Standalone Books in Order

259

Books

1988

First Book

2025

Latest Book

38

Years

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: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Traitors

1988

2

The White Mists of Power

1991

3

The Gallery of His Dreams

1991

4

Afterimage

1992

5

Facade

1993

6

Heart Readers

1993

7

Alien Influences

1994

8

Sins of the Blood

1994

9

The Devil's Churn

1996

10

Hitler's Angel

1998

11

Aftershock (With: Kevin J. Anderson)

1998

12

The 10th Kingdom (As: Kathryn Wesley)

2000

13

Arabian Nights (As: Kathryn Wesley)

2000

14

The Monkey King (As: Kathryn Wesley)

2001

15

Salem Witch Trials (As: Kathryn Wesley)

2002

16

Swept Away (As: Kathryn Wesley)

2002

17

Fantasy Life

2003

18

The Spires of Denon

2010

19

Destiny

2010

20

Coolhunting

2010

21

The Death of Davy Moss

2011

22

Unknown Baby Girl

2011

23

Bleed Through

2013

24

Snipers

2013

25

The Tower

2013

26

The Enemy Within

2014

27

Snow Day

2017

28

The New Crop

2019

29

Fast Cars

1989

30

Phantom

1989

31

Harvest

1990

32

Precious Moments

1991

33

The Arrival of Truth

1993

34

Sinner-Saints

1993

35

The Boy Who Needed Heroes

1995

36

Controlling the Sword

1995

37

Second Fiddle

2001

38

The Last Vampire (As: Kristine Grayson)

2010

39

Name Calling (As: Kristine Grayson)

2010

40

Say Hello to My Little Friend

2010

41

Victims

2010

42

What Fluffy Knew

2010

43

What the Monster Saw

2010

44

The One That Got Away

2010

45

The Amazing Quizmo

2010

46

Details

2010

47

Flower Fairies

2010

48

Going Native

2010

49

Patriotic Gestures

2010

50

Pudgygate

2010

51

Stomping Mad

2010

52

Except The Music

2010

53

Elites

2010

54

Her Mother's Secrets

2010

55

Loop

2010

56

Nutball Season

2010

57

The Perfect Man

2010

58

Rehabilitation

2010

59

Stille Nacht

2010

60

Advisors at Naptime

2010

61

Boz

2010

62

Geeks Bearing Gifts (As: Kristine Grayson)

2010

63

Ghosts

2010

64

Doubting Thomas

2010

65

Hero Dust

2010

66

The Moorhead House

2010

67

Folk Lure

2010

68

The Poop Thief

2010

69

Cowboy Grace

2010

70

Discovery

2010

71

Paparazzi of Dreams

2010

72

Scrawny Pete

2010

73

The Secret Lives of Cats

2010

74

Broken Windchimes

2010

75

Domestic Magic

2010

76

Snow Angels

2010

77

The Strangeness of the Day

2010

78

Substitutions

2010

79

Cosmic Balances Inc. (As: Kristine Grayson)

2011

80

Corpse Vision

2011

81

Geek Romance (As: Kristine Grayson)

2011

82

Dark Corners

2011

83

Judgement

2011

84

Dragon Slayer

2011

85

Subtle Interpretations

2011

86

The Thrill of the Hunt

2011

87

Flowers and the Last Hurrah

2011

88

The Questing Mind

2011

89

Without End

2011

90

June Sixteenth at Anna’s

2011

91

Fifteen Minutes at Mercy General

2011

92

Jackie-O

2011

93

Kindred Souls

2011

94

Strays

2012

95

Christopher's Crummy Christmas

2012

96

The Last Christmas Letter

2012

97

Models

2012

98

Red Letter Day

2012

99

The Observer

2012

100

Songbirds

2012

101

Death on D Street

2012

102

Good Genes

2012

103

Star

2012

104

Burial Detail

2012

105

The Japanese Sword

2012

106

Physical Therapy

2012

107

Present

2012

108

Turbulence

2012

109

Valuables

2012

110

Remodeling

2012

111

Thorns

2012

112

Watching the Music Dance

2012

113

Worlds Enough...And Time

2012

114

The Beautiful, the Damned

2012

115

Canopy

2012

116

Dispatches from the Front: Number Sixty-One

2012

117

Crunchers, Inc.

