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Nancy Drew Complete Series Set, #1-64
Nancy Drew has been solving mysteries, and delighting fans, for over 75 years. Now, for the first time, you can purchase all sixty-four classic Nancy Drew titles in one complete set!
#1: The Secret of the Old Clock
#2: The Hidden Staircase
#3: The Bungalow Mystery
#4: The Mystery at Lilac Inn
#5: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
#6: The Secret of Red Gate Farm
#7: The Clue in the...more
#1: The Secret of the Old Clock
#2: The Hidden Staircase
#3: The Bungalow Mystery
#4: The Mystery at Lilac Inn
#5: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
#6: The Secret of Red Gate Farm
#7: The Clue in the...more
Hardcover
Published
by Grosset & Dunlap
(first published 2003)
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I read all of these when I was in my pre-teens. They had a tremendous impact on my reading patterns and my personal life. The simple mysteries solved in each book steered me toward more sophisticated mystery reading. The fact that these mysteries were also read by my mother in her youth brought us closer together and made me want to know what else she had read.
Nancy taught me to always be prepared for any situation and to keep a cool head and not panic when facing the unknown. She also taught me...more
Nancy taught me to always be prepared for any situation and to keep a cool head and not panic when facing the unknown. She also taught me...more
I read the series (#1-64) starting around 3rd grade and finished around maybe 4th or 5th grade. The Nancy Drew books were basically the first chapter books I read when I started reading (I know 3rd grade seems pretty late, but when you go to a Waldorf school, that's pretty typical). All I can say is that I was hooked from the first book and absolutely loved the series, and kept one of the lists that is found at the back of almost every book so I could keep track of what books I still had to read...more
These books are primarily responsible for the fact that as a girl I regularly stayed up way past my bedtime. I'd tell my mother I would go to bed as soon as I finished my chapter, but since every single chapter ended in a cliffhanger, I had no choice but to keep going late into the night...
I grew up reading Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Three Investigators, etc. Then a number of years back, I bought the complete series of Nancy Drew books for my daughter. And guess what the genre is for most of my daughter's own books (written by her as part of the Young Author's Program in her school)? Detective mysteries with a girl detective as the central character! I believe little girls should read this series -- they will see Nancy as a bright, smart, kind, responsible, and courageous young woman...more
These books are full of childhood memories. I would search for them in every bookstore I entered. From a child's perspective they are wildly entertaining, but as an adult I know my youthful ignorance looked over a key element. If you've read one, you've read them all. The mysteries are all different of course, but the plot line hardly meanders. Nancy is attacked, she discovers a mystery behind the attack, she tries to solve the mystery, she is kidnapped or otherwise detained, she is rescued, she...more
I read them all between the ages of 10-14. The Nancy Drew stories got me into the love of reading. While some of the stories are a bit clunky and predictable, I love that the protagonist was a smart, caring young woman who used her brain to get things done.
I reread a few of these recently and I have to say that the earlier editions are MUCH better than those revised in the 1950s. The 1950s version makes Nancy much meeker and more domestic, a sign of the times, but she loses that fire and brainpo...more
I reread a few of these recently and I have to say that the earlier editions are MUCH better than those revised in the 1950s. The 1950s version makes Nancy much meeker and more domestic, a sign of the times, but she loses that fire and brainpo...more
I own all these books and have read them all. I'm not a real big mystery fan, but Nancy Drew is amazing. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, the reader isn't completely left in the dark when it comes to clues. Unlike Miss Marple the reader follows Nancy and slowly solves the mysteries instead of the whole thing concluding in a chapter. These books are really only light reading -- there's not much profound thought here, I mean -- but I highly recommend them to people who aren't particularly big on mystery.
Loved loved loved Nancy Drew starting when I was about 9 years old. I read every book and could hardly wait for a new one to come in the mail each month. Nancy was what I wanted to be. She was smart,had great friends,a red convertible and a dad who supportd all her investigations. Her life was exciting and she always solved the mystery. Every once in a while I still sit down with one of my old books and solve a mystery with Nancy and her friends!
I grew up reading Nancy Drew books and I loved the adventures I took with Nancy, Bess and Ted and on occasion the Hardy Boys. I always wanted to be a person who solved crime.
I was thinking about Nancy Drew the other day and all the countless hours on vacations, in my room, at school I spent reading about her adventures, and I had a moment of deep nostalgia. Because of that I decided to get these books on my goodreads account.
I was thinking about Nancy Drew the other day and all the countless hours on vacations, in my room, at school I spent reading about her adventures, and I had a moment of deep nostalgia. Because of that I decided to get these books on my goodreads account.
