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List of Hardy Boys books

Juvenile detective fiction

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

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

Grosset & Dunlap

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript	Editor	Rev.	New outline
The Tower Treasure	1927	Edward Stratemeyer	Leslie McFarlane	Edward Stratemeyer	1959	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
The House on the Cliff	1927	1959
The Secret of the Old Mill	1927	1962	Alistair Hunter
The Missing Chums	1928	1962	James Buechler
Hunting for Hidden Gold	1928	1963	Alistair Hunter
The Shore Road Mystery	1928	1964	David Grambs	David Grambs
The Secret of the Caves	1929	1965	Andrew E. Svenson	Andrew E. Svenson
The Mystery of Cabin Island	1929	1966	Anne Shultes	Anne Shultes, Andrew E. Svenson, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
The Great Airport Mystery	1930	1965	James Duncan Lawrence and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Tom Mulvey
What Happened at Midnight	1931	Edna Stratemeyer Squier	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1967	Tom Mulvey
While the Clock Ticked	1932	1962	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, Grace Grote, and Andrew E. Svenson	James Buechler
Footprints Under the Window	1933	Leslie McFarlane	1965	David Grambs	David Grambs
The Mark on the Door	1934	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1967	Tom Mulvey	Tom Mulvey
The Hidden Harbor Mystery	1935	Edna Stratemeyer Squier	1961	Grace Grote	James Buechler
The Sinister Signpost	1936	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Leslie McFarlane	1968	Tom Mulvey	Tom Mulvey
A Figure in Hiding	1937	Edna Stratemeyer Squier	1965	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
The Secret Warning	1938		Leslie McFarlane and John Button	1966
The Twisted Claw	1939	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	John Button	1969	Tom Mulvey	Tom Mulvey
The Disappearing Floor	1940	Edna Stratemeyer Squier	1964	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
The Mystery of the Flying Express	1941	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1970	Andrew E. Svenson	Vincent Buranelli
The Clue of the Broken Blade	1942	Edna Stratemeyer Squier	1970	Richard Deming
The Flickering Torch Mystery	1943	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Leslie McFarlane	1971	Vincent Buranelli
The Melted Coins	1944	1970	Andrew E. Svenson
The Short-Wave Mystery	1945	1966	Patricia Doll, Priscilla Baker-Carr, and James Duncan Lawrence	David Grambs
The Secret Panel	1946	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1969	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Priscilla Baker-Carr
The Phantom Freighter	1947	Amy McFarlane	1970
The Secret of Skull Mountain	1948	George Waller, Jr. and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1966	David Grambs
The Sign of the Crooked Arrow	1949	Andrew E. Svenson	1970	Priscilla Baker-Carr
The Secret of the Lost Tunnel	1950	1968	David Grambs, June Dunn, and Priscilla Baker-Carr
The Wailing Siren Mystery	1951	Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1968	Priscilla Baker-Carr
The Secret of Wildcat Swamp	1952	William Halstead and William Dougherty	1969
The Crisscross Shadow	1953	Andrew E. Svenson	Richard Cohen	1969	Andrew E. Svenson
The Yellow Feather Mystery	1953	William Dougherty	1971
The Hooded Hawk Mystery	1954	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Charles Strong	1971	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
The Clue in the Embers	1956	John Almquist	1972
The Secret of Pirates' Hill	1956	Andrew E. Svenson	1972	Andrew E. Svenson
The Ghost at Skeleton Rock	1957	James Duncan Lawrence	1966
The Mystery at Devil's Paw	1959	Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1973	Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
The Mystery of the Chinese Junk	1960	Andrew E. Svenson
Mystery of the Desert Giant	1961	Andrew E. Svenson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	James Buechler
The Clue of the Screeching Owl	1962	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and Grace Grote
The Viking Symbol Mystery	1963	Andrew E. Svenson	Alistair Hunter
The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior	1964	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
The Haunted Fort	1965	David Grambs	David Grambs	Andrew E. Svenson, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and Jocelyn Starzyk
The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge	1966	Andrew E. Svenson	Andrew E. Svenson	Jocelyn Starzyk
The Secret Agent on Flight 101	1967	Tom Mulvey	Tom Mulvey, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and Grace Grote	Andrew E. Svenson and Jocelyn Starzyk
Mystery of the Whale Tattoo	1968	Andrew E. Svenson	Jerrold Mundis	Andrew E. Svenson and Lilo Wuenn
The Arctic Patrol Mystery	1969	Andrew E. Svenson	Lilo Wuenn
The Bombay Boomerang	1970	Vincent Buranelli
Danger on Vampire Trail	1971	Andrew E. Svenson
The Masked Monkey	1972	Vincent Buranelli
The Shattered Helmet	1973	Andrew E. Svenson
The Clue of the Hissing Serpent	1974
The Mysterious Caravan	1975
The Witchmaster's Key	1976	Andrew E. Svenson and Vincent Buranelli	Vincent Buranelli
The Jungle Pyramid	1977	Vincent Buranelli
The Firebird Rocket	1978
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.

