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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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