Order of Dana Girls Books
The Dana Girls mystery series follows teenage sisters Jean and Louise Dana, amateur detectives who solve puzzling cases while students at Starhurst School for Girls. Published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, this young adult mystery collection was the brainchild of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
The series debuted in 1934 with By the Light of the Study Lamp and ran for thirty books through 1968, ending with The Phantom Surfer. After a brief hiatus, the Dana Girls returned in 1972 with The Mystery of the Stone Tiger, launching a second run that produced seventeen additional titles before wrapping up in 1979 with The Witch's Omen. Two more manuscripts—The Strange Identities and The Thousand Islands Mystery—were completed but never made it to publication.
Here is the complete Dana Girls Mystery Stories collection listed in publication order, which follows the books' chronological sequence:
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Secret at the Hermitage | 1936 | |
| 2 |  The Circle of Footprints | 1937 | |
| 3 |  Mystery of the Locked Room | 1938 | |
| 4 |  The Clue in the Cobweb | 1939 | |
| 5 |  The Secret at the Gatehouse | 1940 | |
| 6 |  The Mysterious Fireplace | 1941 | |
| 7 |  The Clue of the Rusty Key | 1942 | |
| 8 |  The Portrait in the Sand | 1943 | |
| 9 |  The Secret in the Old Well | 1944 | |
| 10 |  The Clue in the Ivy | 1952 | |
| 11 |  The Secret of the Jade Ring | 1953 | |
| 12 |  Mystery at the Crossroads | 1954 | |
| 13 |  The Ghost in the Gallery | 1955 | |
| 14 |  The Clue of the Black flower | 1956 | |
| 15 |  The Winking Ruby Mystery | 1957 | |
| 16 |  The Secret of the Swiss Chalet | 1958 | |
| 17 |  The Haunted Lagoon | 1959 | |
| 18 |  Mystery of the Bamboo Bird | 1960 | |
| 19 |  The Sierra Gold Mystery | 1961 | |
| 20 |  The Secret of the Lost Lake | 1962 | |
| 21 |  Mystery of the Stone Tiger | 1963 | |
| 22 |  The Riddle of the Frozen Fountain | 1964 | |
| 23 |  The Secret of the Silver Dolphin | 1965 | |
| 24 |  Mystery of the Wax Queen | 1966 | |
| 25 |  The Secret of the Minstrel’s Guitar | 1967 | |
| 26 |  The Phantom Surfer | 1968 | |
| 27 |  The Curious Coronation | 1976 | |
| 28 |  The Hundred Year Mystery | 1977 | |
| 29 |  Mountain-Peak Mystery | 1978 | |
| 30 |  The Witch's Omen | 1979 |