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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 Mile-Long Spaceship" (1963) and follow publication order through all 48 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Mile-Long Spaceship
1963
More Bitter Than Death
1963
The Clone (With: Theodore L. Thomas)
1965
Andover and the Android
1966
The Nevermore Affair
1966
The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing
1967
Let the Fire Fall
1969
Margaret and I
1971
City of Cain
1974
The Infinity Box
1975
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
1975
The Clewiston Test
1976
Fault Lines
1977
Juniper Time
1979
A Sense of Shadow
1981
The Winter Beach
1981
Oh, Susannah!
1982
Welcome, Chaos
1983
Huysman's Pets
1985
Crazy Time
1988
Cambio Bay
1990
Justice for Some
1993
The Good Children
1998
The Deepest Water
2000
Skeletons
2002
The Price of Silence
2005
Death of an Artist
2012
The Fullness of Time
2012
The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky
1986
Forever Yours, Anna (in Omni)
1987
Naming the Flowers
1992
I Know What You’re Thinking (in Asimov's)
1994
Moongate
2000
In Between
2014
The House Share
2022
Downstairs Room, The
1970
Abyss
1973
Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions
1978
Better Than One (With: Damon Knight)
1980
Listen, Listen
1981
Children of the Wind
1989
And the Angels Sing
1992
Fear is a Cold Black
2010
The Bird Cage
2012
Music Makers
2012
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One
2015
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two
2015
Yesterday's Tomorrows
2015
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