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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 Carpet People" (1971) and follow publication order through all 19 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Carpet People
1971

The Dark Side of The Sun
1976

Strata
1981

Good Omens (With: Neil Gaiman)
1990

Nation
2008

Incubust
1988

Theatre of Cruelty
1993

The Abominable Snowman
2014

Shaking Hands with Death
2015

Once More* with Footnotes
2004

A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction
2012

Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Tales
2014

Seriously Funny
2016

The Ankh-Morpork Archives, Vol. 1 (With: Stephen Briggs)
2019

The Ankh-Morpork Archives, Vol. 2 (With: Stephen Briggs)
2020

A Stroke of the Pen
2023

Johnny and the Dead (With: Stephen Briggs)
1996

Nation (With: Mark Ravenhill)
2008

Johnny and the Bomb (With: Matthew Holmes)
2012
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