Indiana Jones Books
Novelizations
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981
In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is tasked by the U.S. government to locate the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis harness its legendary power. Joined by his former lover Marion Ravenwood, he journeys from Nepal to Cairo and beyond, facing deadly traps, rivals, and supernatural forces in a high-stakes global race.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – 1984
In 1935, after a chaotic escape from Shanghai gangsters, Indiana Jones crashes in India with singer Willie Scott and young sidekick Short Round. They aid a starving village by confronting a brutal Thuggee cult that stole sacred stones, enslaving children and performing dark rituals in a hidden temple.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – 1989
In 1938, Indiana Jones rescues his kidnapped father, Professor Henry Jones Sr., from the Nazis and joins him in a quest for the Holy Grail, the cup granting eternal life. Following ancient clues through perilous traps and betrayals, they battle Hitler's forces in a deeply personal adventure.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – 2008
In 1957, during the Cold War, Indiana Jones teams with young Mutt Williams to find a mystical crystal skull in the Amazon. Evading ruthless Soviet agents seeking its psychic powers, they uncover lost civilizations, family ties, and interdimensional secrets in a thrilling jungle pursuit.
Tie-In Novels
Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi – 1991
In 1920, young Indiana Jones, studying in Paris, falls under the spell of enigmatic archaeology professor Dorian Belecamus, who draws him into a dangerous expedition to Delphi, where she schemes to revive the ancient Oracle and seize political power, forcing Indy to navigate betrayal, mysticism, and an assassination plot.
Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants – 1991
In 1922 England, Indiana Jones takes his first teaching post and teams with passionate student Deirdre Campbell to investigate druidic secrets at Stonehenge, racing across Britain to uncover Merlin's hidden power amid savage rituals and a madman's plot to dominate humanity.
Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils – 1991
In 1926, Indiana Jones and Deirdre follow clues from explorer Percy Fawcett's writings into the Brazilian Amazon, evading thugs and cannibal tribes to reach a forbidden lost city guarded by deadly magic of the seven veils, where no outsider escapes alive.
Indiana Jones and the Genesis Deluge – 1992
In 1927 London, grieving Indiana Jones joins eccentric Russian doctor Vladimir Zobolotsky on a quest to Mount Ararat for Noah's Ark, battling Kremlin agents, ruthless enforcers, and Turkish bandits in a perilous search for the biblical relic and its secrets.
Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy – 1992
Years after discovering prehistoric unicorn references in a French cave, Indiana Jones joins an expedition in America to recover the legendary alicorn, a powerful horn with poisonous properties, unaware that a beautiful art historian and others harbor sinister intentions.
Indiana Jones and the Interior World – 1992
Haunted by tossing a dangerous unicorn horn into an earthly portal, Indiana Jones, with Marcus Brody, travels from Easter Island to Chile, entering a hidden underground realm to restore cosmic balance and prevent its powers from conquering the surface world.
Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates – 1993
In London, Indiana Jones attends an emergency meeting about mysterious sky craft raiding shipping lanes for valuables using unexplained psychokinetic levitation. He embarks on a global aerial adventure to uncover the pirates' advanced technology and hidden base, battling high-flying dangers and ruthless enemies.
Indiana Jones and the White Witch – 1994
In 1930 England, after thugs steal a treasure map from a modern witch's home, Indiana Jones teams with archaeologist Gale Parker on a worldwide quest for a vast gold hoard, including ancient coins. Aided by Wiccan magic and Excalibur, they race a criminal mastermind seeking domination.
Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone – 1995
Called to London, Indiana Jones pursues a stolen alchemist's manuscript holding secrets to transmuting lead into gold and granting immortality. Tracking a missing British alchemist and mad scholar, he follows clues from Central America to a desert crypt, evading fascists in a deadly race.
Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs – 1996
Persuaded by a beautiful missionary, Indiana Jones searches Mongolia's Gobi Desert for her missing father, who discovered fresh dinosaur bones. Crossing treacherous China, he battles warlords and killers to protect living triceratops and a primitive tribe from impending destruction.
Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth – 1997
A dying Arctic explorer leaves Indiana Jones a box with a sunstone and journal clues to Ultima Thule. Targeted by Nazi agents seeking powerful Vril energy, he journeys from icy wastelands into a hidden inner world beneath the Earth to prevent catastrophe.
Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx – 1999
In war-torn 1934 Orient, Indiana Jones trails danger and magic from Rangoon to Egypt, seeking the Omega Book—an ancient artifact buried under the Sphinx that records humanity's fate and allows its owner to rewrite destiny—while evading ruthless pursuers.
Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead – 2009
In 1943 Haiti, fresh from WWII spying, Indiana Jones joins friend Mac to hunt the Heart of Darkness, a legendary black pearl with magical powers on a remote island. Pursued by German and Japanese agents, they battle zombies and voodoo forces in a jungle treasure hunt.
