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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 "How to Rescue a Dead Princess" (2000) and follow publication order through all 48 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
How to Rescue a Dead Princess
2000
Mandibles
2002
Out of Whack
2004
Elrod McBugle on the Loose
2007
Disposal
2007
The Haunted Forest Tour (With: James A. Moore)
2007
Benjamin's Parasite
2009
Dweller
2010
Draculas (With: Blake Crouch,F. Paul Wilson,J.A. Konrath)
2010
The Sinister Mr. Corpse
2011
Fangboy
2011
A Bad Day For Voodoo
2012
I Have a Bad Feeling about This
2013
Kumquat
2014
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever
2016
Blister
2016
Cyclops Road
2016
Everything Has Teeth
2017
Stranger Things Have Happened
2017
Sick House
2018
How You Ruined My Life
2018
Bring Her Back
2018
Bang Up
2018
Ferocious
2019
My Pretties
2019
Clowns Vs. Spiders
2019
Allison
2020
The Odds
2020
Autumn Bleeds Into Winter
2020
Demonic
2023
Veiled
2023
Creep Out
2024
Bloodsucker County
2025
Your Body Will Never Be Found
2025
Specimen 313
2011
Faint of Heart
2012
Kutter
2013
Stalking You Now
2013
Facial
2014
An Apocalypse of Our Own
2017
Cold Dead Hands
2018
Twentieth Anniversary Screening
2022
Snuggling the Grotesque
2024
Gleefully Macabre Tales
2008
Dead Clown Barbecue
2012
Dead Clown Barbecue: Expansion Pack
2014
Candy Coated Madness
2020
Freaky Briefs: 75 Short Absurdities
2022
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