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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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