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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 "Mindbridge" (1976) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Mindbridge
1976
Tool of the Trade
1987
The Long Habit of Living / Buying Time
1989
The Hemingway Hoax
1990
The Coming
2000
Guardian
2002
Camouflage
2004
Old Twentieth
2005
The Accidental Time Machine
2007
Work Done for Hire
2014
Graves
1992
Four Short Novels
2003
All My Sins Remembered
1977
Infinite Dreams
1978
There Is No Darkness (With: Jack C. Haldeman II)
1983
Dealing in Futures
1985
Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds
1993
None So Blind
1994
Saul's Death and Other Poems
1997
A Separate War and Other Stories
2006
The Best of Joe Haldeman
2013
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