2012

118

Elvis at the White House

2012

119

Homecoming

2012

120

Killer Advice

2012

121

Parking Space Vigilantes

2012

122

Something Blue

2012

123

Chameleon

2012

124

Dunyon

2012

125

Dread Unlocks

2012

126

The Hook

2012

127

Results

2012

128

Fate

2012

129

Updates

2012

130

Well-Chosen Words

2012

131

Mr. Alibi

2012

132

The End of the World

2012

133

The Front Porch

2012

134

Improvements

2012

135

Clay Feet

2012

136

Love and Justice

2012

137

Elegy for Piano and Three Voices

2012

138

The Taste of Miracles

2012

139

Renn and the Little Men

2012

140

Monuments to the Dead

2012

141

Scars

2012

142

Bring Me the Head of Anne Boleyn

2012

143

Spirit Guides

2012

144

E-Male

2012

145

Still Life, With Cats

2012

146

Craters

2013

147

The Flower Man

2013

148

A Helping Hand

2013

149

Hitchhiking Across an Ancient Sea

2013

150

The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long

2013

151

Sing

2013

152

The Destruction of a Goddess

2013

153

Moments

2013

154

Story Child

2013

155

After the Fall

2013

156

Flitting Away

2013

157

Heroics

2013

158

Shadows on the Moon

2013

159

Tribute

2013

160

The Best Defense

2013

161

Solo For Concert Grand

2013

162

Twenty Years Later, By Separation Peak

2013

163

Coin of the Realm

2013

164

Local Knowledge

2013

165

SeniorSource

2013

166

Waltzing On A Dancer’s Grave

2013

167

Blood Trail

2013

168

Killing Time

2013

169

Skin Deep

2013

170

Safety Tests

2013

171

Fumes

2013

172

ProtectVision

2013

173

Year of the Rat

2013

174

Heart Flesh

2013

175

Roger, at Sunset

2013

176

Trust

2013

177

By The Chimney, With Care

2013

178

Losing Dolly

2013

179

Bonding

2013

180

The Dead Line

2013

181

What People Leave Behind

2013

182

Three Wishes Before a Fire

2013

183

Murder, She Workshopped

2013

184

The Voodoo Project

2013

185

The Destroyer

2014

186

The Injustice Collector

2014

187

A Little Night Music

2014

188

Skating in Time

2014

189

The Hanging Judge

2014

190

Perennials

2014

191

Play Like a Girl

2014

192

Earth Day

2014

193

The Scottish Play

2014

194

Dancers Like Children

2014

195

Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog

2014

196

Game Testing

2014

197

Hollywood Ending

2014

198

The Young Shall See Visions and the Old Dream Dreams

2014

199

Common Sense

2014

200

Eating It Too

2014

201

One Small Step

2014

202

Rick the Robber Baron

2014

203

The Silence

2014

204

Trial

2014

205

When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone

2014

206

Alien Influences: The Short Story

2014

207

Living the Legend

2014

208

Rose in Dreamland

2014

209

Trains

2014

210

FoL

2014

211

Glass Walls

2014

212

September at Wall and Broad

2014

213

Asset Protection

2014

214

Northern Correspondent

2014

215

Notes from the Buffer Zone

2014

216

Chains

2014

217

Commute

2014

218

Harold Angel

2014

219

Heading West

2014

220

Live Performance

2014

221

My Real Cousin Ruby

2014

222

The Space Between Hope and Dreams

2014

223

Theme and Variations

2014

224

Hearts

2014

225

Uncertainty

2014

226

Children

2014

227

Inspiration

2014

228

Chimera

2014

229

Snapshots

2014

230

An Incursion of Mice

2015

231

Purity Test

2015

232

The Best and the Brightest

2015

233

Courting Rites

2015

234

Voyeuristic Tendencies

2015

235

War Cake

2015

236

Crossing the River Styx

2015

237

Fighting Bob

2015

238

Looking for Miriam

2015

239

Playing with Reality

2015

240

Spaceships in the Desert

2015

241

The Streets Where We Live

2015

242

The Midbury Lake Incident

2015

243

Children of the Night

2015

244

Rats

2015

245

Midnight Trains

2015

246

Embedded

2015

247

Echea

2015

248

After the Wedding

2016

249

Handfast

2016

250

The Last Surviving Gondola Widow

2016

251

Primitive Area

2016

252

Night of the Dancing Champions

2016

253

Meeting at the Rise and Shine

2020

254

The Demise of Snot Rocket

2021

255

Human Business

2022

256

The Thanksgiving After

2023

257

New Beginnings

2023

258

The Nameless Dead

2025

259

Weather Duty

2025

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Traitors (1988), 2. The White Mists of Power (1991), 3. The Gallery of His Dreams (1991), 4. Afterimage (1992), 5. Facade (1993), and 254 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Standalone series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch contains 259 books. The series began in 1988 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Standalone series is written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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