THE BIGGLES BOOKS in READING order

There once was a magazine called POPULAR FLYING, launched in April, 1932 by an ex-W.W.I Pilot Officer, William Earle Johns. In his very first issue, Johns penned 'The White Fokker', a story which would result in the publication of more than one hundred books detailing the adventures of juvenile fiction's greatest flying hero, James Bigglesworth.

THE BIGGLES BOOKS in READING order (blog entry revised November, 2021.)

01. The Boy Biggles 1968

02. Biggles Goes to School 1951

03. Biggles Learns to Fly 1935

04. Biggles in France 1935

05. Biggles of 266 1956

06. Biggles of the Camel Squadron 1934

07. Biggles Flies East 1935

08. The Rescue Flight 1939

09. The Camels are Coming 1932*

10. Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter 1954* (Rejigged version of 09 above)

11. Biggles & the Cruise of the Condor 1933

12. Biggles Flies Again 1934

13. Biggles & the Black Peril 1935

14. Biggles Hits the Trail 1935

15. Biggles & Co. 1936

16. Biggles in Africa 1936

17. Biggles Air Commodore 1937

18. Biggles Flies West 1937

19. Biggles Flies South 1938

20. Biggles Goes to War 1938

21. Biggles in the South Seas 1940

22. Biggles in the Jungle 1942

23. Biggles in Spain 1939

24. Biggles Flies North 1938

25. Biggles Secret Agent 1940

26. Biggles in the Baltic 1940

27. Biggles Sees It through 1941

28. Biggles Defies the Swastika 1941

29. Spitfire Parade 1941

30. Biggles "Fails to Return" 1943

31. Biggles Sweeps the Desert 1942

32. Biggles in Borneo 1943

33. Biggles in the Orient 1945

34. Biggles Delivers the Goods 1946

35. Comrades in Arms 1947

36. Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. 1947

37. Biggles Second Case 1948

38. Biggles Hunts Big Game 1948

39. Biggles Takes a Holiday 1949

40. Biggles Breaks the Silence/in the Antarctic 1949

41. Biggles Gets his Men 1950

42. Another Job for Biggles 1951

43. Biggles Works It Out 1951

44. Biggles Takes the Case 1952

45. Biggles Follows On 1952

46. Biggles Air Detective 1952

47. Biggles & the Black Raider 1953

48. Biggles in the Blue 1953

49. Biggles in the Gobi 1953

50. Biggles of the Special Air Police 1953

51. Biggles Cuts It Fine 1954

52. Biggles & the Pirate Treasure 1954

53. Biggles Foreign Legionnaire 1954

54. Biggles in Australia 1955

55. Biggles Chinese Puzzle 1955

56. No Rest for Biggles 1956

57. Biggles Takes Charge 1956

58. Biggles Makes Ends Meet 1957

59. Biggles of the Interpol 1957

60. Biggles on the Home Front 1957

61. Biggles Presses On 1958

62. Biggles on Mystery Island 1958

63. Biggles Buries a Hatchet 1958

64. Biggles in Mexico 1959

65. Biggles Combined Operation 1959

66. Biggles at World's End 1959

67. Biggles & the Leopards of Zinn 1960

68. Biggles Goes Home 1960

69. Biggles & the Poor Rich Boy 1961

70. Biggles Forms a Syndicate 1961

71. Biggles & the Missing Millionaire 1961

72. Biggles Goes Alone 1962

73. Orchids for Biggles 1962

74. Biggles Sets a Trap 1962

75. Biggles Takes it Rough 1963

76. Biggles Takes a hand 1963

77. Biggles Special Case 1963

78. Biggles & the Plane That Disappeared 1963

79. Biggles Flies to Work 1963

80. Biggles & the Lost Sovereigns/Treasure 1964

81. Biggles & the Black Mask 1964

82. Biggles Investigates 1965

83. Biggles & the Plot that Failed 1965

84. Biggles Looks Back 1965

85. Biggles & the Blue Moon 1965

86. Biggles Scores a Bull 1965

87. Biggles in the Terai 1966

88. Biggles & the Gun Runners 1966

89. Biggles Sorts It Out 1967

90. Biggles & the Dark Intruder 1967

91. Biggles & the Penitent Thief 1967

92. Biggles & the Deep Blue Sea 1968

93. Biggles in the Underworld 1968

94. Biggles & the Little Green God 1969

95. Biggles & the Noble Lord 1969

96. Biggles Sees Too Much 1970

97. Biggles Does Some Homework 1997

Biggles Charter Pilot 1943

(Set during WW2 but not war stories)

Biggles of the Royal Flying Corps 1978

(A combination of earlier books)

Biggles - Air Ace 1998

(Short stories)