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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 "What Entropy Means to Me" (1972) and follow publication order through all 24 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
What Entropy Means to Me
1972
Relatives
1973
Nightmare Blue (With: Gardner Dozois)
1975
Those Gentle Voices
1976
Felicia
1976
Death in Florence / Utopia 3
1978
Heroics
1979
The Wolves Of Memory
1981
Shadow Money
1988
Look Away
1990
The Red Tape War (With: Mike Resnick,Jack L. Chalker)
1991
Trinity: Hope-Sacrifice-Unity
1997
Schrödinger's Kitten
1988
Everything But Honor (in Asimov's)
1989
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything & Target
2011
Mixed Feelings
1974
Irrational Numbers
1976
Dirty Tricks
1978
Idle Pleasures
1983
Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson
1993
Budayeen Nights
2003
Live! from Planet Earth
2005
A Thousand Deaths
2007
Bliss-Bestowing Hands
2016
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