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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 "Pass/Fail" (2012) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Pass/Fail
2012
Plague Zone
2012
Rivals
2012
Positive
2015
The Last Astronaut
2019
Weaponized
2011
The Undead
2005
The World Is Dead
2009
The Living Dead 2
2010
Extreme Zombies
2012
Shifters
2013
The End is Now
2014
Seize the Night
2015
Nights of the Living Dead Anthology
2017
Fantastic Tales of Terror
2018
Whose Future Is It?
2018
Spirits Unwrapped
2019
Tales of the Lost, Volume 1
2019
Leaders of the Pack
2020
Voices in the Dark
2022
The 3rd Spectral Book of Horror Stories
2016
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