Captain WE Johns Books in Order

Historical accounts introduce the people whose courage inspired Biggles, from explorers and aviators to sailors and a woman rescuing her imprisoned husband. These real exploits show the varied forms of bravery behind his imagined adventures.

Vargo brings news that Ardilla's dangerous rays are worsening and a survey spaceship has disappeared. Professor Brane, Tiger, Rex, and Toby join a rescue expedition, facing the hazards of unfamiliar planets as they search for the missing crew.

Two officials have been killed in Central Africa, apparently by wild animals, and the Zinn people have become fearful and hostile. Biggles investigates suspicions that a secret society using leopard disguises is terrorizing the community.

Biggles returns to the Indian region where he grew up to rescue a Chinese fugitive hiding at a ruby mine. Finding the remote camp is difficult, and pursuing soldiers make the team's journey through the jungle increasingly dangerous.

A planned visit to see Mars's restoration sends Professor Brane and his companions into further exploration. Unknown worlds bring dangerous creatures and electrical storms, while accounts of unusual civilizations draw the travelers farther into unfamiliar space.

This nonfiction book explores the Scottish Highlands, introducing their hills, lochs, and surviving wildlife. Alongside accounts of deer, wildcats, and golden eagles, Johns explains the dangers awaiting visitors who underestimate the scale and isolation of the landscape.

Millionaire Otto Brandt and his secretary vanish aboard a yacht after his business ventures fail. Biggles investigates whether the disappearance conceals an escape with other people's money, following clues about the ship's supplies and intended destination.

A friend's discovery of ancient coins in Arabia persuades Biggles and his colleagues to organize a treasure expedition. When the advance party's aircraft is found abandoned and its occupants disappear, recovering the fortune becomes a rescue mission.

Professor Brane sets out to find an uninhabited planet suitable as an alternative home for humanity. With Tiger Clinton and their companions, he encounters hostile creatures, dangerous atmospheres, and worlds whose apparent promise conceals unexpected risks.

Biggles is persuaded to take a holiday in the village of Polstow, away from his usual duties. When a murder occurs, his break becomes an investigation as he finds himself unable to leave the mystery alone.

A young man once prosecuted by the Air Police asks Biggles for help, convinced a family curse will soon kill him. Biggles and Bertie investigate the threat, following a mystery rooted in the family's history.

A scientist steals nuclear research documents and demands payment for their return. Biggles and Bertie head into the Peruvian jungle to find him, racing to recover the papers before they can be passed to enemy hands.

This nonfiction collection examines hidden hoards, the events that created them, and the expeditions organized to recover them. Stories of pirates, conquered civilizations, and buried riches explore why treasure hunts so often end in disappointment.

A flying-club pilot and his aircraft vanish during a short passenger flight. Biggles, Ginger, and Bertie follow refueling clues to locate the missing plane, uncovering a smuggling operation that puts the investigators themselves at risk.

Eleven stories bring Biggles and his Air Police colleagues cases involving stolen artwork, rare coins, and suspicious aircraft. Smugglers and criminals exploit flying routes, while dangerous homemade planes and unusual clues call for the team's judgment.

An anonymous lunch invitation brings Biggles face to face with von Stalhein, who warns that three professional assassins have arrived in Britain. Biggles must identify their intended victim and investigate a threat connected to the Iron Curtain.

A Scottish island's owner discovers strangers on land he believed was uninhabited and hears aircraft arriving without lights. Biggles investigates the unexplained nighttime flights, turning a proposed development project into a case for the Air Police.

A flight to the ruins of Quarda appears to support Professor Zorlan's archaeological survey. Biggles suspects another purpose, and the expedition soon faces jet attacks, a sandstorm, and armed conflict that make uncovering the truth urgent.

A Nazi underground group is sending death warrants to prominent Britons, then kidnapping and executing its victims. Gimlet and his former commandos investigate, but Gimlet's own wartime actions place him directly on the group's target list.

Gimlet becomes governor of a West Indian island after his predecessor disappears. With Cub, Copper, and Trapper, he investigates a community frightened by a voodoo priest, mysterious workers, and threats that keep the islanders under control.

A fishing holiday in the Scottish Highlands leads Gimlet and Cub Peters toward a treasure hunt in Siam. They venture into the jungle to follow a dead man's claims, facing danger as their unexpected expedition unfolds.

Biggles distrusts a former RAF pilot who now operates an air charter company. Investigating flights to Switzerland and France, he and his companions uncover signs of an international criminal network directed by a mysterious man who hides his face.

Biggles searches for twenty thousand gold sovereigns lost during the evacuation of Singapore. A necklace found on a dead man provides a fresh clue, sending him and his companions through islands where pirates and corrupt officials threaten their investigation.

Eight short stories follow Biggles and the Special Air Police on investigations set mainly in Britain. An overturned aircraft begins one case, while other mysteries test the team's ability to connect unexpected clues and uncover wrongdoing.

Cub answers a well-paid advertisement and learns that a wealthy man's son has been kidnapped. With Copper and Trapper, he travels to a remote town in France to find the boy and confront the people holding him.

Biggles agrees to transport Lin Seng's valuable pearl collection from Malaysia to London. When communication with Seng's home fails, he and Algy discover a siege, turning a flight assignment into a dangerous effort to secure an escape.

Biggles searches the Sahara for a brigadier's missing son, who went looking for an ancient king's tomb. With Ginger and Bertie, he follows an uncertain trail where sabotage and an untrustworthy expedition partner threaten their rescue mission.