Junior novelizations
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – 2008
In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones races against the Nazis to find the powerful Ark of the Covenant. Teaming up with tough tavern owner Marion Ravenwood, he battles deadly traps and rivals from the snowy Himalayas to the scorching Egyptian desert in an epic chase full of action and ancient mysteries.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – 2008
In 1935, after escaping danger in Shanghai, Indiana Jones crash-lands in India with singer Willie Scott and clever kid Short Round. They discover a village robbed of its sacred stone and children by an evil cult, leading Indy into a terrifying underground temple of traps, rituals, and daring rescues.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – 2008
In 1938, Indiana Jones rushes to rescue his missing father, Henry Jones Sr., who vanished while hunting the Holy Grail, the legendary cup of immortality. Following ancient clues together, they evade Nazis, solve deadly puzzles, and strengthen their bond in a thrilling father-son adventure.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – 2008
In 1957, during the Cold War, Indiana Jones partners with rebellious young Mutt Williams to recover a mystical crystal skull with psychic powers. Pursued by ruthless Soviet agents, they journey through jungles to a hidden city, discovering family secrets and extraordinary ancient wonders.
Young Indiana Jones Series
Young Indiana Jones and the Plantation Treasure – 1990
In spring 1913, fourteen-year-old Indiana Jones assists his friend Lizzie Ravenall in searching for her family's lost fortune, hidden before the Civil War along the Underground Railroad route on a Southern plantation, while evading vicious, money-hungry villains pursuing the same treasure.
Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror – 1990
In 1913 Luxor, Egypt, young Indiana Jones spots a street kid with a priceless ancient gold ring, leading him and allies Marcus Brody and Sallah to a hidden pharaoh's tomb filled with curses, treasures, and deadly confrontations against a ruthless German archaeologist plotting sabotage.
Young Indiana Jones and the Circle of Death – 1990
In 1913 England, young Indiana Jones and friend Herman investigate bizarre occurrences at a Stonehenge archaeological dig, uncovering a sinister band of Dark Druids led by a wizard, whose espionage ties to Germany threaten global peace and force Indy into desperate action.
Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City – 1990
In 1914 Turkey, young Indiana Jones and pal Herman explore captivating ancient sites but fall captive to a power-hungry evil cult inhabiting a secret underground city, where they must outwit fanatics guarding mythical secrets and a deadly ancient knife to escape alive.
Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril – 1991
In 1913 Russia, young Indiana Jones befriends a Georgian princess deeply involved in her country's independence movement, helping her evade relentless secret police pursuits and the sinister agents of an evil religious fanatic plotting to exploit her royal status.
Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge – 1991
In 1914 France, young Indiana Jones and his father's assistant pursue a rare medieval manuscript hinting at legendary Crusader treasure, entangling them with mysterious gypsies, masked villains wielding daggers and guns, and deadly chases across historic sites.
Young Indiana Jones and the Ghostly Riders – 1991
In 1913 Wales, young Indiana Jones discovers an ancient silver ring possibly linked to King Arthur, probes sabotage at a friend's coal mine amid labor strife, and mysteriously time-travels to encounter ghostly riders, resolving a supernatural crisis threatening the present.
Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Ruby Cross – 1991
In 1914 New York City, teen Indiana Jones reunites with friend Lizzie Ravenall and aids Italian immigrant Roberto in recovering his stolen cursed ruby cross heirloom, battling thieves, navigating subways and parties, and confronting supernatural dangers to break the deadly curse.
Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure – 1993
In April 1912 aboard the luxurious Titanic, young Indiana Jones encounters German saboteurs plotting destruction, Irish revolutionaries, a fortune hunter seeking the priceless Shalimar Diamond, and thrilling dangers as the unsinkable ship strikes an iceberg and begins its tragic sinking.
Young Indiana Jones and the Lost Gold of Durango – 1993
In summer 1912 at Mesa Verde, Colorado, young Indiana Jones teams with Pueblo friend Jay to hunt bank loot hidden by the notorious Butler Brothers in ancient Anasazi cliff dwellings, facing rattlesnakes, gun-waving eccentrics, and ruthless robbers demanding their gold back.
Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon – 1994
In 1914 China, young Indiana Jones discovers a magnificent jeweled golden dragon statue secretly placed in his luggage, leading to relentless pursuit by dangerous thugs as he and his father desperately seek its rightful, worthy owner amid ancient mystical powers.
Young Indiana Jones and the Pirates' Loot – 1994
In 1912 coastal Maine, young Indiana Jones encounters the ghost of a young girl pleading to find her long-missing father, who vanished with a map to buried pirate treasure, sparking a perilous town-wide hunt filled with mystery and rival seekers.
