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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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