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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 Synthetic Man / The Dreaming Jewels" (1950) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Synthetic Man / The Dreaming Jewels
1950
More Than Human
1953
I, Libertine
1956
The King and Four Queens
1956
Venus Plus X
1960
Some Of Your Blood
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
The Rare Breed
1966
The Stars Are the Styx
1979
Godbody
1986
A Rose for Ecclesiastes
1963
Blabbermouth and Abreaction
2009
Beware the Fury
2010
One Foot and the Grave
2011
Without Sorcery
1948
E Pluribus Unicorn
1953
Caviar
1955
A Way Home
1955
A Touch of Strange
1958
The Cosmic Rape
1958
Touch of Sturgeon
1958
To Marry Medusa
1958
Aliens 4
1959
Beyond
1960
Not Without Sorcery
1961
Sturgeon in Orbit
1964
The Joyous Invasions
1965
Starshine
1966
Sturgeon is Alive and Well
1971
The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon
1972
To Here and the Easel
1973
Case and the Dreamer and Other Stories
1974
Maturity
1979
The Golden Helix
1979
New Soviet Science Fiction
1979
Visions and Venturers
1979
Alien Cargo
1984
Selected Stories
2000
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