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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 "On Fragile Waves" (2021) and follow publication order through all 24 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
On Fragile Waves
2021
The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees
2011
The White-Throated Transmigrant
2017
The Time Invariance of Snow
2019
Small Monsters
2021
The River and the World Remade
2023
Jewel Box: Stories
2023
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012
2012
The Best of Electric Velocipede
2012
The New Voices of Fantasy
2013
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014
2013
Upgraded
2014
Clarkesworld: Year Eight
2016
Cyber World
2016
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
2017
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
2017
If This Goes On
2019
The New Voices of Science Fiction
2019
The Best of Uncanny
2019
Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena
2020
Some of the Best of Tor.com 2021
2022
Uncanny Magazine Issue 50: January-February 2023
2023
The Book of Witches
2023
Revolution in the Heart
2026
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