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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 "Lest Darkness Fall" (1941) and follow publication order through all 18 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Lest Darkness Fall
1941
Land of Unreason (With: Fletcher Pratt)
1942
The Carnelian Cube (With: Fletcher Pratt)
1948
Genus Homo (With: P. Schuyler Miller)
1950
The Undesired Princess
1951
The Tritonian Ring
1953
Solomon's Stone
1957
An Elephant for Aristotle
1958
The Glory That Was
1960
The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate
1961
The Bronze God of Rhodes
1963
The Arrows of Hercules
1965
The Golden Wind
1969
The Great Fetish
1978
The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny (With: David Drake)
1990
Lest Darkness Fall. Illustrated
2025
The Thing in the Crypt (With: Lin Carter)
1967
The Fallible Fiend
1972
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