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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 White Peacock" (1911) and follow publication order through all 95 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The White Peacock
1911
The Trespasser
1912
Sons and Lovers
1913
The Lost Girl
1920
Aaron's Rod
1922
Kangaroo
1923
The Boy in the Bush
1924
The Plumed Serpent
1926
John Thomas and Lady Jane
1927
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1928
Paul Morel
2003
Odour of Chrysanthemums
1911
You Touched Me
1920
The Ladybird
1923
The Fox
1923
The Captain's Doll
1923
St. Mawr
1925
The Man Who Died aka The Escaped Cock
1929
The Virgin and the Gipsy
1930
We Need One Another
1974
Mr. Noon
1984
Adolf
2014
The Love Poems of D.H. Lawrence
1913
The Prussian Officer
1914
The Prussian Officer and Other Stories
1914
England, My England
1915
1919
Three Novellas
1921
England, My England and Other Stories
1922
Birds, Beasts, and the Third Thing
1923
The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories
1928
The Woman Who Rode Away
1928
St. Mawr/The Man Who Died
1929
Pansies
1929
The Virgin and the Gipsy & Other Stories
1930
'Love Among the Haystacks' and Other Stories
1930
Last Poems
1932
A Modern Lover and Other Stories
1934
Short Stories
1942
The Lovely Lady
1946
The Portable D.H. Lawrence
1947
Selected Poems
1950
Collected Stories
1955
The Short Novels
1956
The Works of D.H. Lawrence
1960
Complete Short Stories, Vol 1
1961
Complete Short Stories, Vol 2
1961
The Complete Short Stories, Vol 3
1961
The Complete Poems
1964
The Complete Plays
1966
Phoenix II
1968
D. H. Lawrence
1968
The Princess and Other Stories
1971
The Fox, &, The Virgin And The Gipsy
1971
Selected Tales
1971
Mortal Coil And Other Stories
1971
Selected Stories by D.H. Lawrence
1971
The Tales of D. H. Lawrence
1971
Reminiscences Of D. H. Lawrence
1971
Selected Stories
1971
Selected Short Stories
1971
Phoenix 1
1972
D. H. Lawrence's Stories, Essays And Poems
1974
The Selected Works
1976
Selection
1981
Three Plays
1982
St Mawr and Other Stories
1983
Selected Novels and Stories
1984
The Complete Short Novels
1986
The Complete Works
1987
The Widowing Of Mrs Holroyd; &, The Daughter In Law
1988
The Widowing Of Mrs. Holroyd And Other Plays
1988
Selected Poetry and Non-Fictional Prose
1991
The Early Philosophical Works
1992
The Best Short Stories of D.H. Lawrence
1994
Jimmy and the Desperate Woman" and Other Stories
1996
Snake and Other Poems
1999
Ten D.H. Lawrence Short Stories
1999
Birds, Beasts and Flowers
1999
The Fox And Other Stories
2001
Full Score
2002
Collected Poems
2004
Love Among the Haystacks
2004
Phoenix; The Posthumous Papers Of D. H. Lawrence
2007
The Complete Short Stories
2007
New Poems
2008
Look! We Have Come Through!
2008
Touch and Go and Other Stories
2008
D H Lawrence. Complete Plays
2009
The Vicar's Garden and Other Stories
2009
Second Best
2014
D.H. Lawrence - A Mortal Coil & Other Stories
2014
The Plays
2015
Collected Short Stories
2017
The Rocking Horse Winner & Other Stories
2018
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