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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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