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript
Night of the Werewolf	1979	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Lilo Wuenn
Mystery of the Samurai Sword	1979
The Pentagon Spy	1980	Vincent Buranelli	Vincent Buranelli
The Apeman's Secret	1980	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
The Mummy Case	1980	Vincent Buranelli	Vincent Buranelli
Mystery of Smugglers Cove	1980
The Stone Idol	1981
The Vanishing Thieves	1981	Richard Deming	Richard Deming
The Outlaw's Silver	1981	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
The Submarine Caper	1981	Conrad Fuchs	Conrad Fuchs
The Four-Headed Dragon	1981	Laurence Swinburne	Laurence Swinburne
The Infinity Clue	1981	Karl Harr III	Karl Harr III
Track of the Zombie	1982	Vincent Buranelli	Vincent Buranelli
The Voodoo Plot	1982	Karl Harr III	Karl Harr III
The Billion Dollar Ransom	1982	Laurence Swinburne	Laurence Swinburne
Tic-Tac-Terror	1982	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
Trapped at Sea	1982	Vincent Buranelli	Vincent Buranelli
Game Plan for Disaster	1982	Laurence Swinburne	Laurence Swinburne
The Crimson Flame	1983	Vincent Buranelli	Vincent Buranelli
Cave-In	1983	Karl Harr III	Karl Harr III
Sky Sabotage	1983
The Roaring River Mystery	1984	Karl Harr III	Karl Harr III
The Demon's Den	1984
The Blackwing Puzzle	1984
The Swamp Monster	1985	Neal Barrett Jr.	Neal Barrett Jr.
Revenge of the Desert Phantom	1985
The Skyfire Puzzle	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.

