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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 "Pulse" (1989) and follow publication order through all 26 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Pulse
1989

The Big Chip
1990

The Seventh Sleeper
1991

Hunger (As:William Dantz)
1992

Brothers and Sinners
1993

Nine Levels Down (As:William Dantz)
1995

The Fire Pony
1996

Abduction (With: Lynn Harnett)
1998

Rem World
2000

Dark Matter
2000

The Last Book in the Universe
2000

Coffins
2002

The Young Man And The Sea
2004

Lobster Boy
2008

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
2009

Listening To Kids In America
2011

Zane and the Hurricane
2014

Shooting Star
2015

The Big Dark
2016

The Courtship of Lily Mullins
2016

Who Killed Darius Drake?
2017

Wildfire
2019

Wild River
2021

We Own the Sky
2022

The Black Moon
1989

Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future
1999
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