

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. Many fans, in order to avoid confusion with the earlier series, refer to this series as the Super Mystery'07 series.

This is a spin-off series of the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series and The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series. Books are narrated in the first person with chapters alternating between Nancy's, Frank's, and Joe's view. Series was cancelled with Nancy Drew: Girl Detective and The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers in 2012.

  1. Terror on Tour - 2007
  2. Danger Overseas - 2008
  3. Club Dread - 2009
  4. Gold Medal Murder - 2010
  5. Bonfire Masquerade - 2011
  6. Stage Fright - 2012

=''The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers'' Graphic Novels (2005–2010)=

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

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: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! - 2009

:17. Word Up!

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

:19. Chaos at 30,000 Feet!

:20. Deadly Strategy - 2010

}}

==''The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers – The New Case Files'' Graphic Novels (2010–2011)==

(A new graphic novel series from Papercutz)

  1. Crawling with Zombies - October 26, 2010
  2. Break-Up! - March 15, 2011
  3. Nancy Drew: Girl Detective - The New Case Files #3 / Together With The Hardy Boys – August 2, 2011 (this book is listed as number 3 in the second Nancy Drew graphic novel series, but it is also the 3rd story in the second Hardy Boys graphic novel series and concludes the plot that was begun in The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers – The New Case Files #1 and #2, and Nancy Drew: Girl Detective – The New Case Files #1 and #2)

''The Hardy Boys Adventures'' (2013–2023)

In 2011, Simon & Schuster canceled the Undercover Brothers series and launched a new series, Hardy Boys Adventures, publishing four volumes in 2013. The reboot series publishes two to three new titles a year in paperback, hardcover book with dust jacket, and as eBooks. This series is written in the first person, with chapters alternating between Frank's and Joe's narration. The first four titles initially printed 25,000 copies in paperback and 2,500 copies in hardcover. Books 5 through 8 had an initial print run of 25,000 in paperback and 5,000 in hardcover. Books 9 and 10 had an initial print run of 10,000 in paperback and 5,000 in hardcover. Audio books were released starting in 2015 on CD and download, read by Tim Gregory.{{cite web|title=Digital Catalog|publisher=Simon and Schuster|url=https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/Catalogs/Default.aspx}} The first three titles were published as a single volume in June 2016 using the cover art from the first book in the series.

=Titles=

class="wikitable"

|+ Titles and publication dates

#

! Title

! Released

! Manuscript

1

| Secret of the Red Arrow

| rowspan="2"| {{Start date|2013|02|05}}

2

| Mystery of the Phantom Heist

3

| The Vanishing Game

| {{Start date|2013|06|04}}

4

| Into Thin Air

| {{Start date|2013|10|22}}

5

| Peril at Granite Peak

| {{Start date|2014|02|04}}

6

| The Battle of Bayport

| {{Start date|2014|06|03}}

| Reuben Sack

7

| Shadows at Predator Reef

| {{Start date|2014|10|21}}

| Reuben Sack

8

| Deception on the Set

| {{Start date|2015|02|03}}

| Michael Anthony Steele{{cite web|url=http://michaelanthonysteele.com/index.php?s=Hardy+Boys&x=0&y=0 |title=Michael Anthony Steele - Hardy Boys|website=michaelanthonysteele.com|access-date=8 June 2018}}

9

| The Curse of the Ancient Emerald

| {{Start date|2015|06|09}}

| Paul Crilley

10

| Tunnel of Secrets

| {{Start date|2015|10|20}}

| Reuben Sack

11

| Showdown at Widow Creek

| {{Start date|2016|02|02}}

| Michael Anthony Steele

12

| The Madman of Black Bear Mountain

| {{Start date|2016|06|07}}

| Reuben Sack

13

| Bound for Danger

| {{Start date|2016|10|11}}

14

| Attack of the Bayport Beast

| {{Start date|2017|2|21}}

| Michael Anthony Steele

15

| A Con Artist in Paris

| {{Start date|2017|9|5}}

| Reuben Sack

16

| Stolen Identity

| {{Start date|2018|2|20}}

| Michael Anthony Steele

17

| The Gray Hunter's Revenge

| {{Start date|2018|10|9}}

18

| The Disappearance

| {{Start date|2019|02|19}}

19

| Dungeons & Detectives

| {{Start date|2019|10|22}}{{cite book|title=Dungeons & Detectives (Hardy Boys Adventures): Franklin W. Dixon: Amazon.com: Books|isbn = 978-1534421059|last1 = Dixon|first1 = Franklin W.|date = 2019-10-22| publisher=Simon and Schuster }}