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript
The Mystery of the Silver Star	1987			Anne Greenberg
Program for Destruction	1987
Tricky Business	1988
The Sky Blue Frame	1988
Danger on the Diamond	1988
Shield of Fear	1988
The Shadow Killers	1988
The Serpent's Tooth Mystery	1988
Breakdown in Axeblade	1989
Danger On The Air	1989	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
Wipeout	1989
Cast of Criminals	1989
Spark of Suspicion	1989
Dungeon of Doom	1989	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Secret of the Island Treasure	1990	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Money Hunt	1990
Terminal Shock	1990	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Million-Dollar Nightmare	1990
Tricks of the Trade	1990
The Smoke Screen Mystery	1990
Attack of the Video Villains	1991	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
Panic on Gull Island	1991
Fear on Wheels	1991
The Prime-Time Crime	1991	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Secret of Sigma Seven	1991	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
Three-Ring Terror	1991
The Demolition Mission	1992
Radical Moves	1992
The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals	1992
Sabotage at Sports City	1992
Rock 'n' Roll Renegades	1992	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Baseball Card Conspiracy	1992
Danger in the Fourth Dimension	1993
Trouble at Coyote Canyon	1993
The Case of the Cosmic Kidnapping	1993	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Mystery in the Old Mine	1993
Carnival of Crime	1993
The Robot's Revenge	1993
Mystery with a Dangerous Beat	1994	Frances Lantz	Frances Lantz
Mystery on Makatunk Island	1994
Racing to Disaster	1994
Reel Thrills	1994
Day of the Dinosaur	1994
The Treasure at Dolphin Bay	1994
Sidetracked to Danger	1995
Crusade of the Flaming Sword	1995
Maximum Challenge	1995
Crime in the Kennel	1995
Cross-Country Crime	1995
The Hypersonic Secret	1995
The Cold Cash Caper	1996
High-Speed Showdown	1996
The Alaskan Adventure	1996
The Search for the Snow Leopard	1996
Slam Dunk Sabotage	1996
The Desert Thieves	1996
Lost in Gator Swamp	1997
The Giant Rat of Sumatra	1997
The Secret of Skeleton Reef	1997
Terror at High Tide	1997
The Mark of the Blue Tattoo	1997
Trial and Terror	1997
The Ice-Cold Case	1998
The Chase for the Mystery Twister	1998
The Crisscross Crime	1998
The Rocky Road to Revenge	1998
Danger in the Extreme	1998
Eye on Crime	1998
The Caribbean Cruise Caper	1999
The Hunt for the Four Brothers	1999
A Will to Survive	1999
The Lure of the Italian Treasure	1999
The London Deception	1999
Daredevils	1999
A Game Called Chaos	2000	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Training for Trouble	2000
The End of the Trail	2000	Christopher Lampton	Christopher Lampton
The Spy that Never Lies	2000	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Skin & Bones	2000
Crime in the Cards	2001	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Past And Present Danger	2001
Trouble Times Two	2001
The Castle Conundrum	2001
Ghost of a Chance	2001
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.

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript
The Test Case	2002			Anne Greenberg
Trouble in Warp Space	2002	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Speed Times Five	2002	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Hide-and-Sneak	2002
Trick-or-Trouble	2002	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
In Plane Sight	2002	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
The Case of the Psychic's Vision	2003	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
The Mystery of the Black Rhino	2003	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
Passport to Danger	2003
Typhoon Island	2003	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Double Jeopardy	2003
The Secret of the Soldier's Gold	2003	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
Warehouse Rumble	2004	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
The Dangerous Transmission	2004
Wreck and Roll	2004	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
Hidden Mountain	2004	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
No Way Out	2004
Farming Fear	2004	Stephen D. Sullivan	Stephen D. Sullivan
One False Step	2005	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
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.

The Secret of the Knight’s Sword
Danger on Ice
The Feathered Serpent
Secret Cargo
The Alaskan Mystery
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.

