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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 Girl with a Squint" (1931) and follow publication order through all 104 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Girl with a Squint
1931
The Engagement
1933
Tropic Moon
1933
The Window Over the Way
1933
The Man from London
1934
The Lodger
1934
The Long Exile
1935
Donadieu's Will
1936
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1938
Girl In Waiting
1938
Three Crimes
1938
The Strangers in the House
1940
The Widow
1942
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1942
Across the Street
1942
The Suspect
1944
Monsieur Monde Vanishes
1945
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
1946
Act of Passion
1946
The Mahé Circle
1946
Death of a Nobody
1947
Pedigree
1948
The Snow Was Dirty
1948
Magnet of Doom
1948
The Bottom Of The Bottle
1949
Four Days in a Lifetime
1949
The Pitards
1949
Strange Inheritance
1950
The Heart of a Man
1950
A New Lease On Life
1951
The Burgomaster of Furnes
1952
Escape in Vain
1952
Havoc by Accident
1952
On the danger line
1952
Belle
1952
In Two Latitudes
1952
The Trial of Bebe Donge
1952
Dirty Snow
1953
Red Lights
1953
The Iron Staircase
1953
The Watchmaker of Everton
1954
The Clockmaker
1954
Big Bob
1954
The Accomplices
1955
The Rules of the Game
1955
The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet
1955
The Fugitive
1955
A Sense of Guilt
1955
The Little Man From Archangel
1956
The Stowaway
1957
Sunday
1958
The President
1958
The Son
1958
The Widower
1959
The Grandmother
1959
The Negro
1959
Young Cardinaud
1959
The Blue Room
1960
Betty
1960
Justice
1960
The Family Lie
1960
The Train
1961
Striptease
1961
Poisoned Relations
1961
The hatter's ghosts
1961
The Door
1962
The House on Quai Notre Dame
1962
The Others
1962
The Bells of Bicetre
1963
The Magician
1963
Inquest on Bouvet
1963
The Man With the Little Dog
1964
The Venice Train
1965
The Survivors
1965
Black Rain
1965
Ticket of Leave
1965
The Cat
1966
The Old Man Dies
1966
The Mouse
1966
Fate of the Malous
1966
The Little Saint
1967
The Brothers Rico
1967
The Reckoning
1967
The neighbours
1968
The Prison
1968
The Premier
1968
The confessional.
1968
The Patient
1968
The Witnesses
1968
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in
1969
Uncle Charles
1969
November
1970
The Rich Man
1970
Enigmas
1970
The Glass Cage
1971
The Innocents
1972
The Disappearance Of Odile
1972
The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Anaïs
1976
The Nightclub
1977
The White Horse Inn
1979
The Little Doctor
1981
The Outlaw
1987
The Murderer
2013
The Hand
2016
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