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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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