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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 "Mitkey Astromouse" (1941) and follow publication order through all 55 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Mitkey Astromouse
1941
The Freakshow Murders
1943
One for the Road
1948
Murder Can Be Fun / A Plot for Murder
1948
What Mad Universe
1949
The Screaming Mimi
1949
Night of the Jabberwock
1950
Here Comes a Candle
1950
The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches
1950
The Far Cry
1951
We All Killed Grandma
1952
The Deep End
1952
Madball
1953
The Wench is Dead
1953
Project Jupiter / The Lights in the Sky are Stars
1953
His Name Was Death
1954
Martians, Go Home
1954
The Lenient Beast
1956
Rogue in Space
1957
The Office
1958
Knock Three-One-Two
1959
The Murderers
1961
The Mind Thing
1961
The Five-Day Nightmare
1962
Before She Kills
1984
Homicide Sanitarium
1984
Carnival of Crime
1985
Thirty Corpses Every Thursday
1986
Red is the Hue of Hell
1986
Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter
1986
Keep Out
2011
Life and Fire
1941
The Star Mouse
1941
Little Apple Hard to Peel
1942
Arena
1944
To Slay a Man About a Dog
1944
Murder and Matilda
1949
Hall of Mirrors
1953
Happy Ending (With: Mack Reynolds)
1957
Space on My Hands
1951
Star Shine / Angels and Spaceships
1956
Honeymoon In Hell
1958
Nightmares and Geezenstacks
1961
Daymares
1968
Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories
1973
The Best of Fredric Brown
1977
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown
1982
And the Gods Laughed
1987
From These Ashes
2002
Daymare and Other Tales from the Pulps
2007
Earthmen Bearing Gifts
2010
Two Timer
2011
The Proofreaders' Page and Other Uncollected Items
2011
Mostly Murder
2021
Fredric Brown. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories: Hall of Mirrors, Two Timer, Keep Out
2023
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