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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 Year of the Comet / Planet in Peril" (1955) and follow publication order through all 26 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Year of the Comet / Planet in Peril
1955
The Death of Grass / No Blade of Grass
1956
The Caves of Night
1958
A Scent Of White Poppies
1959
The White Voyage / The White Voyage
1960
The World in Winter / The Long Winter
1962
Cloud On Silver / Sweeney's Island
1964
The Possessors
1964
A Wrinkle in the Skin / The Ragged Edge
1965
The Little People
1966
Pendulum
1968
The Lotus Caves
1969
The Guardians
1970
Dom and Va / In The Beginning
1973
Wild Jack
1974
Empty World
1977
A Dusk of Demons
1993
Bad Dream
2003
The Twenty Second Century
1954
Tales of Unease
1966
The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories
1969
More Tales of Unease
1969
Science Fiction Stories
1988
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories
1990
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
1998
Already Among Us
2012
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