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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 "Empire" (1932) and follow publication order through all 31 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Empire
1932

Cosmic Engineers
1950

Time and Again / First He Died
1950

Ring Around the Sun
1952

Time is the Simplest Thing / The Fisherman
1961

Trouble with Tycho
1961

They Walked Like Men
1962

Way Station / Here Gather the Stars
1963

All Flesh Is Grass
1965

The Werewolf Principle
1967

Why Call Them Back From Heaven?
1967

So Bright the Vision
1968

The Goblin Reservation
1968

Out of Their Minds
1970

Prehistoric Man
1971

Destiny Doll
1972

A Choice of Gods
1972

Cemetery World
1972

Waystation
1973

Our Children's Children
1974

Enchanted Pilgrimage
1975

Shakespeare's Planet
1976

A Heritage of Stars
1977

The Fellowship of the Talisman
1978

Mastodonia / Catface
1978

The Visitors
1980

Project Pope
1981

Where the Evil Dwells
1982

Special Deliverance
1982

Highway of Eternity
1986

Time Quarry
2014
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