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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 "Debutante Hill" (1957) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Debutante Hill
1957
Love Song for Joyce
1958
A Promise for Joyce
1959
The Middle Sister
1960
A Gift of Magic
1960
Game of Danger
1962
Season of the Two-Heart
1964
Ransom
1966
Five Were Missing
1966
Point of Violence
1966
They Never Came Home
1968
Peggy
1970
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1973
When the Bough Breaks
1973
Down a Dark Hall
1974
Summer of Fear
1976
Killing Mr. Griffin
1978
Daughters of Eve
1979
Stranger With My Face
1981
The Third Eye / The Eyes of Karen Connors
1984
Locked in Time
1985
The Twisted Window
1987
Don't Look Behind You
1989
Gallows Hill
1997
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
Third Eye
2012
From Spring to Spring: Poems and Photographs
1982
The Terrible Tales of Happy Days School
1983
Songs from Dreamland
1989
Night Terrors
1996
Trapped
1998
Seasons of the Heart
2007
Written in the Stars
2014
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