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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 "Under the Roofs of Paris" (1941) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Under the Roofs of Paris
1941
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
1945
Quiet Days in Clichy
1956
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
1957
Crazy Cock
1991
Moloch
1993
Paris 1928
2012
The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder
1948
Nights of Love and Laughter
1955
A Devil in Paradise
1956
Insomnia, or the Devil at Large
1974
The Cosmological Eye
1939
The Wisdom of the Heart
1941
Sunday After The War
1944
Patchen: Man of Anger and Light
1946
Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
1959
The Best of Henry Miller
1964
The Henry Miller Reader
1969
Sextet: Six Essays
1977
Gliding Into The Everglades, And Other Essays
1989
Nothing But the Marvelous: Wisdoms of Henry Miller (With: Blair Fielding)
1991
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