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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 Confusing Friendship" (1924) and follow publication order through all 74 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Confusing Friendship
1924

The Master Criminal
1924

Uninvited Guests
1925

The Crooks' Shadow
1925
Little Things That Happen
1925
At the Green Dragon / The Green Dragon
1926

The House of Disappearance
1928

More Little Happenings
1928

Shadows by the Sea
1928

Mystery Underground / Underground
1928

The Appointed Date
1929

The Person Called Z
1929
The 5:18 Mystery
1929

Following Footsteps
1930
The Mystery on the Moor
1930

The Z Murders
1931

The House Opposite
1931
Trunk Call / The Trunk Call Mystery
1932

Old Man Mystery
1933

Death in Fancy Dress / Fancy Dress Ball
1933
The Mystery of the Creek / The House on the Marsh
1933

Sinister Inn
1934

The Mystery of Dead Man's Heath / Dead Man's Heath
1934

Holiday Express
1935
The Golden Singer
1935
His Lady Secretary
1935
Mountain Mystery
1935
The Adventure of Edward
1936
Dangerous Beauty
1936

Mystery in White
1937
Holiday at Half Mast
1937
Yellow Devil
1937

The Compleat Smuggler
1938
Dark Lady
1938
End of An Author / Death in the Inkwell
1938

Thirteen Guests
1938

Seven Dead
1939
Exit John Horton / Friday the 13th
1939

Aunt Sunday Takes Command / Aunt Sunday Sees It Through
1940

Room Number Six
1941
Interrupted Honeymoon (As:Anthony Swift)
1941
The Third Victim
1941

The Judge Sums Up
1942
The House of Shadows
1943

Murder at a Police Station (As:Anthony Swift)
1943
Greenmask
1944
November the Ninth at Kersea (As:Anthony Swift)
1944

Black Castle
1944

Rona Runs Away
1945
Peril in the Pyrenees
1946

The Oval Table
1946

Back to Victoria
1947

The Works of Smith Minor
1947
The Adventure at Eighty
1948
Benelogues
1948
Death of a World
1948
Prelude to Crime
1948

The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery
1948
The Disappearances of Uncle David
1949
The Impossible Guest
1949
The Lone House Mystery
1949

The Shadow of Thirteen
1949
Cause Unknown
1950
Change with Me
1950
Mother Goes Gay
1950
Adventure for Nine
1951
The House Over the Tunnel
1951

Mystery on Wheels
1951
Money Walks
1953
The Mystery of the Map
1953

The Double Crime
1953
Castle of Fear
1954

Bob Hits the Headlines
1954
The Caravan Adventure
1955
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