List of Nancy Drew books

The character of Nancy Drew – ghostwritten and credited to the pseudonymous Carolyn Keene – has appeared in a number of series over the years.

533 Nancy Drew books have been published as of 2019, in nine series, as follows:

BOOK SERIES

1. 175 titles. 1930 to 2003. original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.

2. 47 titles. 2004-2012. Nancy Drew, Girl Detective.

3. 19 titles. 2013-current. Nancy Drew Diaries.

FOR YOUNG ADULTS

4. 124 titles. 1986-1997. Nancy Drew Files.

5. 25 titles. 1995- 1998, Nancy Drew on Campus.

FOR CHILDREN

6. 69 titles. 1994-2005. Nancy Drew Notebooks.

7. 30 titles. 2006-2015. Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.

8. 13 titles. 2015-current. Nancy Drew Clue Book.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

9. 1 title. 2010. Nancy Drew, the New Case Files.

Nancy Drew has also appeared in other series and books, including a number of spin-offs where she investigates with the Hardy Boys.

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories (1930–2003)

Grosset & Dunlap

Titles, authorship, and publication dates

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript	Editor	Rev.	Revised By
1	The Secret of the Old Clock	1930	Edward Stratemeyer	Mildred Wirt	Edward Stratemeyer	1959	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
2	The Hidden Staircase	1930				1959
3	The Bungalow Mystery	1930				1960	Patricia Doll
4	The Mystery at Lilac Inn	1930	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams		Harriet Elp	1961
5	The Secret Of Shadow Ranch	1931			Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	1965	Grace Grote
6	The Secret of Red Gate Farm	1931	Edna Stratemeyer Squier			1961	Lynn Ealer
7	The Clue in the Diary	1932				1962	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
8	Nancy's Mysterious Letter	1932		Walter Karig		1968
9	The Sign of the Twisted Candles	1933	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams			1968	Patricia Doll
10	The Password to Larkspur Lane	1933				1966
11	The Clue of the Broken Locket	1934	Edna Stratemeyer Squier	Mildred Wirt		1965	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams & Grace Grote
12	The Message in the Hollow Oak	1935				1972	Grace Grote
13	The Mystery of the Ivory Charm	1936				1974	Priscilla Baker-Carr
14	The Whispering Statue	1937				1970	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
15	The Haunted Bridge	1937	Edna Stratemeyer Squier			1972	Priscilla Baker-Carr
16	The Clue of the Tapping Heels	1939	Edna Stratemeyer Squier			1969	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
17	The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk	1940	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams			1976
18	The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion	1941	Edna Stratemeyer Squier			1971
19	The Quest of the Missing Map	1942	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams			1969	Priscilla Baker-Carr
20	The Clue in the Jewel Box	1943				1972
21	The Secret in the Old Attic	1944				1970
22	The Clue in the Crumbling Wall	1945				1973
23	The Mystery of the Tolling Bell	1946				1973
24	The Clue in the Old Album	1947				1977
25	The Ghost of Blackwood Hall	1948				1967
26	The Clue of the Leaning Chimney	1949		George Waller, Jr. & Harriet Stratemeyer Adams		1967
27	The Secret of the Wooden Lady	1950		Margaret Scherf		1967
28	The Clue of the Black Keys	1951		Wilhelmina Rankin & Harriet Stratemeyer Adams		1968
29	The Mystery at the Ski Jump	1952		Alma Sasse		1968	Ann Shultes
30	The Clue of the Velvet Mask	1953	Andrew Svenson	Mildred Wirt		1969	Priscilla Baker-Carr
31	The Ringmaster's Secret	1953	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams		1974	June Dunn
32	The Scarlet Slipper Mystery	1954		Charles Strong		1974	Ann Shultes
33	The Witch Tree Symbol	1955		Harriet Stratemeyer Adams		1975
34	The Hidden Window Mystery	1956	Patricia Doll & Harriet Stratemeyer Adams			1975	Mary Fisher
35	The Haunted Showboat	1957	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams		June Dunn & J. Sanderson
36	The Secret of the Golden Pavilion	1959
37	The Clue in the Old Stagecoach	1960			Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
38	The Mystery of the Fire Dragon	1961
39	The Clue of the Dancing Puppet	1962
40	The Moonstone Castle Mystery	1963
41	The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes	1964
42	The Phantom of Pine Hill	1965
43	The Mystery of the 99 Steps	1966
44	The Clue in the Crossword Cipher	1967
45	The Spider Sapphire Mystery	1968
46	The Invisible Intruder	1969
47	The Mysterious Mannequin	1970
48	The Crooked Banister	1971
49	The Secret of Mirror Bay	1972
50	The Double Jinx Mystery	1973
51	Mystery of the Glowing Eye	1974
52	The Secret of the Forgotten City	1975
53	The Sky Phantom	1976
54	The Strange Message in the Parchment	1977
55	Mystery of Crocodile Island	1978
56	The Thirteenth Pearl	1979

