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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 "Indoctrinaire" (1970) and follow publication order through all 29 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Indoctrinaire
1970
Fugue for a Darkening Island
1972
The Inverted World
1974
The Space Machine
1976
A Dream of Wessex
1977
The Perfect Lover
1977
The Affirmation
1981
The Glamour
1984
Short Circuit
1986
Mona Lisa
1986
The Quiet Woman
1990
The Prestige
1995
The Extremes
1998
eXistenZ
1999
The Separation
2002
The Islanders
2011
The Adjacent
2013
The Gradual
2016
An American Story
2018
Episodes
2019
The Evidence
2020
Expect Me Tomorrow
2022
Airside
2023
The Negation
1978
Real-Time World
1974
An Infinite Summer
1979
The Dream Archipelago
1999
Ersatz Wines
2008
Real-Time World +2
2012
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