A question about Marie Janis, the woman Biggles loved during the First World War, sends him toward Bohemia. His journey into Czechoslovakia brings old memories into the present as he tries to discover what became of her.

Biggles appears to leave the Air Police so he can infiltrate an operation supplying guns to African rebels. Hired as a pilot, he must uncover the racket while dangerous flights and a familiar criminal complicate his undercover role.

When Algy disappears during a gold-smuggling investigation in India, Biggles and Bertie search for him. His unexpected use of a jet fighter raises new questions as the trail leads into marshland and jungle near the Nepalese border.

An unidentified aircraft repeatedly slips beneath Britain's radar coverage, drawing Biggles to Cornwall. A policeman's murder and suspicious activity on Bodmin Moor suggest that the unexplained flights are connected to a dangerous criminal operation on the ground.

A jewel robbery in London sends Biggles, Bertie and Ginger toward a remote island off Labrador. Young Tommy Miller's account offers a lead, but recovering the stolen valuables means dealing with a ruthless criminal and his gunmen.

The theft of Lord Langdon's rubies appears straightforward, but Biggles doubts the obvious explanation. Following the trail from a Surrey manor to Africa, he discovers complications that make recovering the jewels far more difficult than expected.

Biggles and Algy investigate possible interference on a British island in the Bay of Bengal. A hostile man claiming to be a biologist raises their suspicions, while isolation and hazards around the lagoon make their inquiries increasingly dangerous.

Biggles searches for escaped criminal Nicolas Lazor, a man whose charm conceals a long history of crime. A trail beginning in a Soho nightclub leads toward a remote Hampshire farmhouse, where the hunt grows more dangerous.

These stories explore James Bigglesworth's childhood in rural India before he becomes a pilot. Encounters with dangerous animals and difficult situations test his courage and judgment, showing the experiences behind the adventurer readers meet in the later books.

A valuable jade idol with a ruby eye disappears aboard an aircraft bound for Santiago. Biggles and Algy travel thousands of miles to investigate, trying to establish whether the loss was an accident or a deliberate crime.

Biggles sets a trap for the organizer behind a string of major robberies. Ginger goes undercover as an Indian princess carrying valuable jewels, but the operation draws the team into a dangerous mystery involving other apparently respectable figures.

Sixteen-year-old Peter Fortymore refuses to accept that his brother is dead after being shot down in France. He and his friend Rip run away, impersonate flying officers and encounter Biggles while attempting a rescue behind enemy lines.

While holidaying on the Cornish coast, Biggles notices that a fishing boat returns with different passengers from those who boarded it. Recognizing a wanted criminal, he investigates a suspicious operation whose members react violently to his attention.

Biggles and Ginger parachute into Lucrania to find a British explosives expert reportedly killed in a crash. Evidence suggests the professor may still be alive, but recovering him means facing secret police and their old enemy Erich von Stalhein.

A clue found on a dead man sends Biggles, Ginger and Bertie after gold lost during Singapore's wartime evacuation. Their island search for a missing schooner brings encounters with pirates and officials who obstruct their efforts to recover the treasure.

Ten stories follow Biggles from his first flying lessons into combat with the Royal Flying Corps. Training mishaps, dangerous missions and the arrival of his cousin Algy show how an inexperienced pilot learns to survive the First World War.

Biggles leads an expedition to recover gold from a ship trapped in Antarctic ice. Extreme conditions and the dangers of landing in the frozen wilderness complicate the search, while a gang of villains threatens their claim to the cargo.

Five adventures bring together Biggles, Pioneer Air Fighter, Biggles Flies South, Biggles in the Orient, Biggles Defies the Swastika and Biggles in the Jungle. The collection follows the aviator through wartime danger and journeys far from home.

In this graphic adventure, Biggles spots a familiar figure while collecting freight in Cairo before the Second World War. Despite Raymond's warning to leave matters alone, he follows his suspicions into an international mystery that reaches Gibraltar.

This collection brings together five adventures: Biggles in Africa, Biggles Flies North, Biggles in the South Seas, Biggles and the Black Mask, and Biggles and the Dark Intruder. Overseas expeditions share space with investigations into criminal activity.

Aircraft are vanishing along a vital British route between West Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War. Biggles and his squadron head into the desert to investigate, where German forces threaten the corridor.

After the Second World War, Biggles and his companions begin working for Scotland Yard against criminals who use aircraft. A gang of jewel thieves sends the new flying detectives on a pursuit extending from Germany to North Africa.

Four adventures bring together Biggles in the Baltic, Biggles Sees It Through, Biggles Flies North and Biggles in the Jungle. This omnibus collects the aviator's journeys through dangerous settings, with his companions sharing the risks of each mission.

Four novels send Biggles after a missing scientist, airborne jewel thieves, vanished ships and trouble in Australia. The collection combines Secret Agent, Flying Detective, Biggles and the Secret Mission, and Biggles in Australia, spanning different stages of his career.

Four novels follow Biggles after stolen gold, a ship trapped in Antarctic ice, kidnapped scientists and an enemy in Korea. Second Case, Breaks the Silence, Gets His Men and Follows On bring together investigations, rescues and dangerous expeditions.

This botanical study by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson documents plants of British India and examines their classification and relationships. Its introductory essay also considers vegetation, geography and climate, placing individual plants within the region's wider natural setting.