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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 "Dreamside" (1991) and follow publication order through all 26 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Dreamside
1991

Dark Sister
1992

House of Lost Dreams
1993

Requiem
1995

The Tooth Fairy
1996

The Stormwatcher
1998

Leningrad Nights
1999

Indigo
1999

Smoking Poppy
2001

The Facts of Life
2002

The Limits of Enchantment
2005

T.W.O.C.
2005

Do The Creepy Thing / The Exchange
2006

Three Ways to Snog an Alien
2008

How to Make Friends with Demons
2008

Memoirs of a Master Forger
2008

The Devil's Ladder
2009

The Silent Land
2010

Some Kind of Fairy Tale
2012

The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit / The Year of the Ladybird
2013

Eat Reecebread (With: Peter F. Hamilton)
1994

Pinkland
1998

Black Dust
2001

Partial Eclipse
2003

Tales for a Dark Evening
2011

25 Years in the Word Mines
2014
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