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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 "King Midas / Springtime and Harvest" (1901) and follow publication order through all 43 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
King Midas / Springtime and Harvest
1901
Prince Hagen
1903
Manassas / Theirs Be The Guilt
1904
The Jungle
1906
A Captain Of Industry
1906
The Condemned Meat Industry
1906
Markets and Misery
1907
The Metropolis
1908
The Moneychangers
1908
Love's Pilgrimage
1911
Damaged Goods
1913
Sylvia
1913
Sylvia's Marriage
1914
King Coal
1917
The Journal of Arthur Stirling
1919
The Overman
1919
Samuel the Seeker
1919
The Spy
1921
The Book of Life
1922
They Call Me Carpenter
1922
The Millennium
1924
Oil!
1926
Mountain City
1930
Roman Holiday
1931
Jimmie Higgins
1933
The Lie Factory Starts
1934
Depression Island,
1935
Co-op
1936
The Gnomobile
1936
William Fox
1936
Our Lady
1937
Little Steel
1946
Mellem To Verdener
1947
Limbo on the Loose
1948
Another Pamela
1950
Enemy in the Mouth
1954
What Didymus Did
1954
The Cup of Fury
1956
Affectionately Eve
1961
Boston
1965
The Flivver King
1971
The Coal War
1976
The Pot Boiler
2003
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