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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 "Phantastes" (1858) and follow publication order through all 56 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Phantastes
1858
Men and Women
0
David Elginbrod / The Tutor's First Love
0
The Portent/Lady of the Mansion
0
Alec Forbes of Howglen / The Maiden's Bequest
0
Guild Court: A London Story / The Prodigal Apprentice
0
The Musician's Quest / Robert Falconer
0
At the Back of the North Wind
0
Wilfred Cumbermede
0
Last Castle / St. George & St. Michael
0
Mary Marston / A Daughter's Devotion
0
Warlock O'Glenwarlock / The Laird's Inheritance
0
Weighed and Wanting / A Gentlewoman's Choice
0
What's Mine's Mine - Volume 1 / The Highlander's Last Song
0
What's Mine's Mine - Volume 3
0
Home Again / The Poet's Homecoming
0
The Day Boy and the Night Girl
0
Alec Forbes and His Friend Annie
0
The Flight Of The Shadow
0
The Peasant Girl's Dream
0
Lilith
0
Salted with Fire / The Minister's Restoration
0
Windlestraws
1925
The Diary of an Old Soul
1965
The Golden Key
1967
The Carasoyn
2008
The Cruel Painter
1871
The Elect Lady / The Landlady's Master
0
Adela Cathcart
1864
Dealings With The Fairies...
0
A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul
0
The Gifts of the Child Christ
0
Cross Purposes and The Shadows
0
The Light Princess
0
Fairy Tales of George MacDonald
1904
The Golden Key and Other Stories
1972
The Gray Wolf and Other Stories
1980
The Wise Woman and Other Stories
1980
The Portent and Other Stories
1994
The Complete Fairy Tales
1999
Getting To Know Jesus
1980
Knowing the Heart of God
1990
A Time to Harvest
1991
3000 Quotations from the Writings of George MacDonald
1996
George MacDonald in the Pulpit
1997
The Gospel in George MacDonald
2016
A Time to Grow
2018
The George MacDonald Christmas Collection
2023
George MacDonald
1946
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1993
The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories
1997
Tales Before Tolkien
2003
Dreams and Wonders
2010
The Classic Fantasy Collection
2019
Finding the Kingdom: Discover a Faith that is Costly, Rich, Alive & True
2023
Grampian Hairst
1981
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