Tom Swift Jr. books in order

The Tom Swift Jr. series follows the original Tom Swift's son through thirty-two space-age science fiction adventures from the 1950s to 1970s.

Reading order

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

Tom Swift Jr. brought the Swift family into the Space Age. Thirty-two books published between 1954 and 1970 follow the original Tom’s son as he builds rocket ships, giant robots, atomic earth blasters, and other inventions that matched the era’s space-race enthusiasm.

The series updated the formula — same young inventor premise, but the technology jumped from motor-boats to jetmarines, from airships to flying labs. The books capture mid-century America’s belief that technology could solve any problem, with Tom Jr. as the teenage embodiment of scientific optimism.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Tom Swift Jr. series?

There are 32 books in the Tom Swift Jr. series, published between 1954 and 1970.

What is the first book in the Tom Swift Jr. series?

The first book in the Tom Swift Jr. series is Tom Swift and His Flying Lab, published in 1954.

How does Tom Swift Jr. relate to the original Tom Swift?

Tom Swift Jr. is the son of the original Tom Swift. The thirty-two books, published between 1954 and 1970, updated the formula for the Space Age — instead of motor-cycles and airships, young Tom builds rocket ships, robots, and space stations. The science fiction is harder and the adventures bigger, reflecting the era’s fascination with space exploration.

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