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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 Land of Laughs" (1980) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Land of Laughs
1980
Voice of Our Shadow
1983
After Silence
1992
From the Teeth of Angels
1994
White Apples
2002
Glass Soup
2005
The Ghost in Love
2007
Bathing the Lion
2013
Mr. Breakfast
2019
Friend's Best Man
1987
The Panic Hand
1989
Mr. Fiddlehead
1989
Uh-Oh City
1992
Teaching the Dog to Read
2015
The Loud Table
2016
Played Your Eyes
2018
Mama Bruise
2019
Porgee's Boar
2022
Ceffo
2023
The Woman Who Married a Cloud
2012
Black Cocktail
1990
The Heidelberg Cylinder
2000
First Annual Collection
1988
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1
1988
Third Annual Collection
1989
Drabble II: Double Century
1990
Best New Horror 2
1991
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Walls of Fear
1991
A Whisper of Blood
1991
Monsters in Our Midst
1993
The Giant Book of Best New Horror
1993
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology
2010
The Stories in Between
2010
Full Fathom Forty
2011
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012
2012
Our Prince of Scribes
2018
Best New Horror #31
2021
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