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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 Touchstone" (1900) and follow publication order through all 102 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Touchstone
1900
Crucial Instances
1901
The Valley of Decision
1902
Sanctuary
1903
The House of Mirth
1905
The Fruit of the Tree
1907
Madame de Treymes
1907
Ethan Frome
1911
The Reef
1912
The Custom of the Country
1913
Summer
1917
The Marne
1918
The Age of Innocence
1920
The Glimpses Of The Moon
1922
A Son at the Front
1923
The Mother's Recompense
1925
Twilight Sleep
1927
The Children
1928
Hudson River Bracketed
1929
Certain People
1930
The Gods Arrive
1932
Human Nature
1933
The Buccaneers
1938
The Long Run
2015
Souls Belated
1899
The Lady's Maid's Bell
1902
The Quicksand
1902
The Other Two
1904
The Mission of Jane
1904
The Bolted Door
1909
Afterward
1910
The Eyes
1910
Bunner Sisters
1916
Kerfol
1916
A Bottle of Perrier
1926
A Venetian Night's Entertainment
2000
The Reckoning
2000
The Last Asset
2004
The Rembrandt
2004
In Trust
2004
The Recovery
2004
The Introducers
2004
The Seed of the Faith
2004
The Best Man
2004
The Refugees
2004
Fast And Loose
2006
The Triumph of Night, and Xingu
2008
Mr. Jones
2008
The Angel at the Grave
2014
The Duchess at Prayer
2014
The Confessional
2014
The Duchess at Prayer and Other Stories
1900
The Descent of Man, and Other Stories
1903
The Daunt Diana and Other Stories
1909
Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses
1909
Tales of Men and Ghosts
1910
Collected Stories, 1891-1910
1910
Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction
1911
The Muse's Tragedy and Other Stories
1914
Xingu
1916
Madame de Treymes and Three Novellas
1916
Xingu and Other Stories
1916
The Book of the Homeless
1916
Here and Beyond
1926
The Triumph of Night and Other Tales
1927
Roman Fever and Other Stories
1934
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
1934
Novellas and Other Writings
1934
The Reckoning And Other Stories
1934
The Ghost-Feeler
1935
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
1937
The Collected Stories
1937
Collected Stories, 1911-1937
1937
Eternal Passion In English Poetry
1939
The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton
1958
Stories of Edith Wharton, Volume 2
1993
The Stories of Edith Wharton, Volume 1
1993
Ethan Frome and Selected Stories
2004
The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories
2004
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton - Part 2
2006
The Pelican and Other Stories
2008
The Dilettante and Other Stories
2008
His Father's Son and Other Stories
2008
The Last Asset and Other Stories
2008
Mrs. Manstey's View and Other Stories
2008
Coming Home And Other Stories
2008
The Blond Beast and Other Stories
2008
The Mission of Jane and Other Stories
2008
Margaret of Cortona and Other Stories
2008
The Greater Inclination
2008
Edith Wharton: The Complete Collection
2011
Ghosts: Edith Wharton's Gothic Tales
2011
The World Over
2012
The Descent of Man
2013
Artemis to Actaeon
2013
Short Works of Edith Wharton
2015
The Short Stories Of Edith Wharton
2015
Roman Fever
2016
Verses
2017
Selected Poems of Edith Wharton
2019
Ghosts: Stories
2021
Ghost Stories and Gothic Tales (With: Arthur C Rauscher)
2024
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