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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 "A Standard of Behaviour" (1958) and follow publication order through all 52 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
A Standard of Behaviour
1958
The Old Boys
1964
The Boarding-House
1965
The Love Department
1966
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel
1969
Miss Gomez and the Brethren
1971
The Last Lunch of the Season
1973
Elizabeth Alone
1973
The Children of Dynmouth
1976
Old School Ties
1976
Other People's Worlds
1980
Fools of Fortune
1983
Nights at the Alexandra
1987
The Silence in the Garden
1988
My House in Umbria
1991
Reading Turgenev
1991
Juliet's Story
1991
Felicia's Journey
1994
Death in Summer
1998
The Story of Lucy Gault
2002
Love and Summer
2009
Low Sunday, 1950
2000
The Summer Visitor
2001
The Girl
1968
Going Home
1972
A Night with Mrs. da Tanka
1972
Marriages
1973
Scenes from an Album
1981
The Day We Got Drunk on Cake and Other Stories
1967
The Ballroom of Romance and Other Stories
1972
Angels at the Ritz
1975
Lovers of Their Time and Other Stories
1978
The Distant Past and Other Stories
1979
Beyond the Pale
1981
The Stories of William Trevor
1983
The News from Ireland
1986
Family Sins
1989
The Collected Stories
1992
Outside Ireland
1992
Marrying Damian
1995
After Rain
1996
Cocktails at Doney's (With: Giles Gordon)
1996
Ireland
1998
The Hill Bachelors
2000
A Bit on the Side
2004
The Dressmaker's Child
2005
Cheating at Canasta
2007
Collected Stories Volume 1
2009
Collected Stories Volume 2
2009
Selected Stories
2010
The Mark-2 Wife
2011
Last Stories
2018
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