#	Title	Pub.	Manuscript	1
Dead on Target	April 1987	url=http://hardyboys.us/hbcasefiles.htm	title = The Hardy Boys Casefiles Series}}
Evil, Inc.	April 1987
Cult of Crime	May 1987	Steven Grant
The Lazarus Plot	June 1987
Edge of Destruction	July 1987
The Crowning Terror	August 1987	Steven Grant
Deathgame	September 1987
See No Evil	October 1987
The Genius Thieves	November 1987	Peter Lerangis
Hostages of Hate	December 1987
Brother Against Brother	January 1988
Perfect Getaway	February 1988
The Borgia Dagger	March 1988	Peter Lerangis
Too Many Traitors	April 1988	Steven Grant
Blood Relations	May 1988
Line of Fire	June 1988
The Number File	July 1988	Bruce Whitehill
A Killing in the Market	August 1988	Peter Lerangis
Nightmare in Angel City	September 1988	Steven Grant
Witness to Murder	October 1988	Barbara Steiner
Street Spies	November 1988	Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert
Double Exposure	December 1988	Dave Stern (D.A. Stern)
Disaster for Hire	January 1989	Ron Goulart
Scene of the Crime	February 1989
The Borderline Case	March 1989
Trouble in the Pipeline	April 1989
Nowhere to Run	May 1989	Larry Mike Garmon
Countdown to Terror	June 1989
Thick as Thieves	July 1989	Steven Grant
The Deadliest Dare	August 1989	Ron Goulart
Without a Trace	September 1989	Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert
Blood Money	October 1989	Dave Stern (D.A. Stern)
Collision Course	November 1989	Rick Oliver
Final Cut	December 1989
The Dead Season	January 1990
Running on Empty	February 1990	Larry Mike Garmon
Danger Zone	March 1990	Peter Lerganis
Diplomatic Deceit	April 1990
Flesh and Blood	May 1990	Larry Mike Garmon
Fright Wave	June 1990	Rick Oliver
Highway Robbery	July 1990
The Last Laugh	August 1990
Strategic Moves	September 1990	Larry Mike Garmon
Castle Fear	October 1990	Ron Goulart
In Self-Defense	November 1990	Rick Oliver
Foul Play	December 1990	Larry Mike Garmon
Flight Into Danger	January 1991	Gary Cohn
Rock ‘N’ Revenge	February 1991
Dirty Deeds	March 1991
Power Play	April 1991	Rick Oliver
Choke Hold	May 1991
Uncivil War	June 1991
Web of Horror	July 1991
Deep Trouble	August 1991
Beyond the Law	September 1991
Height of Danger	October 1991
Terror on Track	November 1991	David Robbins
Spiked!	December 1991
Open Season	January 1992	Rick Oliver
Deadfall	February 1992
Grave Danger	March 1992
Final Gambit	April 1992	Steven Grant
Cold Sweat	May 1992
Endangered Species	June 1992
No Mercy	July 1992	Chris Lampton
The Phoenix Equation	August 1992
Lethal Cargo	September 1992
Rough Riding	October 1992
Mayhem in Motion	November 1992	Rick Oliver
Rigged for Revenge	December 1992
Real Horror	January 1993
Screamers	February 1993
Bad Rap	March 1993
Road Pirates	April 1993
No Way Out	May 1993
Tagged for Terror	June 1993	Rick Oliver
Survival Run	July 1993
The Pacific Conspiracy	August 1993
Danger Unlimited	September 1993	Frances Lantz
Dead of Night	October 1993
Sheer Terror	November 1993
Poisoned Paradise	December 1993
Toxic Revenge	January 1994
False Alarm	February 1994
Winner Take All	March 1994	Rick Oliver
Virtual Villainy	April 1994
Dead Man in Deadwood	May 1994
Inferno Of Fear	June 1994	Rick Oliver
Darkness Falls	July 1994
Deadly Engagement	August 1994
Hot Wheels	September 1994
Sabotage at Sea	October 1994	Gary Cohn
Mission: Mayhem	November 1994	Rick Oliver
A Taste for Terror	December 1994
Illegal Procedure	January 1995	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}}
Against All Odds	February 1995
Pure Evil	March 1995
Murder By Magic	April 1995	Rick Oliver
Frame-Up	May 1995
True Thriller	June 1995	Rick Oliver
Peak of Danger	July 1995
Wrong Side of the Law	August 1995
Campaign of Crime	September 1995
Wild Wheels	October 1995	Gary Cohn
Law of the Jungle	November 1995
Shock Jock	December 1995
Fast Break	January 1996
Blown Away	February 1996
Moment of Truth	March 1996	Joe Holley
Bad Chemistry	April 1996
Competitive Edge	May 1996
Cliff-Hanger	June 1996
Sky High	July 1996
Clean Sweep	August 1996
Cave Trap	September 1996
Acting Up	October 1996
Blood Sport	November 1996
The Last Leap	December 1996
The Emperor’s Shield	January 1997
Survival of the Fittest	February 1997
Absolute Zero	March 1997
River Rats	April 1997
High Wire Act	May 1997
The Viking’s Revenge	July 1997	Stephen D. Sullivan
Stress Point	September 1997
Fire in the Sky	November 1997	Larry Mike Garmon
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 article: 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.

Time Bomb
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.

