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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 "Guilty Bonds" (1891) and follow publication order through all 131 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Guilty Bonds
1891

The Great War in England in 1897
0

The Temptress
0

Zoraida
0

A Secret Service: Being strange tales of a nihilist
0

The Great White Queen
0

The Eye of Istar
0

A Secret Sin
0

Whoso Findeth a Wife
0

Devil's Dice
0

If Sinners Entice Thee
0

Scribes and Pharisees
0

The Bond of Black
0

England's Peril
0

The Day of Temptation
0

Of Royal Blood
1900

An Eye for an Eye
1900

In White Raiment
1900

The Wiles of the Wicked
1900

Her Majesty's Minister
1901

The Sign of the Seven Sins
1901

The Gambler
1901

The Under-Secretary
1902

The Seven Secrets
1903

The Tickencote Treasure
1903

The Hunchback of Westminster
1904

The Closed Book
1904

As We Forgive Them
1904

The Sign of the Stranger
1904

The Idol of the Town
1904

The Czar's Spy
1905

The Spider's Eye
1905

Behind The Throne
1905

Sins of The City
1905

The Valley of the Shadow
1905

Who Giveth this Woman?
1905

If England Were Invaded
1906

The Invasion of 1910
1906

The Mystery of a Motor-Car
1906

The House of the Wicked
1906

Whatsoever a Man Soweth
1906

The Mysterious Mr. Miller
1906

The Near East
1907

The Secret of the Square
1907

The Great Court Scandal
1907

The Pauper of Park Lane
1908

The Crooked Way
1908

The House of Whispers
1909

The Red Room
1909

The Invasion
1910

A Romance of the Land of No Return
1910

Lying Lips
1910

The Unknown Tomorrow
1910

The Great God Gold
1910

Hushed Up!
1911

The Indiscretions Of A Lady's Maid
1911

The Money-Spider
1911

Fatal Fingers
1912

The Mystery of Nine
1912

Without Trace
1912

The Room of Secrets
1913

The Price of Power
1913

The Lost Million
1913

The Four Faces
1914

The White Lie
1914

The Hand Of Allah
1914

Sons of Satan
1914

Her Royal Highness
1914

The German Spy System from Within
1914

The Sign of Silence
1915

At the Sign of the Sword
1915

The Double Shadow
1915

The White Glove
1915

The Mysterious Three
1915

The Mystery of the Green Ray
1915

The Broken Thread
1916

The Zeppelin Destroyer
1916

Annette of the Argonne
1916

Cinders of Harley Street
1916

The Way to Win
1916

The Place of Dragons
1916

Beryl of the Biplane
1917

The Bomb-Makers
1917

The Secrets of Potsdam
1917

Behind the German Lines
1917

Two in a Tangle
1917

Rasputin the Rascal Monk
1917

The Devil's Carnival
1917

Sant of the Secret Service
1918

The Minister of Evil
1918

The Catspaw
1918

The Lure of Love
1918

The Stolen Statesman
1918

The Doctor of Pimlico
1919

No Greater Love
1919

Cipher Six
1919

The King's incognito
1919

Rasputinism In London
1919

The Intriguers
1920

No7 Saville Square
1920

Whither Thou Goest
1920

The Power of the Borgias
1920

The Red Widow
1920

The Terror of the Air
1920

The Secret Telephone
1920

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
1921

Concerning the Secret of the Borgias
1921

The Fifth Finger
1921

The Lady-In-Waiting
1921

The Marked Man
1921

The Luck of the Secret Service
1921

This House to Let
1921

The Stretton Street Affair
1922

The Gay Triangle
1922

Tracked by Wireless
1922

The Golden Face
1922

Three Knots
1922

Behind the Bronze Door
1923

Where the Desert Ends
1923

The Voice From The Void
1923

A Woman's Debt
1924

The Valrose Mystery
1925

The Scarlet Sign
1926

Blackmailed
1927

Double Nought
1927

The House of Evil
1927

The Sting
1928

Twice Tried
1928

The Crinkled Crown
1929

The Golden Three
1931

The Captain of the Mary Rose
1999
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