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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 "Air Disaster" (1937) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Air Disaster
1937
The Doppelganger
1937
Sabotage Broadcast
1938
All Roads Lead to Friday
1939
The Trojan Horse
1940
Wreckers Must Breathe / Trapped
1940
Attack Alarm
1941
Dead and Alive
1946
The Killer Mine
1947
The Lonely Skier / Fire in the Snow
1947
The Blue Ice
1948
Maddon's Rock / Gale Warning
1948
The White South / The Survivors
1949
The Angry Mountain
1950
Cocos Gold (As: Ralph Hammond)
1950
Air Bridge
1951
Campbell's Kingdom
1952
Black Gold on the Double Diamond (As: Ralph Hammond)
1953
The Strange Land / The Naked Land
1954
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1956
The Land God Gave to Cain
1958
The Doomed Oasis
1960
Atlantic Fury
1962
The Strode Venturer
1965
Levkas Man
1971
Golden Soak
1973
North Star
1974
The Big Footprints
1977
The Last Voyage
1978
Solomons Seal
1980
The Black Tide
1982
High Stand
1985
Medusa
1988
Isvik
1991
Target Antarctica
1993
The Delta Connection
1996
The Lonely Skier
2016
Selected Works
1978
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