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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 "Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk" (1976) and follow publication order through all 53 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Red Highway / The Oklahoma Punk
1976
The Hider
1980
Aces and Eights
1981
The Wolfer
1983
Mister St. John
1983
This Old Bill
1984
Gun Man
1985
Bloody Season
1987
Peeper
1989
Sudden Country
1991
Billy Gashade
1997
Journey of the Dead
1998
The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association
1999
The Master Executioner
2001
Black Powder, White Smoke
2002
The Undertaker's Wife
2005
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion
2006
Gas City
2008
The Branch and the Scaffold
2009
Roy & Lillie: A Love Story
2010
The Confessions of Al Capone
2013
Ragtime Cowboys
2014
The Long High Noon
2015
Nearly Nero
2017
The Ballad of Black Bart
2017
The Eagle and the Viper
2021
Dead Soldier
1982
Greektown
1983
Eight Mile and Dequindre
1985
I’m in the Book
1986
Bodyguards Shoot Second
1987
The Man Who Loved Noir
1991
Cigarette Stop
1991
Safe House
1992
The Crooked Way
1993
Slipstream
1994
The Alchemist
1999
Lady on Ice
2003
Square One
2006
Trust Me
2007
Kill the Cat
2007
The Bandit
2012
Sob Sister
2015
The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman
1989
Valentino: Film Detective
2011
The Bandit & Others
2012
Evil Grows & Other Thrilling Tales
2012
The Perils of Sherlock Holmes
2012
Sons of Moriarty and More Stories of Sherlock Holmes
2013
The Adventure of the Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes
2014
Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places
2016
Contention and Other Frontier Stories
2019
Legend (With: Johnny D. Boggs)
2019
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