The Bunglow Mystery was the first one I read in this series when I was 13 and ever since I am hooked to them. Even now I am as fascinated (obsessed may be more perfect) with them as I was in my school days. These books actually set in motion my habit of reading. I collected the series from #1to#64. I also have a few of the latest. But as already mentioned in the community I liked the older Nancy better.
When I was about 12 my library had numbers #1-56, all of which I read and enjoyed. Some time later, the library acquired #57-64, some of which I tried to read and found extremely dull. Either I changed, and would no longer like reading these books, or the newer eight books aren't as good. So my five stars are for the first 56, because I liked them so much when I was younger!
Yes, I was a Nancy Drew fan. I don't actually know how many or which ones I read, but I really, really liked her for about a year or so. I'd have to go back and read the stories again to tell you what I liked about it, but I do remember it helped me at a time when I needed it to escape into another world. What better thing could one say about a book?
The Nancy Drew Series are the first books I remember reading in English. Drew me in from the start and is what made me go for mystery and detective stories as I got older. I would definitely recommend this to young readers and yes, for adults as well! I enjoyed re-reading a few of them as an adult.
I loved this series when I was younger! It was my favorite series to check out of the library. I loved looking at the front covers. I'm not sure what number I got to before I stopped reading them, but I think I read at least half. I'd love to collect the entire series! Right now, I only have the first one.
Jeez, this brings me back to my childhood. These books were the reason I stayed up past my bed time, under the blankets with a flashlight. I actually don't remember how many or even which ones I read, but I remember loving them. If I can ever get my hands on these in the future I'll be re-reading them.
I have about the first 58 in the series, and I love them. They take me back to my childhood and make me think of my brother´s soccer games, reading when I should be cleaning my room, rainy days, and my grandma Derry, who gave me the set. I know they´re a little juvenile, but I still love them!
Dec 31, 2010
Alicia Wood
marked it as to-read
I know i've read a few of these when I was in Jr High. I was never a big reader and Im kicking myself in the butt for selling what books I did have when I moved out of my house when i was younger. I want to get the entire set some time and just read them all and keep them this time around.
Well now; I should have checked this one first! :D These were such an escape for me as a young girl. I read them from 5th grade through Freshman year in High School. When I really wanted a quick fun read, i even read them as a high-schooler; just didn't fess up to it. :D
Jun 03, 2013
Leah
added it
I loved reading Nancy Books as a child and preteen, but after a while it just got boring. I mean, the same stuff happens to Nancy in every book! Don't get me wrong, they are still great mysteries, but I think I like the computer games better!
Those nancy books i read were my mothers and is now silently sleeping in our old room for old stuffs like that. My nose itchs' whenever i read those oldies during school age years despite of it im enjoying my time with those buffling cases :)
The majority of my Nancy Drew's were originally my mom's, so to go back and read them now, the vernacular is that from when they were first written. Nancy drives a coupe and the drawings are quite old-fashioned. However, the stories are timeless.
I have loved reading ever since I have learned! My parents were divorced and lived in two different cities and I had to fly on a plane twice every other weekend to visit them. These Nancy Drew series got me through this troubling time in my life by keeping me focused on the content and mysteries in the book!
Also read most of the nancy drew books and also can't really remember the names of each. I was a sucker for mystery books as a kid. :) still am. With thrillers and books that make me go all ooooh and wide-eyed and stuff.
I wanted to be Nancy Drew. I loved trying to solve the mystery as early in the book as I could. My favorite one was #4 (The Mystery at Lilac Inn). I read every Nancy Drew I could get my hands on, even the newer versions.
My sisters and I read these voraciously growing up...got a candy bar for every book we read, but when we started reading one Nancy Drew a day (in summertime), that changed to one candy bar for every 3 books. : )
All 64 books, all enjoyed. Some of my favorite adventures have been with Nan, George, and Bess. Not sure if I'd say the same if I read the series as they were originally, politically incorrect and all.
One of my favorite series as a kid! I started reading these when I was 7 years old, and by the time I was about 12, I had the whole collection. I would read them over & over & over... LOVED them!!
Started my lifelong love of reading - began paging through them again just last week - like re-visiting childhood. Sometimes a little dated, but surprisingly not - even after 30 years...
All I can remember is the hours I spent pouring through these books. One after the other. I give them 5 stars because of my memory of pure happiness while I read these books.
Nancy Drew was my first novel ever read & loved the books since, growing up. Don't recall if I read them all but definitely enough to add entire series to my list.
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Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Str...more
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