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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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