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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 "If Only It Were True / Just Like Heaven" (2000) and follow publication order through all 11 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
If Only It Were True / Just Like Heaven
2000
The Children of Freedom
2007
All Those Things We Never Said
2008
The First Day
2009
The Shadow Thief
2010
The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury / The Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry
2011
Replay
2012
P.S. from Paris
2015
Hope
2016
The Last of the Stanfields
2017
A Woman Like Her
2018
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