Victor Appleton Reading Order

15 books (1925–1935)

Start with Don Sturdy Across the North Pole / Cast Away in the Land of Ice, the first of 15 books in the Don Sturdy series.

#	Title
1	Don Sturdy Across the North Pole / Cast Away in the Land of Ice 1925Buy 🇺🇸
2	Don Sturdy in the Land of Volcanoes / The Trail of the Ten Thousand Smokes 1925Buy 🇺🇸
3	Don Sturdy in the Tombs of Gold / The Old Egyptian's Great Secret 1925Buy 🇺🇸
4	Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery / Autoing in the Land of Caravans 1925Buy 🇺🇸
5	Don Sturdy with the Big Snake Hunters / Lost in the Jungles of the Amazon 1925Buy 🇺🇸
6	Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships / Adrift in the Sargasso Sea 1926Buy 🇺🇸
7	Don Sturdy Among the Gorillas / Adrift in the Great Jungle 1927Buy 🇺🇸
8	Don Sturdy Captured by Head Hunters / Adrift in the Wilds of Borneo 1928Buy 🇺🇸
9	Don Sturdy in Lion Land / The Strange Clearing in the Jungle 1929Buy 🇺🇸
10	Don Sturdy in the Land of Giants / Captives of the Savage Patagonians 1930Buy 🇺🇸
11	Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom / The Strange Cruise of the Phantom 1931Buy 🇺🇸
12	Don Sturdy in the Temples of Fear / Destined for a Strange Sacrifice 1932Buy 🇺🇸
13	Don Sturdy Lost in Glacier Bay / The Mystery of the Moving Totem Poles 1933Buy 🇺🇸
14	Don Sturdy Trapped in the Flaming Wilderness / Unearthing Secrets in Central Asia 1934Buy 🇺🇸
15	Don Sturdy with the Harpoon Hunters / The Strange Cruise of the Whaling Ship 1935Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1913–1919)

Start with The Moving Picture Boys in Earthquake Land, the first of 9 books in the The Moving Picture Boys series.

#	Title
1	The Moving Picture Boys in Earthquake Land 1913Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Moving Picture Boys in the Jungle 1913Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Moving Picture Boys in the West 1913Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast 1913Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood 1914Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Moving Picture Boys at Panama 1915Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Moving Picture Boys Under the Sea 1916Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front 1918Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Moving Picture Boys on the French Battlefields 1919Buy 🇺🇸

40 books (1910–1941)

Start with Tom Swift and His Airship / The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud, the first of 40 books in the Tom Swift I series.

