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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 "Forsake the Sky / The Skies Discrowned" (1976) and follow publication order through all 25 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Forsake the Sky / The Skies Discrowned
1976
An Epitaph In Rust
1976
The Drawing of the Dark
1979
Dinner at Deviant's Palace
1985
On Stranger Tides
1987
Declare
2000
Three Days to Never
2006
Medusa's Web
2016
My Brother's Keeper
2023
The Mills of the Gods
2025
Down and Out in Purgatory
1970
Where They Are Hid
1995
The Bible Repairman
2006
A Soul in a Bottle
2006
Night Moves
2011
A Journey of Only Two Paces
2011
Salvage and Demolition
2013
Trilobyte
2014
More Walls Broken
2019
After Many a Summer
2023
The Devils in the Details
2003
Strange Itineraries
2005
The Bible Repairman and Other Stories
2011
Night Moves and Other Stories
2011
Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers
2016
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