# List of Biggles books

This is a list of Biggles books by W. E. Johns. Some of stories were first published in magazines including The Modern Boy books were published later, while some stories were later published in magazines. Some books were published under different names, some stories were published in more books. The number of books is between 84-101. Including the short stories there are 274 stories, but 4 books and one story are from the Gimlet series and Biggles is only a minor character.
| # | Title | Year | Setting | Note |
| 1 | The Camels Are Coming | 1932 | 1917-8 | 17 stories, first appearance of Algy. 7 stories originally published in Popular Flying. |
| 2 | The Cruise of the Condor | 1933 | Between wars | |
| 3 | Biggles of the Camel Squadron | 1934 | 1917-8 | 13 stories originally published in Popular Flying and The Modern Boy |
| 4 | Biggles Flies Again | 1934 | Between wars | 13 stories, 11 of them in Popular Flying. |
| 5 | Biggles Learns to Fly | 1935 | 1917 | 12 stories originally published in The Modern Boy |
| 6 | The Black Peril | 1935 | Between wars | First appearance of Ginger, The Modern Boy |
| 7 | Biggles Flies East | 1935 | WWI | First appearance of von Stalhein |
| 8 | Biggles Hits the Trail | 1935 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 9 | Biggles in France | 1935 | 1917-8 | 12 stories, The Modern Boy |
| 10 | Biggles & Co | 1936 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 11 | Biggles in Africa | 1936 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 12 | Biggles – Air Commodore | 1937 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 13 | Biggles Flies West | 1937 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 14 | Biggles Flies South | 1938 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 15 | Biggles Goes to War | 1938 | Between wars | The Modern Boy |
| 16 | The Rescue Flight | 1939 | WWI | Modern Boy. |
| 17 | Biggles in Spain | 1939 | Spanish Civil War | Modern Boy. |
| 18 | Biggles Flies North | 1939 | Between wars | Modern Boy. |
| 19 | Biggles – Secret Agent | 1940 | Between wars | Modern Boy. |
| 20 | Biggles in the Baltic | 1940 | Start of WWII | The War Thriller |
| 21 | Biggles in the South Seas | 1940 | Between wars | The Gem |
| 22 | Biggles Defies the Swastika | 1941 | 1940 | Operation Weserübung. Two different magazines. |
| 23 | Biggles Sees It Through | 1941 | 1939-40 | Winter War |
| 24 | Spitfire Parade | 1941 | WWII | 13 stories (rewritten from Biggles in France), first appearance of Bertie, 666 Squadron |
| 25 | Biggles in the Jungle | 1942 | Between wars | |
| 26 | Biggles Sweeps the Desert | 1942 | WWII | 666 Squadron |
| 27 | Biggles – Charter Pilot | 1943 | Between wars | 16 stories with Dr. Duck, Boy’s Own Paper |
| 28 | Biggles in Borneo | 1943 | WWII | 666 Squadron |
| 29 | Biggles Fails to Return | 1943 | WWII | |
| 30 | Biggles in the Orient | 1945 | WWII | 666 Squadron |
| 31 | Biggles Delivers the Goods | 1946 | WWII | 666 Squadron |
| 32 | Sergeant Bigglesworth CID | 1947 | Post-WWII | First case as air detective |
| – | Comrades in Arms | 1947 | WWII | Short stories, one about Biggles, one about Worrals and one about Gimlet and three others. Stories about Biggles and Gimlet were published in magazines too, |
| 33 | Biggles' Second Case | 1948 | Post-WWII | Boy’s Own Paper |
