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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 "With Shuddering Fall" (1964) and follow publication order through all 62 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
With Shuddering Fall
1964
Do With Me What You Will
1973
The Assassins: A Book of Hours
1975
Childwold
1976
Cybele
1978
Son of the Morning
1978
Unholy Loves
1979
Angel of Light
1981
A Bloodsmoor Romance
1982
Mysteries of Winterthurn
1984
Luxury of Sin
1984
Solstice
1985
Marya: A Life
1986
Lives of the Twins / Kindred Passions (As: Rosamond Smith)
1987
You Must Remember This
1987
American Appetites
1989
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
1990
Soul/Mate (As: Rosamond Smith)
1990
Nemesis (As:Rosamond Smith)
1990
Snake Eyes (As:Rosamond Smith)
1992
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
1993
What I Lived For
1994
Zombie
1995
You Can't Catch Me (As:Rosamond Smith)
1995
We Were the Mulvaneys
1996
Man Crazy
1997
Double Delight (As:Rosamond Smith)
1997
Broke Heart Blues
1999
Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon (As:Rosamond Smith)
1999
Blonde
2000
The Barrens (As:Rosamond Smith)
2001
Middle-Age: A Romance
2001
I'll Take You There
2002
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
2002
Freaky Green Eyes
2003
The Tattooed Girl
2003
The Falls
2004
Sexy
2005
Missing Mom / Mother, Missing
2005
Black Girl/White Girl
2006
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away
2006
The Gravedigger's Daughter
2007
Little Bird of Heaven
2007
My Sister, My Love
2008
A Fair Maiden
2010
Mudwoman
2012
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You
2012
Daddy Love
2013
Carthage
2014
The Sacrifice
2015
Jack of Spades
2015
The Man Without a Shadow
2016
A Book of American Martyrs
2017
Hazards of Time Travel
2018
My Life as a Rat
2019
The Pursuit
2019
Night Sleep Death The Stars
2020
Breathe
2021
Babysitter
2022
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
2023
Butcher
2024
2025
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