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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 Paid Piper" (1924) and follow publication order through all 29 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Paid Piper
1924
A Pawn Among Kings
1924
Payment Deferred
1926
The Wonderful Week
1927
Love Lies Dreaming
1927
The Shadow of the Hawk / The Daughter of the Hawk
1928
Single-Handed
1929
Brown on Resolution
1929
Plain Murder
1930
Two-and-twenty
1931
Rifleman Dodd / Death to the French
1932
The Gun
1933
The Peacemaker
1934
The African Queen
1935
The Pursued
1935
Marionettes at home
1936
The General
1936
The Earthly Paradise
1940
The Captain from Connecticut
1941
The Ship
1943
The Sky and the Forest
1948
Randall and the River Of Time
1950
The Good Shepherd / Greyhound
1955
The Barbary Pirates
1956
Lord Nelson
2025
African Queen
1980
The Nightmare
1954
Man in the Yellow Raft
1969
Gold from Crete
1970
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