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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 "The Gentleman from Indiana" (1899) and follow publication order through all 40 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Gentleman from Indiana
1899
Monsieur Beaucaire
1900
Old Gray Eagle
1901
The Two Vanrevels
1902
Cherry
1903
The Flirt
1913
Seventeen
1916
The Rich Man's War
1917
Beasley's Christmas Party
1919
The Beautiful Lady
1919
Beauty and the Jacobin
1919
The Conquest of Canaan
1919
The Gibson Upright
1919
The Guest of Quesnay
1919
His Own People
1919
Neither Dead nor Sleeping
1920
Alice Adams
1921
Gentle Julia
1922
Women
1925
About Fred C. Kelly, author of Kellygrams
1926
The Plutocrat
1927
Claire Ambler
1928
Young Mrs. Greeley
1929
Ramsey Milholland
1929
Mary's Neck
1932
Wanton Mally
1932
Presenting Lily Mars
1933
Little Orvie
1934
The Fighting Littles
1941
To the Girls and Boys of Indianapolis
1942
Lady Hamilton and Her Nelson
1945
The Showpiece
1947
Image of Josephine
1948
Mrs. Protheroe
2004
Harlequin and Columbine
1918
The Works of Booth Tarkington ...
1922
The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories
1923
Strack selections from Booth Tarkington's stories,
1926
Mr. White, The red barn, Hell, and Bridewater,
1935
Stories
1984
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