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Reading order

Tom Swift Jr. Books in Order

This page lists the complete Tom Swift Jr. reading order by Victor Appleton, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.

Updated 2026-06-22 / 32 books / 1954-1970

Tom Swift Jr. Reading Order

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

Tom Swift Jr. Books by Publication Order

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

Questions readers ask

What is the correct Tom Swift Jr. reading order?

The Tom Swift Jr. reading order on this page follows the numbered series order where available, with publication years shown beside each book.

How many Tom Swift Jr. books are there?

This catalog currently lists 32 Tom Swift Jr. books published across 1954-1970.

Who writes the Tom Swift Jr. books?

Tom Swift Jr. is listed as a book series by Victor Appleton.

Should I read Tom Swift Jr. in publication order?

For most readers, publication order is the safest way to read Tom Swift Jr.. If a separate series order is available, this page shows that order first and publication years beside each title.

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