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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 "Transmaniacon" (1979) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Transmaniacon
1979
City Come A-Walkin'
1980
Brigade
1981
Cellars
1982
A Splendid Chaos
1988
The Black Hole of Carcosa
1988
Three-Ring Psychus
1990
Wetbones
1991
Silicon Embrace
1996
Demons
2000
The View from Hell
2001
...And the Angel with Television Eyes
2001
Spider Moon
2002
Crawlers
2003
Doom
2005
Batman: Dead White
2006
The Other End
2007
Black Glass
2008
Bleak History
2009
Everything Is Broken
2011
The Crow
2013
Doyle After Death
2013
Wyatt in Wichita
2014
A Dying Machine
2018
Stormland
2021
A Sorcerer of Atlantis
2021
SubOrbital 7
2023
The Silver Revolver
2025
What Would You Do for Love?
1998
Her Hunger
2014
High
2014
Heatseeker (With: Harry O. Morris)
1988
New Noir
1993
The Exploded Heart
1996
Black Butterflies
1998
Really, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories
1999
Darkness Divided
2001
Living Shadows
2007
In Extremis
2011
Lovecraft Alive!
2016
The Feverish Stars: New and Uncollected Stories
2021
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