| 34 | Biggles Hunts Big Game | 1948 | Post-WWII | |
| 35 | Biggles Takes a Holiday | 1948 | Post-WWII | |
| 36 | Biggles Breaks the Silence | 1949 | Post-WWII | |
| 37 | Biggles Gets His Men | 1950 | Post-WWII | The Sunday Herald |
| 38 | Another Job for Biggles | 1951 | Post-WWII | Collins Magazine For Boys And Girls |
| 39 | Biggles Goes to School | 1951 | Pre-WWI | Biggles's childhood, 2nd chronological, Boy’s Own Paper |
| 40 | Biggles Works It Out | 1952 | Post-WWII | Boy’s Own Paper |
| 41 | Biggles Takes the Case | 1952 | Post-WWII, one from WWII | 9 stories, some of them published in magazines |
| 42 | Biggles Follows On | 1952 | Post-WWII | Boy’s Own Paper |
| 43 | Biggles – Air Detective | 1952 | Post-WWII | 7 stories, first issued in 1950 |
| 44 | Biggles and the Black Raider | 1953 | Post-WWII | |
| 45 | Biggles in the Blue | 1953 | Post-WWII | The Eagle |
| 46 | Biggles in the Gobi | 1953 | Post-WWII | The Eagle |
| 47 | Biggles of the Special Air Police | 1953 | Post-WWII | 13 different stories, 6 not published before |
| 48 | Biggles Cuts It Fine | 1954 | Post-WWII | |
| 49 | Biggles and the Pirate Treasure | 1954 | Post-WWII | 11 stories, 7 not published before |
| 50 | Biggles Foreign Legionnaire | 1954 | Post-WWII | Junior Mirror |
| 51 | Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter | 1954 | WWI | 13 stories |
| 52 | Biggles in Australia | 1955 | Post-WWII | Junior Mirror |
| 53 | Biggles' Chinese Puzzle | 1955 | Post-WWII | 8 stories, 3 not published before |
| 54 | Biggles of 266 | 1956 | WWI | 8 stories from Biggles in France, one from Biggles Learns to Fly |
| 55 | No Rest for Biggles | 1956 | Post-WWII | Junior Mirror |
| 56 | Biggles Takes Charge | 1956 | Post-WWII | Junior Mirror |
| 57 | Biggles Makes Ends Meet | 1957 | Post-WWII | |
| 58 | Biggles of the Interpol | 1957 | Post-WWII | 11 stories, 9 not published before |
| 59 | Biggles on the Home Front | 1957 | Post-WWII | |
| 60 | Biggles Presses On | 1958 | Post-WWII | 11 stories, 7 not published before |
| 61 | Biggles on Mystery Island | 1958 | Post-WWII | |
| 62 | Biggles Buries a Hatchet | 1958 | Post-WWII | Boy’s Own Paper |
| 63 | Biggles in Mexico | 1959 | Post-WWII | |
| 64 | Biggles' Combined Operation | 1959 | Post-WWII | |
| 65 | Biggles at the World's End | 1959 | Post-WWII | |
| 66 | Biggles and the Leopards of Zinn | 1960 | Post-WWII | |
| 67 | Biggles Goes Home | 1960 | Post-WWII | TV Express Weekly |
| 68 | Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy | 1960 | Post-WWII | |
| 69 | Biggles Forms a Syndicate | 1961 | Post-WWII | Express Weekly |
| 70 | Biggles and the Missing Millionaire | 1961 | Post-WWII | |
| 71 | Biggles Goes Alone | 1962 | Post-WWII | |
| 72 | Orchids for Biggles | 1962 | Post-WWII | |
| 73 | Biggles Sets a Trap | 1962 | Post-WWII | |
| 74 | Biggles Takes It Rough | 1963 | Post-WWII | |
| 75 | Biggles Takes a Hand | 1963 | Post-WWII | |
| 76 | Biggles' Special Case | 1963 | Post-WWII | |
| 77 | Biggles and the Plane That Disappeared | 1963 | Post-WWII | |
| 78 | Biggles Flies to Work | 1963 | Post-WWII | 11 stories, 4 not published before; one of them originally in Girls Own Paper with Worrals, rewritten about Biggles. |
| 79 | Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns | 1964 | Post-WWII | Look and Learn |
