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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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