Order of Tom Swift Books
Tom Swift is the protagonist in a series of juvenile science fiction/adventure, written under the house pseudonym Victor Appleton. The character was created by Stratemeyer Syndicate founder Edward Stratemeyer. The series has a focus on science, inventions and technology. Interestingly, the taser (which is actually an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle”) was inspired by the fictional invention in the series. Science fiction legend Isaac Asimov considered the series to be an inspiration.
The Tom Swift character has appeared in several series, including one Tom Swift, Jr. series by “Victor Appleton II.” His first appearance was Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle, published in 1910. The most recent Tom Swift book to be published was in 2007. Below is a list of Victor Appleton’s Tom Swift books in order of when they were originally published as well as in chronological order:
Publication Order of Tom Swift I Books
| Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle / Fun and Adventure on the Road | (1910) |    |
| Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat / The Rivals of Lake Carlopa | (1910) | |
| Tom Swift and His Airship / The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud | (1910) | |
| Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat / Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure | (1910) | |
| Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout / The Speediest Car on the Road | (1910) | |
| Tom Swift and His Wireless Message / The Castaways of Earthquake Island | (1911) | |
| Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers / The Secret of Phantom Mountain | (1911) | |
| Tom Swift and His Sky Racer / The Quickest Flight on Record | (1911) | |
| Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle / Daring Adventures in Elephant Island | (1911) | |
| Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice / The Wreck of the Airship | (1911) | |
| Tom Swift in the City of Gold / Marvelous Adventures Underground | (1912) | |
| Tom Swift and His Air Glider / Seeking the Platinum Treasure | (1912) | |
| Tom Swift in Captivity / A Daring Escape by Airship | (1912) | |
| Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera / Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures | (1912) | |
| Tom Swift and His Great Search Light / On the Border for Uncle Sam | (1912) | |
| Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon / The Longest Shots on Record | (1913) | |
| Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone / The Picture That Saved a Fortune | (1914) | |
| Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship / The Naval Terror of the Seas | (1915) | |
| Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel / The Hidden City of the Andes | (1916) | |
| Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders / The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold | (1917) | |
| Tom Swift and His War Tank / Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam | (1918) | |
| Tom Swift and His Air Scout / Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky | (1919) | |
| Tom Swift and His Undersea Search / The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic | (1920) | |
| Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters / Battling with Flames in the Air | (1921) | |
| Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive / Two Miles a Minute on the Rails | (1922) | |
| Tom Swift and His Flying Boat / Castaways of the Giant Iceberg | (1923) | |
| Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher / The Treasure of Goby Farm | (1924) | |
| Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets / Tracing the Stolen Inventions | (1925) | |
| Tom Swift and His Airline Express / From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight | (1926) | |
| Tom Swift Circling the Globe / The Daring Cruise of the Air Monarch | (1927) | |
| Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures / The Greatest Invention on Record | (1928) | |
| Tom Swift and His House on Wheels / A Trip Around the Mountain of Mystery | (1929) | |
| Tom Swift and His Big Dirigible / Adventures Over the Forest of Fire | (1930) | |
| Tom Swift and His Sky Train / Overland Through the Clouds | (1931) | |
| Tom Swift and His Giant Magnet / Bringing Up the Lost Submarine | (1932) | |
| Tom Swift and His Television Detector / Trailing the Secret Plotters | (1933) | |
| Tom Swift and His Ocean Airport / Foiling the Haargolanders | (1934) | |
| Tom Swift and His Planet Stone / Discovering the Secret of Another World | (1935) | |
| Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope | (1939) | |
| Tom Swift and His Magnetic Silencer | (1941) | |
Publication Order of Tom Swift Jr. Books
| Tom Swift and His Flying Lab | (1954) | |
| Tom Swift and His Jetmarine | (1954) | |
| Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship | (1954) | |
| Tom Swift and His Giant Robot | (1954) | |
| Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster | (1954) | |
| Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space | (1955) | |
| Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter | (1956) | |
| Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire | (1956) | |
| Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite | (1956) | |
| Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane | (1957) | |
| Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome | (1958) | |
| Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon | (1958) | |
| Tom Swift and His Space Solartron | (1958) | |
| Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope | (1959) | |
| Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector | (1959) | |
| Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts | (1960) | |
| Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X | (1961) | |
| Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung | (1961) | |
| Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar | (1962) | |
| Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober | (1962) | |
| Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates | (1963) | |
| Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway | (1963) | |
| Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker | (1964) | |
| Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector | (1964) | |
| Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere | (1965) | |
| Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap | (1965) | |
| Tom Swift and His Sub-ocean Geotron | (1966) | |
| Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet | (1966) | |
| Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid | (1967) | |
| Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter | (1968) | |
| Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule | (1969) | |
| Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express | (1970) | |
Publication Order of Tom Swift III Books
| The City in the Stars | (1981) | |
| Terror on the Moons of Jupiter | (1981) | |
| The Alien Probe | (1981) | |
| The War in Outer Space | (1981) | |
| The Astral Fortress | (1981) | |
| The Rescue Mission | (1981) | |
| Ark Two | (1982) | |
| Crater of Mystery | (1982) | |
| The Gateway to Doom | (1983) | |
| The Invisible Force | (1983) | |
| Planet of Nightmares | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Tom Swift IV Books
| The Black Dragon | (1991) | |
| The Negative Zone | (1991) | |
| Cyborg Kickboxer | (1991) | |
| The DNA Disaster | (1991) | |
| Monster Machine | (1991) | |
| Aquatech Warriors | (1991) | |
| Moonstalker | (1992) | |
| The Microbots | (1992) | |
| Fire Biker | (1992) | |
| Mind Games | (1992) | |
| Mutant Beach | (1992) | |
| Death Quake | (1993) | |
| Quantum Force | (1993) | |
Publication Order of Tom Swift, Young Inventor Books
| Into the Abyss | (2006) | |
| The Robot Olympics | (2006) | |
| The Space Hotel | (2006) | |
| Rocket Racers | (2007) | |
| On Top of the World | (2007) | |
| Under the Radar | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Tom Swift Invention Books
(By: Victor Appleton II, Thomas Hudson)
| Tom Swift and His EnvirOzone Revivicator | (2010) | |
| Tom Swift and His QuieTurbine Skyliner | (2010) | |
| Tom Swift and His Transcontinental BulleTrain | (2011) | |
| Tom Swift and His Oceanic SubLiminator | (2011) | |
| Tom Swift and His Cyclonic Eradicator | (2011) | |
| Tom Swift: Galactic Ambassador | (2011) | |
| Tom Swift and the Paradox Planet | (2012) | |
| Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts | (2012) | |
| Tom Swift and His Martian TerraVironment | (2013) | |
| Tom Swift and His Tectonic Interrupter | (2013) | |
| Tom Swift and the AntiInferno Suppressor | (2013) | |
| Tom Swift and the High Space L-Evator | (2014) | |
| Tom Swift and the IntraEarth Invaders | (2014) | |
| Tom Swift and the Coupe of Invisibility | (2014) | |
| Tom Swift and the Yesterday Machine | (2015) | |
| Tom Swift and the Reconstructed Planet | (2016) | |
| Tom Swift and His NanoSurgery Brigade | (2016) | |
| Tom Swift and His Thermo-Ion Jetpack | (2016) | |
| Tom Swift and the Atlantean HydroWay | (2016) | |
| Tom Swift and His Hypersonic SpacePlane | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Tom Swift: Inventors' Academy Books
| The Drone Pursuit | (2019) | |
| The Sonic Breach | (2019) | |
| Restricted Access | (2019) | |
| The Virtual Vandal | (2020) | |
| The Spybot Invasion | (2020) | |
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I’m anxiously looking forward to the long overdue “Tom Swift and His Attention Deficit Disorder” and “Tom Swift and His ADD Medicine Chest”. To be followed by “Tom Swift and His Nervous Breakdown”… And also “Tom Swift and His Big IRS Audit”. 😂