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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 "Targett" (1971) and follow publication order through all 30 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Targett
1971

The Disappearance of Penny
1980

The Ham Reporter
1986

Ute Revenge (As: Paul Ledd)
1986

Once Upon A Murder (With: Kevin D. Randle)
1987

The Backshooter (As: Robert Lake)
1990

Texas Iron (As: Robert Lake)
1991

Blood Trail to Kansas (As: Robert Lake)
1991

Mountain Man's Vengeance (As: Robert Lake)
1993

The Sportsman
1994

The Ghost with Blue Eyes
1999

Miracle of the Jacal
2001

Curtains of Blood
2002

The Offer
2003

Lancaster's Orphans
2004

The Funeral of Tanner Moody
2004

Trapp's Mountain
2005

The Money Gun
2007

Gallows
2009

The Guilt Edge
2010

The Bottom of Every Bottle
2010

The Further Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
2012

McKenna's House
2014
The Snaphaunce
1985

The Girl Who Talked To Horses
1996

The Goodly Race
2015

Henry and the Idiots
2015

Like a Stranger
2015

A Matter of Ethics
2015

Turnabout
2015
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