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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 "Emma Tupper's Diary" (1971) and follow publication order through all 44 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Emma Tupper's Diary
1971

The Iron Lion
1972

The Dancing Bear
1972

Mandog
1972

The Gift
1973

The Poison Oracle
1974

The Lively Dead
1975

The Blue Hawk
1976

Walking Dead
1977

Annerton Pit
1977

Hepzibah
1978

The Flight of Dragons
1979

A Summer in the Twenties
1981

The Seventh Raven
1981

The Last House-Party
1982

Hindsight
1983

Healer
1983

Death of a Unicorn
1984

Giant Cold
1984

A Box of Nothing
1985

Tefuga
1986

Mole Hole
1987

1988

Merlin Dreams
1988

Perfect Gallows
1988

1990

Play Dead
1991

Time and the Clock Mice, Etcetera
1993

A Bone From a Dry Sea
1993

The Yellow Room Conspiracy
1994

Shadow of a Hero
1994

Chuck and Danielle
1996

Touch and Go
1999

Some Deaths Before Dying
1999

The Tears of the Salamander
2003

Inside Grandad / The Gift Boat
2004

In the Palace of the Khans
2012

The Green Gene
2015
Flight
1987

Chance, Luck & Destiny
1975

City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament
1980

The Lion Tamer's Daughter: And Other Stories
1997

The Weir
2007

A Closer Look At Me
2019
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