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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 Changeling" (1995) and follow publication order through all 49 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Changeling
1995
The Wood Wife
1996
The Color of Angels
2020
Faery!
1985
Bordertown
1986
Borderland
1986
First Annual Collection
1988
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
Second Annual Collection
1989
Third Annual Collection
1989
The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams
1990
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Life on the Border
1991
Fifth Annual Collection
1992
Snow White, Blood Red
1993
Seventh Annual Collection
1994
Black Thorn, White Rose
1994
Eighth Annual Collection
1995
The Armless Maiden
1995
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
1995
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
1996
Black Swan, White Raven
1997
The Essential Bordertown
1998
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
1998
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
1998
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
Twelfth Annual Edition
1999
Silver Birch, Blood Moon
1999
Thirteenth Annual Collection
2000
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
2000
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
2000
A Wolf at the Door
2000
Meditations on Middle-Earth
2001
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
2002
Fifteenth Annual Collection
2002
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold
2003
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
2004
The Book of Ballads
2004
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy
2006
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
2007
Troll's-Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
2008
Ravens in the Library
2009
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
2009
Teeth: Vampire Tales
2011
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
2012
Queen Victoria's Book of Spell
2013
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