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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 Night Mayor" (1989) and follow publication order through all 35 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Night Mayor
1989
Bad Dreams
1991
Jago
1991
The Quorum
1994
Back in the USSA
1997
Andy Warhol's Dracula
1999
Life's Lottery
1999
Seven Stars
2000
The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
2011
Cat People
2013
An English Ghost Story
2014
Quatermass and the Pit
2014
Angels of Music
2016
Something More Than Night
2021
A Christmas Ghost Story
2024
The Original Dr. Shade
1990
Out of the Night, When the Full Moon Is Bright...
1994
Citizen Ed (With: Eugene Byrne)
1996
Coppola\'s Dracula
1997
Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue
1999
Is There Anybody There?
2000
Soho Golem
2004
Clubland Heroes
2006
Cold Snap
2007
Prisoners of the Action (With: Paul J. McAuley)
2012
Guignol
2015
The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train
2017
The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories
1994
Famous Monsters
1995
Binary 2
1998
Unforgivable Stories
2000
Where The Bodies Are Buried
2000
Dead Travel Fast
2005
The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club
2007
Mysteries of the Diogenes Club
2010
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