William Arden

William Arden is an award-winning author born in 1924. Arden is best known for his contribution to Three Investigators books. The author came to prominence in 1968 when he wrote 'The Mystery of the Moaning Cave’.

The best place to start is the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators series, the earliest of William Arden's multi-book series: it opens with The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot (1964) and runs to 41 books across 1964–1990, ending with Hot Wheels (1990). William Arden's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

William Arden has 47 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1964 and 1990. 46 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators series with 41 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. William Arden's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators (1964–1990, 41 books) and Kane Jackson (1968–1973, 5 books).

This guide splits William Arden's 47 books into 2 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators (41 books, 1964–1990); Kane Jackson (5 books, 1968–1973).