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Standalone Books in Order

21
Books
2012
First Book
2016
Latest Book
5
Years

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 "Pass/Fail" (2012) and follow publication order through all 21 books.

The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.

Publication Order

1
Pass/Fail cover

Pass/Fail

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2012

2
Plague Zone cover

Plague Zone

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2012

3
Rivals cover

Rivals

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2012

4
Positive cover

Positive

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2015

5
The Last Astronaut cover

The Last Astronaut

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2019

6
Weaponized cover

Weaponized

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2011

7
The Undead cover

The Undead

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2005

8
The World Is Dead cover

The World Is Dead

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2009

9
The Living Dead 2 cover

The Living Dead 2

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2010

10
Extreme Zombies cover

Extreme Zombies

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2012

11
Shifters cover

Shifters

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2013

12
The End is Now cover

The End is Now

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2014

13
Seize the Night cover

Seize the Night

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2015

14
Nights of the Living Dead Anthology cover

Nights of the Living Dead Anthology

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2017

15
Fantastic Tales of Terror cover

Fantastic Tales of Terror

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2018

16
Whose Future Is It? cover

Whose Future Is It?

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2018

17
Spirits Unwrapped cover

Spirits Unwrapped

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2019

18
Tales of the Lost, Volume 1 cover

Tales of the Lost, Volume 1

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2019

19
Leaders of the Pack cover

Leaders of the Pack

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2020

20
Voices in the Dark cover

Voices in the Dark

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2022

21
The 3rd Spectral Book of Horror Stories cover

The 3rd Spectral Book of Horror Stories

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2016

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