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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 "Redbeard" (1969) and follow publication order through all 64 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Redbeard
1969
The Branch
1984
Second Contact
1990
The Red Tape War (With: George Alec Effinger,Jack L. Chalker)
1991
Dragon America
2005
The Other Teddy Roosevelts
2008
The Cassandra Project (With: Jack McDevitt)
2012
The Gods of Sagittarius (With: Eric Flint)
2017
When Parallel Lines Meet (With: Lezli Robyn,Larry Hodges)
2019
For I Have Touched the Sky (in F&SF)
1989
The Manamouki (in Asimov's)
1990
One Perfect Morning, with Jackals (in Asimov's)
1991
Bully! (with Bwana)
1991
Bwana (with Bully!)
1991
Winter Solstice (in F&SF)
1991
The Lotus and the Spear (in Asimov's)
1992
Mwalimu in the Squared Circle (in Asimov's)
1993
Barnaby in Exile (in Asimov's)
1994
A Little Knowledge (in Asimov's)
1994
When the Old Gods Die (in Asimov's)
1995
Bibi (in Asimov's) (With: Susan Shwartz)
1995
The Land of Nod (in Asimov's)
1996
The 43 Antarean Dynasties (in A Safari of the Mind)
1997
Hothouse Flowers (in Asimov's)
1999
Hunting the Snark
1999
The Elephants on Neptune
2000
Redchapel
2000
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
2001
Robots Don't Cry (in Asimov's)
2003
Travels with My Cats
2004
Keepsakes
2004
A Princess of Earth
2004
Down Memory Lane
2005
All the Things You Are
2006
Distant Replay
2007
Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders
2008
Article of Faith
2008
Shaka II
2009
The Bride of Frankenstein
2009
Six Blind Men and an Alien
2010
The Homecoming
2011
Conspiracies (With: Eric Flint)
2012
Unauthorized Autobiographies and Other Curiosities
1983
Through Darkest Resnick with Gun & Camera
1990
Stalking the Wild Resnick
1991
The Alien Heart
1991
Pink Elephants and Hairy Toads
1991
Will the Last Person To Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun?
1992
More Whatdunits
1993
Solo Flights Through Shared Worlds
1996
An Alien Land
1997
A Safari of the Mind
1999
In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh
2000
Magic Feathers
2000
Hunting the Snark and Other Short Novels
2002
New Dreams for Old
2006
Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks
2009
Blasphemy
2010
The Incarceration of Captain Nebula and Other Lost Futures
2012
Win Some, Lose Some
2012
Resnick's Menagerie
2012
First Person Peculiar
2014
Away Games
2014
The Hex Is In
2020
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