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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 "The Game" (1967) and follow publication order through all 18 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Game
1967
Possession
1990
The Shadow of the Sun
1994
The Biographer's Tale
2000
The Children's Book
2009
Ragnarok
2011
Raw Material
2011
A Stone Woman
2011
The Thing in the Forest
2011
Sugar and Other Stories
1987
Passions of the Mind
1990
The Matisse Stories
1991
Angels and Insects
1992
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
1994
Cold
1998
Elementals
1998
Little Black Book of Stories
2003
Medusa's Ankles
2021
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