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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 "Expecting Someone Taller" (1987) and follow publication order through all 52 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Expecting Someone Taller
1987
Who's Afraid Of Beowulf?
1988
Flying Dutch
1991
Ye Gods!
1992
Here Comes The Sun
1993
Overtime
1993
Grailblazers
1994
Faust Among Equals
1994
Odds And Gods
1995
Djinn Rummy
1995
My Hero
1996
Paint Your Dragon
1996
Open Sesame
1997
Wish You Were Here
1998
Only Human
1999
Snow White and the Seven Samurai
1999
Alexander at the World's End
1999
Olympiad
2000
Valhalla
2000
Nothing But Blue Skies
2001
Falling Sideways
2002
Little People
2002
A Song for Nero
2004
Meadowland
2005
Barking
2007
The Company (As:K.J. Parker)
2008
The Folding Knife (As:K.J. Parker)
2010
Blonde Bombshell
2010
The Hammer (As:K.J. Parker)
2011
Sharps (As:K.J. Parker)
2012
Savages (As:K.J. Parker)
2015
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
2017
An Orc on the Wild Side
2019
The Big Score (As: K.J. Parker)
2021
The Long Game (As: K.J. Parker)
2022
Pulling the Wings Off Angels (As: K.J. Parker)
2022
Someone Like Me
2006
Purple and Black (As:K.J. Parker)
2009
The Sun and I (As:K.J. Parker)
2013
Academic Exercises (As:K.J. Parker)
2014
A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong (As:K.J. Parker)
2014
Let Maps to Others (As:K.J. Parker)
2014
The Last Witness (As:K.J. Parker)
2015
Downfall of the Gods (As:K.J. Parker)
2016
Mightier than the Sword (As:K.J. Parker)
2017
My Beautiful Life (As:K.J. Parker)
2019
Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit (As: K.J. Parker)
2022
Set in Stone (As: K.J. Parker)
2024
Bitter Lemmings
1997
Holt! Who Goes There?
1998
Expecting Beowulf
2002
Under My Skin (As: K.J. Parker)
2023
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