Simon & Schuster

In 1979, the Nancy Drew books began to be published by Wanderer Books Simon & Schuster in paperback format. Though formatted differently from the original 56-volume series which continued under Grosset & Dunlap's control, these new books were published under the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories banner. These books feature increasingly contemporary cover illustrations and some books have multiple versions of the cover art.

To collectors of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, books in the original series published at Simon & Schuster are called "Digests". This is due to the books resembling Digest-size paperbacks, differing from Grosset & Dunlap's hardcover books (one of the reasons why Adams switched to Simon & Schuster was because Grosset & Dunlap did not like this move, while Simon & Schuster agreed to it).

In 2005, the first eight volumes from the Wanderer section (#57-64) were republished by Grosset & Dunlap, as a special promotion for the celebration of Nancy Drew's 75th anniversary. These republications went out of print in 2013.

Wanderer editions

The main plot, formula, and continuity of the books remained similar to the original Grosset & Dunlap books still being published at the time. Harriet Adams was still involved in the Syndicate, even after she stopped writing the books in 1980; Simon & Schuster rejected her original manuscript for The Secret in the Old Lace, with the story being rewritten by Nancy Axelrad. After she died in 1982, the Syndicate continued with five of its partners (Adams' remaining three children, plus authors Nancy Axelrod and Lilo Wuenn), until its sale to Simon & Schuster in 1987.

The Triple Hoax was originally listed as the next book at the end of The Thirteenth Pearl. Grosset & Dunlap continued to list this until they lost a court case against the Syndicate and Simon & Schuster in May 1980. The book was later revised to eliminate The Triple Hoax. However, they later published this book — and the seven after that — in 2005, with the permission and collaboration of Simon & Schuster, in celebration of Nancy Drew's 75th anniversary.

During this period, the Syndicate began to hire new, younger writers, including Sharon Wagner, Richard Ballad, and James Duncan Lawrence. Ballad's books — Captive Witness and The Sinister Omen — were all originally written for The Hardy Boys, but were rewritten for unknown reasons. The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery also falls in this category.

The final two books (#77 and #78) were "backdoor pilots" for the spin-off The Nancy Drew Files, which began in 1986. Due to this, and the sale of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the series went on a two-year hiatus to retool the series.