Young Indiana Jones and the Journey to the Underworld – 1994
In 1914 Greece, young Indiana Jones hunts a priceless ancient golden bowl adorned with mythological figures, becoming entangled with master thief Markos Kourou in a deadly adventure mirroring the tragic legend of Orpheus's journey to the underworld.
Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire – 1994
In October 1914 Hawaii, young Indiana Jones reunites with friend Lizzie Ravenall, uncovering a sinister German plot to sabotage British Pacific shipping, leading them into mortal danger near a erupting volcano while invoking the goddess Pele for salvation.
Young Indiana Jones and the Eye of the Tiger – 1995
In 1914 India, young Indiana Jones befriends Prince Kasim and discovers a powerful tiger's eye amulet in ancient ruins, triggering terrifying legends of weretigers as the prince falls under its curse, forcing Indy into a supernatural battle for survival.
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles series
The Mummy’s Curse – 1992
In 1908 Egypt, nine-year-old Indiana Jones accompanies his family to the Valley of the Kings, meets T.E. Lawrence, enters a newly discovered tomb despite curse warnings, and investigates the mysterious murder of a guard whose scorched body suggests supernatural revenge.
Field of Death – 1992
In September 1916 at Verdun, seventeen-year-old Indiana Jones, disguised as Belgian courier Henri Defense, witnesses French generals' hopeless tactics wasting lives, desperately tries to save wounded friend Remy, and confronts the horrors of World War I trenches.
Safari Sleuth – 1992
In September 1909 British East Africa, ten-year-old Indiana Jones joins Theodore Roosevelt on safari, learns shooting, escapes a lion, and risks his life tracking the rare fringe-eared oryx antelope while facing dangers in the bush.
The Secret Peace – 1992
In March 1917 Vienna, young Indiana Jones works for French Intelligence, escorts disguised princes across enemy lines to deliver a secret letter to the Austrian emperor, aiming to end World War I early amid spies and kidnappers.
Trek of Doom – 1992
In December 1916 German East Africa, young Indiana Jones and Remy join a grueling expedition across Congo jungles to drive out Germans, battling illness, ambushes, desertion, mutiny, and a deadly invisible killer striking indiscriminately.
Revolution! – 1992
In July 1917 Petrograd, eighteen-year-old Indiana Jones works for French Intelligence, befriends young Bolsheviks, uncovers a plot threatening their lives with Cossack massacre, and struggles between spy duties and loyalty amid rising revolution.
Race to Danger – 1993
In February 1916 Princeton, sixteen-year-old Indiana Jones seeks impressive transport for his prom date, visits Thomas Edison's lab, and gets entangled in investigating stolen designs for a revolutionary electric car amid espionage threats.
Prisoner of War – 1993
In mid-August 1916 Germany, captured seventeen-year-old Indiana Jones is held in a fortress prison, teams with future leader Charles de Gaulle, and masterminds a daring escape plan from brutal guards during World War I.
The River of Death – 1993
In 1916-1917 East Africa and Congo, young Indiana Jones, fighting with Belgian forces against Germans, embarks on a perilous trek across plains, jungles, and disease-ridden rivers for supplies, encountering brutal warfare and a profound meeting with a missionary man of peace.
The Day of Destiny – 1993
In 1916 Verdun, young Indiana Jones serves as a Belgian Army courier, witnessing trench horrors, outdated tactics, and officers' privileges, facing a moral dilemma when ordered to deliver messages certain to cause unnecessary deaths among comrades.
The Secret Treaty – 1993
In March 1917 Vienna, young Indiana Jones, working for French Secret Service, undertakes a dangerous mission to deliver a proposal for separate peace to the Austrian emperor, navigating treachery and intrigue amid hopes to end World War I early.
The Rule of Russia – 1993
In July 1917 Petrograd, amid revolutionary chaos after the Tsar's overthrow, young Indiana Jones is sent to assess who will seize power, becoming entangled in the rising Bolshevik movement and the struggle for Russia's future.
The Mata Hari Affair – 1992
In 1916, seventeen-year-old Indiana Jones endures Verdun's trenches before Paris leave, where he falls deeply in love with exotic dancer Mata Hari, unaware she is accused of spying for Germany, forcing heartbreaking choices between passion and duty.
The Mummy's Curse – 1992
In 1908 Egypt, nine-year-old Indiana Jones visits Howard Carter's archaeological dig with T.E. Lawrence, enters a newly opened tomb despite curse warnings, and investigates a guard's mysterious scorched murder suggesting supernatural vengeance.
Safari in Africa – 1993
In 1909 British East Africa, ten-year-old Indiana Jones joins Theodore Roosevelt's safari camp, learns tracking skills, faces wild dangers, and helps solve the mystery of a rare fringe-eared oryx that has mysteriously vanished.