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  • Bibliography:
    90 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1940
  • Latest Book:
    March 2021
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About the Author

Victor Appleton was not a person but a number of people. Part of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the brain child of Edward Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862-May 10, 1930). Stratemeyer created Stratemeyer Syndicate to produce books in an efficient, assembly line fashion. He created several series including: The Rover Boys; The Hardy Boys, The Bobbsey Twins; Tom Swift; Nancy Drew; Dave Porter; Motor Boys; Baseball Joe; Moving Picture Boys; Outdoor Girls, just to name a few. He found he could no longer jungle multiple volumes of multiple series so he started hiring ghostwriters. After he passed away, his two daughters inherited, with the one selling out her share to the other, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. She created other series like Dana Girls; Tom Swift, Jr., etc. The public didn't know the syndicate existed until the late 70s when Grosset & Dunlap sued for breach of contract. The Syndicate always went through great lengths to hide its existence and the ghostwriters were contractually obligated never to reveal their authorship.

Full Series List in Order

Tom Swift

1 - Black Dragon (Apr-1991)
2 - Negative Zone (Apr-1991)
3 - Cyborg Kickboxer (Jun-1991)
4 - DNA Disaster (Aug-1991)
5 - Monster Machine (Oct-1991)
6 - Aquatech Warriors (Dec-1991)
7 - Moonstalker (Feb-1992)
8 - Tom Swift the Microbots (Apr-1992)
9 - Fire Biker (Jun-1992)
10 - Mind Games (Oct-1992)
11 - Mutant Beach (Dec-1992)
12 - Death Quake (Feb-1993)
13 - Quantum Force (Apr-1993)

Tom Swift Inventors' Academy

1 - The Drone Pursuit (Jul-2019)
2 - The Sonic Breach (Jul-2019)
3 - Restricted Access (Oct-2019)
4 - The Virtual Vandal (Mar-2020)
5 - The Spybot Invasion (Aug-2020)
6 - Augmented Reality (Mar-2021)
7 - The Blurred Blogger (Jan-2021)

Tom Swift, Young Inventor

1 - Into the Abyss (Jun-2006)
2 - The Robot Olympics (Jun-2006)
3 - Space Hotel (Oct-2006)
4 - Rocket Racers (Feb-2007)
5 - On Top of the World (Jun-2007)
6 - Under the Radar (Oct-2007)

Book List in Order: 90 titles




  • "Tense, excited men gazed spaceward from the ships and planes of the South Atlantic task force. Other watchers waited breath-lessly in the control room of the ship Recoverer. Among these was Tom Swift Jr. ""How close to earth is our Jupiter probe mis...





  • The Jetmarine, the second great invention of Tom Swift Jr., takes the young inventor into a desperate battle with bold modern pirates who have been ravaging the sea lanes off our southern coast. The atom-powered, two-man submarine is launched just in...






  • SUPER HIGH TECH...SUPER HIGH SPEED...SUPER HIGH STAKES! He’s daring, he's resourceful, he's cool under fire. He's Tom Swift, the brilliant young inventor racing toward the cutting edge of high-tech adventure. But Tom's latest toy -- a high-flyin...



  • WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE! Young inventor Tom Swift is determined to recreate in miniature one of the most powerful forces in nature: a black hole. But Tom loses control of the experiment. He's sucked through the hole into a parallel universe, exchanging ...






  • SUPERCHARGED FIGHTING MACHINE! Tom Swift's latest invention may revolutionize sports technology. His ingenious computer-controlled exoskeleton pumps and primes every muscle to the max. And now it has transformed Tom's friend Rick Cantwell into a con...



  • Tom Swift's latest invention has set off an evolution revolution in reverse. His microradiation DNA scanner, destabilized by a black hole created in an earlier experiment, has created a biological time warp. Now the scanner's beam of alien energy thr...



  • Kidnapped by an international arms dealer who hopes to turn a sophisticated multi-purpose vehicle into a high-tech weapon, Tom attempts to foil the plot by stealing the vehicle back and piloting it through a dangerous barrage of jets and rockets...



