Nancy Drew Mystery Series

The Nancy Drew mysteries were comprised of 56 books in total, and in each story, Nancy Drew showed the audience what fun could be had while solving mysteries. From 1930, when the first book was published, to 1979 the books were published by Grosset & Dunlap. In 1979, Simon & Schuster took over the publishing. In 1959 the books were reviewed and many were changed due to things such as racial stereotyping and class generalizations. Five different writers were thought to have collaborated on the rewriting of the books and sometimes, entire plotlines were changed.

Nancy Drew Files

The Nancy Drew files were a spin-off from the Nancy Drew Mystery series and were begun to be published in 1986. The stories flowed flawlessly with their predecessors although they were aimed at an older and slightly more mature audience. The Hardy Boys mystery series was released at approximately this same time.

Nancy Drew Notebooks

Although this series was one of the later ones that were published, they feature Nancy Drew as a younger girl, still trying to solve mysteries that are aimed at a younger target audience. These books were first published in 1994, with the last book in the series wrapping it up in 2005.

Nancy Drew and the Crew Clue

This series shows Nancy Drew and her friends, George and Bess, in grade school and solving small, fairly innocent mysteries. This series began its publishing in 2006 by Aladdin Publishers.

Nancy Drew on Campus

Nancy Drew is all grown up and no longer focused on solving mysteries as she, Bess, and George all head off to college. As all of them are growing up, they’re quickly finding out what life, and love, has in store for them.

River Heights

Nancy Drew does not appear in this series, but it set in the fictional River Heights where Nancy grew up.

Nancy Drew, Girl Detective

There were 41 books in this series, which was told from Nancy’s point of view and had some drastic changes to plotlines and characters. The series began being published in 2004 and has more releases due in 2010. The series was begun in an attempt to breathe life into the Nancy Drew Mysteries series, which had been losing sales.

Papercutz – Nancy Drew Graphic Novels

These graphic novels came out in 2005 and revamp Nancy Drew in a totally modern way. All of the storylines are new and include things such as George using a laptop and Nancy driving a hybrid car.

Special Books

Now and then, a Nancy Drew book came out that stood alone and was part of no series. These included: Nancy Drew Ghost Stories; The Nancy Drew Cookbook; and Nancy Drew Madlibs.

Crossover Series with the Hardy Boys

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys teamed up quite often, going into each other’s stories and series. The most notable series was Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys SuperMystery Series, which included 36 books and was published from 1988 – 1998. Campfire Stories is another book where Nancy Drew teamed up with the Hardy Boys to solve a mystery. It was published in 1984.