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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 "Agent to the Stars" (2004) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Agent to the Stars
2004
The God Engines
2009
The Dead City
2011
Redshirts
2012
Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies
2018
A Very Scalzi Christmas
2019
The Kaiju Preservation Society
2022
Starter Villain
2023
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
2025
How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story
2006
The Statue
2006
The Tale of the Wicked
2009
The President's Brain is Missing
2010
When the Yogurt Took Over
2010
An Election
2010
Dave and Liz and Chicago Save the World
2012
Muse of Fire
2013
Everything but the Squeal
2016
Automated Customer Service
2018
Constituent Service
2024
Miniatures
2016
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