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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 "Catherine" (1840) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Catherine
1840
The Second Funeral of Napoleon
0
The Fitz-Boodle Papers
0
The Luck of Barry Lyndon
0
Legend of the Rhine
0
Vanity Fair
0
The History of Pendennis
0
The Great Hoggarty Diamond
0
Our Street
0
Rebecca and Rowena
0
Men's Wives
0
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
0
The Rose and the Ring
0
The Newcomes
0
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan
0
The Bedford-Row Conspiracy
0
The Virginians
0
The Adventures of Philip
0
Denis Duval
0
The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin
1984
A Shabby Genteel Story
1985
The Fatal Boots
2001
Doctor Birch and His Young Friends
2004
Cox's Diary
2004
The Notch On The Ax
2004
Mrs. Perkins's Ball
2004
Lovel the Widower
2018
The Story of Mary Ancel
1840
A Little Dinner at Timmin's
2001
Reading a Poem
2015
Jeames's Diary
2016
The History of Samuel Titmarsh
2017
The Awful History of Bluebeard
2019
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