  • JOURNEY TO THE DEPTHS...OF EVIL! Tom and his pals are in the north Atlantic, soaking up the sun and testing his ultra high-tech diving gear, including a powerful underwater laser beam and minisub. But the ocean abyss is a strange and sinister place, ...



  • SPACE INVADERS! Tom Swift has developed an ultrapowerful telescopic device that promises to yield dramatic new insight into the deepest mysteries of the universe. But his first discovery is no more than two hundred miles up, and it's a shocker. A tin...



  • UNDER THE MICROSCOPE...AND UNDER THE GUN! Tom Swift has developed a powerful new kind of nanotechnology -- incredible shrinking robots reduced to the size of a pinpoint with his revolutionary molecular compressor. But the tiniest miscalculation can h...




  • Propelled into a fantasy world through his Total Reality Generator--a computer game that electronically recreates true-to-life scenarios--Tom discovers that the game has turned frighteningly authentic and that he could be in genuine danger. Original....



  • Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle is the first book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading...



  • Hoping to feed the world's starving people, Tom begins using growth hormones on fish, but when hideous giant fish lay siege to the shore at Laguna Peqena beach, many believe that Tom is to blame. Original....






  • When a terrorist group using stolen material vows to turn the epicenter of a massive earthquake into ground zero, Tom Swift undertakes a daring journey to the center of the earth to stop them. Original....



  • A QUANTUM LEAP INTO DANGER! Tom has just completed a supersecret project in the Swift laboratories: the creation of a powerful force field capable of protecting all types of vehicles, both on earth and in space. Now he's taken the device one step fu...



  • Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon is the 16th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading...



  • TOM IS IN DEEP-SEA TROUBLE... Tom. Bud, and Yo are on the S.S. Nestor, a Swift Enterprises research vessel, to witness Mr. Swift testing his submersible, the Verne-1. Mr. Swift plans to use the Verne-1 to place a network of seismometers on the sea...



  • ROBOTS + TERRORISTS = TROUBLE FOR TOM Tom's been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics -- a major event being sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology. Teenage inventors from around the country will be ...



  • What Tom's about to find is truly out of this world! It's the grand opening of APOGEE, the world's first space hotel, an orbital space station designed expressly for the tourist trade. As Swift Enterprises is a major investor in the project, and pro...



  • Can Tom avoid a rocket wreckage disaster?Tom is teaming up with his pals Yo and Bud to test out his new Swift-Racer, a rocket-powered plane built for speed. There’s a competition coming up and Tom thinks the Swift-Racer is advanced enough to set a ...



  • High elevations equal high stakes for Tom!Tom is headed to Mount Everest. Not only will he get some sweet practice time in on his new foil kite snowboard, but he and Bud are going to put his latest invention -- a robot Sherpa -- to the test. At Evers...



  • Tom Swift and His Undersea Search is the 23rd book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of read...



  • Tom will test the limits of science to save his family!Tom and his dad are in the park testing out Tom’s new invisibility suit when suddenly a van pulls up -- and kidnaps Mr. Swift!Tom is panicked: who would want to abduct his father? A strategy me...






  • Tom Swift is the hero in several series of juvenile adventure novels which began in the early twentieth century. Tom is a genius inventor whose breakthroughs in technology drive the plots of his books....




  • Volume 3 in this new series. The President of the United States, desperate to leave some sort of legacy once his term of office expires, has promised the nation that a great, new and ultra-modern freight-hauling bullet train system will begin to cros...



  • In this 4th novel in the series, Tom is asked to help save the crew of a sunken nuclear submarine, and then to recover the actual sub before it can be claimed as salvage and stripped of its top secrets by a foreign power. His successful efforts lead ...



  • Number 1 in the re-imagined world of Tom Swift. Tom and Swift Enterprises is challenged by the international G20 Environmental Group to come up with a solution to the incredible pollution problems plaguing world-wide industries. In the process, he de...



