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Standalone Books in Order

15
Books
2005
First Book
2014
Latest Book
10
Years

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 Ministry of Special Cases" (2005) and follow publication order through all 15 books.

The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.

Publication Order

1
The Ministry of Special Cases cover

The Ministry of Special Cases

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2005

2
Dinner at the Center of the Earth cover

Dinner at the Center of the Earth

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2017

3
Kaddish.com cover

Kaddish.com

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2019

4
The Twenty-Seventh Man cover

The Twenty-Seventh Man

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2014

5
The Gilgul of Park Avenue cover

The Gilgul of Park Avenue

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2007

6
Peep Show cover

Peep Show

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2015

7
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges cover

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

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1999

8
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank cover

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

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2012

9
Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards cover

Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards

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2000

10
The Best American Short Stories 2006 cover

The Best American Short Stories 2006

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2006

11
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story cover

The New Granta Book of the American Short Story

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2007

12
The Best American Short Stories 2012 cover

The Best American Short Stories 2012

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2012

13
The Moth cover

The Moth

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2013

14
Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly cover

Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly

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2013

15
The New Diaspora cover

The New Diaspora

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2014

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