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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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