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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 Angel Inn" (1863) and follow publication order through all 28 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Angel Inn
1863
The Kingdom and the Cave
1960
The Fortune Hunters
1965
Beware of the Bouquet / Trouble with Product X
1966
Dark Interval / Hate Begins at Home
1967
Night Fall
1969
The Embroidered Sunset
1970
A Cluster of Separate Sparks / The Butterfly Picnic
1972
Died on a Rainy Sunday
1972
The Silence of Herondale
1973
Midnight Is a Place
1974
Voices in an Empty House
1975
Castle Barebane
1976
Last Movement
1977
The Five-Minute Marriage
1977
Mice and Mendelson
1978
The Shadow Guests
1980
The Kitchen Warriors
1983
Deception / If I Were You
1987
The Erl King's Daughter
1988
Blackground
1989
The Haunting of Lamb House
1991
The Cockatrice Boys
1993
The Midnight Moropus
1993
Morningquest
1993
The Jewel Seed
1996
A Fit of Shivers
1990
The Shoemaker's Boy
1991
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