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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 Space Between" (2000) and follow publication order through all 43 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Space Between
2000
The Fall of Never
2004
Via Dolorosa
2006
The Nature of Monsters
2006
Passenger
2008
Shamrock Alley
2009
Snow
2010
The Ascent
2010
Floating Staircase
2010
Cradle Lake
2011
The Canyon Of Souls
2011
The Narrows
2012
December Park
2014
Little Girls
2015
The Night Parade
2016
Bone White
2017
Come With Me
2021
Black Mouth
2022
Small Town Horror
2024
Senseless
2025
Borealis
2011
After the Fade
2012
The House On Cottage Lane
2012
A Shrill Keening
2014
Mr. Cables
2020
We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone
2017
Ghostwritten
2022
They Lurk
2023
Sick: An Anthology of Illness
2003
New Dark Voices 2
2009
Shroud 5
2009
What Fears Become
2011
Piercing the Darkness
2014
Dead Harvest
2014
10 Halloween Haunts
2015
Tales from the Witching Hour
2016
Alligators in the Sewers
2017
Lakes & Other Bodies
2017
Shadows Over Main Street Volume 2
2017
The Demons of King Solomon
2017
A Very DC Halloween
2019
Darkness Beckons Anthology
2023
The Rack
2024
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