Titles, authorship, and publication dates

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript	Editor
57	The Triple Hoax	1979	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams/Lilo Wuenn
58	The Flying Saucer Mystery	1980			Lilo Wuenn
59	The Secret in the Old Lace	1980		Nancy Axelrad
60	The Greek Symbol Mystery	1980	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams & Nancy Axelrad
61	The Swami's Ring	1981
62	The Kachina Doll Mystery	1981	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner	Nancy Axelrad
63	The Twin Dilemma	1981	Nancy Axelrad	Nancy Axelrad	Lilo Wuenn
64	Captive Witness	1981	Richard Ballad	Richard Ballad	Nancy Axelrad
65	Mystery of the Winged Lion	1982	Nancy Axelrad	Nancy Axelrad
66	Race Against Time	1982	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
67	The Sinister Omen	1982	Richard Ballad	Richard Ballad
68	The Elusive Heiress	1982	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner
69	Clue in the Ancient Disguise	1982	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
70	The Broken Anchor	1983	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner
71	The Silver Cobweb	1983	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
72	The Haunted Carousel	1983
73	Enemy Match	1984
74	The Mysterious Image	1984	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
75	The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery	1984
76	The Eskimo's Secret	1985	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner
77	The Bluebeard Room	1985	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence
78	The Phantom of Venice	1985

Minstrel editions

After volume 78, the series took a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year hiatus due to the sale of the Stratemeyer Syndicate to Simon & Schuster, and to begin The Nancy Drew Files spin-off. At this point, book packager Mega-Books took over the series, and hired different ghostwriters for the job (many of whom are still unknown). The ghost writers who are known are ones who have either been discovered through other resources, or have publicly revealed themselves as a ghostwriter for the series. The series also gained Anne Greenberg as the series' new editor; Greenberg would oversee the series for the next 16 years, and become one of the most influential Nancy Drew editors that helped the books continue until the 21st century.

Book #147 (The Case of the Captured Queen) was originally written as a book in The Nancy Drew Files series. That series (as well as its Hardy Boys equivalent) had been cancelled in late 1997, and planned titles in that series were sometimes re-written for the continuing original series.

The writing style of these books took a different direction than the books of the Syndicate; modern technology is mentioned (making the books seem somewhat dated very quickly), continuity errors are common, and the books become shorter (reducing the books from a 20-chapter/180 page format, to a 16-chapter/150 page format). Characters Burt Eddleton and Dave Evans are eliminated completely, and Nancy mostly has a habit of rotating between George, Bess, and Ned. This setup creates a more realistic setup, rather than having all six drop everything to join Nancy. In the late 1990s, continuity errors and text errors became more common.

