The correct answer to the question “Who wrote the Tarzan series of books?” is Edgar Rice Burroughs who was born on September 01, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois. The Tarzan book series consist of 24 novels: Tarzan of the Apes which was published in 1912, The Return of Tarzan in 1913, The Beasts of Tarzan in 1914, The Son of Tarzan in 1914, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar in 1916, Jungle Tales of Tarzan in 1919, Tarzan the Untamed in 1920, Tarzan the Terrible in 1921, Tarzan and the Golden Lion in 1922, Tarzan and the Ant Men in 1924, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle in 1927, Tarzan and the Lost Empire in 1928, Tarzan at the Earth’s Core in 1929, Tarzan the Invincible in 1930, Tarzan Triumphant in 1931, Tarzan and the City of Gold in 1932, Tarzan and the Lion Man in 1933, Tarzan and the Leopard Men in 1935, Tarzan’s Quest in 1936, Tarzan and the Forbidden City in 1939, Tarzan and the Magnificent in 1939, Tarzan and the Foreign Legion in 1947, Tarzan and the Madman in 1964, and Tarzan and the Castaways in 1965.