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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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