  • Number 2 in the re-imagined world of Tom Swift. Tom must strive to help U.S and international airlines from bankruptcy by creating a totally new type of jet turbine engine, one that uses far less fuel while running more quietly than any other engine....



  • In this 7th novel in the Tom Swift Invention Series, the planet Pluto suddenly disappears. It is there one minute and gone the next. Is this the start of an invasion, or something even worse? Tom Swift is called upon to investigate. For starters he a...



  • In this 8th in the new Tom Swift Invention Series, Tom Swift finds himself involved in a galactic mystery. Something very much like a black hole has been discovered a dozen light years away, but nobody can say for certain what it really is... or if i...



  • In this 9th book in the Tom Swift Invention Series, Tom must suffer disappointment when a contract to build habitats for a Moon colony go to another, inferior, bidder. The result is a catastrophe, and Tom must mount a mission to recover the bodies of...



  • "That's the way to do it Whoop her up, Andy Shove the spark lever over, and turn on more gasolene We'll make a record this trip." Two lads in the tonneau of a touring car, that was whirling along a country road, leaned forward to speak to the one ...






  • Victor Appleton was a popular author in the 20th century, but Victor was not a single individual. instead, that name was used as a pseudonym by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to put out the popular "Tom Swift" series....



  • In this 10th book of the new Tom Swift Invention Series, young inventor Tom Swift finds himself with a mystery. Someone is insisting on a face-to-face meeting but refuses to tell Tom why or who he is. All sorts of bells and danger whistles go off in ...



  • This hardbound edition of the 6th novel in the series brings back some of Tom's old friend: his Space Friends. Since their first interaction Tom has tried to get them to provide details about themselves so he can assist them in their mission to visit...



  • With the nation's road and rail infrastructure falling apart, the President hatches a plan for a high-speed bullet train to go coast to coast in under 18 hours. But, not for people. Freight trains. Swift Enterprises is one of several companies ch...



  • This hardbound edition of the fifth novel in the series starts with a near tragedy. But, not one to let setbacks stop him, Tom Swift accepts a contract to help complete a NOAA weather station in Florida that has lost its primary contractor. While inv...



  • In this standard edition of the 11th novel of the New Tom Swift Invention Series -- does not contain the bonus short story, "Tom Swift and His Aerial Firetruck" -- someone is setting huge fires in an apparent attempt to draw Tom Swift into becoming i...



  • In this hardbound edition of the 4th novel in the series, Tom is asked to help save the crew of a nuclear submarine, and then to recover the actual sub before it can be claimed as salvage and stripped of its top secrets. His efforts lead him to being...



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • In this 14th volume in the New Tom Swift Invention Series, Tom hope to improve on a small parlor trick he had come up with months earlier, when the U.S. Navy asks him to find a way to turn stealth ships into truly invisible ones.While it seems to be ...






  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • Tom Swift is the central character in five series of books, first appearing in 1910, totaling more than 100 volumes, of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention and technology. Tom Swift in the City of ...




  • Literary Thoughts edition presents Tom Swift and His Airline Express by Victor Appleton ------ Being a tale of industrial espionage, extortion and theft, "Tom Swift and his Airline Express" was written by American author Victor Ap...



  • The Hardy Boys meets Alex Rider in this start to a brand-new series starring everyone’s favorite inventor -- Tom Swift!When your dad funds the Swift Academy of Science and Technology, you’re bound to have a bunch of tech at your disposal. So no o...



  • The Hardy Boys meets Alex Rider in this second novel in a brand-new series starring everyone’s favorite inventor -- Tom Swift!Tom gets to take all sorts of cool classes at the Swift Academy of Science and Technology, but robotics may be the one he ...



  • Tom and his friends are trapped in a quarantine lockdown in this third novel in Tom Swift Inventors’ Academy -- perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider. Tom has always tried to play down his pseudo celebrity status at the academy. So, t...



