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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 "Foul Play Suspected" (1935) and follow publication order through all 50 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Foul Play Suspected
1935
The Secret People
1935
Stowaway To Mars / Planet Plane
1935
The Kraken Wakes / Out of the Deeps
1953
The Chrysalids /Re-Birth
1955
The Midwich Cuckoos
1957
Trouble with Lichen
1960
The Outward Urge
1961
Chocky
1968
1979
Plan for Chaos
2009
The Curse of the Burdens
2022
Jizzle
1954
The Seeds of Time
1956
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter
1956
Consider Her Ways
1961
The Infinite Moment
1961
The Moon Era (With: Sam Moscowitz)
1967
The Man From Beyond, And Other Stories
1973
The Best of John Wyndham, 1932-1949
1973
Sleepers Of Mars
1973
Wanderers of Time
1973
The Best Of John Wyndham, 1951-1960
1977
Exiles on Asperus
1979
Meteor
1991
No Place Like Earth
2003
Logical Fantasy: The Many Worlds of John Wyndham
2024
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction
1960
Alien Worlds
1964
From Other Worlds
1964
The Microcosmic God
1965
Spectrum IV
1965
A Chamber of Horrors
1965
Time Untamed
1967
A Sense of Wonder
1969
An ABC of Science Fiction
1971
Out of This World
1973
The Best Science Fiction Stories
1977
The Best of British SF 2
1977
The Best of British SF 1
1977
65 Great Spine Chillers
1982
The Flying Sorcerers
1997
The Science Fiction Century, Volume 1
1997
Dragons
1997
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
1998
The Road to Science Fiction 5
1998
Vintage Science Fiction
1999
Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters
2002
no Place Like Earth - a Science Fiction Anthology
2020
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction
2020
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