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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 "Giant Bread (As:Mary Westmacott)" (1930) and follow publication order through all 90 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Giant Bread (As:Mary Westmacott)
1930
The Sittaford Mystery / The Murder at Hazelmoor
1931
Unfinished Portrait (As:Mary Westmacott)
1934
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? / The Boomerang Clue
1934
And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians
1939
Absent in the Spring (As:Mary Westmacott)
1944
Death Comes as the End
1944
The Rose And The Yew Tree (As:Mary Westmacott)
1947
Crooked House
1949
They Came to Baghdad
1951
A Daughter's a Daughter (As: Mary Westmacott)
1952
Destination Unknown / So Many Steps to Death
1954
The Burden (As:Mary Westmacott)
1956
Ordeal by Innocence
1958
The Pale Horse
1961
Endless Night
1967
13 at Dinner
1969
Passenger to Frankfurt
1970
The Unexpected Guest (With: Charles Osborne)
1999
Accident
1923
The Actress
1923
The Red Signal
1924
The Mystery of the Blue Jar
1924
The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl
1924
Philomel Cottage
1924
Wireless
1925
Within a Wall
1925
The House of Dreams
1926
Magnolia Blossom
1926
The Lonely God
1926
The Rajah's Emerald
1926
The Edge
1927
Sing a Song of Sixpence
1929
Manx Gold
1930
The Fourth Man
1933
The Gipsy
1933
The Manhood of Edward Robinson
1934
Three Blind Mice: A Novella
1948
The Dressmaker's Doll
1958
Express to Stamboul
1965
The Water Bus
1965
Jane in Search of a Job
1974
The Girl in the Train
1993
S.O.S.
2013
The Lamp
2013
The Call of Wings
2013
The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
2013
A Fruitful Sunday
2013
Swan Song
2013
The Naughty Donkey
2013
In the Cool of the Evening
2013
The Island
2013
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
1932
The Hound of Death
1933
The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories
1934
Parker Pyne Investigates
1934
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
1948
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
1952
Double Sin and Other Stories
1961
Surprise! Surprise!
1965
Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (By: Agatha Christie Mallowan)
1965
The Golden Ball and Other Stories
1971
The Mousetrap and Other Plays
1978
Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Problem at Pollensa Bay
1985
The Tuesday Club Murders
1986
While the Light Lasts
1997
Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories
2003
Death by Drowning
2003
Murder In Three Stages (With: Charles Osborne)
2004
Seven Deadly Sins
2004
Masterpieces in Miniature
2005
The Detectives - Short Stories
2005
The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories
2005
The Red Signal and Other Stories
2005
The Listerdale Mystery
2005
Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown
2006
The Actress and Other Short Stories
2006
A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories
2006
Miss Marple and Mystery
2008
The Last Seance: Tales of the Supernatural
2019
Midwinter Murder
2020
Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery
2021
A Deadly Affair
2022
Sinister Spring
2023
Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime
2023
The Mousetrap
1952
Spider's Web
1954
Verdict
1958
Rats
1962
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