Affiliate Disclosure: Links on this page may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Read our affiliate policy
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 "Ellen Rogers" (1941) and follow publication order through all 35 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Ellen Rogers
1941
Bernard Carr
1946
The Road Between
1949
Gas-house McGinty
1950
It Has Come to Pass
1958
Yet Other Waters
1960
Boarding House Blues
1961
The Silence of History
1964
What Time Collects
1965
Lonely for the Future
1966
When Time was Born
1966
A Brand New Life
1968
Invisible Swords
1971
The Dunne Family
1976
Olive and Mary Anne
1977
The Death of Nora Ryan
1978
Sam Holman
1983
Dreaming Baseball
2007
A Misunderstanding
1949
Guillotine Party and Other Stories
1935
Can All This Grandeur Perish?
1937
To Whom It May Concern and Other Stories
1944
Yesterday's Love, and Eleven Other Stories
1948
Meet the Girls
1949
Saturday Night and Other Stories
1950
A Hell of a Good Time
1950
Dangerous Woman and Other Stories
1957
Side Street and Other Stories
1961
The Collected Poems of James T. Farrell
1965
Judith And Other Stories
1973
James T. Farrell: Literary Essays, 1954-1974
1976
Eight Short, Short Stories and Sketches
1981
Chicago Stories
1998
The League Of Frightened Philistines And Other Papers
2006
When Boyhood Dreams Come True - Further Short Stories
2007
Affiliate Disclosure
As an Amazon Associate, Reading Order Books earns from qualifying purchases. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. This helps us maintain the site and continue providing reading order guides. Read our full disclosure