The Gross Ghost Mystery
The Karate Clue
First Day, Worst Day
Jump-Shot Detectives
The Dinosaur Disaster
Who Took the Book?
The Abracadabra Case
The Dog-Gone Detectives
The Pumped-Up Pizza Problem
The Walking Snowman
The Monster in the Lake
King for a Day
Pirates Ahoy!
All Eyes on First Prize
Slip, Slide, and Slap Shot
The Fish-Faced Mask Of Mystery
The Bike Race Ruckus

''The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers'' (2005–2012)

Main article: 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. :2005 :1. Extreme Danger :2. Running On Fumes :3. Boardwalk Bust :4. Thrill Ride :5. Rocky Road :6. Burned :7. Operation: Survival :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 :2007 :14. Hazed :15. Death And Diamonds :16. Bayport Buccaneers :17. Murder At The Mall :18. Pushed :19. Foul Play :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) :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) :2010 :32. Private Killer :33. Killer Connections :34. The Children of the Lost (Lost Mystery trilogy) :35. Lost Brother :2011 :36. Forever Lost :37. Movie Menace (Deathstalker Trilogy) :38. Movie Mission :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

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

Super Mysteries

Wanted - 2006
Kidnapped at the Casino - 2007
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.

Terror on Tour - 2007
Danger Overseas - 2008
Club Dread - 2009
Gold Medal Murder - 2010
Bonfire Masquerade - 2011
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.

: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)

Crawling with Zombies - October 26, 2010
Break-Up! - March 15, 2011
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 published 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. 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

#	Title	Released	Manuscript	1	2
Secret of the Red Arrow
Mystery of the Phantom Heist
The Vanishing Game
Into Thin Air
Peril at Granite Peak
The Battle of Bayport		Reuben Sack
Shadows at Predator Reef		Reuben Sack
Deception on the Set		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}}
The Curse of the Ancient Emerald		Paul Crilley
Tunnel of Secrets		Reuben Sack
Showdown at Widow Creek		Michael Anthony Steele
The Madman of Black Bear Mountain		Reuben Sack
Bound for Danger
Attack of the Bayport Beast		Michael Anthony Steele
A Con Artist in Paris		Reuben Sack
Stolen Identity		Michael Anthony Steele
The Gray Hunter's Revenge
The Disappearance
Dungeons & Detectives		Reuben Sack
Return to Black Bear Mountain		Reuben Sack
A Treacherous Tide		Reuben Sack
Trouble Island	February 16, 2021
Mystery on the Mayhem Express	June 22, 2021
As the Falcon Flies
The Smuggler's Legacy

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.

Trouble at the Arcade
The Missing Mitt
Mystery Map
Hopping Mad
A Monster of a Mystery
The Bicycle Thief
The Disappearing Dog
Sports Sabotage
The Great Coaster Caper
A Rockin' Mystery (October 2012)
Robot Rumble (April 2013)
Lights, Camera...Zombies! (August 2013)
Balloon Blow-Up (December 2013)
Fossil Frenzy (April 2014)
Ship of Secrets (August 2014)
Camping Chaos (December 2014)
The Great Escape (April 2015)
Medieval Upheaval (August 2015)
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

#	Title	Released	Manuscript	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
The Video Game Bandit
The Missing Playbook
Water-Ski Wipeout
Talent Show Tricks
Scavenger Hunt Heist
A Skateboard Cat-astrophe
The Pirate Ghost
The Time Warp Wonder
Who Let the Frogs Out?
The Great Pumpkin Smash
Bug-napped
Sea Life Secrets		Reuben Sack
Robot Rescue!
The Bad Luck Skate
The Garden Plot		Reuben Sack
Undercover Bookworms		Reuben Sack
Splash Pad Sabotage
Hardy Boys Clue Book Summer Mysteries 3-in-1: Sea Life Secrets; Water-Ski Wipeout; Splash Pad Sabotage

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

Published by Dynamite Entertainment.

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.
Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Missing Adults! (July 2019)
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

References

"The Hardy Boys Casefiles Series".
(23 February 2014). "The identity of Franklin W. 'Tex' Dixon unveiled at last".
W., Dixon, Franklin. (2009). "Killer mission". Aladdin.
W., Dixon, Franklin. (2006). "Wanted". Aladdin Paperbacks.
"Digital Catalog". Simon and Schuster.
"Michael Anthony Steele - Hardy Boys".
(2019-10-22). "Dungeons & Detectives (Hardy Boys Adventures): Franklin W. Dixon: Amazon.com: Books". Simon and Schuster.

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