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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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