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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: January 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Against the Fall of Night" (1948) and follow publication order through all 26 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Against the Fall of Night
1948
Prelude to Space
1950
The Sands of Mars
1951
Islands in the Sky
1952
Childhood's End
1953
Earthlight
1955
City and the Stars
1956
The Deep Range
1957
The Other Side of the Sky
1958
A Fall of Moondust
1961
Dolphin Island
1963
Glide Path
1963
The Lost Worlds Of 2001
1971
Report on Planet Three
1972
Imperial Earth
1975
The Fountains of Paradise
1979
The Songs of Distant Earth
1986
July 20, 2019
1986
Cradle (With: Gentry Lee)
1987
Beyond the Fall of Night (With: Gregory Benford)
1990
The Ghost from the Grand Banks
1990
The Hammer of God
1993
Richter 10 (With: Mike McQuay)
1996
The Trigger
1999
The Light of Other Days (With: Stephen Baxter)
2000
The Last Theorem (With: Frederik Pohl)
2008
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