| 80 | Biggles and the Black Mask | 1964 | Post-WWII | |
| 81 | Biggles Investigates | 1964 | Post-WWII | 8 stories |
| 82 | Biggles Looks Back | 1965 | Post-WWII | |
| 83 | Biggles and the Plot That Failed | 1965 | Post-WWII | |
| 84 | Biggles and the Blue Moon | 1965 | Post-WWII | |
| 85 | Biggles Scores a Bull | 1965 | Post-WWII | |
| 86 | Biggles in the Terai | 1966 | Post-WWII | |
| 87 | Biggles and the Gun Runners | 1966 | Post-WWII | |
| 88 | Biggles Sorts It Out | 1967 | Post-WWII | |
| 89 | Biggles and the Dark Intruder | 1967 | Post-WWII | |
| 90 | Biggles and the Penitent Thief | 1967 | Post-WWII | |
| 91 | Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea | 1967 | Post-WWII | |
| 92 | The Boy Biggles | 1968 | Pre-WWI | Biggles's childhood in India |
| 93 | Biggles in the Underworld | 1968 | Post-WWII | |
| 94 | Biggles and the Little Green God | 1969 | Post-WWII | |
| 95 | Biggles and the Noble Lord | 1969 | Post-WWII | |
| 96 | Biggles Sees Too Much | 1970 | Post-WWII | |
| 97 | Biggles Does Some Homework | 1997 | Post-WWII | Author died during work on this book. Finishes mid-sentence. Unfinished story was published in limited edition (300 issues). |
| 98 | Biggles Air Ace: The Uncollected Stories | 1999 | | 10 stories from 1934–63, 8 of them from WWI, The Modern Boy . |

## Omnibus collections

* The Biggles Omnibus (OUP, 1938): Biggles Flies East, Biggles Hits the Trail, Biggles and Co
* Biggles Flying Omnibus (OUP, 1940): Biggles Flies North, Biggles Flies South, Biggles Flies West
* The Third Biggles Omnibus (OUP, 1941): Biggles in Spain, Biggles Goes to War, Biggles in the Baltic
* The First Biggles Omnibus (Hodder & Stoughton, 1953): Biggles Sweeps the Desert, Biggles in the Orient, Biggles Delivers the Goods
* The Biggles Air Detective Omnibus (Hodder & Stoughton, 1956): Sergeant Bigglesworth CID, Biggles’ Second Case, Another Job for Biggles, Biggles Works it Out
* The Biggles Adventure Omnibus (Hodder & Stoughton, 1965): Biggles Gets His Men, No Rest for Biggles, Another Job for Biggles, Biggles Takes a Holiday
* The Bumper Biggles Book (Chancellor Press, 1983): Biggles, Pioneer Air Fighter, Biggles Flies South, Biggles in the Orient, Biggles Defies the Swastika, Biggles in the Jungle
* The Best of Biggles (Chancellor Press, 1985): Biggles in Africa, Bigger Flies North, Biggles in the South Seas, Biggles and the Black Mask, Biggles and the Dark Intruder
* The Biggles Story Collection (Red Fox, 1999): Biggles in France, Biggles Defends the Desert, Biggles Foreign Legionnaire
* The Biggles Story Collection II (Red Fox, 2001): Biggles Flies East, Biggles Flies West
* Biggles' Big Adventures (Prion, 2007): Biggles in the Baltic, Biggles Sees it Through, Biggles Flies North, Biggles in the Jungle
* Biggles’ Dangerous Missions (Prion, 2008): Biggles in Australia, Biggles: Secret Agent, Biggles: Flying Detective, Biggles and the Secret Mission
* Biggles' Secret Assignments (Prion, 2009): Biggles Second Case, Biggles Breaks the Silence, Biggles Gets His Men, Biggles Follows On
* The Biggles WW2 Collection (Doubleday, 2012): Biggles Defies the Swastica, Biggles Delivers the Goods, Biggles Defends the Desert, Biggles Fails to Return
* Biggles Adventure Double (Doubleday, 2013): Biggles Learns to Fly, The Camels are Coming