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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 "Odds On (As: John Lange)" (1966) and follow publication order through all 27 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Odds On (As: John Lange)
1966
Scratch One (As: John Lange)
1967
A Case of Need (As: Jeffery Hudson)
1968
Easy Go / The Last Tomb (As: John Lange)
1968
Zero Cool (As: John Lange)
1969
The Venom Business (As: John Lange)
1969
Drug of Choice (As: John Lange)
1970
Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (As: Michael Douglas)
1970
Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues (As: Michael Douglas)
1970
Grave Descend (As: John Lange)
1970
Binary (As: John Lange)
1972
The Terminal Man
1972
The Great Train Robbery
1975
Eaters of the Dead / The 13th Warrior
1976
Congo
1980
Sphere
1987
Rising Sun
1992
Disclosure
1994
Airframe
1996
Timeline
1999
Prey
2002
State of Fear
2004
Next
2006
Pirate Latitudes
2009
Micro (With: Richard Preston)
2011
Dragon Teeth
2017
Eruption (With: James Patterson)
2024
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