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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 "Hike and the Aeroplane" (1912) and follow publication order through all 42 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Hike and the Aeroplane
1912

Our Mr. Wrenn
1914

The Trail of the Hawk
1915

The Job
1917

The Innocents
1917

Free Air
1919

Main Street
1920

Babbitt
1922

Arrowsmith
1925

Mantrap
1925

Elmer Gantry
1927

The Man Who Knew Coolidge
1928

Dodsworth
1929

Ann Vickers
1933

Work Of Art
1934

It Can't Happen Here
1935

The Prodigal Parents
1938

Bethel Merriday
1940

Gideon Planish
1943

Cass Timberlane
1945

Kingsblood Royal
1947

The God-Seeker
1949

World So Wide
1951
Let Us Play King
1956

Storm in the West
1963

The Willow Walk
1918

The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol
2007

Young Man Axelbrod
2013

The Cat of the Stars
2014

The Ghost Patrol
2014

Speed
2014

Things
2014

Moths in the ARC Light
2014

The Kidnaped Memorial
2014

Harri
2016

Jayhawker: A Play in Three Acts
1935

Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis
1935

I'm A Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories
1962

If I Were Boss
1997

Go East, Young Man
2005

The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis
2005

The Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis, 1904-1949
2007
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