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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 "Treasure Island" (1882) and follow publication order through all 36 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Treasure Island
1882

The Wrong Box
0

The Master of Ballantrae
0

The Wrecker
0

The Ebb-Tide
0

Weir of Hermiston
0

St. Ives
0

A Lowden Sabbath Morn
0

The Sea Fogs
1907

Will O' the Mill
1915

The Black Arrow
1926

Thrawn Janet
1881

Olalla
0

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
0

Markheim
0

The Misadventures of John Nicholson
0

The Bottle Imp
0

The Beach of Falesa
1963

New Arabian Nights
1882

The Dynamiter
0

The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
0

Underwoods
0

Ballads
0

Island Nights' Entertainments
0

The Body Snatcher
0

The Suicide Club
0

Songs of Travel
0

Fables
0

The Story of a Lie, and Other Tales
1904

Tales and Fantasies
1905

New Poems and Variant Readings
1918

A Child's Garden of Verses
1921

Moral Emblems
1921

Weir of Hermiston and Other Stories
1979

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Selected Short Fiction
2005

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson
2012
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