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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 "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" (2010) and follow publication order through all 23 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
2010
Interior Chinatown
2020
Third Class Superhero
2006
Sorry Please Thank You
2012
Hero Absorbs Major Damage
2012
Yeoman
2015
The Only Living Girl on Earth
2021
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
2011
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
Lightspeed: Year One
2011
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
2012
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts
2012
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
Robot Uprisings
2014
Dead Man's Hand
2014
Watchlist
2015
Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury
2015
Press Start to Play
2015
Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life
2016
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
2017
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
2019
From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
2020
Speculative Los Angeles
2021
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