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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 Five Gold Bands / The Space Pirate" (1950) and follow publication order through all 62 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Five Gold Bands / The Space Pirate
1950
Vandals of the Void
1953
To Live Forever
1956
The Languages of Pao
1957
Slaves of the Klau / Gold and Iron
1958
Man in a Cage
1961
The Dragon Masters
1962
Monsters in orbit
1965
Space Opera
1965
The Blue World
1966
The Last Castle
1966
Emphyrio
1969
Bad Ronald
1973
Galactic Effectuator
1980
Night Lamp
1996
The Magnificent Showboats
2011
The Wannek
2011
Clarges
2011
The Domains of Koryphon
2011
Bird Isle
2012
The Dark Ocean
2012
The Flesh Mask
2012
The Fox Valley Murders
2012
The House on Lily Street
2012
The Pleasant Grove Murders
2012
Strange People, Queer Notions
2012
The View from Chickweed’s Window
2012
Deadly Isles
2012
Alfred's Ark
1965
The Kragen
2007
Sjambak
2009
The Rapparee
2011
The Miracle Workers
2012
Dodkin's Job
2015
Future Tense / Dust of Far Suns
1964
Eight Fantasms and Magics
1969
The Worlds of Jack Vance
1973
The Moon Moth
1976
The Best of Jack Vance
1976
Fantasms and Magics
1978
Green Magic
1979
Nopalgarth
1980
Lost Moons
1982
The Narrow Land
1982
The Demon Princes
1985
Light from a Lone Star
1985
The Augmented Agent
1986
The Dark Side of the Moon
1986
Bird Isle and Take My Face
1988
Chateau d'If and Other Stories
1990
When the Five Moons Rise
1992
The Jack Vance Treasury
2007
The Jack Vance Reader
2008
The Men Return and Others
2009
Wild Thyme, Green Magic
2009
The World-Thinker and Other Stories
2011
The Dragon Masters and Other Stories
2011
The Golden Girl and Other Stories
2012
Sail 25 and Other Stories
2012
Wild Thyme and Violets and Other Unpublished Stories
2012
Desperate Days
2012
Big Planet / The Blue World / The Dragon Masters and Other Stories
2013
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