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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 "The Ballad of the Blue Denim Gang" (1999) and follow publication order through all 52 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Ballad of the Blue Denim Gang
1999
The Vanished Child
1999
Dust
2006
After the Snowfall
2009
Stories
2010
2010
The Dead Phone
2011
Vicious
2012
Sapphire
2013
Gone
2014
The Man From Taured
2015
Text
2016
Storyland
2017
S.P.I.D.A.R.
2018
The Wraith
2019
The Revisionists
2019
Black River
2020
Totality
2021
Ovule
2023
Devoured
2023
Mythos
2011
Strange Fruit and the Slender Man
2013
September Moon
2014
The Myth of White Butterflies
2014
The Space Authority
2015
2015
Vermilion
2016
The Elevator Game
2016
The Well
2017
THE U BOAT
2017
.And Then Silence
2017
2017
The Sleep Experiment
2019
Staircases
2019
The Orchid Man
2019
We Can See You
2019
The Hidden Library
2019
Hellhound
2019
Safe Haven
2020
The Cut-Through
2020
Deranged
2020
The German
2022
Paper Thin
2022
Mirror
2022
The Vanished Boy
2022
Among Friends
2022
The Top Floors
2023
Flashpoint
2012
Wreckage
2014
From Midnight 'Til Dawn
2015
When the Night Comes Out
2018
Red Graves
2022
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