Titles, authorship, and publication dates

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript	Editor
79	The Double Horror of Fenley Place	1987			Anne Greenberg
80	The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds	1987
81	The Mardi Gras Mystery	1988
82	The Clue in the Camera	1988
83	The Case of the Vanishing Veil	1988
84	The Joker's Revenge	1988		Eileen Hehl
85	The Secret of Shady Glen	1988
86	The Mystery of Misty Canyon	1988
87	The Case of the Rising Stars	1989
88	The Search for Cindy Austin	1989		Nancy Bush
89	The Case of the Disappearing Deejay	1989	Carol Gorman	Carol Gorman
90	The Puzzle at Pineview School	1989
91	The Girl Who Couldn't Remember	1989
92	The Ghost of Craven Cove	1989
93	The Case of the Safecracker's Secret	1990
94	The Picture-Perfect Mystery	1990	Carol Gorman	Carol Gorman
95	The Silent Suspect	1990
96	The Case of the Photo Finish	1990
97	The Mystery of Magnolia Mansion	1990	Alison Hart	Alison Hart
98	The Haunting of Horse Island	1990	Carol Gorman	Carol Gorman
99	The Secret at Seven Rocks	1991	Ellen Steiber	Ellen Steiber
100	A Secret in Time	1991
101	The Mystery of the Missing Millionairess	1991
102	The Secret in the Dark	1991
103	The Stranger in the Shadows	1991	Alison Hart	Alison Hart
104	The Mystery of the Jade Tiger	1991	Ellen Steiber	Ellen Steiber
105	The Clue in the Antique Trunk	1992
106	The Case of the Artful Crime	1992
107	The Legend of Miner's Creek	1992
108	The Secret of the Tibetan Treasure	1992
109	The Mystery of the Masked Rider	1992	Alison Hart	Alison Hart
110	The Nutcracker Ballet Mystery	1992
111	The Secret at Solaire	1993
112	Crime in the Queen's Court	1993
113	The Secret Lost at Sea	1993
114	The Search for the Silver Persian	1993
115	The Suspect in the Smoke	1993
116	The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears	1993	Alison Hart	Alison Hart
117	Mystery on the Menu	1994
118	Trouble At Lake Tahoe	1994
119	The Mystery of the Missing Mascot	1994
120	The Case of the Floating Crime	1994
121	The Fortune Teller's Secret	1994
122	The Message in the Haunted Mansion	1994
123	The Clue on the Silver Screen	1995
124	The Secret of the Scarlet Hand	1995
125	The Teen Model Mystery	1995
126	The Riddle in the Rare Book	1995
127	The Case of the Dangerous Solution	1995
128	The Treasure in the Royal Tower	1995
129	The Baby-Sitter Burglaries	1996		Pamela Willis
130	The Sign of the Falcon	1996
131	The Hidden Inheritance	1996
132	The Fox Hunt Mystery	1996
133	The Mystery at the Crystal Palace	1996
134	The Secret of the Forgotten Cave	1996
135	The Riddle of the Ruby Gazelle	1997
136	The Wedding Day Mystery	1997
137	In Search of the Black Rose	1997
138	The Legend of the Lost Gold	1997
139	The Secret of Candlelight Inn	1997
140	The Door-to-Door Deception	1997
141	The Wild Cat Crime	1998
142	The Case of Capital Intrigue	1998	Elizabeth Nugent	Elizabeth Nugent
143	Mystery on Maui	1998	Elizabeth Nugent	Elizabeth Nugent
144	The E-mail Mystery	1998
145	The Missing Horse Mystery	1998	Alison Hart	Alison Hart
146	The Ghost of the Lantern Lady	1998
147	The Case of the Captured Queen	1999
148	On the Trail of Trouble	1999
149	The Clue of the Gold Doubloons	1999	Alison Hart	Alison Hart
150	Mystery at Moorsea Manor	1999
151	The Chocolate-Covered Contest	1999
152	The Key in the Satin Pocket	2000
153	Whispers In the Fog	2000
154	The Legend of the Emerald Lady	2000
155	The Mystery in Tornado Alley	2000	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
156	The Secret in the Stars	2000
157	The Music Festival Mystery	2000
158	The Curse of the Black Cat	2001
159	The Secret of the Fiery Chamber	2001

Aladdin editions

With the new millennium, the series changed publishers to the Aladdin subdivision of Simon & Schuster. With declining sales, and the departure of longtime editor Anne Greenberg, Simon & Schuster ended the original series in November 2003.

The books published in 2003 show a sharp decline in quality compared to earlier books, as the new editors focused on preparing the new Nancy Drew, Girl Detective series. Continuity errors are rampant throughout these books: in No Strings Attached and Danger on the Great Lakes (both written by George Edward Stanley), Nancy and her friends are 17, and are on summer vacation; Ned works at a company; and George has chestnut hair (when she is usually a brunette). In Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland, Ned is suddenly blond, and it is (ironically) hinted at that Nancy might be in college. Numerous typographic errors and mistakes are also found throughout these books.

Titles, authorship, and publication dates

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript	Editor
160	The Clue on the Crystal Dove	2001			Anne Greenberg
161	Lost in the Everglades	2001
162	The Case of the Lost Song	2001
163	The Clues Challenge	2001
164	The Mystery of the Mother Wolf	2002
165	The Crime Lab Case	2002
166	The Case of the Creative Crime	2002
167	Mystery By Moonlight	2002
168	The Bike Tour Mystery	2002
169	The Mistletoe Mystery	2002
170	No Strings Attached	2003	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
171	Intrigue at the Grand Opera	2003
172	The Riding Club Crime	2003
173	Danger on the Great Lakes	2003	George Edward Stanley	George Edward Stanley
174	A Taste of Danger	2003
175	Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland	2003

