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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 Comforters" (1957) and follow publication order through all 39 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Comforters
1957
Memento Mori
1958
Robinson
1958
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
1960
The Bachelors
1960
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1961
The Girls of Slender Means
1963
The Mandelbaum Gate
1965
The Public Image
1968
Very Fine Clock
1969
The Driver's Seat
1970
Not to Disturb
1971
The Hothouse by the East River
1973
The Abbess of Crewe
1974
The Takeover
1976
Territorial Rights
1979
Loitering with Intent
1981
The Only Problem
1984
A Far Cry from Kensington
1988
Symposium
1990
Reality and Dreams
1996
The Quest for Lavishes Ghast
1998
Aiding and Abetting
2000
The Finishing School
2004
Doctors of Philosophy
1963
All the Stories of Muriel Spark
1958
The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories
1958
All the Poems of Muriel Spark
1967
Collected Stories 1
1968
Bang-bang You're Dead and Other Stories
1981
Going Up To Sotheby's and Other Poems
1982
The Stories of Muriel Spark
1985
The Collected Stories of Muriel Spark
1994
The Portobello Road and Other Stories
1995
The Complete Short Stories
2001
Selected Stories
2001
The Young Man Who Discovered the Secret of Life & Other Stories
2001
The Ghost Stories of Muriel Spark
2003
Complete Poems
2015
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