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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 "Terminal" (2004) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Terminal
2004
The Hollow
2006
Ghoul
2007
Dead Sea
2007
Kill Whitey
2008
Castaways
2009
Urban Gothic
2009
Shades (With: Geoff Cooper)
2011
The Damned Highway (With: Nick Mamatas)
2011
Entombed
2011
An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley
2012
The Complex
2015
Pressure
2016
School's Out
2016
White Fire
2018
Suburban Gothic (With: Bryan Smith)
2021
Thor: Metal Gods (With: Yoon Ha Lee,Jay Edidin,Aaron Stewart-Ahn)
2024
Island of the Dead
2024
The Rise and Fall of Babylon
2003
Halves
2009
Darkness on the Edge of Town
2010
The Cage
2010
Scratch
2010
Jack's Magic Beans
2011
Take The Long Way Home
2011
Tequila's Sunrise
2011
Alone
2012
Sundancing
2012
The Girl on the Glider
2013
With Teeth
2021
No Rest for the Wicked
2001
Talking Smack
2002
No Rest At All
2003
Fear of Gravity
2004
A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories
2008
Unhappy Endings
2009
Intermusings (With: John Lee)
2012
Blood on the Page
2013
Where We Live and Die
2015
All Dark, All The Time
2016
Love Letters From A Nihilist
2019
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