Specials

• The Nancy Drew Cookbook: Clues to Good Cooking (1973)
• Nancy Drew Picture Book: Mystery of the Lost Dogs (1977)
• Nancy Drew Picture Book: The Secret of the Twin Puppets (1977)
• The Nancy Drew Sleuth Book: Clues to Good Sleuthing (1979)
• Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Super Sleuths (1981)
• Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (1983)
• Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Super Sleuths #2 (1984)
• Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Campfire Stories (1984)
• Nancy Drew Ghost Stories #2 (1985)

The first four works were published by Grosset & Dunlap. The Nancy Drew Cookbook contained recipes and short stories. Both titles under the Nancy Drew Picture Book banner were illustrated picture books aimed at younger readers. The Nancy Drew Sleuth Book contained short stories that involved Nancy teaching a group of younger girls how she solves her mysteries, and gives lessons to the reader on the techniques used.

The first Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Super Sleuths book was published in 1981, after switching over to Simon & Schuster. The book contained seven short stories in which Nancy Drew crosses over to solve mysteries with The Hardy Boys; both the Carolyn Keene pseudonym and The Hardy Boys' Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym are used. The story was so popular, that it spawned a sequel, a spin-off series, and a Campfire Stories companion.

In 1983, Nancy Drew Ghost Stories was published, also containing seven short stories. It, too, spawned a sequel in 1985. Unlike other specials, though, the first volume was reprinted by the later Minstrel and Aladdin imprints.

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Be a Detective Mystery Stories (1984–1985)

These titles feature a level of reader-interaction in a manner similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure books. The series was published by Wanderer.

Two more volumes, Jungle of Evil and Ticket to Intrigue, were planned and advertised, but were unpublished after the sale of the Stratemeyer Syndicate to Simon & Schuster.[1]

Titles and publication dates

#	Title	Pub.
1	The Secret of the Knight’s Sword	1984
2	Danger on Ice
3	The Feathered Serpent
4	Secret Cargo
5	The Alaskan Mystery	1985
6	The Missing Money Mystery

Nancy Drew Notebooks (1994–2005)

Main article: Nancy Drew Notebooks

The Nancy Drew Notebooks were aimed at younger readers and featured a Nancy who was still in grade school. The series was published from 1994 to 2005.

Nancy Drew Files (1986–1997)

In 1986, Simon & Schuster, Inc. began publishing a spin-off series, Nancy Drew Files, running concurrently with the main Nancy Drew Mystery Stories line. The Nancy Drew Files were aimed at an older, teenage audience, and is similar in style, target audience, and sensibilities with The Hardy Boys Casefiles.

Starting in January 2014, Simon & Schuster began releasing this series as eBooks.

Nancy Drew Files Volume I and Nancy Drew Files Volume II were published September 24, 2019 under the Simon Pulse imprint. These are reprints of the first six titles in the series, books 1, 2, and 3 in volume I and books 4, 5 and 6 in volume II. Cover art by Fernanda Suarez.

Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Super Mystery (1988–1998)

Main article: Super Mystery

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew teamed up in this 36 volume series of paperbacks. This series follows the formula of the main characters and their friends typically involved in separate mysteries that end up being connected. The sleuths join forces to solve the overall mystery. This series is based in the Nancy Drew Files and Hardy Boys Casefiles continuity, so murder, romance, and flirtation between the series regulars are common. Nancy Drew and Frank Hardy share an attraction in this series, though after a brief kiss in "The Last Resort" this attraction is not acted on. Subsequent books focus on the respect and friendship that developed between the two and their continued feelings for Ned Nickerson and Callie Shaw. Several spin-off series were cancelled by Simon and Schuster at the end of 1997, including the series Super Mystery (also called Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery).

