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
Act of Love
Buy on Amazon1981
Texas Night Riders
Buy on Amazon1983
The Magic Wagon
Buy on Amazon1986
The Nightrunners
Buy on Amazon1987
Cold in July
Buy on Amazon1989
The Boar
Buy on Amazon1998
Freezer Burn
Buy on Amazon1999
The Bottoms
Buy on Amazon2000
The Big Blow
Buy on Amazon2000
Bubba Ho-Tep
Buy on Amazon2002
A Fine Dark Line
Buy on Amazon2003
Sunset and Sawdust
Buy on Amazon2003
Lost Echoes
Buy on Amazon2005
Leather Maiden
Buy on Amazon2008
All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky
Buy on Amazon2011
Edge of Dark Water
Buy on Amazon2012
The Thicket
Buy on Amazon2013
Deadman's Crossing
Buy on Amazon2013
I Tell You It's Love
Buy on Amazon2014
Paradise Sky
Buy on Amazon2015
Fender Lizards
Buy on Amazon2015
Hell's Bounty
Buy on Amazon2016
M.I.A. Hunter
Buy on Amazon2016
Bubba and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers
Buy on Amazon2017
Man With Two Lives
Buy on Amazon2018
Driving to Geronimo's Grave
Buy on Amazon2018
More Better Deals
Buy on Amazon2020
Jane Goes North
Buy on Amazon2020
Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon2020
Moon Lake
Buy on Amazon2021
Radiant Apples
Buy on Amazon2021
The Events Concerning
Buy on Amazon2022
The Donut Legion
Buy on Amazon2023
Night They Missed the Horror Show
Buy on Amazon1988
Love Doll
Buy on Amazon1991
Tight Little Stitches on a Dead Man's Back
Buy on Amazon1992
The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance
Buy on Amazon1992
The Folding Man
Buy on Amazon2010
Dread Island
2010
Bullets and Fire
Buy on Amazon2011
The Steel Valentine
Buy on Amazon2011
Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
Buy on Amazon2011
The Ape Man's Brother
Buy on Amazon2012
Christmas with the Dead
Buy on Amazon2012
Hot in December
Buy on Amazon2013
A Bone Dead Sadness
Buy on Amazon2014
Black Hat Jack
Buy on Amazon2014
Fishing for Dinosaurs
Buy on Amazon2014
Hoodoo Harry
Buy on Amazon2017
Apache Witch and Other Poetic Observations
Buy on Amazon2021
Shooting Star
Buy on Amazon2023
The Unlikely Affair of the Crawling Razor
Buy on Amazon2024
By Bizarre Hands
Buy on Amazon1989
On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with the Dead Folks
Buy on Amazon1991
Bestsellers Guaranteed
Buy on Amazon1993
Writer of the Purple Rage
Buy on Amazon1994
Electric Gumbo
Buy on Amazon1994
A Fist Full of Stories
Buy on Amazon1996
The Good, the Bad and the Indifferent
Buy on Amazon1997
Private Eye Action as You Like It
Buy on Amazon1998
The Long Ones
Buy on Amazon2000
High Cotton
Buy on Amazon2000
For a Few Stories More
Buy on Amazon2002
Bumper Crop
Buy on Amazon2004
Mad Dog Summer
Buy on Amazon2004
The King and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon2005
The God of the Razor
Buy on Amazon2007
Deadman's Road
Buy on Amazon2007
The Shadows, Kith and Kin
Buy on Amazon2007
Sanctified and Chicken-Fried
Buy on Amazon2009
Unchained And Unhinged
Buy on Amazon2009
The Best of Joe R. Lansdale
Buy on Amazon2010
Written With a Razor - Short Stories and a Screenplay
Buy on Amazon2012
Trapped in the Saturday Matinee
Buy on Amazon2012
Bleeding Shadows
Buy on Amazon2013
The Tall Grass and Other Stories / After the People Lights Have Gone Off
Buy on Amazon2014
Terror Is Our Business
Buy on Amazon2018
Driving to Geronimo's Grave and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon2018
Gothic Wounds
Buy on Amazon2022
Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction of Joe R. Lansdale
Buy on Amazon2023
In the Mad Mountains
Buy on Amazon2024
The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Act of Love (1981), 2. Texas Night Riders (1983), 3. The Magic Wagon (1986), 4. The Nightrunners (1987), 5. Cold in July (1989), and 77 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Standalone series by Joe R. Lansdale contains 82 books. The series began in 1981 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Standalone series is written by Joe R. Lansdale. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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