| Reuben Sack

20

| Return to Black Bear Mountain

| {{Start date|2020|02|18}}

| Reuben Sack

21

| A Treacherous Tide

| {{Start date|2020|07|14}}

| Reuben Sack

22

| Trouble Island

| February 16, 2021

23

|Mystery on the Mayhem Express

|June 22, 2021

24

|As the Falcon Flies

|{{Start date|2022|01|04}}

25

|The Smuggler's Legacy

|{{Start date|2023|02|14}}

=Trivia=

  • The original title for Mystery of the Phantom Heist was Masked Mayhem, and listed as such for pre-order on several online sites before the name change.
  • The working title for Bound for Danger was Foul Play. This would have been the third use of this title in a Hardy Boys series.
  • The original book scheduled for February 2019 was The Vanishing Room, and listed for pre-order as such on several online sites. It was later retitled The Disappearance, which had a different plot. The cover art was retained, with only the book title being changed.
  • The Hardy Boys appear in the Nancy Drew Diaries title A Nancy Drew Christmas, which was released in September 2018.
  • The Smuggler's Legacy was originally scheduled to be published in June 2022. It was pushed back to 2023, consistent with other Simon and Schuster titles scheduled to be published in the later part of 2022. Also impacted was Nancy Drew Diaries Captain Stone's Revenge.

''The Hardy Boys Secret Files'' (2010–2015)

The Hardy Boys Secret Files is a series begun in 2010 by the publisher Simon & Schuster under their Aladdin imprint. It features the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, as grade-school detectives. Three new titles are published yearly as paperback books and eBooks. This series rebooted in 2016 as the Hardy Boys Clue Book series.

  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
  8. Sports Sabotage
  9. The Great Coaster Caper
  10. A Rockin' Mystery (October 2012)
  11. Robot Rumble (April 2013)
  12. Lights, Camera...Zombies! (August 2013)
  13. Balloon Blow-Up (December 2013)
  14. Fossil Frenzy (April 2014)
  15. Ship of Secrets (August 2014)
  16. Camping Chaos (December 2014)
  17. The Great Escape (April 2015)
  18. Medieval Upheaval (August 2015)
  19. The Race Is On (December 2015)

=''The Hardy Boys Clue Book'' (2016–2024)=

This is a re-boot of the Hardy Boys Secret Files series published by Aladdin Paperbacks in paperback, hardcover, and eBook editions written by Franklin W. Dixon with covers and internal illustrations by Matt David. Illustrations and cover art for book #7 by Santy Gutierrez. This is an interactive series, as readers will get to write down their clues and predictions. A page before the final chapter has questions the reader can answer regarding suspects, clues, and solutions. The first book in the series references events in the last book of the Hardy Boys Secret Files series, making this a continuation of that series.

=Titles=

class="wikitable"

|+ Titles and publication dates

#

! Title

! Released

! Manuscript

1

| The Video Game Bandit

| rowspan="2"| {{Start date|2016|04|19}}

|

2

| The Missing Playbook

|

3

| Water-Ski Wipeout

| {{Start date|2016|08|9}}

|

4

| Talent Show Tricks

| {{Start date|2016|12|6}}

|

5

| Scavenger Hunt Heist

| {{Start date|2017|4|4}}

|

6

| A Skateboard Cat-astrophe

| {{Start date|2017|11|14}}

|

7

| The Pirate Ghost

| {{Start date|2018|4|3}}

|

8

| The Time Warp Wonder

| {{Start date|2018|11|13}}

|

9

| Who Let the Frogs Out?

| {{Start date|2019|04|02}}

|

10

| The Great Pumpkin Smash

| {{Start date|2019|09|03}}

|

11

| Bug-napped

| {{Start date|2020|04|14}}

|

12

| Sea Life Secrets

| {{Start date|2020|08|18}}

| Reuben Sack

13

| Robot Rescue!

| {{Start date|2021|04|20}}

|

14

| The Bad Luck Skate

| {{Start date|2021|08|17}}

|

15

| The Garden Plot

| {{Start date|2022|04|19}}

| Reuben Sack

16

| Undercover Bookworms

| {{Start date|2023|06|27}}

|Reuben Sack

17

| Splash Pad Sabotage

| {{Start date|2024|06|11}}

|

''Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys'' Dynamite Comic Books (2017)

Published by Dynamite Entertainment.

  1. Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys: The Big Lie (March–August 2017; 6 issues): In this modern take, teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy are accused of the murder of their father – a detective in the small resort town of Bayport – and must team up with the femme fatale Nancy Drew to prove their innocence (and find the real guilty party in the process) in a twisting, hardboiled tale, complete with double-crosses, deceit, and dames.
  2. Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Missing Adults! (July 2019)
  3. Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew (April–November 2020; 6 issues)

Specials

  • The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook (1959)
  • The Hardy Boys Handbook: Seven Stories of Survival (1980)
  • 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)
  • The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories (1984)

Notes

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Hardy Boys Books}}

Category:Book series introduced in 1927

External links

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