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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 Silence of the Wilting Skin" (2020) and follow publication order through all 11 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Silence of the Wilting Skin
2020
Womb City
2024
An Alphabet of Embers
2016
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
2017
The Best of World SF, Volume 1
2021
The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)
2021
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
2021
Chiral Mad 5
2022
Africa Risen
2022
New Suns 2
2023
Grimdark Magazine Issue #43
2025
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