Here is a list of popular series books collected today by many bibliophiles. The list is not all inclusive but gives some fun ideas for books to look for.
Campfire Girls - A series of fiction novels written for children beginning as early as 1900 and ending in 1936. A variety of authors wrote these books and it is not a numbered series.
Bobbsey Twins – Series began in 1904 and ran until 1979. There are 72 titles in the series.
Tom Swift Book
Tom Swift – Original series ran from 1910 to 1941 with adventures novels featuring the genius inventor.
Hardy Boys - Longest running and best selling detective and mystery series for children. 58 titles running from 1927-1979. Frank and Joe Hardy are the main characters.
Nancy Drew – Long running mystery series with 56 titles running from 1930-1979.
Judy Bolton – Created by Margaret Sutton in 1932, Judy Bolton solved mysteries much like Nancy Drew. Many feel that Judy was a better role model for girls. There were 38 titles published from 1932 to 1967.
Dana Girls – A series of 30 titles first published in 1934 to compete with the popular Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series. The original series ended in 1968. Three different authors wrote for this series Leslie McFarlane (first 4 books), Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and Mildred Wirt Benson. Main characters are Louise and Jean Dana.
Cherry Ames – Mystery solving Nurse, Cherry Ames is the main character in this series of 27 titles written from 1943 through 1968. Helen Wells wrote 1-7 and 17-27. Julie Campbell Tatham wrote 8-16.
Rick Brant – Scientific adventures and mysteries with 24 titles running from 1947 to 1960.
Vicki Barr – Flight Stewardess mystery series with 16 titles running from 1947-1969. Two authors: Helen Wells and Julie Campbell Tatham.
Trixie Belden – Girl Detective series first published in 1948. The first six books in the series were written by Julie Campbell. Trixie and her friend Honey Wheeler are the main characters.
Chip Hilton – Series of sports related books with 23 titles in the series which ran from 1948 to 1965. Touchdown Pass was the first book in the series. Football, baseball, and basketball were the main topics of the books.
Tom Corbett - Space Cadet in 8 books that rant from 1952 to 1956 with pseudo-science adventures of Corbett as a cadet at the Space Academy.
Brains Benton – Six stories in the series that ran from 1959 to 1961. Adventures of teens Barclay ‘Brains’ Benton and his sidekick Jimmy Carson.
