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: January 2026
Publication Order
An Invisible Sign of My Own
Buy on Amazon2000
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Buy on Amazon2010
The Butterfly Lampshade
Buy on Amazon2020
The Third Elevator
Buy on Amazon2007
Faces
Buy on Amazon2009
The Doctor and the Rabbi
Buy on Amazon2013
Dreaming in Polish
Buy on Amazon2015
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Buy on Amazon1998
Willful Creatures
Buy on Amazon2005
The Color Master
Buy on Amazon2013
On the Rocks: The KGB Bar Fiction Anthology
Buy on Amazon2002
The Future Dictionary of America
Buy on Amazon2004
The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
Buy on Amazon2004
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
Buy on Amazon2005
The Insomniac Reader
Buy on Amazon2005
Awake!
Buy on Amazon2007
Tin House
Buy on Amazon2007
Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical
Buy on Amazon2009
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me
Buy on Amazon2010
Unstuck #1
Buy on Amazon2011
The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade
Buy on Amazon2012
Monsters of Literary Sightings
Buy on Amazon2012
My First Novel
Buy on Amazon2013
Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly
Buy on Amazon2013
xo Orpheus
Buy on Amazon2013
Unscrolled
Buy on Amazon2013
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Buy on Amazon2014
Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good
Buy on Amazon2015
Watchlist
Buy on Amazon2015
Flashed
Buy on Amazon2016
9 Stories on the Magic of Cities
Buy on Amazon2018
The Best Small Fictions 2018
Buy on Amazon2018
Speculative Los Angeles
Buy on Amazon2021
Ploughshares Summer 2021
Buy on Amazon2021
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. An Invisible Sign of My Own (2000), 2. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (2010), 3. The Butterfly Lampshade (2020), 4. The Third Elevator (2007), 5. Faces (2009), and 29 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Standalone series by Aimee Bender contains 34 books. The series began in 2000 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Standalone series is written by Aimee Bender. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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