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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 "Tales Of The Frightened" (1963) and follow publication order through all 28 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Tales Of The Frightened
1963
Shock Corridor
1963
The Evil Men Do (As:Dorothea Nile)
1966
Terror At Deepcliff (As:Dorothea Nile)
1966
The Man From Avon
1967
Kingblood (As:Stuart Jason)
1969
Missing
1969
Krakatoa East of Java
1969
Killing Star
1969
Black Lord (As:Stuart Jason)
1970
The Last Escape
1970
Black Emperor (As: Stuart Jason)
1971
Black Prince (As:Stuart Jason)
1972
Black Lover (As:Stuart Jason)
1972
Seacliffe (As:Edwina Noone)
1972
Daughter of Darkness (As:Edwina Noone)
1974
Secret Lives of the T.V.Girls
1976
Carquake
1977
Appointment in Iran (As:Stuart Jason)
1977
Where Monsters Walk
1978
Name That Movie
1979
Tender Loving Fear (As:Edwina Noone)
1981
Death in Yellow (As:Stuart Jason)
1981
Cannonball Run
1981
Woman Called Golda
1982
Pan partout
1983
Mitzi
1997
The Walking Wounded
2019
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