#	Title
1	Tom Swift and His Airship / The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud 1910Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout / The Speediest Car on the Road 1910Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat / The Rivals of Lake Carlopa 1910Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle / Fun and Adventure on the Road 1910Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat / Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure 1910Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers / The Secret of Phantom Mountain 1911Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle / Daring Adventures in Elephant Island 1911Buy 🇺🇸
8	Tom Swift and His Sky Racer / The Quickest Flight on Record 1911Buy 🇺🇸
9	Tom Swift and His Wireless Message / The Castaways of Earthquake Island 1911Buy 🇺🇸
10	Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice / The Wreck of the Airship 1911Buy 🇺🇸
11	Tom Swift and His Air Glider / Seeking the Platinum Treasure 1912Buy 🇺🇸
12	Tom Swift and His Great Search Light / On the Border for Uncle Sam 1912Buy 🇺🇸
13	Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera / Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures 1912Buy 🇺🇸
14	Tom Swift in Captivity / A Daring Escape by Airship 1912Buy 🇺🇸
15	Tom Swift in the City of Gold / Marvelous Adventures Underground 1912Buy 🇺🇸
16	Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon / The Longest Shots on Record 1913Buy 🇺🇸
17	Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone / The Picture That Saved a Fortune 1914Buy 🇺🇸
18	Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship / The Naval Terror of the Seas 1915Buy 🇺🇸
19	Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel / The Hidden City of the Andes 1916Buy 🇺🇸
20	Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders / The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold 1917Buy 🇺🇸
21	Tom Swift and His War Tank / Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam 1918Buy 🇺🇸
22	Tom Swift and His Air Scout / Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky 1919Buy 🇺🇸
23	Tom Swift and His Undersea Search / The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic 1920Buy 🇺🇸
24	Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters / Battling with Flames in the Air / Tom Swift and the Flaming Air Battle 1921Buy 🇺🇸
25	Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive / Two Miles a Minute on the Rails 1922Buy 🇺🇸
26	Tom Swift and His Flying Boat / Castaways of the Giant Iceberg 1923Buy 🇺🇸
27	Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher / The Treasure of Goby Farm 1924Buy 🇺🇸
28	Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets / Tracing the Stolen Inventions 1925Buy 🇺🇸
29	Tom Swift and His Airline Express / From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight 1926Buy 🇺🇸
30	Tom Swift Circling the Globe / The Daring Cruise of the Air Monarch 1927Buy 🇺🇸
31	Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures / The Greatest Invention on Record 1928Buy 🇺🇸
32	Tom Swift and His House on Wheels / A Trip Around the Mountain of Mystery 1929Buy 🇺🇸
33	Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible / Adventures Over the Forest of Fire 1930Buy 🇺🇸
34	Tom Swift and His Sky Train / Overland Through the Clouds 1931Buy 🇺🇸
35	Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet / Bringing Up the Lost Submarine 1932Buy 🇺🇸
36	Tom Swift and His Television Detector / Trailing the Secret Plotters 1933Buy 🇺🇸
37	Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport / Foiling the Haargolanders 1934Buy 🇺🇸
38	Tom Swift and His Planet Stone / Discovering the Secret of Another World 1935Buy 🇺🇸
39	Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope 1939Buy 🇺🇸
40	Tom Swift and His Magnetic Silencer 1941Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1981–1984)

Start with Terror on the Moons of Jupiter, the first of 11 books in the Tom Swift III series.

#	Title
1	Terror on the Moons of Jupiter 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Alien Probe 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Astral Fortress 1981Buy 🇺🇸
4	The City in the Stars 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Rescue Mission 1981Buy 🇺🇸
6	The War in Outer Space 1981Buy 🇺🇸
7	Ark Two 1982Buy 🇺🇸
8	Crater of Mystery 1982Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Gateway to Doom 1983Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Invisible Force 1983Buy 🇺🇸
11	Planet of Nightmares 1984Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1991–1993)

Start with Aquatech Warriors, the first of 13 books in the Tom Swift IV series.

#	Title
1	Aquatech Warriors 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cyborg Kickboxer 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Monster Machine 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Black Dragon 1991Buy 🇺🇸
5	The DNA Disaster 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Negative Zone 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	Fire Biker 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Mind Games 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	Moonstalker 1992Buy 🇺🇸
10	Mutant Beach 1992Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Microbots 1992Buy 🇺🇸
12	Death Quake 1993Buy 🇺🇸
13	Quantum Force 1993Buy 🇺🇸

29 books (2010–2023)

Start with Tom Swift and His EnvirOzone Revivicator, the first of 29 books in the Tom Swift Invention series.

