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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 "Safe as the grave" (1979) and follow publication order through all 58 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Safe as the grave
1979
Rear-View Mirror
1980
The Paper Caper
1981
An April Love Story
1981
He Loves Me Not
1982
The Personal Touch
1982
Sand Trap
1983
Nancy & Nick
1983
Holly in Love
1983
Sun, Sea, and Boys
1984
Nice Girls Don't
1984
I'm Not Your Other Half
1985
Don't Blame the Music
1986
The Rah Rah Girl
1987
Among Friends
1987
New Year's Eve
1988
The Girl Who Invented Romance
1988
Camp Girl-Meets-Boy
1988
Family Reunion
1989
Summer Love
1990
Twenty Pageants Later
1991
The Party's Over
1991
Camp Reunion
1991
Freeze Tag
1992
The Perfume
1992
Flight #116 Is Down!
1992
Forbidden
1993
Emergency Room
1994
Driver's Ed
1994
Unforgettable
1994
Night School
1995
Flash Fire
1995
Operation
1996
Wanted!
1997
The Terrorist
1997
What Child Is This?
1997
Hush Little Baby
1998
Mummy
1999
Burning Up
1999
Tune in Anytime
1999
Mercy / The Ransom of Mercy Carter
2000
Fatality
2001
Goddess of Yesterday
2002
On the Seas to Troy
2004
Code Orange
2005
Hit the Road
2006
A Friend at Midnight
2006
Enter Three Witches
2007
Diamonds in the Shadow
2007
A Night to Remember
2009
If the Witness Lied
2009
Three Black Swans
2010
They Never Came Back
2010
The Lost Songs
2011
No Such Person
2015
Before She Was Helen
2020
The Grandmother Plot
2021
The Wrong Good Deed
2023
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