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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 "Empty Quarter" (1962) and follow publication order through all 48 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Empty Quarter
1962

The Black Camp
1963

The Sky Divers
1963

The Dirty War of Sergeant Slade
1966

Iron Men with Wooden Wings
1967

The Bastard's Name Is War
1968

The Good Guy
1968

Green Fields of Hell
1968

Mud War
1969

The Big Red Ball
1969

The Outsider
1969

Hannibal Brooks
1969

File on a Missing Redhead
1969

The Dragon's Spine
1969

Ashanti
1969

Before It's Too Late
1970

Behind the Scarlet Door
1971

The Amphora Pirates
1971

Zulu Warrior
1971

The Tipping Point
1971

Spurhead
1971

Cybernia
1972

The Blaster #1
1973

The Darklings (As:Julie Cameron)
1975

Devil in the Pines (As:Julie Cameron)
1975

Barca
1975

The Closing Circle
1975

North to Cheyenne
1975

The Spirit Horses
1976

Sky Riders
1976

Tancredi
1976

Dekker
1976

Guns of Durango
1976

Drop into Hell
1976

Code Seven
1977

How the West Was Won
1977

The Cascade Ghost
1978

The Big Lonely
1978

This Fever In My Blood (As:Mary Louise Manning)
1980

The Subway Stalker
1980

Last Chronicles of Ballyfungus (As:Mary Louise Manning)
1980

The Hot Car
1981

Grass of Goodnight
1987

The Buntline Special
1988

Crooked Lance
1989

Yellow Iron
1990

Eagle Chief
1990

First Blood
1992
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