#	Title
1	Tom Swift and His EnvirOzone Revivicator 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tom Swift and His QuieTurbine Skyliner 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tom Swift and His Cyclonic Eradicator 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tom Swift and His Oceanic SubLiminator 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tom Swift and His Transcontinental BulleTrain 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tom Swift: Galactic Ambassador 2011Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts 2012Buy 🇺🇸
8	Tom Swift and the Paradox Planet 2012Buy 🇺🇸
9	Tom Swift and His Martian TerraVironment 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	Tom Swift and His Tectonic Interrupter 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Tom Swift and the AntiInferno Suppressor 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	Tom Swift and His Tectonic Interrupter(By: Thomas Hudson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Tom Swift and the AntiInferno Suppressor(By: Thomas Hudson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	Tom Swift and the Coupe of Invisibility 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	Tom Swift and the High Space L-Evator 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	Tom Swift and the IntraEarth Invaders 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	Tom Swift and the Yesterday Machine 2015Buy 🇺🇸
18	Tom Swift and His NanoSurgery Brigade 2016Buy 🇺🇸
19	Tom Swift and His Thermo-Ion Jetpack 2016Buy 🇺🇸
20	Tom Swift and the Atlantean HydroWay 2016Buy 🇺🇸
21	Tom Swift and the Reconstructed Planet 2016Buy 🇺🇸
22	Tom Swift and the HoverCity(With:Thomas Hudson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
23	Tom Swift and the Martian Moon Re-Placement(With:Thomas Hudson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
24	Tom Swift and the Venusian InvulnoSuit(With:Thomas Hudson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
25	Tom Swift and His Hypersonic SpacePlane(With:Thomas Hudson,T. Edward Fox) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
26	Tom Swift and the Marianas Aquanoids(With:Thomas Hudson,T. Edward Fox) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
27	Tom Swift and the SubNeptunian Circumnavigation(With:Thomas Hudson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
28	Tom Swift and His Cybernetic Planeteers 2023Buy 🇺🇸
29	Tom Swift and His Flying RaceYacht 2023Buy 🇺🇸

32 books (1954–1970)

Start with Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster, the first of 32 books in the Tom Swift Jr. series.

#	Title
1	Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster 1954Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tom Swift and His Flying Lab 1954Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tom Swift and His Giant Robot 1954Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tom Swift and His Jetmarine 1954Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship 1954Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space / Tom Swift and His Sky Wheel 1955Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter 1956Buy 🇺🇸
8	Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire 1956Buy 🇺🇸
9	Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite 1956Buy 🇺🇸
10	Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane 1957Buy 🇺🇸
11	Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome 1958Buy 🇺🇸
12	Tom Swift and His Space Solartron 1958Buy 🇺🇸
13	Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon 1958Buy 🇺🇸
14	Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope / Tom Swift in the Jungle of the Mayas 1959Buy 🇺🇸
15	Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector / Tom Swift and the City of Gold 1959Buy 🇺🇸
16	Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts 1960Buy 🇺🇸
17	Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X 1961Buy 🇺🇸
18	Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung 1961Buy 🇺🇸
19	Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober 1962Buy 🇺🇸
20	Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar 1962Buy 🇺🇸
21	Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway 1963Buy 🇺🇸
22	Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates 1963Buy 🇺🇸
23	Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector 1964Buy 🇺🇸
24	Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker 1964Buy 🇺🇸
25	Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere 1965Buy 🇺🇸
26	Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap 1965Buy 🇺🇸
27	Tom Swift and His Sub-ocean Geotron 1966Buy 🇺🇸
28	Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet 1966Buy 🇺🇸
29	Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid 1967Buy 🇺🇸
30	Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter 1968Buy 🇺🇸
31	Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule 1969Buy 🇺🇸
32	Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express 1970Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2006–2007)

Start with Into the Abyss, the first of 6 books in the Tom Swift, Young Inventor series.

#	Title
1	Into the Abyss 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Robot Olympics 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Space Hotel 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	On Top of the World 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Rocket Racers 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	Under the Radar 2007Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2019–2022)

Start with Restricted Access, the first of 8 books in the Tom Swift: Inventors' Academy series.

#	Title
1	Restricted Access 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Drone Pursuit 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Sonic Breach 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Spybot Invasion 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Virtual Vandal 2020Buy 🇺🇸
6	Augmented Reality 2021Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Blurred Blogger 2021Buy 🇺🇸
8	Depth Perception 2022Buy 🇺🇸