River Heights

Main article: River Heights (Nancy Drew)

This series does not feature Nancy Drew beyond a cameo appearance in a couple of books, but is set in her fictional hometown and still written under the Carolyn Keene pseudonym. The series focused on romance and lasted for only 16 titles.[2]

Nancy Drew on Campus

Main article: Nancy Drew on Campus

The Nancy Drew on Campus series, like The Nancy Drew Files, is targeted at an older teen audience. Nancy and her friends Bess Marvin and George Fayne go to college; the series focused on college life and romance, rather than all solving mysteries.[3]

Nancy Drew, Girl Detective (2004–2012)

Main article: Nancy Drew: Girl Detective

Nancy Drew, Girl Detective replaced the long-running Nancy Drew mysteries series. This new series is written in first person narration, from Nancy's point of view, and features updated and overhauled versions of the main Nancy Drew characters. In addition, new secondary characters are introduced to populate River Heights and appear over multiple books, adding a framework to Nancy's world.

The drastic changes in the main characters' personalities, and a perception in quality decline, earned the series negative reviews from long-time fans. A switch to trilogies gave even more negative reviews, before low sales forced the series to be cancelled in 2011. In 2013, Nancy Drew, Girl Detective was replaced with the Nancy Drew Diaries series.

Papercutz graphic novels (2005–2010)

Main article: Nancy Drew: Girl Detective § Graphic novels

Beginning in 2005, Papercutz began issuing a new series of Nancy Drew graphic novels as an offshoot of the Girl Detective series. The series is edited by Jim Salicrup, written by Stefan Petrucha, and illustrated by Sho Murase. The manga-style illustrations and technical allusions (Nancy's hybrid car, George's tablet PC) give Nancy and her friends a 21st-century spin.

In 2010, the series was rebooted as Nancy Drew: Girl Detective - The New Case Files. These new novels center around a River Heights that has become obsessed with vampire books. However, the series was cancelled not long after. In 2014, the series began being re-released as an offshoot of the Nancy Drew Diaries series, with two volumes per issue.

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (2006–2015)

Main article: Nancy Drew: Girl Detective § Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew

Starting in 2006, Aladdin Paperbacks published a new series to replace the Nancy Drew Notebooks series for younger readers; it exists in the same universe as the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series. This series ended in 2015 to be replaced by the Nancy Drew Clue Book series.

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew features Nancy Drew, George Fayne, and Bess Marvin as eight-year-olds in the third grade at River Heights Elementary School, and solving kid sized mysteries, from finding a stolen ice cream formula entry to the culprit who cut the cake before the bride. This series also sets George's mother working her own catering company, and reveals George's real name to be Georgia.

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery (2007–2012)

Main article: Nancy Drew: Girl Detective § Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery is a crossover spin-off with The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers series. The stories are told in first person, alternating chapters, between Frank's, Joe's, and Nancy's perspective. The first title in the series acts as an introduction between the characters in their new universes. This series published one title per year until the end of the Girl Detective and Undercover Brothers series in 2012.

Nancy Drew Diaries (2013–current)

This series, that began in 2013, is a reboot of the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series. The series continues to follow Nancy and her friends' cases, with first-person narration by Nancy. The series was created to move away from the trilogy format of Girl Detective (besides for the first two books, all titles are now individual mysteries), make books longer than its predecessor, and have a cover artist. The new series also attempted to fix some of the more criticized aspects of Girl Detective, with arguable success.

This is the first series to be available in three different formats; paperback, hardcover (with dust jacket), and eBooks. When the series was first launched, three new titles were expected to come out per year (with the exception of 2013 and 2015, which produced four new titles), but was later reduced to two titles per year in 2016. The first four titles had an initial printing of 25,000 copies in paperback and 2,500 copies in hardcover; books five through seven had an initial print run of 25,000 in paperback and 5,000 in hardcover; and books eight through eleven had an initial print run of 10,000 in paperback and 5,000 in hardcover. Though Simon and Schuster does not release sales information for these properties, on-line sites like Amazon and Barnes and Noble indicate their sales are lack-luster to poor.

