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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 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
The Ministry of Special Cases
2005
Dinner at the Center of the Earth
2017
Kaddish.com
2019
The Twenty-Seventh Man
2014
The Gilgul of Park Avenue
2007
Peep Show
2015
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
1999
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
2012
Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards
2000
The Best American Short Stories 2006
2006
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
The Best American Short Stories 2012
2012
The Moth
2013
Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly
2013
The New Diaspora
2014
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