  • Tom and his friends attend a science camp in this fourth novel in Tom Swift Inventors’ Academy -- perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider. Every year, Swift Academy students go to a nearby summer camp to field-test their inventions. Tom...



  • Tom and his friends get to the bottom of a practical joke gone wrong in this fifth novel in Tom Swift Inventors’ Academy -- perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider. It’s another day at the Swift Academy when Tom starts finding little ...



  • Tom and his friends track down a mysterious blogger who pushes pranks too far in this seventh novel in Tom Swift Inventors’ Academy -- perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider series.A series of videos called “The Not-so-Swift Academy” ...



  • Tom and his friends expose the truth when a friendly rivalry becomes a cutthroat competition in this sixth novel in Tom Swift Inventors’ Academy—perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider.To increase interest in Swift Academy, the s...



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    The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front' is part of a series of juvenile fiction books by Victor Appleton, a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The story is set during the First World War and follows our heroes as they hunt for the s...



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    Are you all ready, Tom? "All ready, Mr. Sharp," replied a young man, who was stationed near some complicated apparatus, while the questioner, a dark man, with a nervous manner, leaned over a large tank. "I'm going to turn on the gas now," went on the...



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    Published in 1911, this is the story of Tom Swift and his Wireless Message....



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    Tom Swift Jr. and his associates at Swift Enterprises wait breathlessly for what may well be the most important scientific event in history—the arrival of the visitor from Planet X—a visitor in the form of energy. But there are factions...



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    Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers is the seventh book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of ...



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    Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters is the 24th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of read...



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    Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship is the 18th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of readi...



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    Tom Swift and His Air Glider is the 12th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading.&...



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    Tom Swift and His Air Scout is the 22nd book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading.&#...



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    The Titus Brothers Contractors company have won a government contract in Peru to blast a tunnel through a mountain and connect two isolated railroad lines. The deadline is approaching, and the contractors have hit a literal wall: excessively hard roc...



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    Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive is 25th first book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind o...



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    The Stratemeyer syndicate used the pseudonym Victor Appleton when writing several series for boys including Tom Swift. Edward Stratemeyer did the original outlines for the series, which was published between 1910 and 1941. Tom Swift was a genius inve...



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    Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout is the fifth book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of r...



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    Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight is the 15th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of re...



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    "Where are you going, Tom?" asked Mr. Barton Swift of his son as the young man was slowly pushing his motor-cycle out of the yard toward the country road. "You look as though you had some object in view." "So I have, dad. I'm going over to Lanton."...



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    Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone is the 17th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of read...



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    Tom Swift and His Sky Racer is the ninth book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading.&...



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    Published in 1910, this is the story of Tom Swift and his submarine boat....



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    Tom Swift and His War Tank is the 21st book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading....



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    Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera is the 14th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of readin...



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    In this 12th adventure in the new Tom Swift Invention Series, Tom Swift decides his 4-year-old space station, the Outpost in Space, is now too small. When you outgrow something that you need, you make it larger or you replace it. Tom's plan for a rep...



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    It has been a couple years since Tom Swift solved the mystery and overcame the aftermath of a loss of helium in the undersea mines he once discovered. Since then not much of anything has happened that might be considered newsworthy in Helium City. In...



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    Tom Swift in Captivity is the 13th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading." &...



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    Tom Swift and friends journey to the Arctic in Tom's custom airship to seek the legendary Valley of Gold. When his map is stolen by his longtime nemesis, Andy Foger, who has himself built a competing airship, the race is on across frigid Alaska to se...



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    Tom Swift in the City of Gold is the 11th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of reading....



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    Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders is the 20th book in the original Tom Swift series. "Every boy possesses some form of inventive genius. Tom Swift is a bright, ingenious boy and his inventions and adventures make the most interesting kind of readi...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Victor Appleton has published 90 books.

Victor Appleton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Augmented Reality, was published in March 2021.

The first book by Victor Appleton, The Water in Outer Space, was published in June 1940.

Yes. Victor Appleton has 3 series.