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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 "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (With: Jack Kerouac)" (1945) and follow publication order through all 32 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (With: Jack Kerouac)
1945
Junky / Junkie (As: William Lee)
1953
Naked Lunch
1959
Minutes To Go (With: Brion Gysin,Gregory Corso,Sinclair Beiles)
1960
Dead Fingers Talk
1963
The Wild Boys
1969
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
1969
Exterminator! (With: Brion Gysin)
1973
Port of Saints
1973
The Book of Breeething / Ah Pook is Here
1975
Queer
1985
Rules of Duel (With: Graham Masterton)
2010
Blade Runner
1979
The Cat Inside
1986
Ghost of Chance
1991
Seven Deadly Sins
1991
Death Fiend Guerrillas
1993
The Finger
2018
The Yage Letters (With: Allen Ginsberg)
1963
The Electronic Revolution
1970
Ali's Smile & Naked Scientology
1973
Tornado Alley
1976
The Third Mind (With: Brion Gysin)
1978
Roosevelt After Inauguration and Other Atrocities
1979
A William Burroughs Reader
1982
The Burroughs File
1984
The Adding Machine
1985
Interzone
1987
Painting and Guns
1992
My Education
1995
Word Virus
1998
Come in with the Dutchman
2014
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