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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 "Traitors" (1988) and follow publication order through all 259 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Traitors
1988
The White Mists of Power
1991
The Gallery of His Dreams
1991
Afterimage
1992
Facade
1993
Heart Readers
1993
Alien Influences
1994
Sins of the Blood
1994
The Devil's Churn
1996
Hitler's Angel
1998
Aftershock (With: Kevin J. Anderson)
1998
The 10th Kingdom (As: Kathryn Wesley)
2000
Arabian Nights (As: Kathryn Wesley)
2000
The Monkey King (As: Kathryn Wesley)
2001
Salem Witch Trials (As: Kathryn Wesley)
2002
Swept Away (As: Kathryn Wesley)
2002
Fantasy Life
2003
The Spires of Denon
2010
Destiny
2010
Coolhunting
2010
The Death of Davy Moss
2011
Unknown Baby Girl
2011
Bleed Through
2013
Snipers
2013
The Tower
2013
The Enemy Within
2014
Snow Day
2017
The New Crop
2019
Fast Cars
1989
Phantom
1989
Harvest
1990
Precious Moments
1991
The Arrival of Truth
1993
Sinner-Saints
1993
The Boy Who Needed Heroes
1995
Controlling the Sword
1995
Second Fiddle
2001
The Last Vampire (As: Kristine Grayson)
2010
Name Calling (As: Kristine Grayson)
2010
Say Hello to My Little Friend
2010
Victims
2010
What Fluffy Knew
2010
What the Monster Saw
2010
The One That Got Away
2010
The Amazing Quizmo
2010
Details
2010
Flower Fairies
2010
Going Native
2010
Patriotic Gestures
2010
Pudgygate
2010
Stomping Mad
2010
Except The Music
2010
Elites
2010
Her Mother's Secrets
2010
Loop
2010
Nutball Season
2010
The Perfect Man
2010
Rehabilitation
2010
Stille Nacht
2010
Advisors at Naptime
2010
2010
Geeks Bearing Gifts (As: Kristine Grayson)
2010
Ghosts
2010
Doubting Thomas
2010
Hero Dust
2010
The Moorhead House
2010
Folk Lure
2010
The Poop Thief
2010
Cowboy Grace
2010
Discovery
2010
Paparazzi of Dreams
2010
Scrawny Pete
2010
The Secret Lives of Cats
2010
Broken Windchimes
2010
Domestic Magic
2010
Snow Angels
2010
The Strangeness of the Day
2010
Substitutions
2010
Cosmic Balances Inc. (As: Kristine Grayson)
2011
Corpse Vision
2011
Geek Romance (As: Kristine Grayson)
2011
Dark Corners
2011
Judgement
2011
Dragon Slayer
2011
Subtle Interpretations
2011
The Thrill of the Hunt
2011
Flowers and the Last Hurrah
2011
The Questing Mind
2011
Without End
2011
June Sixteenth at Anna’s
2011
Fifteen Minutes at Mercy General
2011
Jackie-O
2011
Kindred Souls
2011
Strays
2012
Christopher's Crummy Christmas
2012
The Last Christmas Letter
2012
Models
2012
Red Letter Day
2012
The Observer
2012
Songbirds
2012
Death on D Street
2012
Good Genes
2012
Star
2012
Burial Detail
2012
The Japanese Sword
2012
Physical Therapy
2012
Present
2012
Turbulence
2012
Valuables
2012
Remodeling
2012
Thorns
2012
Watching the Music Dance
2012
Worlds Enough...And Time
2012
The Beautiful, the Damned
2012
Canopy
2012
Dispatches from the Front: Number Sixty-One
2012
Crunchers, Inc.
2012
Elvis at the White House
2012
Homecoming
2012
Killer Advice
2012
Parking Space Vigilantes
2012
Something Blue
2012
Chameleon
2012
Dunyon
2012
Dread Unlocks
2012
The Hook
2012
Results
2012
Fate
2012
Updates
2012
Well-Chosen Words
2012
Mr. Alibi
2012
The End of the World
2012
The Front Porch
2012
Improvements
2012
Clay Feet
2012
Love and Justice
2012
Elegy for Piano and Three Voices
2012
The Taste of Miracles
2012
Renn and the Little Men
2012
Monuments to the Dead
2012
Scars
2012
Bring Me the Head of Anne Boleyn
2012
Spirit Guides
2012
E-Male
2012
Still Life, With Cats
2012
Craters
2013
The Flower Man
2013
A Helping Hand
2013
Hitchhiking Across an Ancient Sea
2013
The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long
2013
Sing
2013
The Destruction of a Goddess
2013
Moments
2013
Story Child
2013
After the Fall
2013
Flitting Away
2013
Heroics
2013
Shadows on the Moon
2013
Tribute
2013
The Best Defense
2013
Solo For Concert Grand
2013
Twenty Years Later, By Separation Peak
2013
Coin of the Realm
2013
Local Knowledge
2013
SeniorSource
2013
Waltzing On A Dancer’s Grave
2013
Blood Trail
2013
Killing Time
2013
Skin Deep
2013
Safety Tests
2013
Fumes
2013
ProtectVision
2013
Year of the Rat
2013
Heart Flesh
2013
Roger, at Sunset
2013
Trust
2013
By The Chimney, With Care
2013
Losing Dolly
2013
Bonding
2013
The Dead Line
2013
What People Leave Behind
2013
Three Wishes Before a Fire
2013
Murder, She Workshopped
2013
The Voodoo Project
2013
The Destroyer
2014
The Injustice Collector
2014
A Little Night Music
2014
Skating in Time
2014
The Hanging Judge
2014
Perennials
2014
Play Like a Girl
2014
Earth Day
2014
The Scottish Play
2014
Dancers Like Children
2014
Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog
2014
Game Testing
2014
Hollywood Ending
2014
The Young Shall See Visions and the Old Dream Dreams
2014
Common Sense
2014
Eating It Too
2014
One Small Step
2014
Rick the Robber Baron
2014
The Silence
2014
Trial
2014
When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone
2014
Alien Influences: The Short Story
2014
Living the Legend
2014
Rose in Dreamland
2014
Trains
2014
2014
Glass Walls
2014
September at Wall and Broad
2014
Asset Protection
2014
Northern Correspondent
2014
Notes from the Buffer Zone
2014
Chains
2014
Commute
2014
Harold Angel
2014
Heading West
2014
Live Performance
2014
My Real Cousin Ruby
2014
The Space Between Hope and Dreams
2014
Theme and Variations
2014
Hearts
2014
Uncertainty
2014
Children
2014
Inspiration
2014
Chimera
2014
Snapshots
2014
An Incursion of Mice
2015
Purity Test
2015
The Best and the Brightest
2015
Courting Rites
2015
Voyeuristic Tendencies
2015
War Cake
2015
Crossing the River Styx
2015
Fighting Bob
2015
Looking for Miriam
2015
Playing with Reality
2015
Spaceships in the Desert
2015
The Streets Where We Live
2015
The Midbury Lake Incident
2015
Children of the Night
2015
Rats
2015
Midnight Trains
2015
Embedded
2015
Echea
2015
After the Wedding
2016
Handfast
2016
The Last Surviving Gondola Widow
2016
Primitive Area
2016
Night of the Dancing Champions
2016
Meeting at the Rise and Shine
2020
The Demise of Snot Rocket
2021
Human Business
2022
The Thanksgiving After
2023
New Beginnings
2023
The Nameless Dead
2025
Weather Duty
2025
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