The character of Tom Swift was conceived in 1910 by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging company. Stratemeyer invented the series to capitalize on the market for children's science adventure. The Syndicate's authors created the Tom Swift books by first preparing an outline with all the plot elements, followed by drafting and editing the detailed manuscript. The books were published under the house name of Victor Appleton. Edward Stratemeyer and Howard Garis wrote most of the volumes in the original series; Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, wrote the last three volumes. The first Tom Swift series ended in 1941.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Tom Swift Jr
1. Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (1954)
2. Tom Swift and His Jetmarine (1954)
3. Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship (1954)
4. Tom Swift and His Giant Robot (1954)
5. Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (1954)
6. Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space (1955)
7. Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter (1956)
8. Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire (1956)
9. Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite (1956)
10. Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane (1957)
11. Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome (1958)
12. Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon (1958)
13. Tom Swift and His Space Solartron (1958)
14. Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope (1959)
15. Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector (1959)
16. Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts (1960)
17. Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X (1961)
18. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung (1961)
19. Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar (1962)
20. Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober (1962)
21. Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates (1963)
22. Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway (1963)
23. Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker (1964)
24. Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector (1964)
25. Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere (1965)
26. Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap (1965)
27. Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron (1966)
28. Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet (1966)
29. Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid (1967)
30. Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter (1968)
31. Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule (1969)
32. Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express (1970)
33. Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts (1971)
1. Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (1954)
2. Tom Swift and His Jetmarine (1954)
3. Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship (1954)
4. Tom Swift and His Giant Robot (1954)
5. Tom Swift and His Atomic Earth Blaster (1954)
6. Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space (1955)
7. Tom Swift and His Diving Seacopter (1956)
8. Tom Swift in the Caves of Nuclear Fire (1956)
9. Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite (1956)
10. Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane (1957)
11. Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome (1958)
12. Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon (1958)
13. Tom Swift and His Space Solartron (1958)
14. Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope (1959)
15. Tom Swift and His Spectromarine Selector (1959)
16. Tom Swift and the Cosmic Astronauts (1960)
17. Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X (1961)
18. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung (1961)
19. Tom Swift and His Triphibian Atomicar (1962)
20. Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober (1962)
21. Tom Swift and the Asteroid Pirates (1963)
22. Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway (1963)
23. Tom Swift and His Aquatomic Tracker (1964)
24. Tom Swift and His 3-D Telejector (1964)
25. Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere (1965)
26. Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap (1965)
27. Tom Swift and His Subocean Geotron (1966)
28. Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet (1966)
29. Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid (1967)
30. Tom Swift and His G-Force Inverter (1968)
31. Tom Swift and His Dyna-4 Capsule (1969)
32. Tom Swift and His Cosmotron Express (1970)
33. Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts (1971)
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