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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 Thomas Berryman Number" (1976) and follow publication order through all 73 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Thomas Berryman Number
1976
Season of the Machete
1977
See How They Run / The Jericho Commandment
1979
Black Market / Black Friday
1986
The Midnight Club
1989
Hide & Seek
1995
Cradle and All / Virgin (Remastered)
1999
Sam's Letters to Jennifer
2001
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
2001
The Beach House (With: Peter de Jonge)
2002
The Jester (With: Andrew Gross)
2003
Lifeguard (With: Andrew Gross)
2005
Beach Road (With: Peter de Jonge)
2006
Judge & Jury (With: Andrew Gross)
2006
The Quickie (With: Michael Ledwidge)
2007
You've Been Warned (With: Howard Roughan)
2007
Sundays at Tiffany's (With: Gabrielle Charbonnet)
2008
Sail (With: Howard Roughan)
2008
Swimsuit (With: Maxine Paetro)
2009
The Postcard Killers (With: Liza Marklund)
2010
Don't Blink (With: Howard Roughan)
2010
Toys (With: Neil McMahon)
2011
Now You See Her (With: Michael Ledwidge)
2011
Kill Me If You Can (With: Marshall Karp)
2011
The Christmas Wedding (With: Richard DiLallo)
2011
Guilty Wives (With: David Ellis)
2012
Mistress (With: David Ellis)
2013
First Love (With: Emily Raymond)
2013
Homeroom Diaries (With: Lisa Papademetriou)
2014
Public School Superhero (With: Chris Tebbetts)
2015
Truth or Die (With: Howard Roughan)
2015
The Murder House (With: David Ellis)
2015
Woman of God (With: Maxine Paetro)
2016
Humans, Bow Down (With: Emily Raymond)
2017
Pottymouth and Stoopid (With: Chris Grabenstein)
2017
The Store (With: Richard DiLallo)
2017
Expelled / The Injustice (With: Emily Raymond)
2017
The President Is Missing (With: Bill Clinton)
2018
Disasterland (With: Robison Wells)
2018
The First Lady (With: Brendan DuBois)
2018
The House Next Door
2019
The Inn (With: Candice Fox)
2019
The Warning (With: Robison Wells)
2019
The Summer House (With: Brendan DuBois)
2020
Cajun Justice (With: Tucker Axum)
2020
1st Case / Brilliant Lies (With: Chris Tebbetts)
2020
The Midwife Murders (With: Richard DiLallo)
2020
The Coast-to-Coast Murders (With: J.D. Barker)
2020
Three Women Disappear (With: Shan Serafin)
2020
The President's Daughter (With: Bill Clinton)
2021
The Noise (With: J.D. Barker)
2021
The Guilty
2021
The Horsewoman (With: Mike Lupica)
2022
Run, Rose, Run (With: Dolly Parton)
2022
Death of the Black Widow (With: J.D. Barker)
2022
The Elephant Girl (With: Ellen Banda-Aaku,Sophia Krevoy)
2022
The Ninth Month (With: Richard DiLallo)
2022
Blowback (With: Brendan DuBois)
2022
The Girl in the Castle (With: Emily Raymond)
2022
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days ofChristmas (With: Tad Safran)
2022
Things I Wish I Told My Mother (With: Susan Patterson,Susan DiLallo)
2023
Lion & Lamb
2023
The #1 Lawyer (With: Nancy Allen)
2024
The Murder Inn (With: Candice Fox)
2024
Eruption (With: Michael Crichton)
2024
Confessions of the Dead (With: J.D. Barker)
2024
Lies He Told Me (With: David Ellis)
2024
Raised by Wolves (With: Emily Raymond)
2024
The Writer / The Imperfect Murder (With: J.D. Barker)
2025
The First Gentleman (With: Bill Clinton)
2025
Emma on Fire (With: Emily Raymond)
2025
Billion-Dollar Ransom (With: Duane Swierczynski)
2025
The Picasso Heist (With: Howard Roughan)
2025
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