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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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