Order of Trixie Belden Books
Trixie Belden is the star of a series of mystery books written by author Julie Campbell Tatham and, later, under the house pen name of Kathryn Kennedy. The books were released between 1948 and 1986 and are considered some of the best introductury mysteries for kids.
The series focuses on Beatrix “Trixie” Belden, a young teen who is living in the fictional town of Sleepyside-on-Hudson in the Hudson Valley in New York state. She lives on a farm that has ben in her family for generations. The books see her teaming up with her lonely, sheltered rich girl friend Honey Wheeler to solve mysteries. The two get help with brothers and friends as they have adventures, solve mysteries, and struggle with school.
Publication Order of Trixie Belden Books
| The Secret of the Mansion | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Red Trailer Mystery | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gatehouse Mystery | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mysterious Visitor | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery Off Glen Road | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery in Arizona | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mysterious Code | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black Jacket Mystery | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Happy Valley Mystery | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Marshland Mystery | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery at Bob-White Cave | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Blinking Eye | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Emeralds | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery on the Mississippi | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of The Missing Heiress | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Secret Of The Unseen Treasure | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery Off Old Telegraph Road | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Castaway Children | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery at Mead's Mountain | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery at Saratoga | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sasquatch Mystery | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Headless Horseman | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hudson River Mystery | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Velvet Gown | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Midnight Marauder | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery at Maypenny's | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of Whispering Witch | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery Of The Vanishing Victim | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery Of The Missing Millionaire | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Antique Doll | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pet Show Mystery | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Indian Burial Ground Mystery | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mystery on Cobbett's Island | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like Trixie Belden Books, You’ll Love…
The Secret of the Mansion is the first book in the Trixie Belden series. This book establishes the friendship between Trixie and Honey Wheeler. The book starts with Trixie (not) looking forward to a boring summer as her older brothers go off to camp. Her circumstances change when a millionaire’s daughter named Honey Wheeler moves into the mansion next door. The girls have an adventure on their hands when an old miser hides a fortune in his decrepit house, and a runaway kid starts hiding out in Sleepyside.
The series continues with The Red Trailer Mystery. Trixie and Honey are together here when their friend Jim runs away from town. He leaves before anyone could tell him that his is an heir to a huge fortune so the girls set off across upstate New York to track him down and tell him about his inheritance. However, the girls ends up stumbling into another mystery along the way and go about solving the case as it is what they are best at.
