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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 "Two Valleys" (1933) and follow publication order through all 50 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Two Valleys
1933
Strange Yesterday
1933
Place in the City
1937
Conceived in Liberty
1939
The Last Frontier
1941
Haym Salomon, Son of Liberty
1941
Lord Baden-Powell of the Boy Scouts
1941
The Romance of a People
1941
Goethals and the Panama Canal
1942
The Tall Hunter
1942
The Unvanquished
1942
Citizen Tom Paine
1943
Freedom Road
1944
The American
1946
The Children
1947
Clarkton
1947
My Glorious Brothers
1948
The Proud and the Free
1950
Spartacus
1951
Fallen Angel / Mirage (As: Walter Ericson)
1952
The Magic Door / Tony and the Wonderful Door
1952
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
1953
Silas Timberman
1954
The Story of Lola Gregg
1956
Moses, Prince of Egypt
1958
The Winston Affair
1959
Sylvia (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1960
April Morning
1961
Phyllis (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1962
Power
1962
Alice (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1963
Agrippa's Daughter
1964
Shirley (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1964
Torquemada
1966
Helen (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1966
Sally (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1967
The Assassin Who Gave Up His Gun (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1969
Millie (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1973
1982
The Outsider
1984
The Wabash Factor (As:E.V. Cunningham)
1986
The Dinner Party
1987
The Pledge
1988
The Confession of Joe Cullen
1989
The Trial of Abigail Goodman
1993
The Bridge Builder's Story
1995
The Hessian
1996
Redemption
1999
Greenwich
2000
The Hollywood Blacklist
2002
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