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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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