Books 1-4 were released in a box set in November 2013, and a boxed set of the first ten books was released in August 2016. In addition, the first three titles were packaged in a single book in June 2016. Also available are unabridged audio books for CD or downloads, read by Jorjeana Marie.

Artist Erin McGuire has served as the cover artist since the start of the series.

Titles

Titles and publication dates

#	Title	Released	Manuscript	Editor
1	Curse of the Arctic Star	February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)		Margaret Wright
2	Strangers on a Train		Kekla Magoon
3	Mystery of the Midnight Rider	May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07)
4	Once Upon a Thriller	September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
5	Sabotage at Willow Woods	January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05)
6	Secret at Mystic Lake	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
7	The Phantom of Nantucket	September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)		Amy Cloud
8	The Magician's Secret	January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)
9	The Clue at Black Creek Farm	May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)
10	A Script for Danger	September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)	Ami Boghani[4]
11	The Red Slippers	December 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)
12	The Sign in the Smoke	May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)
13	The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn	October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)
14	Riverboat Roulette	January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03)
15	The Professor and the Puzzle	August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)
16	The Haunting on Heliotrope Lane	January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02)
	A Nancy Drew Christmas	September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18)	Reuben Sack	Fiona Simpson
17	Famous Mistakes	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)
18	The Stolen Show	September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)[5][6]		Anna Parsons
19	Hidden Pictures	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)[7][8]
20	The Vanishing Statue	June 16, 2020 (2020-06-16)[9]
21	Danger at the Iron Dragon	January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)

Notes

• Famous Mistakes was initially scheduled to be released in August 2018, though it was later replaced with A Nancy Drew Christmas.[10] It was pushed back to January 2019, and still retained its status as the 17th title in the series.
• A Nancy Drew Christmas in an unnumbered, special-edition book, and was originally available only in eBook or hardcover format. The paperback edition is scheduled to be released in September 2020, two years after the hardcover release. It features a guest appearance of the Hardy Boys.

Nancy Drew Clue Book Series (2015–current)

This is a reboot of the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series published by Aladdin Paperbacks. This is an interactive series, as readers may write down their clues and predictions. A page before the final chapter has questions the reader can answer regarding suspects, clues, and solutions. The first two titles were published July 7, 2015, in paperback, hardcover, and eBook editions written by Carolyn Keene with covers and internal illustrations by Peter Francis. The first three titles have had an initial print run of 35,000 in paperback and 5,000 in hardcover.

Titles and publication dates

#	Title	Released
1	Pool Party Puzzler	July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07)
2	Last Lemonade Standing
3	A Star Witness	November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)
4	Big Top Flop	March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
5	Movie Madness	July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12)
6	Pets on Parade	October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)
7	Candy Kingdom Chaos	March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)
8	World Record Mystery	October 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)
9	Springtime Crime	March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20)
10	Boo Crew	September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04)
11	The Tortoise and the Scare	March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)
12	Turkey Trot Plot	September 3, 2019
13	Puppy Love Prank	March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17)
14	The Big Island Burglary	July 28, 2020 (2020-07-28)
15	The Great Goat Gaffe	March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09)

Other books/resources

• The Nancy Drew Scrapbook (1993)
• Nancy Drew's Guide to Life (2001)
• Nancy Drew Mad Libs (2005)
• Clues to Real Life: The Wit and Wisdom of Nancy Drew (2007)
• The Lost Files Of Nancy Drew (2007)
• The Official Nancy Drew Handbook (2007)
• Nancy Drew Classic Paper Dolls (2011)
• Nancy Drew & Her Friends Paper Dolls (2012)

References

1. Finnan, R. W. "The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page". Retrieved March 3, 2019.
2. Fisher, Jennifer. "Nancy Drew Sleuth". Retrieved 15 March 2009.
3. White
4. "Books: The Nancy Drew Diaries #10: A Script for Danger (2015)". Ami Boghani.
5. "LC Catalog: The stolen show". LOC Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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