Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories is the long-running "main" Nancy Drew series, which was published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. There are 175 novels — plus 34 revised stories — that were published between 1930 and 2003 under the banner; Grosset & Dunlap published the first 56, and 34 revised stories, while Simon & Schuster published the series beginning with volume 57.
A spinoff, The Nancy Drew Files, ran concurrently from 1986 to 1997. In 2003, Simon & Schuster announced that Nancy Drew Mystery Stories would end and be replaced by a new, more contemporary series titled Nancy Drew: Girl Detective. Launched in 2004, the series was panned in comparisons to its predecessor, and ended in 2012. The Nancy Drew Diaries was launched in its place in 2013, and has received mixed reviews.

Publishing history

is credited with writing 23 of the first 30 novels in the series. Other authors contributed, as well, but in 1959, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet Adams, began rewriting the earlier books in the series, sometimes substituting entirely new plots while retaining the same title.
In the Harriet Adams revisions, Nancy is depicted as a less impulsive, less headstrong girl of Stratemeyer and Mildred's vision, to a milder, more sedate and refined girl— "more sugar and less spice", with an extensive wardrobe and a more charitable outlook. Helen Corning appears older, perhaps in preparation for her "write-out" after volume 4 of the revised series and to introduce Bess and her cousin George. Perceived racial stereotypes — and, arguably, characters of color period — were omitted. Action increased significantly and became faster-paced. Greater developmental detail was given to Nancy and her home.
In 1979, after a court battle between the Stratemeyer Syndicate and Grosset & Dunlap, the original publishers of the first 56 Nancy Drew titles, publication rights to new stories were granted to Simon & Schuster. Titles from #57, The Triple Hoax, were thereafter published primarily in paperback.
Books #57-78 were initially printed under Simon & Schuster's Children's imprint Wanderer as digest sized paperbacks. Limited numbers of hardback editions are also known to have been produced, mostly for libraries.
The titles were initially presented in set cover format referred to as the "Arch" design, with most covers drawn by Ruth Sanderson. The 22 titles were also reprinted under the Wanderer imprint in a new "checkerboard" design before the series moved, from #79 on, to the new Minstrel imprint, whereupon they received still newer covers in the "checkerboard" design. The series ultimately moved again to Simon & Schuster's Aladdin Paperbacks imprint beginning with #164, undergoing two further cover revamps, "White" and "Paint".

Titles

Grosset & Dunlap

The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories were first published in the United States in 1930 by Grosset & Dunlap in a series of hardbacks. Revision of all titles through Volume 34 began in 1959.

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

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.
In 2005, the first eight volumes from the Wanderer section 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 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.
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, until its sale to Simon & Schuster in 1987.
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 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.

#	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	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Lilo Wuenn
59	The Secret in the Old Lace	1980	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams	Nancy Axelrad	Lilo Wuenn
60	The Greek Symbol Mystery	1980	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams & Nancy Axelrad	Nancy Axelrad	Lilo Wuenn
61	The Swami's Ring	1981	Harriet Stratemeyer Adams & Nancy Axelrad	Nancy Axelrad	Lilo Wuenn
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	Nancy Axelrad
66	Race Against Time	1982	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad
67	The Sinister Omen	1982	Richard Ballad	Richard Ballad	Nancy Axelrad
68	The Elusive Heiress	1982	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner	Nancy Axelrad
69	Clue in the Ancient Disguise	1982	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad
70	The Broken Anchor	1983	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner	Nancy Axelrad
71	The Silver Cobweb	1983	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad
72	The Haunted Carousel	1983	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad
73	Enemy Match	1984	Richard Ballad, per Release in Beinecke Collection of Yale University. Working title: Tennis Story.		Nancy Axelrad
74	The Mysterious Image	1984	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad
75	The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery	1984			Nancy Axelrad
76	The Eskimo's Secret	1985	Sharon Wagner	Sharon Wagner	Nancy Axelrad
77	The Bluebeard Room	1985	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad
78	The Phantom of Venice	1985	James Duncan Lawrence	James Duncan Lawrence	Nancy Axelrad

Minstrel editions

After volume 78, the series took a -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. 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.
Due to the cancellation of The Nancy Drew Files in 1997, Simon & Schuster rewrote several unpublished manuscripts into books for the original series. These books include: The Wild Cat Crime, The E-mail Mystery, and The Case of the Captured Queen.
The writing style of these books took a different direction than the books of the Syndicate; modern technology is mentioned, continuity errors are common, and the books become shorter. 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.

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

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, Nancy and her friends are 17, and are on summer vacation; Ned works at a company; and George has chestnut hair. In Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland, Ned is suddenly blond, and it is hinted at that Nancy might be in college. Numerous typographic errors and mistakes are also found throughout these books.

