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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 "A Trace of Memory" (1962) and follow publication order through all 49 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
A Trace of Memory
1962
Plague of Demons
1964
The Great Time Machine Hoax / A Hoax in Time
1964
The Monitors
1966
Catastrophe Planet
1966
Earthblood
1966
Galactic Odyssey
1967
The Long Twilight
1969
The Day Before Forever
1969
The House in November
1970
Dinosaur Beach
1971
The Infinite Cage
1972
Night of Delusions
1972
Glory Game
1973
Fat Chance / Deadfall
1975
The Star Treasure
1976
Night of Decisions
1977
The Ultimax Man
1978
Star Colony
1981
The Breaking Earth
1981
End as a Hero
1985
Judson's Eden
1991
Cocoon
1962
It Could Be Anything
1963
Doorstep
1967
The Walls
1967
The Night of the Trolls
2018
The Long-Remembered Thunder
2019
A BAD DAY FOR VERMIN
2019
Greylorn
1951
A Plague of Demons & Other Stories
1965
Nine By Laumer
1967
Planet Run
1967
Once There Was A Giant
1968
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy
1968
Knight of Delusions
1972
The Big Show & Other Tales
1972
Timetracks
1972
The Undefeated
1974
Chrestomathy
1984
Alien Minds
1991
Odyssey (With: Eric Flint)
2002
Future Imperfect
2003
Legions of Space
2004
Earthblood and Other Stories
2008
The Long Twilight and Other Stories
2008
Beyond the Moons of Neptune
2010
Gambler's World
2013
The Best of Keith Laumer: Volume 1
2021
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