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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 Earth is the Lord's" (1940) and follow publication order through all 39 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Earth is the Lord's
1940
Time No Longer
1941
The Strong City
1942
The Turnbulls
1943
The Wide House
1945
This Side of Innocence
1946
There Was a Time
1947
Melissa
1948
Let Love Come Last
1949
The Balance Wheel
1951
The Beautiful Is Vanished
1951
The Devil's Advocate
1952
Maggie: Her Marriage
1953
Never Victorious, Never Defeated
1954
Your Sins and Mine
1955
Tender Victory
1956
The Sound of Thunder
1957
Dear and Glorious Physician
1958
A Prologue to Love
1961
The Man Who Listens
1961
Grandmother and the Priests
1963
The Late Clara Beame
1963
To See the Glory
1963
A Pillar of Iron
1965
Wicked Angel
1965
No One Hears but Him
1966
Dialogues with the Devil
1967
Testimony of Two Men
1968
Great Lion of God
1970
Captains and the Kings
1972
Glory and the Lightning
1974
To Look and Pass
1975
The Romance of Atlantis (With: Jess Stearn)
1975
The Arm and the Darkness
1975
Ceremony of the Innocent
1976
The Listener
1976
I, Judas (With: Jess Stearn)
1977
Bright Flows the River
1978
Answer as a Man
1980
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