Order of Don Sturdy Books

Don Sturdy is the protagonist in a series of children’s adventure novels written under the house name of Victor Appleton. All but one of the books (Don Sturdy in the Land of the Giants by Howard Roger Garis) were written by John W. Duffield.

The Don Sturdy series lasted 15 books between the years of 1925 and 1935. The first book in the series was Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery and the last was Don Sturdy With The Harpoon Hunters. Below is a list of Victor Appleton’s Don Sturdy books in order of when they were originally released (which is also their chronology):

Publication Order of Don Sturdy Books

Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery / Autoing in the Land of Caravans	(1925)
Don Sturdy with the Big Snake Hunters / Lost in the Jungles of the Amazon	(1925)
Don Sturdy in the Tombs of Gold / The Old Egyptian's Great Secret	(1925)
Don Sturdy Across the North Pole / Cast Away in the Land of Ice	(1925)
Don Sturdy in the Land of Volcanoes / The Trail of the Ten Thousand Smokes	(1925)
Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships / Adrift in the Sargasso Sea	(1926)
Don Sturdy Among the Gorillas / Adrift in the Great Jungle	(1927)
Don Sturdy Captured by Head Hunters / Adrift in the Wilds of Borneo	(1928)
Don Sturdy in Lion Land / The Strange Clearing in the Jungle	(1929)
Don Sturdy in the Land of Giants / Captives of the Savage Patagonians	(1930)
Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom / The Strange Cruise of the Phantom	(1931)
Don Sturdy in the Temples of Fear / Destined for a Strange Sacrifice	(1932)
Don Sturdy Trapped in the Flaming Wilderness / Unearthing Secrets in Central Asia	(1934)
Don Sturdy with the Harpoon Hunters / The Strange Cruise of the Whaling Ship	(1935)