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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: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "The Grass Cutting Sword" (2006) and follow publication order through all 27 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Grass Cutting Sword
2006
The Labyrinth
2006
Yume No Hon
2006
Palimpsest
2009
Radiance
2015
The Past Is Red
2021
A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica
2008
Under in the Mere
2009
Silently and Very Fast
2011
Fade to White
2012
Speak Easy
2015
The Sin of America
2021
L'Espirit de L'Escalier
2021
Comfort Me With Apples
2021
The Difference Between Love and Time
2022
Oracles
2005
Apocrypha
2005
A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects
2008
This Is My Letter To The World
2010
Ventriloquism
2010
Myths of Origin
2011
Six-Gun Snow White
2013
The Melancholy of Mechagirl
2013
The Bread We Eat in Dreams
2013
Indistinguishable from Magic
2014
The Refrigerator Monologues
2017
The Future is Blue
2018
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