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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 Damnation Game" (1985) and follow publication order through all 35 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Damnation Game
1985

Weaveworld
1987

Cabal
1988

The Thief of Always
1992

Sacrament
1996

Coldheart Canyon
2001

Mister B. Gone
2007

Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament
1984

Dread
1984

Rawhead Rex
1984

The Yattering And Jack
1984

In the Hills, the Cities
1984

The Last Illusion
1985

The Life of Death
1985

The Forbidden
1985

The Hellbound Heart
1986

The Nightbreed Chronicles
1989

Son of Celluloid
1991
Haeckel\'s
2005

The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus
2009

Tortured Souls
2014

Infernal Parade
2017

Hellraiser: The Toll
2018

Books of Blood I-III
1984

Books of Blood, Volumes 4-6
1985

Tapping the Vein
1989

Lord of Illusions
1995

Incarnations
1995

Forms of Heaven
1996

The Essential Clive Barker
1999

Clive Barker's First Tales
2013

Chiliad
2014

The Scarlet Gospels
2015

Tonight, Again
2015

Clive Barker's the Body Book
2018
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