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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Beneath the Moors" (1974) and follow publication order through all 30 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Beneath the Moors
1974
Khai of Khem
1981
Demogorgon
1987
The Fly-By-Nights
2011
The Caller of the Black
1971
The Horror at Oakdeene and Others
1977
Ghoul Warning And Other Omens
1982
Synchronicity, Or Something
1988
Dagon's Bell and Other Discords
1988
Return of the Deep Ones
1991
The Compleat Khash
1991
Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi
1993
The Second Wish And Other Exhalations
1995
A Coven of Vampires
1998
The Whisperer and Other Voices
2001
Beneath the Moors and Darker Places
2002
The Brian Lumley Companion (With: Stanley Wiater)
2002
Brian Lumley's Freaks
2004
Screaming Science Fiction
2006
Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes!
2007
The Taint and Other Novellas
2007
Haggopian and Other Stories
2009
The Nonesuch and Others
2009
No Sharks in the Med and Other Stories
2012
Earth, Air, Fire & Water
2017
Brian Lumley's The Best of the Rest
2023
Born of the Winds
1975
Name and Number
1986
Fruiting Bodies
1988
The House Of The Temple
2004
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