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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 Brink" (1959) and follow publication order through all 61 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Brink
1959
Catch a Falling Star / The Hundredth Millennium
1959
Echo in the Skull / Give Warning to the World
1959
The World Swappers
1959
Atlantic Abomination
1960
Sanctuary in the Sky
1960
The Skynappers
1960
Slavers of Space / Into the Slave Nebula
1960
I Speak for Earth
1961
Meeting at Infinity
1961
Secret Agent of Terra / The Avengers of Carrig
1962
The Super Barbarians
1962
Times Without Number
1962
Listen! The Stars! / The Stardroppers
1962
The Ladder in the Sky
1962
The Astronauts Must Not Land / More Things in Heaven
1963
Dreaming Earth
1963
The Psionic Menace
1963
The Rites of Ohe
1963
The Crutch of Memory
1964
Endless Shadow / Manshape
1964
To Conquer Chaos
1964
The Whole Man / The Telepathist
1964
The Day of the Star Cities / Age of Miracles
1965
Enigma from Tantalus
1965
The Long Result
1965
The Martian Sphinx
1965
The Squares of the City
1965
Wear the Butchers' Medal
1965
The Repairmen of Cyclops
1965
A Planet of Your Own
1966
The Productions of Time
1967
Quicksand
1967
Born Under Mars
1967
Bedlam Planet
1968
Stand on Zanzibar
1968
Black Is the Color
1969
Double, Double
1969
The Jagged Orbit
1969
Timescoop
1969
The Gaudy Shadows
1970
The Devil's Work
1970
The Wrong End of Time
1971
The Dramaturges of Yan
1972
The Sheep Look Up
1972
The Stone that Never Came Down
1973
Total Eclipse
1974
The Webs of Everywhere
1974
The Shockwave Rider
1975
The Infinitive of Go
1980
Players at the Game of People
1980
While There's Hope
1982
The Great Steamboat Race
1983
The Crucible of Time
1983
The Tides of Time
1984
The Shift Key
1987
The Days Of March
1988
Children of the Thunder
1988
A Maze of Stars
1991
Muddle Earth
1993
Galactic Storm
2020
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