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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 Cabala" (1926) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Cabala
1926
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1927
Woman of Andros
1930
Heaven's My Destination
1935
The Ides of March
1948
The Eighth Day
1967
Theophilus North
1973
The Happy Journey
1930
Our Town
1938
Merchant of Yonkers
1939
Love And How To Cure It
1941
The Skin of Our Teeth
1942
Rare Our Century a Play in Three Scenes
1947
The Matchmaker
1954
The Drunken Sisters
1957
Infancy
1961
The Alcestiad: Or, a Life in the Sun
1977
Childhood
2011
The Seven Deadly Sins
2012
The Ages of Man
2012
Bernice
2014
Pullman Car Hiawatha
2014
Youth
2014
Someone from Assisi
2014
A Doll's House
2016
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
2018
The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays
1928
The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act
1931
The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume I
1997
The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II
1997
A Thornton Wilder Reader
1997
Our Town and Other Plays
2016
Three Plays: Our Town, The Matchmaker, and The Skin of Our Teeth
2020
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