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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 "Strangers on a Train (As: Ruth Wind)" (1989) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Strangers on a Train (As: Ruth Wind)
1989
Summer's Freedom (As: Ruth Wind)
1990
Light of Day
1990
A Minute to Smile (As: Ruth Wind)
1992
Jezebel's Blues (As: Ruth Wind)
1992
A Bed of Spices
1993
Breaking The Rules (As: Ruth Wind)
1994
A Winter Ballad
1994
The Last Chance Ranch (As: Ruth Wind)
1995
Lucien's Fall
1995
Dancing Moon
1996
Heart of a Knight
1997
For Christmas, Forever (As: Ruth Wind)
1998
In the Midnight Rain
2000
No Place Like Home
2002
A Piece of Heaven
2002
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue
2004
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas
2004
Madame Mirabou's School of Love / The Scent of Hours
2006
The Diamond Secret (As: Ruth Wind)
2006
The Scent of Hours (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2006
The Lost Recipe for Happiness (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2008
The Secret of Everything (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2009
How to Bake a Perfect Life
2010
The Garden of Happy Endings
2012
The Sleeping Night
2012
The All You Can Dream Buffet
2014
The Art of Inheriting Secrets (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2018
When We Believed in Mermaids (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2019
The Lost Girls of Devon (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2020
Write My Name Across the Sky (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2021
This Place of Wonder (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2022
The Starfish Sisters (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2023
Memories of the Lost (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2024
The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth (As: Barbara O'Neal)
2025
The True Story of Mattie Groves
2013
Dog Heart
2013
Faerie Lovers
2015
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