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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 "Water Witch (With: Cynthia Felice)" (1982) and follow publication order through all 35 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Water Witch (With: Cynthia Felice)
1982

Lincoln's Dreams
1987

Light Raid (With: Cynthia Felice)
1989

Uncharted Territory
1994

Remake
1994

Bellwether
1996

Promised Land (With: Cynthia Felice)
1996

Passage
2001

Crosstalk
2016

The Road to Roswell
2023

Daisy in the Sun
1979
Chance
1986

Spice Pogrom (in Asimov's)
1986

The Last of the Winnebagos (in Asimov's)
1988

At the Rialto (in Nebula Awards 25)
1989

Time Out (in Asimov's)
1989

Cibola (in Asimov's)
1990

In the Late Cretaceous (in Asimov's)
1991

Even the Queen (in Asimov's)
1992

Death on the Nile (in The Best of Connie Willis)
1993

The Soul Selects Her Own Society (in Asimov's)
1996
Just Like the Ones We Used to Know
2003

Inside Job
2005

D.A.
2007

All Seated on the Ground
2007

All About Emily
2011

I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land
2018

Jack
2020

Take a Look at the Five and Ten
2020

Impossible Things
1993

Miracle and Other Christmas Stories
1999

The Winds of Marble Arch
2007

The Best of Connie Willis
2013

A Lot Like Christmas
2017

Terra Incognita
2018
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