#	Title	Pub.	Outline	Manuscript	Editor
160	The Clue on the Crystal Dove	2001			Anne Greenberg
161	Lost in the Everglades	2001			Anne Greenberg
162	The Case of the Lost Song	2001			Anne Greenberg
163	The Clues Challenge	2001			Anne Greenberg
164	The Mystery of the Mother Wolf	2002			Anne Greenberg
165	The Crime Lab Case	2002			Anne Greenberg
166	The Case of the Creative Crime	2002			Anne Greenberg
167	Mystery By Moonlight	2002			Anne Greenberg
168	The Bike Tour Mystery	2002			Anne Greenberg
169	The Mistletoe Mystery	2002			Anne Greenberg
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

Foreign publication

United Kingdom

The Nancy Drew Mystery Series was published in a series of hardbacks and paperbacks in the UK, starting in 1971 and 1973. The British publisher was Collins Publishing, and its paperback imprint Armada Books. When the Nancy Drew series was published in England, the order was changed significantly and the titles' numbering was revised from the American standard.
Thus, the original fifty-six American Grosset & Dunlap-published titles become the first fifty UK titles, with #57-78 being published as #51-72. Collins, therefore, had a deal in place with both American publishers and, indeed, were obliged "for contractual reasons" to publish some of the later Simon & Schuster titles before some of the Grosset & Dunlap ones. Collins/Armada published the twenty-two Simon & Schuster/Wanderer titles in sequence, albeit off by six, and then finished publishing the six "missing" Grosset & Dunlap titles.
The twenty-two Wanderer-imprint titles were produced between 1979 and 1985, after which the main Nancy Drew Mystery Stories went on a short hiatus. During this time, Simon & Schuster began publishing The Nancy Drew Files series for older teenagers, and subsequently re-aligned the 'main' series, moving it to a new imprint in 1987, with The Double Horror of Fenley Place, the first Nancy Drew title published under the American Minstrel imprint. Accordingly, after publishing twenty-two Wanderer titles in the main Nancy Drew series, the Collins/Armada licence terminated in June 1992. The following month, Simon & Schuster itself began publishing the more recent Minstrel-imprint US titles under their Pocket Books UK imprint, starting with the now numerically aligned Volume #79. For contractual reasons, Armada was "obliged to publish No. 51 onwards before publishing Nos. 41-50".

Other Formats

Special editions and reprints

The Reader's Club or Cameo editions

Nancy Drew was issued as a book club feature, the Nancy Drew Reader's Club, from 1959 to early 1961. In all, twelve volumes were issued, six in 1959 and six in 1960. These volumes were issued with new illustrations by artist Polly Bolian. The volumes matched Grosset & Dunlap's other Doubleday Book Club publication, Young Library. A full color jacket illustration was repeated as the frontispiece, and double-page pen and ink drawings highlighted the texts. References or notices for other volumes, and volume numbering, was removed from the text and the jackets.
Plans for additional titles were abandoned after two years and the series ceased publication in early 1961. The volumes are highly desired by today's collectors due to their original artwork and the scarcity of their dust jackets, made on inferior, lightweight matte paper instead of heavier-gauge glossy paper used on other editions. The books with jackets are considered scarce, those with a 1960 date being much more difficult to find by collectors.

Book Club Editions

Nancy Drew was issued in the yellow-spine picture format, as a book club, in 1962. The back covers were solid yellow, and spines feature no volume numbers. "Book Club Edition" appears on the title page. Only Volumes 1-32 were issued. In the 1970s, a book club offer was available directly from the publisher, but these volumes were exactly the same as regularly purchased volumes; they were simply mailed on schedule to the subscriber.

Twin Thriller

Several Nancy Drew books were published as two-volumes-in-one in the 1970s. Covers featured geometric clover designs on lilac grey, with a vignette from one of the two volumes' original cover art. All of the volumes are sequential, i.e., 1-2, 3-4, except for the final two issued. Volumes 17 and 24 appear together as one, as they were not revised until the mid-1970s.

Applewood Books reprints

began reprinting facsimile editions of the early Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys in 1991. The books feature the original dust jacket art, original illustrations, original texts, and duplication binding of the early Nancy Drew format. Many of the volumes contain forewords from adult author fans of the series, such as Sara Paretsky. Applewood issued original series titles up to #21, The Secret in the Old Attic. Although Volumes 22 and 23, The Clue in the Crumbling Wall and The Mystery of the Tolling Bell, respectively, were featured in the 2006–2007 catalogue, these additional titles were not ultimately published as company representatives stated that sales of later volumes had tapered and plans to extend the line were discontinued in 2007.

Literarture Nancy Drew Dust Jacket Collection reprints

In late 2006, Literarture, licensed by publisher Simon and Schuster, began releasing prints of classic Nancy Drew dust jacket artwork by Russell Tandy, Bill Gillies and Rudy Nappi derived from pristine vintage art elements and, in some cases, following extensive research, the original paintings themselves. The jackets, issued as limited-edition offset lithographs, can either be framed or wrapped comfortably around most series book formats. The line was discontinued after many dust jackets were offered for sale.

Nancy Drew originals

In early 2007, Grosset and Dunlap began retailing special volumes of Nancy Drew mysteries with original artwork but revised content in different product assortments and packaging.

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Young Sheldon - spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon...
Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...
Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...
Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...
Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...